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As some of you will have already heard, the club is about to start a major refit and refurbishment of the Boley Lounge. So firstly, I should probably explain that the Boley Lounge is the bar/room at the top of the stairs – a room which many of you have maybe never visited - and therein lies our problem! This room has not really been updated during our 35-year tenancy at Cooke Fields, which largely explains why it is very under-utilised and in desperate need of a facelift.

So, our plan is to completely renovate the room, adding a new bar and 4 large dormer windows which will take full advantage of the great view over the first team pitch. This we believe, will give us a much more attractive and usable space which members, visitors and sponsors can use, also allowing us to run two separate functions at the same time – hence crucially providing us with additional revenue generating possibilities. It will be more rugby-oriented than the downstairs bar – displaying all the international shirts, photos and other rugby memorabilia that we have accumulated over our almost 150-year history.
But of course this work comes at a cost, and whilst we are extremely grateful for a few major sponsors who have generously agreed to cover the costs of supplying & fitting the new bar, the dormers and the necessary scaffolding work, there are a number of other items that we still need to source and fund. This is where you can help to minimise or fund the overall cost to the club.

These are some of the additional things that we need to provide to complement and complete the work. If you can help personally - with skills or financial support, or you have contacts who can source any of these at reasonable (or even no) cost to the club, we’d love to hear from you!

• Plastering
• Flooring
• Audio- visual equipment (projectors, speakers, screen, etc.)
• Lighting and electrical fittings
• Furniture & upholstery
• Heating & air-conditioning unit
• Shirts & photo framing
• Glass washer
• Ice machine

The work is scheduled to start within the next 4 weeks, so if you can help or have any creative suggestions please get in touch with either Dan Bourne (07967 076797) or myself (07764 157889) asap.

We will also need additional labour at certain times during the refit activities, starting over the weekend of 25-26th January with a work party to strip down the room. Keep an eye on the club website, Facebook page or Twitter for more details on when this physical help will be needed or how to simply provide financial support.

Any and all donations gratefully received!

Many thanks
Paul

Paul Massey
Chairman