Aptly dressed in 70’s rugby kit, Alex, David and Chris (aka the Smashing Rackets) thoroughly entertained their audience on Friday with pun-tastic comedy, classic sing-a-long tunes and teasing quiz questions. 

Thank you guys for such a fine evening.

On Saturday we were graced with the presence of the great and the good including among others, Adrian Laing, Headteacher of Wimbledon College and Eoin Kelly, Headteacher at the Ursuline. 

David Doran, the President of the OWRFC, gave a wonderfully uplifting and funny address that was enjoyed by all. 

Thank you to David and all those who helped him plan, prepare and deliver this event which was a resounding success.

You can see more pictures from both events on the website.

Rugby

First XV 

Counties 2 Surrey promotion was confirmed last weekend for the First XV’s last home fixture of the season against Old Blues. 

Any fears of an Old Blues resurgence were quickly put to bed with early tries that kept on coming throughout the 80 minutes. In the end it was a fairly comprehensive victory 78-10.

Next week’s last game of the season is a dead rubber as far as league position goes, but the lads will want to see out the season in style with another win on the road. 

Fourth placed Purley John Fisher are their final opponents next week, and they will prove to be a much harder nut to crack than Old Blues. PJF’s recent results saw them beat second placed Chipstead as recently as 2 weeks ago, so any last day of school lackadaisy will not go unpunished. 

Rams

On Saturday Merton RFC gave our Rams a friendly fixture which ended in a comfortable win for our Rams. Huge thanks to Merton RFC for coming down and we hope they enjoyed the afternoon.

A critical fixture awaits that will mean the difference between first and second in the  Surrey Conference League. Old Cats 2s are just one point behind as the Rams face an away fixture against Farnham 3s next Saturday 5 April.

it is difficult to predict how the opposition will perform given that they have been given walkovers on 4 out of their last 5 fixtures. However they beat Cranleigh 2’s last weekend 33-22 so we know at least that they can put a competitive team together. 

Whatever the result, the Rams badly need promotion to a more stable league and huge congratulations must go to them for keeping the show on the road.

Football

Saturday

Moving their game from Coombe Lane to accommodate last Saturday's events did indeed prove to be good karma for the 1s as Lewis Afflick marked his first start for the OWs with a hat trick and they ran out 4-1 winners against HSBC 3rd.

With all the mid table teams above them either losing or drawing and with their games in hand, the team is now in a good position to guarantee another season in Junior Division 4 South.

They have home advantage this week in their 6-point double header with Merton 3rd who have shown a marked improvement recently taking 4 points from their games against the second and third placed teams.

There was no cup final hangover for the 2s last week as the OWs secured all 6 points with a 5-1 and a 2-0 victory over Bank of England 4th in their double header. 

There were goals from manager Zeki Akdeniz, Kamran Khan, Jordan McGrath, all the Sams (Granville and Richards) and Tom Hill the ginger Messi was back with a brace.

Those results saw them storm back to the top of Junior Division 5 South and leaves the title pretty much in their own hands. 

The only potential fly in the ointment is Poly 6 lurking in mid table with 5 games in hand. The OWs need to take all 3 points when they meet in April to ensure they can get revenge for the cup final loss by winning the division.

Before that they need to ensure they beat bottom side Merton 4th this Saturday to maintain pole position.

Sunday

The Firsts shared the point as they drew 3-3 with third placed St Helier Youth last week. Top scorer Romone McCrae made it 12 goals in 13 games, and not to be outdone James Brooke got his tenth of the season while Simon White got his sixth goal in 7 games for the OWs.

This week, the the Firsts travel to second placed Walton & Hersham FC Sunday as they continue to push for promotion from Division 5.

The Reserves will hope Sunday's opponents St. Helier Youth Blues will be a spent force after their Cup Final tonight as 3 points against the current league leaders would be a massive bonus for the OWs as they look to remain in Division 6 next season.

Last Sunday saw the A Team lose 9-1 to a strong Dorking Cobras team who are pushing for promotion (Blake Seabrook with the solitary OW goal).

They have one game left against another promotion hopeful Parkside Sunday to finish off their Division 8 season on the 20 April.

The Strollers did not travel well last week as an Al Gardner goal was their only consolation in a 9-1 loss to Godalming Town Veterans. The OWs have two remaining Farnham Division 1 fixtures left to play.

The Amblers saw their fixture last week postponed and will have to wait till next week to resume their Division 5 campaign.