U12s at Rochford Festival: times and other details

Availability:
Please can you confirm your availability for next Sunday to John Birch as soon as possible. Anyone is welcome to come along - if we get too many girls for one team we will field two!

Kick-off time:
The U12 section of the Rochford Festival next Sunday will begin at around 1pm - so please arrive by c12.30. The festival as a whole begins at 10am for U15s and U18s, but there is obviously no need for U12s to arrive that early unless they want to cheer their local club teams on. There will now be at least three teams as there will be a U12 side coming up from Worthing in Sussex so it is difficult to predict when the games will finish.

Kit:
In the long run we will be getting U12 county shirts, but these can take a while to arrive even after we have obtained the necessary funding. In the meanwhile Heather's husband, Mike, is producing some t-shirts in Hertfordshire-green, complete with crests and numbers, which players will be able to wear - possibly over the top of an existing rugby shirt - so the girls shold look good!

Beyond that please bring gumshields and boots, preferably boots with "rugby" studs (all sports shop will have these). It will probably also be a good idea to arrive already changed if possible.

Directions:
Rochford can be quite hard to find, so if you have access to SatNav you will find it invaluable. The address for the club is: Rochford Hundred Rugby Football Club, The Rugby Park, Magnolia Road, Hawkwell, Essex. SS4 3AD. The directions on the Rochford website are:

• Leave M25 at junction 29. Join A127 in direction of Basildon and Southend
• Continue until you reach Rayleigh Weir junction. Take slip road left, A129 towards Rayleigh.
• Stay on this road through Rayleigh town centre, following signs for Hockley.
• At traffic lights at the top of the High Street (Church on left), go straight on.
• Follow the road for 2-3 miles, going straight ahead at three mini roundabouts.
• At next mini roundabout (Spa Public House facing), take left fork.
• Follow the road past the shops, under railway bridge (Greensward Lane), continue past college on right for 1-2 miles, then past Ashingdon Primary school on left, continue on this road towards Ashingdon going up the hill, then on for another 2-3 miles until you reach mini roundabout (shops on your right), turn right at roundabout (Rectory Road).
• Take the third turning on your right just before the traffic light (Magnolia Road).
• This will become an un-made road continue down for about a half a mile, the club is on your right.