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London’s
It costs £20 and it has a provisional release
date of late November/early December, 2007.
CHRISTMAS
Oldest
Post and packing is an extra £2.50.
CARDS
It will make an ideal Christmas present for all Every year Spoon
Rugby Clubs
your rugby mad friends. produces its own
Charity Christmas Card
To order a copy please email: brochure in conjunction
dicktyson@onetel.com with a specialist Charity
A new book about London-based Rugby Card Producer. It is a
football clubs has recently been published simple way to show
and is supporting Spoon. your support for Spoon
Why did up-market Hampstead become up- and provides a good source of income for
market Harlequins? Who came first – London Spoon. Last year over 50,000 cards were
Irish, London Scottish or London Welsh? purchased and Spoon received nearly £25,000.
Which clubs did P.G. Wodehouse, James Spoon members will already have received the
Robertson Justice and the Beamish brewing brochure in the post but for those who are not
family play for? You’ll find the answers to members but would like to support Spoon, you
these questions, and many more in this can request a brochure from the office. Call
comprehensive guide to those capital 01276 410 1870 or email:
pioneers of the Union game that are over charity@woodenSpoon.com
one hundred years old.
This is the author, Dick Tyson’s second
Rugby book and London’s Oldest Rugby
Clubs has taken him over three years to
KUKRI
research, photograph, write and design.
RUGBY KIT
Wooden Spoon and the Saracens Foundation
will both benefit from sales of the book.
It is a 168 page full-colour A4 hardback with Kukri leisurewear is great
dust jacket, published by JJG Publishing value, great fun, good quality
of Sparrow Hall, Hindringham, Norfolk. and profitable for Spoon. Visit
the website and pick up all
your christmas gifts, or
choose what you like
Model
a 15% discount on their purchases. and add it to your
Delighted interim CEO, Chris Gill said “It’s own Christmas list!
a win, win situation for Wooden Spoon and
Display
for Austin Reed. I think it’s a very honest
promotion as well; Austin Reed wants to
market themselves within rugby but they are www.woodenspoon.com
for Spoon
happy to do this by offering both our
members and the charity something
beneficial and tangible.”
SPOON RUGBY
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, Visit page 6 to learn more about Members’
former tournament winners Kyran Bracken Benefits
ANNUAL
and Ben Cohen were joined by fellow
veterans Gavin Hastings (Scotland) and Ieuan
Evans (Wales) in the window of Austin Editor Ian
Reed’s flagship store in Regents Street as
part of a fundraising initiative for Wooden
Rugby World
Robertson and the
team at Queen
Cup events
Anne Press have
produced yet
another wonderful
Over the duration of the Rugby World Wooden Spoon
Cup, Spoon has been proud to have been Annual for friends
the benefiting charity of many successful and supporters. It is
events organised by, among others, a great fundraising
Brians, MBN, Benchmark and Compass tool for Spoon and
Group. Funds raised from auctions and of course a
raffles are expected to exceed £150,000. wonderful read.
This will significantly boost Spoon’s With Christmas just
income this quarter and go towards round the corner, why not purchase a couple
Spoon. Spoon has teamed up with Austin supporting more disadvantaged children of copies to give to friends and family? The
Reed in a partnership that will see the tailors in the UK and Ireland. book retails at £20, a real bargain.
donate 5% of the purchase price of goods Contact the Wooden Spoon office:
bought by Wooden Spoon members to the Thank you to all the event organisers that Tel: 01276 410 180 or email
Charity. In addition, the members will enjoy have supported Spoon in this way. charity@woodenspoon.com
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