A Celebration of British Sports

Hosted by Steve Cram MBE & Karen Pickering MBE and in the presence of British stars, this black-tie charity event is truly a night of variety with live entertainment, sports, dancing and music all at once…
 
 
Thursday 26th February 2009

Intercontinental London Park Lane

Champagne reception from 7.00 p.m.

 
- Featuring the Sporting Chance Hall of Fame -

- In Association with Sporting Chance Foundation and COCO -

 
For Bookings and further information, please contact
 Eve Management on +44(0) 20 7637 4844 or at info@evemanagement.com 

‘The Best Day of My Life’

A Celebration of British Sports

Hosted by Steve Cram MBE & Karen Pickering MBE and in the presence of British stars, this black-tie charity event is truly a night of variety with live entertainment, sports, dancing and music all at once…
 
 
Thursday 26th February 2009

Intercontinental London Park Lane

Champagne reception from 7.00 p.m.

 
- Featuring the Sporting Chance Hall of Fame -

- In Association with Sporting Chance Foundation and COCO -

 
For Bookings and further information, please refer to the information as attached
or
Contact Eve Management on +44(0) 20 7637 4844 or at info@evemanagement.com <mailto:info@evemanagement.com> the-best-day-of-my-life-sales-flyer

‘The Best Day of My Life’

A Celebration of British Sports

Hosted by Steve Cram MBE & Karen Pickering MBE and in the presence of British stars, this black-tie charity event is truly a night of variety with live entertainment, sports, dancing and music all at once…
 
 
Thursday 26th February 2009

Intercontinental London Park Lane

Champagne reception from 7.00 p.m.

 
- Featuring the Sporting Chance Hall of Fame -

- In Association with Sporting Chance Foundation and COCO -

 
For Bookings and further information, please refer to the information as attached
or
Contact Eve Management on +44(0) 20 7637 4844 or at info@evemanagement.com <mailto:info@evemanagement.com> the-best-day-of-my-life-sales-flyer

England Sporting Chance Women were crowned champions of the Dubai Rugby Exiles 7s after a thrilling 12-10 victory in the final against the Wooden Spoon team.

The England Sporting Chance side, playing in their first tournament of the season which also sees them compete in the Rugby World Cup 7s in March in Dubai also, swept aside Canada 12-5 in Saturday’s semi-final. Tries from Richmond’s Alice Richardson and Saracens’ Charlotte Barras sealed the win.

In the final, a converted try from Richmond’s Alice Richardson handed England a 7-5 lead at half-time, but a second try for Scotland’s Lissy Millard put the Wooden Spoon team in the lead with just four minutes left on the clock.

England held their nerve though and showed tremendous mental strength to sustain a barrage of attacks which finally saw Blaydon’s Danielle Waterman score in the final play at the game. Richardson didn’t convert but England sealed a magnificent 12-0 victory to lift the Dubai crown.

England Head Coach Simon Amor said: “This was an impressive win for us. It was certainly tense, and only a try in the last play of the game secured the win, but that sort of performance shows that these players know how to win games. They have mental toughness and that is exactly what is needed if we are going to contest the Rugby World Cup.

“From here the girls now have a rest period from 7s rugby, but come January it is all go. We will have several training sessions, before then going to San Diego and then Dubai again for the Rugby World Cup 7s.”

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Canada (Semi-final)

Score: 12-5
Tries: Richardson, Barras.
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 12-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Wooden Spoon (final)

Score: 12-10
Tries: Richardson, Waterman
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 7-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation 7s squad

Sue Day (c) Wasps
Sarah Beale Lichfield
Maggie Alphonsi Saracens
Emma Layland Richmond 
Heather Fisher Wasps
Charlotte Barras Saracens 
Jo Yapp Worcester
Danielle Waterman Blaydon Team Northumbria
Alice Richardson Richmond
Vicky Massarella Richmond
Claire Allan Saracens
Michaela Staniford Wasps

England Sporting Chance Women were crowned champions of the Dubai Rugby Exiles 7s after a thrilling 12-10 victory in the final against the Wooden Spoon team.

The England Sporting Chance side, playing in their first tournament of the season which also sees them compete in the Rugby World Cup 7s in March in Dubai also, swept aside Canada 12-5 in Saturday’s semi-final. Tries from Richmond’s Alice Richardson and Saracens’ Charlotte Barras sealed the win.

In the final, a converted try from Richmond’s Alice Richardson handed England a 7-5 lead at half-time, but a second try for Scotland’s Lissy Millard put the Wooden Spoon team in the lead with just four minutes left on the clock.

England held their nerve though and showed tremendous mental strength to sustain a barrage of attacks which finally saw Blaydon’s Danielle Waterman score in the final play at the game. Richardson didn’t convert but England sealed a magnificent 12-0 victory to lift the Dubai crown.

England Head Coach Simon Amor said: “This was an impressive win for us. It was certainly tense, and only a try in the last play of the game secured the win, but that sort of performance shows that these players know how to win games. They have mental toughness and that is exactly what is needed if we are going to contest the Rugby World Cup.

“From here the girls now have a rest period from 7s rugby, but come January it is all go. We will have several training sessions, before then going to San Diego and then Dubai again for the Rugby World Cup 7s.”

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Canada (Semi-final)

Score: 12-5
Tries: Richardson, Barras.
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 12-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Wooden Spoon (final)

Score: 12-10
Tries: Richardson, Waterman
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 7-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation 7s squad

Sue Day (c) Wasps
Sarah Beale Lichfield
Maggie Alphonsi Saracens
Emma Layland Richmond 
Heather Fisher Wasps
Charlotte Barras Saracens 
Jo Yapp Worcester
Danielle Waterman Blaydon Team Northumbria
Alice Richardson Richmond
Vicky Massarella Richmond
Claire Allan Saracens
Michaela Staniford Wasps

England Sporting Chance Women were crowned champions of the Dubai Rugby Exiles 7s after a thrilling 12-10 victory in the final against the Wooden Spoon team.

The England Sporting Chance side, playing in their first tournament of the season which also sees them compete in the Rugby World Cup 7s in March in Dubai also, swept aside Canada 12-5 in Saturday’s semi-final. Tries from Richmond’s Alice Richardson and Saracens’ Charlotte Barras sealed the win.

In the final, a converted try from Richmond’s Alice Richardson handed England a 7-5 lead at half-time, but a second try for Scotland’s Lissy Millard put the Wooden Spoon team in the lead with just four minutes left on the clock.

England held their nerve though and showed tremendous mental strength to sustain a barrage of attacks which finally saw Blaydon’s Danielle Waterman score in the final play at the game. Richardson didn’t convert but England sealed a magnificent 12-0 victory to lift the Dubai crown.

England Head Coach Simon Amor said: “This was an impressive win for us. It was certainly tense, and only a try in the last play of the game secured the win, but that sort of performance shows that these players know how to win games. They have mental toughness and that is exactly what is needed if we are going to contest the Rugby World Cup.

“From here the girls now have a rest period from 7s rugby, but come January it is all go. We will have several training sessions, before then going to San Diego and then Dubai again for the Rugby World Cup 7s.”

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Canada (Semi-final)

Score: 12-5
Tries: Richardson, Barras.
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 12-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation v Wooden Spoon (final)

Score: 12-10
Tries: Richardson, Waterman
Conversions: Richardson
Half-time score: 7-5

England Sporting Chance Foundation 7s squad

Sue Day (c) Wasps
Sarah Beale Lichfield
Maggie Alphonsi Saracens
Emma Layland Richmond 
Heather Fisher Wasps
Charlotte Barras Saracens 
Jo Yapp Worcester
Danielle Waterman Blaydon Team Northumbria
Alice Richardson Richmond
Vicky Massarella Richmond
Claire Allan Saracens
Michaela Staniford Wasps

The England Sporting Chance Foundation side recorded a 39-0 win over Aylesford Bulls and then an impressive 34-7 victory over the USA in the pool games.

In total the side ran in 14 tries, with Richmond’s Alice Richardson topping the scoring list with three touchdowns.

The England Sporting Chance Women now have one more pool fixture to play against a Wooden Spoon side on Friday, comprising of several international players, before contesting the quarterfinals on Friday also. 

England Head Coach Simon Amor said: “This was a really good start to the tournament. I am very pleased, and overall the players demonstrated some first class rugby although we know we still have some fine tuning to do.

“We may already be in the quarterfinals but Friday’s Wooden Spoon game is going to be a tough fixture - they have some very good players in that team - and after that we will wait and see who we play in the quarterfinals.”

The Dubai 7s is England’s first test of the new season and acts as a vital warm-up tournament ahead of the 2009 iRB inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup 7s, in March in Dubai also.

England head into this season on the back of a highly successful year in 2008, which saw them record a clean sweep of wins in the Amsterdam 7s, the London Emirates Airline 7s, the Home Nations Cup and the European 7s.

England Sporting Chance Foundation 7s squad

Sue Day (c) Wasps
Sarah Beale Lichfield
Maggie Alphonsi Saracens
Amy Turner Richmond 
Heather Fisher Wasps
Charlotte Barras Saracens 
Jo Yapp Worcester
Danielle Waterman Blaydon Team Northumbria
Alice Richardson Richmond
Vicky Massarella Richmond
Claire Allan Saracens
Michaela Staniford Wasps

England v Aylesford Bulls
Score: 39-0
Tries: Yapp, Beale (2), Allan (2), Staniford, Barras.
Conversions: Massarella (2)
Half-time score: 17-0 

England v USA 

Score: 34-7
Tries: Barras, Richardson (3), Fisher, Yapp.
Conversions: Richardson (2).
Half-time score: 14-7

Heather Partners, part of the Mathon group, have committed to sponsoring both the ladies and men’s Sporting Chance Allstars in the Dubai 7’s this year. 

Mathon are already keen supporters of the sevens game through their commitment as main sponsors of the IRB Mathon Melrose Sevens tournament. The sponsorship of the Sporting Chance Allstars by Heather Partners is further proof that the company is keen to associate themselves with the unique ethos and atmosphere experienced at rugby sevens events around the world.

Mathon is one of the UK’s leading asset-based lenders in the commercial property sector. They offer short-term finance that allows property developers and investors to make rapid acquisitions of property and land assets or to redevelop or refinance existing properties. All of their lending is secured against property assets in the UK or Ireland.

Strong client relationships demonstrate their high level of customer service and flexibility to provide rapid lending decisions. They have seen strong growth in our loan portfolio and have built a reputation for providing short-term finance solutions where other lenders have fallen down.

Mathon has a diverse client base, encompassing limited companies, family businesses, partnerships and private individuals. In Dubai the company are very much looking forward to spending valuable time with their Middle Eastern clients at one of the biggest sporting events in the region. They are also expecting big things from both Allstars teams which are packed with high profile sevens specialists. So are we!

Heather Partners, part of the Mathon group, have committed to sponsoring both the ladies and men’s Sporting Chance Allstars in the Dubai 7’s this year. 

Mathon are already keen supporters of the sevens game through their commitment as main sponsors of the IRB Mathon Melrose Sevens tournament. The sponsorship of the Sporting Chance Allstars by Heather Partners is further proof that the company is keen to associate themselves with the unique ethos and atmosphere experienced at rugby sevens events around the world.

Mathon is one of the UK’s leading asset-based lenders in the commercial property sector. They offer short-term finance that allows property developers and investors to make rapid acquisitions of property and land assets or to redevelop or refinance existing properties. All of their lending is secured against property assets in the UK or Ireland.

Strong client relationships demonstrate their high level of customer service and flexibility to provide rapid lending decisions. They have seen strong growth in our loan portfolio and have built a reputation for providing short-term finance solutions where other lenders have fallen down.

Mathon has a diverse client base, encompassing limited companies, family businesses, partnerships and private individuals. In Dubai the company are very much looking forward to spending valuable time with their Middle Eastern clients at one of the biggest sporting events in the region. They are also expecting big things from both Allstars teams which are packed with high profile sevens specialists. So are we!

Heather Partners, part of the Mathon group, have committed to sponsoring both the ladies and men’s Sporting Chance Allstars in the Dubai 7’s this year. 

Mathon are already keen supporters of the sevens game through their commitment as main sponsors of the IRB Mathon Melrose Sevens tournament. The sponsorship of the Sporting Chance Allstars by Heather Partners is further proof that the company is keen to associate themselves with the unique ethos and atmosphere experienced at rugby sevens events around the world.

Mathon is one of the UK’s leading asset-based lenders in the commercial property sector. They offer short-term finance that allows property developers and investors to make rapid acquisitions of property and land assets or to redevelop or refinance existing properties. All of their lending is secured against property assets in the UK or Ireland.

Strong client relationships demonstrate their high level of customer service and flexibility to provide rapid lending decisions. They have seen strong growth in our loan portfolio and have built a reputation for providing short-term finance solutions where other lenders have fallen down.

Mathon has a diverse client base, encompassing limited companies, family businesses, partnerships and private individuals. In Dubai the company are very much looking forward to spending valuable time with their Middle Eastern clients at one of the biggest sporting events in the region. They are also expecting big things from both Allstars teams which are packed with high profile sevens specialists. So are we!