Always a Wasp

Hi,

My daughter is an amazing singer (you'd expect me to say that, but it's actually true), she won a choral scholarship to a local prestigious school where she was the head chorister in their chapel choir, and sings with the award winning Farnham Youth Choir.  Last year FYC won an international choir competition which made them eligible to represent the UK at the World Choir Games in 2024.  The problem is that it is in Aukland, New Zealand, and as FYC is a charity they can't fund everyone to go.  So we are looking to raise money to cover her flights and accommodation.

We're asking people to help sponsor her so she can take this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  In return we will be holding a big part once she gets back and everyone who helped will be invited so she can thank them personally.  There will be tea and cake, and hopefully beer too.  And she has agreed to sing a couple of songs for us.

If you have anything you can spare to make her dream come true I would be hugely grateful.  If not that's absolutely fine, but perhaps you might be willing to share the link on social media to help spread the word.

https://gofund.me/9bafd962

Thank you very much indeed.

Dobby and his wife Elizabeth are expecting a baby boy.

They put out a lovely video on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqizxIJo3cq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hi,

Obviously things have changed over the last year since I last asked you to support this place.  For fairly obvious and predictable reasons this forum has got somewhat quieter, but I, like a lot of people I suspect, am hoping that at some stage we will have a team to support again soon.  And so after much thought I have decided to try to keep this place going.

I've met some lovely people because of it, and I suspect I'm not alone in that.

So if you are able to help with a small donation to help keep the forum running in 2023 I would be extremely grateful.  You can do that by clicking on the big blue link here:

DONATE

This is a Paypal link, and connects to my personal account that I set up when running an online martial arts shop, so don't be too surprised by the name.

Thank you in advance, I genuinely appreciate your help.

If you aren't in a position to donate anything please don't worry, the site is free to use and I fully intend to keep it that way.

We've shared a lot of amazing times here on this board, amazing wins, glorious moments of skill, getting to meet players, and more besides.

I thought that rather than focus on the depressing situation that we're stuck in I thought it might be nice to have somewhere we can share some of our favourite memories of being a Wasp.

I'll start.

I used to run a big martial arts event every six month in Balsall Common, and in November 2015 I managed to schedule it so I could go straight from the event to the Ricoh to watch our home game against Toulon.

I met up with my old mate who is sadly a Tigers fan and we took our seats in the stands expecting to see the European Champions smash Wasps. How wrong were we...

That game had everything. Smashley hitting people like a freight train, Wade drawing crowds of defenders before releasing Halai to score, Hughes in imperious form scoring twice. And probably my favourite try of all time, Jackson chipping over the oncoming defence, some magical interplay between him, Gaskell, and Simpson before he managed to score.

By the end of it even my Tigers mate was cheering for us.

For me that was a major turning point in our fortunes and it was an amazing game to be at.

I have no idea if any of the players frequent this site, but if any of you are reading this - Men, Women, Rugby, or Netball - I run a small social media agency focussing on video.

If you want a completely free of charge no obligation chat on zoom about the possibility of building a monetised following on Youtube just let me know.

Thank you for all the joy you have brought us over the years.

Oz (Vespula Vulgaris)

I should apologise for the trolls who have slipped through the net of late.

I have taken the decision to close the forum to new registrations until we find out what is actually going to happen.

OAWAAW

Dan and Elizabeth got hitched at the weekend, looks like a beautiful day.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Chkk6Y8rYQv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I'm hearing rumours of a big news story about to break about a Premiership club with financial problems and it isn't us...

Anyone heard anything?