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	Spoon Seaside Sevens Success
	16 Jun
	A young Wooden Spoon Women’s Team attended the first Bournemouth Sevens in June looking to add some silverware to the cupboard and came away with the title, a very large trophy and many new Spoon fans.

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WoodenSpoonRugby Season 2008/09

Wooden SpoonRugby was officially launched in September 2007 and there are now six different sides playing under the Wooden Spoon name - Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassns, Wooden Spoon Veterans, Wooden Spoon Women, Wooden Spoon Blues RUFC, Wooden Spoon Lionesses and Wooden Spoon England Legends. The teams play both here and abroad and each fixture helps with fundraising, increases the profile of Wooden Spoon and ensures Spoon can continue to have a positive impact on helping disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK and Ireland.

The awareness that has been generated across UK rugby through contact with clubs and by playing at these high profile tournaments has been massive and the WoodenSpoonRugby teams have set a high benchmark on the tournament circuit during the last six months and are now considered the team to beat. WoodenSpoonRugby is enthusiastic to take their successful reputation forward into the new season.

The six teams are totally self financing through player contributions and sponsorship. Spoon is delighted that the sponsorship and support given by the new principle sponsor, NETGEAR and additional sponsors will allow the WoodenSpoonRugby teams to play in some of the world’s most popular tournaments and engage with passionate rugby supporters both in the UK and overseas.

The database of playing and supporting members is growing fast. Please get in touch with Jon Eagle Tel: 07802 155206 if you would like to become a member or want to know more about WoodenSpoonRugby

Other Spoon Rugby News

	Spoon Rugby Scores Another Success
	05 Jun 08
	Wooden Spoon Vets and Wooden Spoon Women’s rugby teams attending the Heineken Amsterdam Sevens in May both intent on defending the titles won in 2007.
	Arthur Kenyon Memorial Game
	05 Jun 08
	Sunday 20th April was a very special Rugby day when the Arthur Kenyon Memorial Game was held at Bury RUFC.
	Scarborough
	15 May 08
	Captained by experienced 7s player John Feeley of Rotherham and including Irish International 7s player Mark McComish the team gave up their time to represent a strong Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins team attended the annual Scarborbough 7s on a lovely sunny day at the seaside on Sun 11th May.
	Irish eyes see Spoon teams smile
	15 May 08
	In the Republic of Ireland on the southern most tip in Kinsale three teams were aiming to make their mark amongst some of the most reputable sevens teams in the game at the Tournament hosted in May
	Wooden Spoon is a winner in Carrickfergus
	15 May 08
	At the beginning of May Wooden Spoon Rugby made their first appearance at the Carrick Sevens Tournament, Ulster’s largest rugby tournament, that began 35 years ago at Carrickferfgus RFC (founded in 1865), winning the Guinness 7’s tournament on Saturday and reaching the semi finals of the Manvik Premier 7’s on Sunday.
	Sunshine on a Rainy Day
	15 May 08
	At a rain soaked East Grinstead RFC the Wooden Spoon 7s team shocked players and spectators alike by winning the Spoon benefiting, 51st Sunshine 7s competition. Widely recognised as one of the major sevens events on the circuit, Wooden Spoon were crowned champions of the 32 team competition that included teams from the British Army and the Kaiviti Crusaders.
	Wooden Spoon Vets Triumph
	28 Apr 08
	The Wooden Spoon Vets entered the 34th Chester RUFC Vets Tournament for the first time and under the astute captaincy of Jason Ashcroft, managed to take the title.
	The Morning After The Night Before……
	18 Mar 08
	The Irish Legends travelled to Richmond to play in a fixture that was organised to launch the 25th Anniversary of Wooden Spoon, recreating the now infamous game in 1983 that resulted in the birth of the Charity of British and Irish rugby.
	Cambridge University educate SpoonAAs
	01 Mar 08
	The annual fixture between Cambridge University and the Wooden SpoonA-As XV produced yet another game of excellent rugby but for the first time this season the SpoonA-As were out witted by a talented Cambridge side
	Spoon A-As sneek a victory at Richmond
	19 Feb 08
	Sunday 3rd February saw the Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins play their annual fixture in the Capital in the shape of the celebrated Richmond Athletic Ground, to take on the Richmond President's XV.
	Sue Day Crowned Technogym City Sportsperson of the Year
	06 Dec 07
	Former England Women’s captain and Wooden Spoon Women’s player, Sue Day was crowned the Technogym City Sportsperson of the Year at the Awards on Wednesday 5th December 2007.
	Wooden Spoon v Royal Navy
	06 Dec 07
	Patience and mutual perseverance to play a long awaited fixture were finally rewarded on 5th December, when the Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins took the field against a strong H.M. Royal Navy and Royal Marines team at Birkenhead Park F.C.
	Wooden Spoon Teams Shine in Dubai
	06 Dec 07
	Wooden Spoon Rugby took three playing teams to Dubai for the International Sevens tournament one of the biggest in the world and produced a stunning display of rugby on the international stage in front of 40,000 fans.
	Wooden SpoonA-As impress at Kirkham
	23 Nov 07
	Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins played Old Kirkhamians on Sunday 18th November 2007 at Kirkham Grammar School in a regular fixture for the Bruce Craven Cup.
	Lionesses Roar in Bermuda
	15 Nov 07
	The Wooden Spoon Lionesses played a Canadian Classics team at the Bermuda Rugby Classics in an exhibition game running out victors by 55-0 in a superb display of rugby.
	Victory at Giggleswick for the Spoon A-As
	28 Oct 07
	Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins played Old Giggleswickians at Giggleswick School on Sunday 21st October, their second game of the season and came out winners again after a great battle between the two sides.
	WoodenSpoonRugby Kicks-off its Future
	13 Sep 07
	Wooden Spoon has formed a new brand, ‘WoodenSpoonRugby'. The Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins, Wooden Spoon Women, Wooden Spoon Veterans, Wooden Spoon Blues RUFC, Wooden Spoon England Legends and Wooden Spoon Lionesses will play games in the UK as well as participating in some of the most prestigious tournaments around the world.
	Season Kicks Off with a Victory
	12 Sep 07
	The Wooden Spoon Anti-Assassins opened the season with a great victory over Old Sedberghians in a wonderful game of rugby football at Sedbergh School, Cumbria to win the memorial Stewart Faulds Cup.
	Hat-trick of Victories for Spoon Rugby Team
	03 Aug 07
	The Wooden Spoon Women’s Rugby team triumphed at the 2007 Stockholm Ten’s last weekend to record their third successive tournament victory to add to the titles gained in Kinsale and Amsterdam.
	Spoon Sevens Team goes into Battle at Worthing
	02 Aug 07
	Wooden Spoon Rugby sent a young team to play in the 5th Bob Knight invitational Sevens at Worthing RFC at the end of July. The standard at the tournament was very high with the Army and nave being represented but the Spoon team accredited themselves with honour and enjoyed running out for the charity.
	Charity Teams Make It Two Out Of Two
	23 May 07
	Wooden Spoon Women’s 7’s team and the Wooden Spoon Men’s Veterans 10’s team blew away the opposition at the Heineken Amsterdam Sevens last weekend to walk away with two more trophies to add to those also acquired at the Kinsale Seven’s two weeks ago.
	Wooden Spoon Sweeps up at the Kinsale Rugby Tournament
	08 May 07
	Wooden Spoon Women's 7's and Wooden SPoon Men's Veterans 10's teams walked away with three trophies at the Heineken Kinsale Sevens at the beginning of May.
	SpoonAAs Sneek Past a Somerset Development XV
	08 May 07
	SpoonAAs played against a well practised Somerset Development squad in March and pulled off a last minute victory for the charity team.
	Cambridge Uni Inflict SpoonAAs First Defeat of the Season
	08 May 07
	An appreciative crowd witnessed a competitive match at Grange Road under floodlights on Wed 28th February between Cambridge University and the SpoonAAs with nine tries being scored in total as Cambridge inflicted a 31-26 defeat on the SpoonAAs.
	Legends Play for Spoon
	08 May 07
	On the Friday evening before the historic RBS Six Nations clash between Ireland and England the Legends teams from those respective countries battled it out under floodlight at the Old Belvedere Rugby Club in Dublin producing a great game of rugby.
	SpoonAAs Reap Revenge on Richmond
	08 May 07
	The game against Richmond in February was deemed as a revenge match for the thumping loss incurred by a very strong Richmond team in the same fixture last year. This time the scores were reversed and the SPoonAAs came out on top 41-12.
	SpoonAAs in Dubai - 2006 Report
	08 May 07
	Spoon attended the reputable Dubai Rugby tournament for the second year running in December 2006 taking a men’s veterans team, SpoonAAs, to play in the International Ten’s tournament and for the first time, a Wooden Spoon Ladies team, playing in the International Sevens event.
	SpoonAAs Trip-up at Final Hurdle
	30 Nov 06
	The SpoonAAs lost in the final of the Dubai International Vets Tens to the Bahrain Warblers 10-0.
	SpoonAAs Unbeaten Run Comes to a Halt
	08 Nov 06
	A depleted SpoonAAs suffered their first defeat of the season against Old Novaportans whose alma mater, Adams Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire is celebrating their 350th Anniversary this year.Final score: Old Novaportans 40 - SpoonAAs 17
	SpoonAAs Unbeaten Run Continues
	17 Oct 06
	SpoonAAs vs Stonyhurst Old Boys - Sunday 15th October 2006 At the impressive venue of Stonyhurst school and in front of a large crowd, SpoonAAs played their 3rd fixture of the season and continued their unbeaten run against a strong Stonyhurst Old Boys XV.
	SpoonAAs Take on Old Rivals
	10 Sep 06
	A dazzling length of the pitch run by England Counties XV wingman Hamish Smailes which brought a spectacular late try was not quite enough to save Sedbergh School Old Boys when they went down 29-28 to the SpoonAAs XV in the 56th annual fixture between the two sides.
	SpoonAAs Update - September 2006
	01 Sep 06
	SpoonAAs had a great season in 2005/06 playing in Dubai and Madrid as well as at home in sevens tournaments and XV-a-side games, helping to promote the Charity to a new audience. The fixtures for next season are growing, as is the database of members. Please get in touch with Jon Eagle Tel: 07802 155206 if you would like to become a member or want to know more about SpoonAAs.
	Last Minute Try Brings a Smile to the SpoonAAs
	27 Aug 06
	A last minute try brought a smile to the SpoonAAs team and supporters as they scored in the last minue of the charity match against Brett Cullinanes XV at West Hartlepool to snatch a memorable win 24-22.
	SpoonAAs 2005/2006 Season Review
	06 Jun 06
	SpoonAAs had a great 2005/06 season playing in Dubai and Madrid as well as at home in sevens tournaments and XV-a-side games, helping to promote the Charity to a new audience. The fixtures for next season are growing, as is the database of members. Please get in touch with Jon Eagle Tel: 07802 155206 if you would like to become a member or want to know more about SpoonAAs.

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