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Old Brightonians Rugby Football Club
(R.F.U.) (S.R.F.U.)
News and Results in 2008
John Pope Wins National Award at the 2008 Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards
John received an award for his ‘Contribution to School Sport’ at the fourth annual Daily Telegraph - Norwich Union School Sport Matters Awards held at Twickenham. John retired from the college after 37 years working in the PE and Games Department in July. He was describe as a ‘legend’ by host Sally Gunnell and was highly commended for setting up a lasting legacy for Sport at the College.
The Stockholm Ten's International Rugby Tournament
July 2008
by Hugo Baldwin (S. 1999-03)
Stockholm in July, sits quietly, confidently and cleanly, amongst its cobbled medieval streets. The great pine wilderness on its doorstep stretches into the distance, as far as the Baltic archipelagos. The warmth of a Scandinavian summer gently envelopes its green and pleasant shores like the slowly lapping waves of the fjords; gone are thoughts of chilling winds and thick white powder - the ground is as hard as granite, this is the dry season and it’s perfect for tournament rugby!
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The Peter Rumney Memorial Rugby Match
Saturday 30th August 2008
Brighton College Home Ground
As you are aware Peter (H. 1937-39) passed away in 2007 and many an OB has expressed the thought that it would be fitting to introduce an annual memorial rugby match to celebrate the life and achievements of Peter. Peter's wife Mary is highly supportive of this and so 2008 will see the start of this annual event.
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Popey puts one over Utley
Friday 2nd May 2008
Nick Buoy writes: "Popey was given the 'Services to Schools Rugby Award' at the South East Schools Rugby Dinner last Friday evening which was awarded to him by Rob Andrew. This is well deserved as we all know and it was 'all the sweeter' that he beat Roger Utley (also retiring this year) having been involved in the Rugby at Harrow for 27 years and he coached the ENGLAND team in that time!"
East Grinstead Sunshine 7s
Sunday 27th April 2008
The Pelicans, with one or two changes to the squad, also entered this year's mens' competition at the East Grinstead Sunshine 7s.
Despite the assumption that they would probably lose their first match and go through the Plate competition, they won their way through to the quarter finals where they met the British Army, last year's winners. They acquited themselves extremely well, considering the size and skill of their opposition, and managed to hold them to 25 points by the final whistle, even managing one try against them.
Worthing Junior 7s
Sunday 20th April 2008
The Old Brightonians (The Pelicans) fielded their first U18 squad for this year's Worthing Junior 7s tournament consisting of current L6th and U6th pupils and led by this year's 1st XV captain, Tom Aiken.
Despite several sore heads on Sunday morning after a party the night before, the squad went on to lift the trophy and this year's L6th have vowed to be back next year to defend their title.
The John Pope Retirement Rugby Match
Sunday 16th March 2008
by Alex Bremer (R. 1979-83)
My last missive on this esteemed website began with the observation that the sun always seemed to shine on the College whenever an event or function summons me there... apparently these were famous last words!
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U25s v OJs
27th December 2007
by Hugo Baldwin (S. 1999-03)
It was a crisp blue December morning that I awoke to on that famous day of the 27th. The sky blue canopy stretched over the farmhouse and melted away into an almost white distance. Scraggy, skeletal looking conifers, stripped of their summer bulk stuck out, dark, jagged and deathly amidst the pure colours above, whilst the ever greens stood rigidly to attention like half cut guardsmen, swaying gently from side to side in the faint north easterly breeze. Two greyish brown rabbits hopped lackadaisically across the lush green paddock below, glinting from the morning glow; I fetched my air rifle.
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