POTP '07
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 August 2007
This was Bletchley Rugby Club's first event of it's 60th Anniversary season. If success were to be measured in statistics then we are talking 1,584 pints of real ale, 2,204 pints of lager, 300 bottles of wine, 175 pints of cider and 600+ burgers consumed.
Over the three days, Party on the Pitch was open for 36 hours and (although we weren't officially counting) we must have seen 1,000+ people at Manor Fields. Many of these were current members, some were ex-players from the past, but many were people who wouldn't normally go anywhere near a rugby club! We saw people wandering over the canal bridge to see what was going on, and there were others who came to Manor Fields as an alternative to a night-out in Central Milton Keynes. We hope to see many of them back soon...
Although the queues of children were never long, the children's entertainment was a great success. So too was the real ale bar (our sincere thanks go to CAMRA for their help with this, and to Dayla who opened up their depot on Sunday morning when we realised we were about to run out of beer!)
The bands that played over the three days ranged from the well established (Chris George and the Marshall band who headlined on Friday) through to the brand new (The Midnights on Sunday). Every one of them was excellent value, and they were undoubtedly the main attraction for a lot of the people down to Manor Fields for the first time.
The event was put on by a rugby club, so the sport had to appear somewhere... On Saturday afternoon two pre-season friendly/trial matches were played against Olney, and on Sunday Bletchley Vets played their counterparts from Milton Keynes in the Justin Hales Memorial game. We also took the opportunity to have a GoPlay! stand, this RFU initiative that's running in the World Cup year being designed to attract new players into the game.
There were two key groups that made the event possible - the sponsors and the volunteers. The former helped the rugby club ensured that the costs of running the event were covered, and the latter made certain that those costs were kept to the bare minimum. Wherever you looked, there was someone wearing a navy or maroon 'Party on the Pitch crew' t-shirt helping with carparking, cooking or serving behind the bar. There are far too many people to name here, but all parts of the club were involved and well represented.
Party on the Pitch 2007 has been a great success, and Bletchley Rugby Club has every intention of having a repeat event in 2008 (if not before!)
Friday 24 August: The event opens... Live music: Cyba Drummer, Cloudy, Modus Vivendi and Chris George & The Marshall Band
Saturday 25 August: Day 2... Funfair, camping, Bletchley v Olney, live music: Keiran Durcan, Joe Garrett, Sarah McLellan, Todd Staniford, Tom Craven, Chasing Black Aces, Cutout Blonde, Symbo, Wooden Casino, Stonebroke, and Sirenide
Sunday 26 August: Day 3... Funfair, stocks, Korfball, Bletchley v Milton Keynes, live music: Linda Watkins & Godfrey, The Midnights, Raz, Joe Garrett, Stonebreaker, Pilfa Confession Box, Trash Monkey, Dry Til Friday, Hello Hallelujah, and Terrapin Trainstation
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This was Bletchley Rugby Club's first event of it's 60th Anniversary season. If success were to be measured in statistics then we are talking 1,584 pints of real ale, 2,204 pints of lager, 300 bottles of wine, 175 pints of cider and 600+ burgers consumed.
Over the three days, Party on the Pitch was open for 36 hours and (although we weren't officially counting) we must have seen 1,000+ people at Manor Fields. Many of these were current members, some were ex-players from the past, but many were people who wouldn't normally go anywhere near a rugby club! We saw people wandering over the canal bridge to see what was going on, and there were others who came to Manor Fields as an alternative to a night-out in Central Milton Keynes. We hope to see many of them back soon...
Although the queues of children were never long, the children's entertainment was a great success. So too was the real ale bar (our sincere thanks go to CAMRA for their help with this, and to Dayla who opened up their depot on Sunday morning when we realised we were about to run out of beer!)
The bands that played over the three days ranged from the well established (Chris George and the Marshall band who headlined on Friday) through to the brand new (The Midnights on Sunday). Every one of them was excellent value, and they were undoubtedly the main attraction for a lot of the people down to Manor Fields for the first time.
The event was put on by a rugby club, so the sport had to appear somewhere... On Saturday afternoon two pre-season friendly/trial matches were played against Olney, and on Sunday Bletchley Vets played their counterparts from Milton Keynes in the Justin Hales Memorial game. We also took the opportunity to have a GoPlay! stand, this RFU initiative that's running in the World Cup year being designed to attract new players into the game.
There were two key groups that made the event possible - the sponsors and the volunteers. The former helped the rugby club ensured that the costs of running the event were covered, and the latter made certain that those costs were kept to the bare minimum. Wherever you looked, there was someone wearing a navy or maroon 'Party on the Pitch crew' t-shirt helping with carparking, cooking or serving behind the bar. There are far too many people to name here, but all parts of the club were involved and well represented.
Party on the Pitch 2007 has been a great success, and Bletchley Rugby Club has every intention of having a repeat event in 2008 (if not before!)
Friday 24 August: The event opens... Live music: Cyba Drummer, Cloudy, Modus Vivendi and Chris George & The Marshall Band
Saturday 25 August: Day 2... Funfair, camping, Bletchley v Olney, live music: Keiran Durcan, Joe Garrett, Sarah McLellan, Todd Staniford, Tom Craven, Chasing Black Aces, Cutout Blonde, Symbo, Wooden Casino, Stonebroke, and Sirenide
Sunday 26 August: Day 3... Funfair, stocks, Korfball, Bletchley v Milton Keynes, live music: Linda Watkins & Godfrey, The Midnights, Raz, Joe Garrett, Stonebreaker, Pilfa Confession Box, Trash Monkey, Dry Til Friday, Hello Hallelujah, and Terrapin Trainstation
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