Hey guys,Hope your all keeping well. Firstly congrats on reaching hampshire 1, wellearnt im guessing.Anyway since leaving the isle a couple of years ago nothing much haschanged. Now at uni over here studying and looking at getting back intoplaying rugby. The aim being to play for one of the many university teams wehave. Thats not to say i havnt been keeping up with my rugby dosages. Justspent the last super 14 season front and centre watching the queensland redsat suncorp stadium. see the photo thats the half way line. Should be back inengland in a year or so on a bit of a holiday. Hopefully i can tie it inwith the season and pop up to see some classic island rugby.Sam

All is good in sunny SA - in fact weather has actually been pretty shit of
late. Living in East London by the sea, but soon moving a little further in
land to the little university town of Grahamstown.

I have just been appointed as Master In charge of Rugby and as a Year 5
teacher at St Andrews Preparatory. Score a free house and numerous other
benefits and the Mrs. has also been hooked up with a job, so all is good.

No longer playing rugga, but spending plenty of time on the golf course
which is just superb! We are still waiting for the lads from the Isle of
Wight to pull in on vacation. I know it is a daunting thought leaving the
Island but there is other life out their buggers. Would love to catch up
with you all, hope I don't have to be back in the UK until we have can have
another beer.

Take care and all the best for your upcoming season!

Jacko

Currently deployed in the Gulf doing secret things he is not allowed to tell us about, Ian is enjoying his role as Chief Petty Officer aboard HMS Lancaster. He fills his days with jolly japes with ‘the boys’ and by rearranging his spanner drawer. Ian has played rugby for the Isle of Wight for years apart from the inconvenient breaks in which he is sent away to war (a letter to the Queen asking for this to stop recieved short shrift). Disappointed to find there was no room to play rugby on board ship, Ian was excited to hear about ‘mini-rugby’. Unfortunately he discovered this was not the game he imagined and had some serious explaining to do to the captain.
If you would like to contact Ian whilst he is away, please let his long suffering brother know at stuart.browne@iow.nhs.uk who would be happy to pass on messages of support, good wishes, abuse etc.