Broughton Rugby will play National League 1 side Preston Lodge at Pennypit on Saturday 15th August and they will be on the road a week later taking part in the Hawick Harlequins 10's Competition.

Beauty & The Beast!

No, the title isn't a 'Guess which one is which?' but with the Lions heading back from their disappointing 2-1 series loss to the South Africans, Broughton legend Dave Mercer gives some hints and tips to 6ft 2in, 18st 2lb prop Tendai 'The Beast' Mtawarira when the World Champions visited Murrayfield last November.

Pathway to success for Broughton boys

Scottish Rugby's potential stars of the future from the Capital have been selected for the Edinburgh Pathways U/15's & U/16's and Broughton & BATS are delighted to announce that there is a strong Club connection within the cream of the crop!

In the Eastern Eagles U/16 Squad, Scott Simpson and Lyall Brown, who represent BATS & Broughton High School are joined by Max Love (Son of former Broughton President Gerry Love) and Murray Devine (who's father Colin (aka Sid) a former Broughton legend!).

Congratulations to all the boys above and to the other kids from the BATS system who were selected - 9 in total for the U/16's and 5 who will be in the U/15 Eastern Eagles squad.

For further information, and details of the fixtures etc, click on

http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/content/view/2180/147/

http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/content/view/2179/147/

Former Broughton Player in Guinness World Record bid in New Zealand

News reaches Wardie regarding former Broughton player Paul Maddison, who now plays in New Zealand for Wellington Football Club, and a remarkable recent world record attempt.

On Sunday 14 June the Wellington Club and local rivals Poneke (who boast former Broughton Rugby Club Captain Johnny Wells as a player) joined ranks as they attempted to break the world record for the most number of rugby tackles in one hour.

The official Guinness Book of World Records record for this event is 4130. On the 31 May The Nottingham Boots team beat this record and tackled 4489, this still isn’t official but was definitely the target to beat.

Maddison gets in position to hit the bag

The teams were the under 85kg teams from Wellington Football Club and Poneke. Each team was allowed 10 tacklers and as many bag resetters as they liked. A tackle constituted of knocking the tackle bag to the ground and attempting to put the arms around the bag.

Final scores for each team were: Wellington Football Club 2475 & Poneke 2377 = Total tackles 4852, a record well beaten!

The event ended with helicopter drop of 1000 mini rugby balls!

BATs Summer Rugby Camp 

The 2009 BATs Summer Camp is being held at the home of Associated Club, Edinburgh Accies from 4th - 6th August.  For more information, download the flyer / registration form by clicking here

Un-sung Hero given Lifetime award

Broughton RFC are delighted to announce that they have rewarded one of the Club's un-sung heroes by awarding Olive Lyall Life Member status at the 2009 AGM.

Olive has spearheaded the kitchen team who have served up countless Burn's Suppers, Pre-International Lunch, Club Dinners etc for many, many years.

This token gesture is a big thank-you to Olive for her invaluable time and effort.

Speaking of the award, Honorary Secretary David Taylor said, "Olive's energy and commitment is a lesson for us all.  Through Olive's efforts, Broughton Rugby is the envy of many other rugby clubs and on behalf of the Club Members, we felt it only right to reward her in this way."

Well done Olive!

Be the best - Bar none!

Under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, anyone who serves alcohol must be trained by 1 September 2009.

This regulation means that only those who have been trained to the legislative standards can step foot behind the bar and pour a pint or a serve a shot.

As part of the Club's commitment to be comply with the new Government Legislation, Bar Convener Sandy Scott has obtained his new personal licence and is now able to deliver in-house training.

Sandy will be hosting a 2 hour bar training session in the Clubhouse and all members who wish to volunteer to serve behind the bar after 1 September are requested to attend one of the following sessions:

Tuesday 14 July, Thursday 16 July, Tuesday 21 July, Thursday 23 July. 

The sessions will last from 7.15 til 9.15pm and a free 'participation pint' is on offer!