After a tough season, hope of promotion meant we had to win our final match. Brikmyre managed a 14 to 5 victory over a stuffy and competitive Bishopton team. This win means it is PROMOTION TIME for the first time in 15 years!

Congratulations to all the players and thanks to everyone who has supported the club this year!

After a huge amount of effort by a number of our friends, sponsors, committee and players, we now have a floodlighting facility that will be the envy of clubs many leagues above us.

I'd like to take this opportunity to recognise Willie Carruth's effort over the summer which is way beyond anything any member of the club has a right to expect. Some of you will know the huge effort he's put in - all should be aware it has been a monumental effort to get the Council to finally do what they should have done months ago to get ready for the switch on. Through his persistence and effort they were eventually shamed into getting us connected. I hope you will all be as proud as I am of facilities that the Bears now have, that these now help with recruitment and also assist John and Pete get some great training sessions arranged for you over the coming months to seeking to plot our track to promotion this season.

We've arranged for a formal "Switching On" ceremony on Tuesday evening, to be carried out by Our President, our deputy Provost Cllr Wilson, a member of the Glasgow Warriors and a representative from the SRU press team.

Senior Canterbury Strips!

You asked for them... we've got them! Senior Strips are now available to purchase online from Provan Sports!

Any club member taking a trip to see Scotland play away from home can submit an application for tickets through the club.

This year Tickets are priced as below:

Wales V Scotland 13th Feb 2010:
£65, £60 and £45.

Italy V Scotland 27th Feb 2010
£87, £53 and £31

Ireland V Scotland 20th March 2010
£70
Applications must be made prior to 15th Oct and allocated tickets will be announced by the 30th of Nov. Anyone wishing tickets please email Jamie Moglia stating qty and which ticket prices you require.

In attendance for his first game as President, after spending virtually all his life at the park over the last 3 weeks trying to sort out the floodlight debacle; there was no man with a bigger smile on his face as he presented the Renfrewshire cup to Captain for the day Iain Ferguson on Saturday.

We played first against Renfrew who arrived with a large squad. It was clear that with 2 games behind them they were a bit more match experienced than us, but we managed to beat them by 3 points to nil which earned us a rest in the second game. In this game Bishopton beat Renfrew by 8 points to nil. The final game was a winner take all and I am pleased to say that after falling behind by 7 points we scored a14 to win the game and the cup.

Training takes place every Tuesday from 7:30-9:00pm at Birkmyre Park, Kilmacolm.

Players new and old are encouraged to come down and participate whatever your skill level or fitness!

Luxury changing facilities are now available!

Gentlemen, It's time for the playing membership of Birky to step up to the mark. The committee, and in particular our President, have sacrificed an incredible amount of time, effort and even their own money to set the club up for the future. . . and that means we owe them!

We also owe each other some honesty, we have only one training session a week, we need to make it count. If you are going to be there, let us know! If you can't make, let us know! Our Glasgow Warriors player, Dan Turner (recent Scotland A squad), will be in regular attendance over the course of the season, providing expert guidance beneath the glare of our new floodlight system!

This is one of the shortest seasons in the clubs history, we will be playing 2 less games than last season, if we commit to training and plan ahead to make ourselves available for as many games as possible we can finish top of the league, no problem.

If you are unavailable, please let us know, with enough notice we can cover most positions.

If you are injured but can hold a bag, get down to training.

Lastly, recruitment, we need players of all levels to continue growing, if everyone can bring one new person into the fold, a 2nd XV is a very real possibility! In addition, any social members you can convince to join and swell the coffers are always welcome and we can continue to plan bigger, better and BADDER social events.

A good, positive start to the season will set us up for success, plus there are nice new hot showers at training! So no more excuses.

That is all.

Birkmyre's 'Stadium of Light' is almost complete now that the new flood lights are up!

After much effort and great expense, the new lights are up just in time for the new season.