Newsletter #15 - 5 April 2004

Dear Edinburgh Supporter

Saturday night saw the first of what will hopefully be the Supporters Club annual end of season party! Thank you to everyone at Stewart's Melville for their fantastic hospitality and helping make the night the success it was.

For those who couldn't make it along to Inverleith here are some of the highlights of the evening:

PLAYER AWARDS
As the season, which has produced many highlights for both the Gunners fans and players, draws closer to a end the Supporters Club wanted to show their appreciation to those players that have helped make season 2003/04 one to remember, by presenting a number of awards...some of which were a little bit more fun than others!

And the winners were......

TOP GUN - SIMON WEBSTER

YOUNG GUN - MATT DEY

TRY OF THE SEASON - HUGO SOUTHWELL (vs Neath Swansea Ospreys 12/03/04)

TOP POINTS SCORER - BRENDAN LANEY

TOP TRY SCORER - DERRICK LEE

PLAYER MOST ON THE BENCH - CARLO DI CIACCA

MOST ATTRACTIVE PLAYER (SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH BEEF!) - SIMON TAYLOR

MOST PUNCHES THROWN IN THE SEASON - ALLAN JACOBSEN

REFEREE OF THE YEAR - ALAIN ROLLAND (accepted by Iain Goodall)

In recognition of all the players efforts during the season the Supporters Club official sponsor, Caledonian Brewery presented the entire squad with passes to a night out at the Caledonian Sample House.

CENTENARY AWARDS
Only the players themselves can really explain how much effort has to be put in to get to a level where they are good enough to play a sport professionally. Therefore to represent your club over 100 times is a tremendous achievement and one that the Gunners squad feels should be recognised.

After weeks of sifting through all of the match stats since the game went professional, it emerged that two of the squad achieved this landmark earlier this season joining Duncan Hodge as the only players to represent Edinburgh 100 times in the professional era.

So joining Duncan in the 100 club and being presented their awards on behalf of the squad by Brendan were:

GRAEME BURNS & ALLAN JACOBSEN

Well done boys! Lets hope we see you in a Gunners shirt for seasons to come so you can add to these!

THANK YOU ANN!
The Supporters Club made another special presentation to Edinburgh Rugby's Pro Team Administrator Ann McKinsley.

Everyone can see the amount of work that the players and coaches do week in week out when we all turn up to Meadowbank on a Friday night, or travel away to cheer on the boys. But not everyone realises the amount of work that Ann does. If you phone the Edinburgh office for ticket information etc, it'll be Ann that answers. If you keep an eye out at Meadowbank on a match night you are more than likely to see Ann making sure everything is running smoothly. If you travel on one of the official away trips with the Supporters Club, it'll be Ann that has helped Lawries Travel put together a fantastic package to make sure everyone has a great time.

The Supporters Club couldn't have done half the things that they have achieved this season if it wasn't for the help of Ann.

So from everyone on the Supporters Club committee and I'm sure all the Gunners fans and players THANK YOU ANN!!!

RAFFLE WINNERS
There were even more winners during the night thanks to the raffles that were run with some fantastic prizes available including:

ROUND OF GOLF FOR 4 AT THE MARRIOTT DALMAHOY - FRANK HADDEN

MEAL FOR 2 AT THE MARRIOTT DALMAHOY - GUY PERRETT

BED & BREAKFAST AT MALMAISON - CATRIONA HEWITT

BT HANDSET - MIKE BLAIR

VIRGIN TRAIN SET - MOIRA ROSS

A big thank you to the Marriott Dalmahoy, Malmaison, Scott Hastings & BT and Virgin Trains for donating these prizes!

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENING!
Another big thank you has to go to Jez, who has documented the night with a great range of photos. These will shortly be available on the Supporters Club website http://www.edinburghgunners.org.uk, but if you want a sneak preview before they go live please visit the site below:
"http://www.jezland.com/media/SP/SP.html"

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TOULOUSE PACKAGE

Following the success of the match day package run the last time we visited Toulouse, we are offering fans travelling over for the quarter final this weekend the offer of a bus transfer to and from the match and a three course meal at the Novohotel again.

Prices are as follows:
Bus transfers and meal - £25
Bus transfers only - £5
Meal only - £20

For more details visit http://www.edinburghgunners.org.uk

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FANS FORUM

Ever wanted to get something off your chest about Edinburgh Rugby but didn't know where to go? Whether it's your Heineken Cup hopes, general Celtic League chat, or even you International ideas, come and share your views with other Gunners fans on our new Supporters Club Forum.

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SUPPORTERS CLUB AGM

As the first season of the Supporters Club also draws to an end, we will be holding our first AGM, which is open to all Gunners fans to come along to. The meeting will take place at Murrayfield Wanderers clubhouse on May 12th. For more details visit the official supporters club website http://www.edinburghgunners.org.uk

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