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The Barbarians are coming!
Edinburgh Accies play the much awaited fixture against the Barbarian FC on 9 April at Raeburn Place.
A summary of the afternoon and evening follows - book it in your diary now!
From 1630 hours there will be two exhibition games that will bring together a range of our young players. There will be a match between The Edinburgh Academy U15 team and Edinburgh BATs Rugby U15 team and exhibition matches featuring players from Edinburgh Accies mini section and the Academy Junior School. The Edinburgh Academy Pipe Band will also provide pre match entertainment.
The main game, Edinburgh Academicals FC against the Barbarians FC - (AFC v BFC!) - will kick off at 18.00. This will be followed at 20.30 by a dinner, with two speakers - this dinner will be held in a marquee at Raeburn Place.
Please note this will be an all ticket match. Full details including how to apply for tickets will be found on www.edinburghaccies.com.
EAFC Members and sponsors have been advised of the post match dinner which is being held in a marquee at Raeburn Place. Guest speakers are Finlay Calder OBE and Professor David Purdie.If you are interested in attending the dinner (£65 a ticket) and wish further information please send an email clearly stating your connection to the club to rod.mitchell@horsetiger.co.uk
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We would be pleased to see you supporting Edinburgh Accies at Murrayfield in their first ever Scottish Cup Final and last game of their 149th season.
TICKETS: If you buy your tickets from Accies, Accies get all the money for the club funds. This is happening as there is no prize money for this years participants in the final. You can order/get your tickets from the following sources Jason Parrot by e-mail at cupfinaltickets@edinburghaccies.com or by contacting or going to Raeburn Place between 10.00 and 6.00 or calling 0131 315 3298 at same times. Tickets will be sent by First Class Post up until Wednesday. We are making arrangements for picking up tickets on Saturday morning at the Academy Hall, where there will be a pre match Brunch with buses to Murrayfield. We are also trying to sort out a meeting place/pick up spot at Murrayfield - but more of that later when confirmed by the SRU. Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for U18s, students and 60+.
PRE MATCH BRUNCH: Arrangements have been made to use the Academy Hall and the garden infront of Donaldsons for a pre match brunch where Accies supporters can meet before the game, have some food and refreshment, then head off for Murrayfield by coach. The cost for the food and bus to Murrayfield will be only £5 for adults and £2.50 for juniors - drinks £1.50 alchoholic and £1 soft. There is free parking at the Academy as well.
POST MATCH FUNCTION: After the game we will be providing a post match function at Raeburn Place. This will be a disco come reception for the team returning from Murrayfield. There will be a free drink vouchers (courtesy of Festival Inns) on presentation of your match ticket and food at Raeburn Place a la San Marcos - see menu and prices at Clubhouse. Get back to Raeburn after the match and celebrate whatever happens a very successful season with the 1XV squad.
The logistics of getting Alistair Marsh from his wedding to Raeburn Place - so he can go to Murrayfield in the team bus - is still being worked on, otherwise all plans for the team and the game are moving ahead well. Accies will be providing ball boys and mascots will go onto the pitch with the match squad of 22.
Further information will be posted as we have it
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Developments at Raeburn Place.
Like many of you I sometimes wonder if the prospect of a new pavilion at Raeburn Place, together with all the trappings, is simply a figment of my imagination. Some grand plan hatched in the mists of time, which, like many others, foundered when the detail emerged and the planners shouted stop.
However several things have now happened which make me think that we are, at last, moving in the right direction. I had deliberately delayed in putting pen to paper in the hope that the dotted line would indeed have been signed upon by this time. It has not but you are due an update as we move into a new rugby season.
We were successful with our appeal against the City Fathers’ turning down our second planning application. A full public enquiry was held in January though we had to wait until May for the result. We are indebted to Festival and the impressive team assembled to explain the detail of the scheme to the reporter. I note particularly the contribution of James Simpson of Simpson and Brown, Architects, who has been largely responsible for the redesign of the hotel, supporting the aims of the project and on a fine delivery at the enquiry.
Festival Inns then applied for a licence to run the expanded hotel and the new clubhouse at the Licensing Board at the end of June. The licence went through unchallenged.
During July we have been working through the detail of the various legal agreements, which will have to be put in place to enable Festival to formalise their funding proposals and proceed to the application for a building warrant.
We have established three main committees to finalise the structure of the deal with Festival and the leases required, detail the specification of the new pavilion and formalise the management agreement under which Festival will manage the facility. All three committees are about to conclude their deliberations and the resultant texts will be passed to Ewan Alexander of McGrigors who has been appointed to represent the Club in drawing up the documentation.
I note below all those involved and on your behalf thank them all for the time taken in defining the issues.
Structure: Tony Hamilton, Roy Durie, Colin Innes, Frank Spratt and the Rector.
Buildings: John McLaren, Alasdair Carmichael, Lizzie Gardiner, Hamish Mitchell, Mike Moir, Vincent O’Donoghue, and Ed Saunders.
Management Agreement: Gordon Wallace, Bill Menzies, David Gardiner, Rob Cowie, Robert Miller, Tony Ostrowski and John Petrie.
The principle architect for the scheme was David Cochrane who's business has now merged with that of McLaren Murdoch and Hamilton. David’s continued assistance with the design and specification of the pavilion and his liason with Mike Towers of McLaren Murdoch and Hamilton has been most helpful.
The final step before a building warrant can be applied for is to conclude the formal legal agreements. Hopefully these will be produced in the next couple of weeks and accepted by all parties.
Three months to work up all the technical drawings and obtain the building warrant and we could see work starting on the new pavilion in January /February. Having already run with this thing for five years such an outcome would represent something of a sprint finish!
In closing I should like to acknowledge two further vital contributions that have been central in our being able to weather the storm of planning applications and appeals.
Firstly, Festival Inns. There has been a justified concern that the level of service available at the club has, on a number of occasions, been well below that we had come to expect. However the state of the pavilion and the modest level of turnover at present, have made life both difficult and indeed loss making for Festival. None the less their contribution in running the pavilion and donating a very significant annual cash sum towards our expenses has been vital to our continued existence. The discussions we have had regarding the management of the proposed facility have been very positive and have given the participants much encouragement for the future. Additionally we both know that the transition from the old to the new will be difficult and your forbearance is likely to be required!
Secondly, Gordon Wallace stepped in as honorary manager of the Sports Centre over three years ago and has had a pretty unenviable task in keeping things going and eking out our scarce resources. This has been done with little or no increase in our deficit and equally importantly we have kept our overdraft in check. If Gordon occasionally appears to be carrying the weight of Raeburn Place around on his shoulders the reason is that in many respects he is!
Tony Hamilton
31st August 2005
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This Saturday sees the official start to the season and the first league game for the 1XV away to Dundee 3.00 ko. The first 1XV home game will be the following week against Cartha Queens Park.
We have gained alot of players during the closed season amongst them are Dan Teague (ex EA) and Luke McCann (both Aberdeen Grammar), Dave Rattray and Patrick Coupar (both Perthshire), Joe Edwards (Biggar), Kevin Gartside (The Royal Scots), Adam Broach and Edward Sanjuan (both Murrayfield Wanderers), Andrew Cullen (Stirling), Tom Stuart and John Berthinusson (Gala). We are very pleased to see them all and hope they enjoy their time at Accies.
The one main player from last year who will not be with us (at 1XV level) is Malky McVie who has retired - looking for him in 4XV! The only other 1XV squad player to leave is Kyle Traynor who has gone somewhere in south Edinburgh!
This season our Club captain will be Andrew Desson, Andrew well deserves this honour and we wish him and the team all the best for the season. Gavin Douglas and Gareth Brown are the 1XV vice captains and Jason Parrot is the 2XV captain. Finlay Calder will act as Selection Convenor, watching games all the way down the Club and at Broughton and Trinity. He will be assisted by Dave Parker.
Our Head Coach is as last season, Ian Barnes, who has overall control of the Rugby Organisation for the club. Jim Renwick, Cliff Livingston and Ken McCartney will work with the 1XV squad supporting Ian. The coaches for the 2XV squad will be Mike Pender and Alex Guest. Jonny Else and Finlay MacPherson will take coaching for the 3XV and BATs squads. We are pleased to see Cliff and Mike at Accies and hope they enjoy their time with us at Raeburn Place.
Our fitness coach is Neil Mackenzie who will take warm up sessions and organise special training schedules where needed and oversee gym sessions on Monday evenings. Owen Downes is the Club physio, he will be backed up by FASIC who are based in the Edinburgh University complex at The Pleasance in Edinburgh. Owen will be available at the Club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
The Team Managers will be 1XV Alister Fenton, 2XV Frank Spratt, 3XV George Menzies, BATs XV Jonny Else and 4/5XVs Alan Burns.
This season the 1XV and 2XV will be playing in a new design of jerseys and shorts, the socks remain as before. The other teams in the club will wear the traditional blue and white hoops and white shorts. If you would like to see a picture of the new jersey go to www.edinburghaccies.com
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Wednesday 24th August 2005
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W I D ELLIOT.
We were very saddened to hear of the death of Douglas Elliot, at the age of 81, last Friday. Douglas played for Accies between 1942 and 1957 and was the regular choice for Scotland between 1947 and 1954, playing 29 games and captaining his country on seven occasions. He was the outstanding back-row forward of his generation, regarded as one of the best - if not the best - in the world. Douglas was selected for the 1950 Lions tour but could not afford to be away for six months thus missed out.
Douglas was a player of striking physique, he had a long powerful stride which produced an exceptional turn of speed enabling him to repeatedly tackle a three-quarter, who having broken through, would normally have been clear of any covering forward. He pushed his full weight in set scrums, was a grand dribbler and a formidable spearhead of many a forward rush and had a fine positional sense. Douglas left the Academy too young to make his mark in School football, but he became one of the game's great players.
All of us at Raeburn Place will miss him and extend our sincere sympathies to Douglas's family.
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Next weekend is a busy one. Not only is it Scotland vs Italy but we have the Biella boys back in town for the weekend, with a game at Wardie on Saturday morning. We now know that we play Selkirk in the next round of the cup at Raeburn Place on Sunday 27th, as much support as possible please. After the game the next draw in the 100 club will take place - first prize £450 and second prize £50. So if the Cup game does not get you to Raeburn Place perhaps the prizes will!!
Its getting near the Welsh Dinner to be held in the Academy School Hall on Friday 11th March. The guest speakers will be Jim Renwick and Brynnmor Williams. Please give us your support to make it another good night. Further information from David Parker by e-mail parkyatdeanst@yahoo.com or phone 0131 315 4967 or look at entry below for 19 January.
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Tuesday 22nd February 2005
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International Weekend Dinners.
Due to our inability to secure the quality of speakers that we would wish for the proposed Irish Dinner - we have decided to concentrate all our efforts on the Welsh Dinner which will be held in the Academy School Hall on Friday 11th March. For full information and a booking form go to www.edinburghaccies.com. The guest speakers will be Jim Renwick and Brynnmor Williams. Please give us your support to make it another good night. Further information from David Parker by e-mail parkyatdeanst@yahoo.com or phone 0131 315 4967.
Amendments to Motions for the SRU SGM.
There will be a meeting of EAFC about the 40+ amendments to Motions for the SRU SGM. This will take place in the Accies Clubhouse on Wednesday 26th @ 7.30pm. For a copy of the proposed amendments visit Accies web site.
1XV Result 15 January
After a game we should have won by a bucket full the 1XV scrambled a win 25-22 against Peebles. A wins a win, but we didn't get the bonus point we should have got - without a bonus point and with Berwick loosing we are now level on points but behind on points scored difference. That bonus point could mean a lot at the final count up - lets hope not!
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Wednesday 19th January 2005
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Back to business......
First I would like to wish you a good New Year on behalf of Edinburgh Accies, lets hope it brings you and the club much success. Last year saw the club gained promotion to the second division of the league where we currently find ourselves in seventh position,many points behind Stirling County - who are head and shoulders better than the rest of the league - 12 points behind Dundee in fifth place and three points behind Berwick in sixth place.
As yet no decision has been taken about the league structures for next season (where have I heard this before!) and therefore we need to finish as high up the league as possible, so any reduction in the league through reorganisation does not leave us playing in a lower division . After working so hard to re-establish ourselves in the last two seasons this would be most unsatisfactory. Consequently, as we get back to league rugby on Saturday - Jedforest at Raeburn Place kick off at 2.00 - it is important that we get into full swing and start winning at home again. We must ensure we beat all those sides below and just above us, whilst winning some of those games against the leading teams.
Your support is needed at every game. I look forward to seeing you at Raeburn Place on Saturday.
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Tuesday 4th January 2005
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Rugby and club opening over Christmas/New Year.
League rugby takes a rest till 8th January and the traditional Boxing Day game will not take place for various reasons. To keep you entertained - and help blow the Christmas cobwebs out - a 10 a side knock-out touch tournament will be held at Raeburn Place starting at 1.30pm on Thursday 30th December. Each of the eight teams will contain a mixture of players from Accies 1,2,3, and 4XVs, Broughton and Trinity players and a young player/school boy. The clubhouse will be open before, during and after the games. We look forward to a good afternoons entertainment and hearty chat in the club house. This has been declared a Genesis free day!!!
From the 22nd the clubhouse (bar) will only be open on the 30th and 31st December for the touch tournament and the Southern Hemisphere New Year celebrations. It will be closed all other times untill 8th January.
We would like to thank all our players, members and supporters for their support this year and like to wish everyone all the very best for Christmas and hope you have a good New Year !
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Thursday 23rd December 2004
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Friday 11 March: Welsh Weekend Dinner.
Further to the information given last week about the Welsh Weekend Dinner a booking form has been added for you to complete and send to David Parker. For full information and booking for go to www.edinburghaccies.com. For more information or would like to book a place or table for the dinner, please contact David Parker by e-mail parkyatdeanst@yahoo.com or phone 0131 315 4967
Thursday 30th December : Stockbridge Touch Tournament .
As Boxing Day is on a Sunday this year there will be no game at Raeburn Place and consequently the club will be closed, the annual auction will take place at a date yet to be announced.
As a replacement for the Boxing Day event we have arranged the Stockbridge BAT's Touch Tournament to be held at Raeburn Place on Thursday 30 December starting at 1.30pm. This is a 15 min per half, knockout tournament, with eight invitational sides representing such personalities as Ian Barnes, George Menzies, Al Fenton, BJ, David Parker, Jonny Else, Jason Parrott, and Gerry Love and David Barnes from Broughton and Trinity resp. Each side will be made up of players from Accies 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4thXVs along with Broughton and Trinity players.
The clubhouse will be open before, during and after the games, all members of Accies, Broughton and Trinity and their friends and families are welcome. So put the date in your diary and get down to the club for the last matches of 2004. It will be good to see you there. Any queries to the Head Coach on ian.barnes@blindcraft.co.uk or to accies@edinburghaccies.com .
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Raeburn Place Meeting |
OPEN FORUM
ON FUTURE OF
EASC/EAFC/EACC(i.e., SPORT at Raeburn Place)
TUESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY @ 8.30pm, RAEBURN PLACE
In response to comments to the Accie Council and also members of the Sports Centre Committee we have decided to hold the above forum to help keep interested parties further informed and give them the opporunity to ask questions of the people involved in trying to keep sport viable at Raeburn Place, now and in the future.
So if you have any concerns or ideas please come along.
GORDON WALLACE
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Tuesday 3rd February 2004
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"ACCIES" are top of Premier Division 3 with 6 wins out of 6, and five of those wins with bonus points. this Saturday, 18th October, they play Cartha Queens Park at Raeburn Place at 3pm so come down and support them. Pre match lunches are available, to book phone Ralph Lutton on 0131 653 4012. Next home game is against Muselburgh on Saturday 8th November. The Edinburgh Academy are playing against Hutchesons in the morning at Raeburn Place. A full day of Rugby in store. |
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