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Message There is no better sight than a fullClubhouse!Happy New Year!Dear Life Members, Players, VPs, Members, Supporters andSponsors,We hope you had your perfect Christmas and welcomed 2025 instyle!We certainly ended the year at The Club in festive fashion, as wecame together and celebrated with the traditional Carols andPanto. If you missed out, there are some clips on our socials,showcasing the amazing Olney Brass and the ‘wonderful’ ClubChoir! We must give our thanks to all the thespians who gavetheir all to make another award nominated production. It is dayslike this, bringing all the generations of the club together, thatmake us The Club we are.and the rugby....The First XV ended the year in 4th position in the league, thehighest position we have been in the modern era. This will affectour position in the draw for the Papa John’s Cup at the end of theseason.There were no league fixtures for the Ladies in December buttraining continued with aplomb.It’s all been about prep for the Colts as they head to their Last 16fixture in the National Colts Cup on Sunday 19th January.Hopefully we’ve seen the last of the bad weather and we can getback to some rugby!Saturday 18thJanuary - MatchesSponsored by OlneyTown Cricket ClubSunday 19th January -National Colts CupLast 16 (RegionalFinal) vs Shelford (H)KO 1pm Wednesday 29thJanuary - BusinesssNetworking withCollaborate MKSaturday 8thFebruary - NationalBrain AppealFundraising Lunch Friday 7th March -Wine tasting eveningwith HandpickedWinesOLNEY RFCJanuary 2025Dates foryour diary:ISSUE #3#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWayThe Club

Olney RFC rugby tales, anecdotesand history articles required.Born in 1877 and still going strong.In 2027 the club will be celebrating its 150th anniversary as one of the oldest clubs in the Midlandsand North Bucks. In preparation for this historic milestone, we are attempting to update and fill inthe gaps of the club’s long history.The history of the club was last published for the opening of the clubhouse in 1988. We have nowunearthed many newspaper articles from the early days that provide further insight to the clubover the years. We are now looking for additional material, particularly from the last 50 years. If youhave cuttings, old photographs etc. that we could borrow and scan, please let us know. The updated history of the club could be supplemented with Olney rugby club stories, anecdotes,memories that would be good to share before they are forgotten. Tours, Caribbean nights at theterrapin clubhouse, use of changing rooms at the Two Brewers are all ripe for inclusion. We cannotpromise that we will use everything, and we do reserve the right to edit!If you have any material that may be of interest, please talk to or email Tom Wintertom.winter50@btinternet.com . He will be pleased to hear from you.#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWayClub News

Festival of RugbyHOLD THE DATE....Saturday 10th MayThe Club is planning anafternoon of rugby and anunforgettable evening of funto raise money and awarenessfor MND.Since hearing the news thatex-player Simon Christian hadbeen diagnosed with MND, ateam has come together to Social SpacesGrantFollowing on from last month’sinfo, we have started to seesome elements come together:Main Hall floor - NortonFlooring have sanded andsealed the wooden floorNew tables and chairs forthe main hall Signage - the end of the‘new changing rooms’ nowsports a wonderful clublogo see how we could help.Plans are being worked on atthe moment but the idea is tohave an afternoon of rugbyinvolving as many facets ofthe club as possible in a blendof walking rugby, touch rugbyand the full 15 game. We hopeto have some of the good andgreat of the game inattendance.The evening will be a ticketdevent with food, andentertainment , along with Christmas Quiz£379 raised for MNDA great evening was had at theChristmas quiz - with manypuzzled faces in amongst theknowledgeable ones!The overall winners were agroup from walking rugby -congratulations!Many thanks to Joe McCallum-Natress for being quiz master. Would you like to sponsor theClub? We have a range ofopportunities for your companyat The ClubPremier sponsorsPlayer SponsorsPitchside Advertising boardsMatch-Day SponsorshipEmail - Sponsorship@olneyrfc.co.uk100 ClubDecember Winners...£250 - F Williams£100 A Kidby£50 J V SmithHave you joined? Support theclub for as little as £1 per week- Open the QR code for moreinfovarious fundraisingopportunities including anAuction of Promises.There will be the option topurchase tables of 10 orindividual places as well asevent sponsorship anddonations to the Auction ofPromises.More info to follow in thecoming weeks so keep an eyeon the Club socials.Sponsorship & Fundraising#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWay

Men’s 6 NationsIt’s just a couple of weeks untilthe Men’s 6 Nationscompetition kicks-off, at theend of January.We will be showing all the New Gin RangeWe have an exciting new rangeof Gins, courtesy of Slingsby Gin:London DryMarmalade,Rhubarb GooseberryPerfect with our new range offever tree mixers: Indian tonicElderflower tonic,Mediterranean tonicGinger aleItalian Blood Orange SodaWhite grape and Apricot SodaIt’s Your ClubHelp is alway appreciated..perhaps you and a few friendswould like to be a bar team?matches in the Clubhouse, sohead down and enjoy therugby...you might even be ableget a glass of the blackstuff !So who’s your money on? Willthere be a Grand Slam? Lager, Lager, LagerAnd it’s all change with the lageroffering too as we swap out SanMiguel for Kronenbourg 1664 -with both the standard andalcohol free options on tap.#TheOLNEYWay#TheOLNEYWayIn The ClubhouseSee you on thetouchline or inthe clubhouse!#TheOlneyWayThe Club