Rugby World Cup 2011 Fixture iCal Calendar

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 03, 2011 9:23 am

    Searched on Google for iCal Rugby World Cup fixture list and the first result was your website - Now added them all to my google calender, Thank you so much!

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  2. SimonJanuary 06, 2011 8:43 am

    Thanks Mike, the calendar's much appreciated! Simon, Dublin

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  3. Mike RiversdaleJanuary 07, 2011 11:06 pm

    Pleasure guys.

    NZRU/IRB have told me on Twitter they'll be doing something "in the new year" so watch their space as well.

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  4. James GrantJanuary 20, 2011 12:47 am

    Mike thanks for the Calendar, You legend! James, London

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  5. Mike RiversdaleJanuary 20, 2011 11:30 am

    Pleasure James.

    As I've said the NZRU/IRB did promise a "usable" calendar but at the moment it's still in .doc format (DOH!)

    I'll be maintaining the Google calendar either way and will update with match scores, links etc

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 02, 2011 11:12 pm

    Thanks for this - made my day!
    Adam

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 03, 2011 2:11 pm

    fantastic mike, thank you.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 3:40 am

    GOOD ONE MIKE - NO HASSLE - JUST WORKS - LEINSTER FAN

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  9. Mike RiversdaleMarch 28, 2011 9:56 pm

    No worries Adam, 'anon' and Leinster Fan - pass it on to all you know

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  10. Brian (Scotland)March 30, 2011 8:18 am

    Thanks mate. Saves me typing all that stuff.

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  11. MikeMarch 30, 2011 2:56 pm

    Pleasure Brian - pass it around ;-)

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  12. Richard GlenMarch 30, 2011 11:32 pm

    Found your calender through google search and it's great! Thanks very much.

    Richard in Scotland

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  13. gavdav13April 06, 2011 2:45 pm

    Fantastic. Just what I was looking for. Cheers mate! Saved me a lot of time

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  14. UnknownApril 14, 2011 10:49 am

    Good idea !! Thank You Mike !
    Go to France! go the blues!

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  15. Mike RiversdaleApril 14, 2011 12:49 pm

    Thanks Richard, gavdav13 and Afterweek - pass it on to ya mates.

    Hmm, go the Blues you say ;-)

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  16. AndyMay 04, 2011 11:37 pm

    Many thanks Mike!

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  17. Mike RiversdaleMay 05, 2011 11:34 am

    Thanks Andy

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  18. CaataMay 30, 2011 12:43 am

    Great job! Thank you.
    Go Romanian Oaks!!

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  19. Mike RiversdaleMay 31, 2011 7:53 am

    @Caata

    Pleasure! Be great to watch Romania in a very tough pool :-)

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  20. BrendanJune 01, 2011 8:54 pm

    Excellent work. Nice clean presentation. I appreciate the effort and have just subscribed to your iCal feed. Thanks, Brendan

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  21. Mike RiversdaleJune 03, 2011 9:25 am

    Pleasure Brendan - see you here or online during the games :-)

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  22. YannJune 04, 2011 9:50 pm

    Thanks Mike!
    Exactly what I want!
    Allez la France! and the others!

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  23. Mike RiversdaleJune 05, 2011 10:44 am

    Great to hear Yann.

    Hmm, the French you say, the All Blacks' nemesis side ;-)

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  24. AnonymousJune 10, 2011 10:39 am

    Thank you - very much appreciated told my colleagues!

    Paul - Petersfield UK

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  25. AnonymousJune 15, 2011 9:07 pm

    Thanks Mike! Just what I was looking for....

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  26. AnonymousJune 25, 2011 6:05 am

    Thanks Mike

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  27. DavidJuly 01, 2011 9:45 am

    just imported into google calendar...seems the time is off by 1 hour...

    e.g. England v Scotland you have
    DTSTART:20111001T073000Z (shows up as 5:30pm Sydney time)
    should be
    DTSTART:20111001T083000Z (should be 6:30pm Sydney time)

    ..maybe you created it before daylight savings ended and this wasn't catered for?

    A local KO time in the description would be a great help too.

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  28. DavidJuly 01, 2011 12:27 pm

    actually...not so sure now....NZ kicks into daylight savings on 25th Sep....Sydney not until 2nd Oct, so maybe it should show as 5:30pm...so you may have it right after all....though some earlier games prior to 25th (DLS) still seem an hour out...

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  29. SandyJuly 09, 2011 9:44 pm

    Thanks for putting in the effort, Mike. Much appreciated :-)

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  30. MikeJuly 12, 2011 1:43 am

    Awesome work mate. I neeed this in Sweden as there is 0 rugby coverage.

    Just check the times though because my thick head keeps coming up with the earlier games being an hour different...

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  31. Mike RiversdaleJuly 12, 2011 1:27 pm

    Thanks everyone, spread the word :-)

    Timezone: All dates are in NZ - note that the Kiwi summer time kicks in 25th September and the NZ clocks will be going forward an hour (2am will become 3am).

    The calendar should automatically reflect your local timezone, especially if you're using Google Calendar. Your summer time may be ending during the RWC and thus may move some of the events by an hour.

    Having said all that please let me know if there is a match that you know is wrong and I'll check it out for us all.

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  32. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 4:33 pm

    Mike - you are a legend! Thanks so much for putting in a the effort. Sam.

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  33. MikeJuly 18, 2011 4:15 am

    Right you are. Fantastic!!!

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  34. Mike RiversdaleJuly 18, 2011 12:36 pm

    Pleasure Anonymous and Mike (great name :-)

    Pass it on and let the world know we can have usable match schedules despite the IRB

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  35. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011 12:08 am

    You are the MAN!I have been searching for one with German times for a while

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  36. EvergreenJuly 24, 2011 9:27 pm

    Thanks Mike! Much appreciated.

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  37. MarcJuly 29, 2011 2:55 am

    Thanks Mike this is perfect just about to do the same myself so saved me a job. Thank-you

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  38. Mike RiversdaleJuly 29, 2011 12:04 pm

    Anonymous, Evergreen, Marc - pleasure.

    I plan to add in links to the match info, maybe TV listings around the world ...

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  39. motardgeekJuly 29, 2011 3:58 pm

    Greeting, Great work, Added to my Google account, however I couldnt add all the appointments in O2K3.. I found I had to save the file, then in OL went through and use the "Import and Export Wisard" and "Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)".

    I then modified the ics file and added a "CATEGORIES" attribute.

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  40. Mike RiversdaleJuly 30, 2011 8:11 am

    motardgeeek - sorry that Outlook 2003 didn't have the brains to handle it natively for you and thanks for sharing your workaround

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  41. AnonymousAugust 03, 2011 7:42 pm

    What a great calendar - thanks for taking the effort to do this.
    Mark

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  42. Mark Crowley, MunsterAugust 03, 2011 8:20 pm

    Good work. Saves a lot of hunting around!

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  43. Mike RiversdaleAugust 04, 2011 9:17 am

    Pleasure Anonymous and Mark - will be updating the match details with links over the weekend. Looking to get links to TV schedules around the world

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  44. Dan, LondonAugust 06, 2011 3:18 am

    Good man - appreciate the time you put into putting this together!

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  45. knowtoneedAugust 07, 2011 7:27 am

    Big thank you Mike

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  46. rhinoabAugust 07, 2011 11:33 pm

    This is great and with the scores... many thanks

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  47. WheelzAugust 13, 2011 11:20 am

    You're a lengend Mike!
    I was about to type them all into my iCal but had a brainwave to do a search. "Bingo!"

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  48. Mike RiversdaleAugust 15, 2011 8:54 am

    Dan, knowtoneed, rhinoab and Peter - pleasure! Only a few weeks to go and the scores will start flowing in :-)

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  49. AnonymousAugust 15, 2011 9:08 pm

    Many Thanks Mike, very useful, appreciate the share as will a number of my chums now.
    Cheers, Ieuan.
    A Welshman slowly trying to annexing England from London

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  50. AnonymousAugust 16, 2011 11:40 am

    Mate, thank you very much for taking the time to sort this calendar. It was a task I was dreading... Top man!

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  51. Joe O HaraAugust 17, 2011 9:35 am

    Thanks a million for taking the time to do this Mike. Much appreciated!

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  52. slampAugust 17, 2011 8:38 pm

    Thanks a lot for the calendar and the updated scores !!!

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  53. FkoAugust 19, 2011 12:41 am

    Thank you very very much.

    Saludos desde España.

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  54. NDRAugust 19, 2011 6:54 am

    Fantastic work, thanks for the calendar!

    Just a small note: Bronze Final loaded on Sat 22/10 in my iCal. But the schedule on the RWC 2011 Facebook page states Fri 21/10 as the date for the match. A glitch, perhaps?

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  55. Mike RiversdaleAugust 20, 2011 6:25 pm

    Thanks Anonymous (x 2), Joe, Slamp, Fko and especially NDR - yes, I had the Bronze Final game wrong, corrected now - thanks.

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  56. YoCGuiguiAugust 24, 2011 8:24 pm

    Thanks for sharing this.
    Just added it.

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  57. Stuart WightonAugust 25, 2011 11:22 am

    Thanks Mike, really helpful. Must better than IRB word.doc! :)

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  58. Mike RiversdaleAugust 25, 2011 11:41 am

    Thanks YoCGuigui and Stuart.

    Stuart - to be fair to the RWC organisation company (@RugbyWorldCup) they are fully aware that their approach has been somewhat limited but in the grand scheme of things it's less of a priority for them.

    https://twitter.com/#!/MiramarMike/status/105781187364134912

    But hey, the community has stepped in and helped them out - if only they would share it out to all their followers ;-)

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  59. AnonymousAugust 27, 2011 9:14 am

    what a great app thanks but i'm having a problem getting it to sync with my i phone 4 calendar. Am i doing something wrong or is it just a case of me being a typical prop!!!!

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  60. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 8:36 am

    Great thanks - saved me ages having to type them all in.

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  61. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 4:41 pm

    Hey Mike, Reckon you could re-schedule last weekend's AB v Aus match so we can have another crack at it?

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  62. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 6:03 pm

    excellent. thanks for thinking about that, Mr iCal. the official RWC site doesnt have an ical download. but they did release official apps last week. i was googling around trying to find a way to get the matches onto iCal and there was a link to your site. thanks again...

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  63. Leslie BarrySeptember 01, 2011 1:20 pm

    Thanks Mike! Looking forward to some Great Rugby! Good luck to the AB's from a Saffer...

    cheers,
    Leslie

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  64. AnonymousSeptember 03, 2011 12:13 am

    Thanks, that's awesome!

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  65. AnonymousSeptember 03, 2011 10:57 am

    Absolute legend! Thanks mate. Will pass this on to my rugby club. Go Bokke!!

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  66. amabSeptember 04, 2011 8:42 pm

    Thanks for the calender, can you do anything about the times of the games too?!

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  67. VinceSeptember 06, 2011 4:57 am

    Cheers Mike, fantastic job. By way of reciprocation also found this rather handy scorecard in Excel for those who want to keep tabs on the results...

    http://www.bhs.org.za/rwc-2011-score-card

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  68. UnknownSeptember 06, 2011 6:36 am

    I share my calendars with my family and friends- now they'll know when it's game time! lol. Thank you!

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  69. BrYan (aka Brattex)September 06, 2011 10:08 pm

    Fantastic - saved me the effort of doing one myself :)

    Just a question - you say you'll be updating with links and scores etc.

    How will you do that? Just update the old entries? I am keen to use your calendar but not if it's going to become cluttered :(

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  70. Mike RiversdaleSeptember 07, 2011 2:15 pm

    Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I trust it's all working for you.

    Scores: I'll be putting the scores in as soon as the final whistle goes - if you don't want to know the score then please DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU GO LOOKING :)

    Match report links: I will be putting in a maximum of 3 per match:
    - Official World Cup site
    - Official home side match report
    - Official away side match report

    And that's it ... probably ... if I go to a game I'll definitely be blogging it and popping a link in ;)

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  71. Mike RiversdaleSeptember 07, 2011 2:16 pm

    @Vince, thanks for sharing. Shame it's Excel, a public Google Spreadsheet would've been so much cooler ;-)

    Still, thanks for sharing, really appreciate it.

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  72. AnonymousSeptember 07, 2011 7:27 pm

    thanks - will be very useful

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  73. Mike RiversdaleSeptember 07, 2011 8:45 pm

    Have made an open (anyone can edit) Google Doc version of the Excel spreadsheet Vince found - http://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2011/09/rugby-world-cup-spreadsheet.html

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  74. Dan CaseleySeptember 07, 2011 10:23 pm

    This is some rather awesome work - thanks muchly for sharing!

    When you say you'll be posting the results, is that in the Description or in the Title?

    My preference is for Description, so that I don't have to see the results if I don't want to.

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  75. Alexj17September 07, 2011 10:24 pm

    Thanks so much, works perfect in my iCal (and then synced to my iPhone)

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  76. plejitoSeptember 08, 2011 2:22 am

    Thanks a lot man !

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  77. BrYan (aka Brattex)September 08, 2011 8:23 pm

    I concur with @Fishbowler - that was why I raised the question originally. It would be great if the title wasn't updated so at a glance we won't know results and if extra links are included, they go into the description rather. That would be ideal but I know it's not up to me ;)

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  78. AnonymousSeptember 08, 2011 9:19 pm

    Hey Mike Dood - You have the Wellington games down as being played at Westpac Staduim... But they are at Wellington Regional Staduim !!! lol

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  79. WheelzSeptember 08, 2011 9:33 pm

    Same place, renamed due to sponsorship priorities.

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  80. MattSeptember 08, 2011 11:54 pm

    Nice one!!!

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  81. AnonymousSeptember 09, 2011 10:49 am

    Big thanks from Germany !

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  82. AnonymousSeptember 09, 2011 12:16 pm

    Big thanks from Canada, Mike - This is fantastic!! Now, if you could do anything about the 16 hour time difference, that would be much appreciated =0) No? Oh well, it's going to make for some early (!!) mornings. Cheers!

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  83. Mike RiversdaleSeptember 09, 2011 1:09 pm

    Updated Wellington venue with the official IRB/Rugby World Cup name for the stadium - bloody sponsorship naming rights, grr :-)

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  84. ChorfuSeptember 09, 2011 10:16 pm

    A rucking good thank you from the Netherlands

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  85. AnonymousSeptember 09, 2011 11:09 pm

    Just found your calendar on Google and added it to my Google Calendar. Thank you very much!

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  86. maori inSeptember 10, 2011 3:35 am

    thanks for sharing.

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  87. Ross FinnieSeptember 10, 2011 11:47 am

    Just wanted to say thanks for putting the iCal file together, saved me a lot of hassle! Time zones even stayed perfect and everything.

    Ross, Scotsman in New Mexico

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  88. ShaneSeptember 10, 2011 12:17 pm

    Plus one Thank You from me too. Very helpful!

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  89. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 8:26 pm

    Good on yah...Frank AUS

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  90. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 12:20 am

    Well done and thanks. It must be the Blacks to win this time assuming Wales doesn't thrash them (in my dreams);-).
    Jeremy
    www.webswonder.co.uk

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  91. Mike RiversdaleSeptember 12, 2011 3:05 pm

    Thanks everyone for popping in a comment, really appreciate it.

    Hope everyone enjoyed the opening weekend, what a stormer it was. And the game last night in Wellington was brilliant, even had my wife hurtling out of her seat to scream at the players on the pitch :-) Shame Wales lost but just amazing to be there.

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  92. judekitchSeptember 14, 2011 12:42 pm

    Thanks Mike, great calendar, thanks for sharing. Agree last week's game in Wellie was amazing, can't wait for this Saturday!!! Cheers, Jude, Wellie

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  93. NickQPNovember 07, 2017 10:17 pm

    Hi Mike great effort with the calendar.
    I've been subscribed for two or three or four years now thank you very much.
    I just wanted to check with you if you do update on a daily basis because at the moment you don't have the Irish or Scottish fixtures for this weekend (11-12th November '17) in the calendar - could you check this out please? thanks man cheers
    Nick Quartey-Papafio (ex-Doncaster, Blackheath & Watford RUFC's)

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    1. Mike RiversdaleNovember 08, 2017 8:35 am

      Happy to add you to the calendar and you can add / amend as you see fit - drop me an email and on you'll go: miramar.mike@gmail.com

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