|
|
Home | Notices
| Player Profiles | Ants
History | Maps | Reviews | Other Sites
| Contact |
|
|
Maggotfest Tour 2009 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Recent Notices The Maggotfest
History The Committee The Fundraising
Projects Sponsors Other Stuff you
need to know |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Details: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The Tour Details:
This is the draft schedule of events. Confirming we have
scheduled 4 rugby games (may extend to
6 games), 3 ‘hosted events’ including white water rafting, road travel to
such locations as Bozeman Montanta, Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Wyoming and Denver Colorado. The proposed events make for a fully-enjoyable-full-rugby
experience. The arrival and departure are determinants to what more we could
possible achieve over the 14-day MFT Tour. Recent Notices: Transport Travelling
whilst in Montana/Wyoming/Colorado will be in our personal chartered bus.
This comes with a dedicated driver/player/honorary Ant - Adam “Pigpen” Riley.
The team account shall reimburse such expenses i.e. fuel, driver (koha),
incidentals, etc. Accommodation Whilst
in the US, we’ve arranged fairly cheap accommodation which suits four player
to each room. In Missoula we will be
staying at the Quality Inn and Conference Centre; in Bozeman we will be
staying at the Wingate Inn; in Jackson we are staying at the Teton Gables
Motel; and in Denver we are staying at the Ramada Inn. Extra Curricular
Activities To
allow the maximum amount of tourist type activities we will (closer to the
date) provide information regarding activities around these areas. Mike (MP) has in-depth knowledge of the
area and can advise of local/near by activities. However you are encouraged
to also search the internet prior and put forth to the TEAM any deviation to
the tour. In
Denver, some of the activities available include the free Coor brewery tour
(with free beer), professional baseball game, major shopping for you metro
sexuals (or just for the partner).
Also MP has familiy in the area who will be able to provide insight
into what the city has to offer. In
most states, the bars close at 2am. ID is required to enter even if you look
as old as Disco. So be prepared to consume earlier than usual and have a
better nights sleep. Dead Ant Dinner Tour
Managem-Ant have determine that we require an end of tour dinner to reflect
the consumption, the rugby and the good times had. We will also be using this dinner to
present to players awards for achievements whilst on tour. It has been decided
that payment or payment arrangements of the $500 deposit is required by the
12th (This Friday) for the Maggot Fest Tour. Payments If you wish to make
payment directly into the bank account please deposit into our new bank
account below: OBURFC - Dead Ants BNZ 02-0500-0940322-097 If you wish to make an
arrangement please contact me either by email or phone (021758580). Once you have made a
deposit please confirm via email to Mike P. For those that have
already made a deposit, can you re-confirm that you have made the deposit (to
ensure our list is up to date, which I am 100% sure it is). The $500 will come
off your total cost of the trip and therefore leave a balance of $3200.00. If
you wish to pay weekly/monthly or lump sums into the bank account please
contact myslef and/or Mike P Guys, the amount of
work gone in to this has been amazing. So a big thanks to the people behind
the scenes like Oscar, Mike P, Bossy, Chip and a couple of others. So please
lets make things easier on them and do our part. Quinny The Maggotfest History: Since 1977, the Maggots have hosted a
festival-style rugby tournament, held the first weekend of May. Maggotfest
features 36 teams (28 men's and 8 women's sides) from throughout the US and
Canada, with an occasional team from other exotic places. The emphasis at
Maggotfest is on both the competition of the sport and on the fun aspects of
rugby. Fest regularly features top first and second division clubs looking to
test their skills, as well as more social sides out for some good matches and
good times. We match teams that might not ordinarily get to meet each other,
and are on a somewhat even level. Teams are encouraged to not only play great
rugby, but wear costumes and present creative skits. The small $450
registration fee gives you free beer all weekend and a party Saturday night.
Unlike most tournaments, there is no elimination process to decide a champion
- everyone gets the same number of matches. There's plenty of opportunities
for additional games, as this is a rugby whore's paradise. All teams are
presented with a Maggoty trophy at the end of Fest, with a
special "Best Play on the Pitch" trophy given to the team we
observed to have the best playing ability. Equally as important, is the big
trophy for the "Most Honored Side", the team with
the best overall rugby attitude, both on and off the pitch. - For
further details refer to http://www.maggots.org/ The Committee: Tour Manager – Qunniy
(Craig Quinn) Tour Manager – Mike Plivelich Tour Promoter / Fundraiser – Oscar (Steve Kamo) / Boss (Paul
Hayes) Cultural / Events co-ordinator – Dom Group Travel Co-ordinator – Oyster (Guy Flynn - NZ Travel
Brokers) The Fundraising Projects: Fundraising To date we have raised just over
$7,000. Over the next 9 weeks we have set a target of raising a further
$5,000, which will go along way toward covering our accommodation costs if we
achieve this means funds can then be allocated to social activities. To
achieve this we need everyone to support the initiatives we undertake. To
date much of the success of the fundraising can be put down to the efforts of
7-8 people with others making little or no effort. We acknowledge some people
have had commitments and have not been able to contribute fully to activities
undertaken however as ultimately the funds raised are for the benefit of the
whole team we would ask that over the next 9 weeks you make a real effort to
get behind the fundraising where ever possible. Upcoming items include: Important Notes
Can you all make the effort to see if
your employer or any business you know may be prepared in making a donation
of goods (Rugby tour related), or sponsorship (even if small). Players Just a reminder that we need more players, particularly a loosehead prop. We've given ourselves until mid feb to find more players so if you see some good bastards at the sevens tell them all about it. Raffle Well done on the ticket sales. We
managed to raise $1,780 with the $1,000 prize going to Jo Carr, Fat Pete’s
partner. Can everyone please make sure they have deposited the raffle
proceeds into the MFT account! 10
Pin A great night again at the Lanes with
a little over 70 people attending. With raffle sales etc we managed to raise
$1,178 which brings funds raised to date to just over $7,000. Lawn
Bowls We are booked to play lawn bowl at the
Mt Vic bowling club, 125 Pirie St on Friday 27 Feb & Friday 27 March.
We will be having a BBQ & watching S14 Rugby. The cost is $20 per person
and we’d like to get around 30 people. This is primarily a social event but
if we can raise some funds it would be good. This is open to MFT players and
the Dead Ants as a pre season get together. Working
Bee At this stage we are potentially looking at having a working bee on Saturday 21th or 28th of February. Can you please advise your availability for these dates. Sponsors It looks like we may have a sponsor for the caps ($1,000)
but we still need sponsors for the shirts and rear bags. Logical targets are
organisations that will benefit from the influx of rugbyheads from the USA in
2011. Suggestions welcomed. Anyone got contacts at Tourism Wellington?
Remember if you don't ask you don't get. Trade
Me Fundraiser In November we discussed the possibility of raising funds
via Trademe. The idea was raised again at our last team meeting and it was
agreed we would look to raise some funds via Trademe. Below is a brief are the details of what is intended. Our
objective is for each person to raise $100 toward team funds. If you wish to
sell things individually that’s fine as long as you remember to put at least
50% of the proceeds in to the MFT account. Any questions please contact me. Sponsors:
Other Stuff: In order for us to complete
the final stages of our travel requirements, we need to follow a few
processes as explained below. I am sorry about the information overload,
but once all these steps have been done, we are on our way. All air travel documentation has
been processed as per the attached itinerary. Just so you are
aware, some people will have a different itinerary because they are traveling
on different dates to the main group for personal reasons. We
must complete and/or check all of the following by 28 February. Insurance Insurance is included as part of
your tour price. Attached is the QBE Insurance Policy we are using for
this trip. You all need to complete the appropriate forms individually
and send them back to me signed however I would prefer
if you fax to 06 3569955 (label with Dead Ants at the
top). For your information, the main group require QBE Travel Insurance
Policy A for a total period of 13 days. For those that have
different travel plans, you may require additional/less days due to varying
the trip from the main group, speak to Guy Flynn directly as you will have
different requirements. UNITED STATES ENTRY Citizens of Visa Waiver Program
eligible countries will require a machine readable passport to satisfy the
visa waiver entry requirements of the All nationals or citizens of Visa
Waiver Program (VWP) countries who travel to the United States for temporary
business or pleasure will require an approved ESTA (Electronic System for
Travel Authorisation) prior to boarding a carrier to travel to the United
States under the VWP. ESTA applications may be submitted at any time prior
to travel to the Once an ESTA application has been
successfully completed and submitted online, the application will be queried
against appropriate law enforcement databases. ESTA application data will
remain active for the period of time that the ESTA authorisation is valid. Passports It is important that we get all of
your passport details. As stated above, to enter the Also important to note that your
passport must be valid for 6 months after completion of Travel. If you have any questions regarding
any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact myself or our Travel
Broker, Guy Flynn (guy@nztravelbrokers.co.nz). Guy Flynn will be in touch directly
with the guys who are not travelling all the way with the main group and he
will talk through your specific details. In
Summary, these need to be done.
(Bossy, I seem to have misplaced
Kamate's email address, could you forward this on please). |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
©
Dead Ants |
