In place of a 2010 calendar you will be able to download a wallpaper to adorn your PC, kitchen wall or desk from the Trust website each month during 2010.

Each one will have details of Trust events and Bristol 1st Team games and will have recent action shots as well! These can be downloaded from this site for free but you are welcome to make a donation if you would like to.

Our thanks go to Hannah King again for designing the wallpapers and for her continuing support.

This event has been postponed until the position at the Club settles down.

In order to replace the £2,383 that we donated to the Club for heart rate monitors and, more importantly, to raise funds for the Bristol Rugby Academy our very own George Campbell and Matt Salter will be kayaking the 165 miles along the Thames from Cricklade to Greenwich from 30th June finishing on 2 July. The boys are looking for a couple of volunteers to join them for all or part of the trip and help boost their fundraising efforts. Paddling 2 man kayaks they are aiming to raise £10,000. Training sessions are planned on Bristol docks on Tuesday evenings and if you’re interested please contact George at gcampbell@fsp-ltd.co.uk or on 07841 329 721.

The BRIS Trust is delighted to confirm that we will be a partner sponsor of the Academy and EPDG. We met with the Academy coaches last week and agreed that we will aim for a minimum fund raising target for next season of £5,000. This will be used to purchase a full set of playing kit for the EPDG squad, judo lessons for all Academy players and funding a Development Coach and Scout for the Bristol area. We see this as a great opportunity to cement a strengthening relationship between the Club and the Trust and look forward to being a part of Bristol Rugby’s future. Obviously the more we raise, the more we can help the Academy and EPDG.

Dave Hilton will also be talking about his illustrious career at the Memorial Stadium on Tuesday 11th May starting at 7.30pm in the Bristol Room. Entrance is free to Trust members and £2 for non-members. The talk will be followed by a presentation by Liam Middleton and Matt Salter about the work of the Academy.

The inaugural Trust Veterans 10s will be held at Aretians RFC in Little Stoke on Saturday the 21st of August.

At this tournament we will be hosting 8 teams in total including a team from Aretians.

Please put it in your diary as it promises to be a great day for you and the family!

If you fancy putting a team of over 40’s in call Steve Pearson on 07976 049576.

Watch this space for more details.

Wearing new kit provided by the BRIS Trust, Bristol Schools Under 16s swept all before them in the England Schools South West Area 7, beating Cornwall by 19-0, Somerset 48-0, and Gloucestershire 14-7. This led to a winner-take-all match against Devon, who also had a 100% record. In a game played in foul weather at BGS, we were 6-21 down with a quarter of an hour to go, but then scored three late tries, the last one converted with the final kick of the match to gain us a 23-21 win.

Two BSRU boys played for England, our captain Callum Braley (Colstons) and Steve Uren (Hanham High). In addition, Nick Brook, Mike Brook (BGS), George Boulton (Mangotsfield), Jack Skelton (Marlwood) & Stephan Reynolds (Chepstow School) all represented the South West.

Our Under 15s also had a successful season, winning more than half their games. This is a larger squad than at Under 16, with the emphasis on player development. There is a lot of talent in the group, and we expect them to make a successful transition to Under 16, especially as several of them are already working with Liam Middleton and Matt Salter in their Academy EPD Group.

Our costs increase season by season, our budget allocations do not, and on behalf of the staff and players of BSRU, I wish to acknowledge the enormous debt of gratitude we owe to the BRIS Trust for your continuing support, without which we would not have been able to mount our Spring Term programme. Thank you all.

Gareth Lloyd-Jones - Chairman BSRU

This season we have been concentrating on re-building our mini section, which was left wanting following a couple of coaches leaving us and taking many of our players away to other clubs. Mark Hambly and Trevor Clarke last years Colts coaches have moved down to the minis and have done a great job for the 9-11’s while James Dite has been doing the same for the U8’s with help from Andrew Pearson and some of the parents. We hope to be running a full section of mini age groups next season. We have seen a good increase in new players coming along from 5 -12 years but we welcome any new players to come and join us as we strive towards achieving the RFU Seal of Approval accreditation.

We are still unable to run a full junior section but the U17’s have had a good season overall which ended with them completing their six nations run of tours with the visit to Italy where they played two matches winning one and losing the other.

Next season will be an interesting one with a lot of work being done on the pitches at WISE and potentially a new form of clubhouse for us to use. We are always looking for new players to join us, also those interesting in coaching either with or without experience.

It was also fantastic this season to see ex players George Watkins sign for Bristol and play his first matches for the first team. Also prop Dan Watchurst playing for the Welsh Dragons and Captaining the Welsh U20 side in the Six Nations tournament.

Ian Martin – Chairman Bristol Mini and Juniors

Recently we have had to notify you of changes to meeting details at short notice. It would be helpful if we could do this via email to speed up communication and reduce costs. Therefore, we request that you share your email address with us by writing it on the membership renewal form or emailing it to us. Thanks in advance.

We would like to welcome Dave Hilton as a co-opted Trustee to the Trust and we look forward to the insights that Dave will provide with respect to investment in young player development and links with Combination clubs. Welcome Dave.

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