"4th" XV Tour: Genoa 2002

The 2002 "4th" XV tour is now over.

Travel Arrangements

Thursday 25th April

• 08:00 Meet at the Rugby Club
• 08:15 Tour starts. You must have either a beer or a good excuse at this point.
• 09:15 Coach from Maidenhead to Heathrow
• 12:15 Alitalia flight from Heathrow to Rome
• 15:20 Alitalia flight from Rome to Genoa - arrive 16:25
• Coach to the hotel - arrive at approximately 18:00

Monday 29th April

• 11:50 Alitalia flight from Genoa to Rome
• 14:55 Alitalia flight from Rome to Heathrow
• Head for the Hand & Flowers

Hotel

We are staying at the Hotel L'Approdo. Once again we've found a particularly nice hotel, so lets try to leave it that way.

The hotel is roughly 150 yards from the beach and has it's own bar. Hurrah!

Contact details are:

Clicking on the map on the top of the page will open an interactive map of the area.

(The manager's name is "Mr Bigoni" which just happens to be an anagram of "I'm Big Ron". Anyone else worried yet?)

Matches

We have one match arranged for Sunday 28th April, against Rugby Pegli. This will be a curtain raiser for the league match that afternoon between Recco and Genoa at the same ground.

Tour Law

Laws

1. When travelling to and from Italy, dress will be shirt, trousers, blazer / jacket or club jumper, club tie, including tour hat and fresh flower. NO Baseball Caps.
2. When travelling to and from the Italian game, dress will be as above, substituting trousers for Bermuda shorts (the louder, the better).
3. Asking what the rules are is a fineable offence.
4. Missing breakfast is a fineable offence.
5. All tour virgins (those who haven't been on tour with the Maidenhead 4th team before) must carry an Italian sausage wrapped in cling film at all times.
6. All tour members must carry an individual Genoa cake at all times
7. After the game, all players must toast the tour monkey.
8. All pointing during tour must be done with the elbow.
9. Drinking on even hours must be with the right hand, pinkie finger extended.
10. Drinking on uneven hours must be with the left hand, pinkie finger extended.
11. No soft drinks will be consumed, except during the game or under medical grounds, notes must be provided.
12. Timings and activities throughout the tour are as dictated by the judge, legal team or Ron.
13. The tour baby must be accompanied at all times by the babysitter.
14. Once again, tour points score will be kept.
    1. Kissing with the opposite sex, including tongues. 1 point
    2. Groping the opposite sex. 2 points
       (In the interests of decency, the rest of the scores have been censored. See the Judge for details)
15. No points will be awarded unless documentary evidence or a witness is present.
16. Tour virgins must wear white socks whilst in No 1's during the tour.

Attire

At other times the attire is at the discretion of the Judge.
Do not forget to bring your rugby kit.

Caveats

All these laws (and any susequently introduced) are liable to change without prior warning at the discretion of the Judge.

Ignorance of Tour Law is no excuse for breaking it, however, asking what the Law is is a finable offence.

Other Activities

There will be a wedding on the beach on Saturday, details as and when they are needed will be available from Robbo.

We're looking into other things to do, any suggestions to Ron Butler.

Cost and Fundraising

We're currently raising money through some dodgy deal selling London Irish match tickets, see Richard Endacott for details.

The tour cost is £300. This is due by Tuesday 16th April at the very latest, see the tour treasurer, Robbo.

This will get you:

• Travel to and from Italy
• 4 nights accommodation (including breakfast)
• Playing insurance
• The traditional first night meal

As usual, any other food, drink, souvenirs, etc you require will not come from the kitty so pick up some of the local currency.

Tour Party

The current list of tourists is:

Names in green denote virgins (as always, having toured with other teams doesn't count).
For tour officers, room allocation, etc, click here.