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The best post Calcutta Cup event in town ... !
Now, the one all you party goers have been waiting for - Hearts and Balls at the Jam House! Once again Simon Patterson Brown will be bringing the talent of the Prov Johnston Tribute Band and John Beattie will be bringing his superb musical skills so that you can dance the night away irrespective of the result at Murrayfield although we do hope to see the Calcutta Cup as before with the Scotland Team.
Tickets are as last year £20 from www.thejamhouse.com although if you would like some supper and access to the VIP Chapel Lounge (where you might be able to rub shoulders with Chris Cusiter and lads) tickets are £60 each and are available from Ian McLauchlan e-mail ian.mclauchlan2@btinternet.com or call him on 07718 912640.
Hearts and Balls is absolutely delighted to be associated with the first 10-a-side Rugby Union tournament to be held in the city. The Tournament will feature some of the best Scottish club teams as well as English and European teams. A festival atmosphere is guaranteed with the addition of catering and bar facilities, kids play area and music, ensuring that this will be a memorable family day out!
Raeburn Place will hold the inaugural 10's tournament in Edinburgh on 1st May 2010. For details of how to get there or to apply to enter a team, please click on www.edinburgh10s.com for more information.
An event for everybody!
The event is a 12-hour walking or running challenge across a 29-mile section of the picturesque Southern Upland Way. There are three finish points available - bronze (12 miles), silver (21 miles) and gold (29 miles), so that participants of all levels of fitness can aim for a target that suits them.
The challenge is being held in aid of rugby charity Hearts & Balls and veterans' charity, Poppyscotland. All funds raised will go to help injured rugby players as well as veterans and their families living in Scotland.
The 2009 inaugural event saw over 500 people take part, raising a massive £244,961.
Can we invite all interested to click on the Hearts and Heroes web site for more information www.heartsandheroes.co.uk and raise a team of four to participate.
There is a video on the front page with a voice over by John Beattie, turn up the volume, sit back and enjoy!!
It is a fantastic event and anyone can take part in the camaraderie and of course the sense of achievement. The post event party at the Greenyards will be even bigger and better this year.
Last year, Melrose were the first rugby club home although if the North Berwick lads had spent less time in the massage area at the silver stop it might have been them - can your club do better?
More information is available from John Thorburn on 07538 579191 or click on his e-mail john.thorburn@heartsandballs.org.uk and he will be right back to you!
David is heading for New Zealand to attempt an incredible 250 mile handcycle journey in order to raise funds which will be used for one of the holy grails of medical science - repair of the spinal cord.
To give you an idea of the size of this challenge; the longest cycle David has achieved in one day so far is the 13 miles he completed when he did the Great North Run in 2006. In this challenge David plans to do a marathon distance on each day and to make it even more demanding only about ½ of the route is on road surfaces with the rest being on gravel and other unsurfaced paths.
It will be carried out in three sections:
Section 1: From Burwood Spinal Injuries Unit in Christchurch, where he was initially treated, across the Canterbury Plains to Geraldine (109 miles)
Section 2: The Lake Tekapo canal system (50 miles)
Section 3: The Otago rail trail towards Dunedin (93 miles)
All the information is contained in The Might Push website www.themightypush.com please view it now!
Bill O' Fare
Champagne / Whisky Reception
Soup
Haggis
Rib-Eye Steak
Raspberry Cranachan
Cheese and Coffee
Half Bottle of Wine per Person
One Liquor after Dinner
FOLLOWED BY A CEILIDH TO THE BAND IRON BROO
SPEAKERS
CHAIRMAN - IAN McLAUCHLAN
JOHN FRAME - Toast to the Haggis and Tam O'Shanter
WILSON HUNTER - Toast to the Lassies
ALISON CRAIG - Reply
COMMENCES - 6.45pm CARRIAGES AT 1.00am
£99 PER PERSON - TICKETS FROM: IAN McLAUCHLAN - 07718 912640
OR: jim.littlefair@heartsandballs.org.uk - 07976 126659