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So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Oct 28, 2009 7:36:53 GMT

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and make our sponsors happy?

Bircham's "blog" - QPR Official Site

BIRCHAM'S BAHRAIN BLOG...
Posted on: Wed 28 Oct 2009
Marc Bircham keeps us up-to-date with his trip to the Middle East as a guest of Gulf Air...

"We're now out here in Bahrain in very humid conditions after a great flight, and we're all really looking forward to Thursday's golf tournament.

"We are taking part in the Royal Golf Club Pro-Am tournament as guests of Gulf Air.

"It's a fantastic opportunity for myself, the First Team Coach Keith Ryan and former QPR defender Steve Wicks to get out here and spread the name of QPR.

"I have been told that our relationship with Gulf Air as our Official Shirt Sponsors has helped to increase the Club's fan-base here, and that's just brilliant.

"As a lifelong QPR fan, it is just incredible to be out here and see youngsters wearing the Blue and White Hoops. I hope that by the time our visit comes to an end, there will be even more kids here who will be looking out for the R's on a matchday.

"I'm not just saying this because I feel I should - but a big thumbs up to Gulf Air for the way they looked after us on our way out here.

"They got me out of a bit of a predicament!

"I arrived at Heathrow Airport this morning (Tuesday) along with Rhino and Wicksy in plenty of time. We handed our passports over at the desk - and I ended up getting a very confused look from the Gulf Air lady.

"It turns out I picked up my wife's passport when I left the house at 6am this morning. I couldn't believe it!

"I ended up calling my mate and he whizzed over to my house and got over to Heathrow as quick as he could with my passport.

"There were a few anxious looks at the watch when he still hadn't turned up at 8.30am - we were due to take off at 9.30am!

"Michelle and her colleagues at Gulf Air were first-class, though. As soon as the passport arrived, they whisked us through and we managed to make the flight with plenty of time to spare.

"We're staying at L'Hotel, which is only a short drive from the Royal Golf Club, and the rooms are amazing. I have to say, we've been made to feel incredibly welcome.

"I just hope they don't put us on the first flight back when they see the state of my golf game!

"We're going for a practice round tomorrow, so hopefully that will go well and give us a bit of confidence. I'll let you know how we do!"

www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1839402,00.html

QPR Official Site R'S STRENGTHEN GULF AIR BOND
Posted on: Tue 27 Oct 2009
Marc Bircham, Keith Ryan and former R Steve Wicks are travelling to Bahrain today (Tuesday) to compete in the Royal Golf Club Pro Am

Bircham, who is now QPR's Youth Team Coach, will join First Team Coach Ryan and Wicks for the trip, which is being hosted by Gulf Air, the Club's Official Shirt Sponsors.

The three keen amateur golfers will attend a special auction night being held at the Club on Wednesday evening where they will have the opportunity to bid for their favourite pro to lead their team the following day.

Part of the money raised at the auction will be used to help promote the sport amongst Bahraini youngsters.

QPR First Team Manager Jim Magilton said: "The support of Gulf Air has been so important to the Club and I'm delighted that we have been given the opportunity to send out some QPR representatives for this week's competition at the Royal Golf Club.

"I have played a few rounds with Keith over the past couple of months, and I just hope he does us proud out there and doesn't crack under the pressure!

"One of Marc's great strengths as a player was to get under the skin of his opponents, but I've had a word with him to make sure he concentrates on his own game on the golf course!

"On a serious note, this is a great opportunity for us to grow our relationship with not only Gulf Air but also the football fans in Bahrain, and I wish the competition every success."

The Royal Golf Club Pro Am tournament marks the climax of the Gulf Air PGA Pro Captain Challenge, a 36-hole tournament featuring PGA Professionals from the UK and Ireland, which will be held at the Club today and tomorrow.

The seven British PGA Professionals visiting Bahrain to play in the Gulf Air event as well as the Captain of the PGA, Jim Farmer, will lead a team each in the Pro Am's team alliance competition.

Also competing will be several Professionals from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as the six PGA Professionals employed at the Royal Golf Club.

The competition is expected to be fierce with some fantastic prizes up for grabs as well as a generous prize pool.

We wish the QPR trio luck - and we think they might need it!

www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1838328,00.html

Gianni Paladini to QPR Report: "I would like to thank you for all your time and efforts that you put into QPR. I think you are doing something useful and informative for the club and the supporters."

cpr Administrator Who is BazWoT? Posts: 23,422	So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Oct 28, 2009 7:42:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cpr on Oct 28, 2009 7:42:27 GMT Madness, just ridiculous. Ramage is a scratch golfer, if you're going out there, you want to win, should have taken him! ;D
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So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Oct 28, 2009 7:43:31 GMT

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Gulf Weekly

Former stars of the global game set to tee-off in Bahrain

From Back Page 'Six Foot Two, Eyes are Blue, Stevie Wicks is after you!' Any fan old enough to remember QPR in the 1980s will recall that song and that player.

Wicks, 53, came through the ranks to play for Chelsea before going on to represent Derby County, QPR and Crystal Palace.

The imposing centre back made his debut for the Blues at the age of 19 but, while with Chelsea, he used to attend QPR matches as a paying supporter. Unsurprisingly, he jumped at the chance to join the Hoops following eight months at Derby.

Steve was part of the successful QPR side which won the Second Division Championship in 1983, although he was cruelly cup-tied in 1986 when Rangers played Oxford United at Wembley Stadium in the Milk Cup Final.

Steve later experienced management with Scarborough, Lincoln City and Crawley Town, as well as Malaysian side Selangor FA. He insists QPR will always be his club because of the fantastic relationship he enjoyed with the supporters.

Ryan, 39, is a First Team Coach at QPR. He was promoted from his Youth Team role by in-coming R's boss Jim Magilton.

As a player, the man nicknamed 'Rhino' began his career at Berkhamsted Town but it was with Wycombe Wanderers that he made his name as a no-nonsense defender. He made more than 400 appearances for the club, scoring 38 goals in the process. His most memorable effort came in the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Villa Park in 2001, a match Wycombe lost 2-1.

After enjoying a coaching role at Adams Park following his retirement from the game in 2006, 'Rhino' joined QPR to assist the development of their younger players.

He now plays a pivotal role in first-team affairs, aiding Magilton and his assistant, John Gorman.

The three keen amateur golfers will be accompanied on the trip by Paul Morrissey, the football club's new media manager who will co-ordinate the players' appearances while in Bahrain and arrange press interviews with various local and regional media.

QPR First Team manager Jim Magilton said: "The support of Gulf Air has been so important to the club and I'm delighted that we've been given the opportunity to send out some QPR representatives for this week's competition at the Royal Golf Club.

"I have played a few rounds with Keith Ryan over the past couple of months and I just hope he does us proud out there and doesn't crack under the pressure!

"One of Marc Bircham's great strengths as a player was to get under the skin of his opponents but I've had a word with him to make sure he concentrates on his own game on the golf course!

"On a serious note, this is a great opportunity for us to grow our relationship with not only Gulf Air but also the football fans in Bahrain, and I wish the competition every success."

Golfers registered to take part in the tournament are invited to attend a special auction night being held at the club tonight where they will have the opportunity to bid for their favourite pro to lead their team. Part of the money raised at the auction will be used to help promote the sport amongst Bahraini youngsters while the rest will be shared amongst the four top-placed pros.

www.gulfweeklyworldwide.com/article.asp?Sn=6941&Article=23416

Gianni Paladini to QPR Report: "I would like to thank you for all your time and efforts that you put into QPR. I think you are doing something useful and informative for the club and the supporters."

londonranger Administrator londonranger Posts: 22,863	So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Oct 28, 2009 15:30:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by londonranger on Oct 28, 2009 15:30:18 GMT Could be a few matches played in Bahrain next year, like the USNFL playing in england.??
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So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Oct 28, 2009 15:35:06 GMT

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Post by klr on Oct 28, 2009 15:35:06 GMT

Bircham goes on Jolly Up.

Surely they should have sent the World Famous QPR Global Ambassador Mrs Yamazuki in place of Bircham, I would have thought she is better at all of the schmoozing & whatever else is involved in these jaunts than Bircham is.
Not sure what her Golf is like though.

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So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf? Nov 4, 2009 13:34:34 GMT

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Don't know if it's over yet or not.

FYI, this was a piece from a few years back re Bircham The Golfer

PFA - When Marc Bircham plays, he plays to win - whether it's football for QPR or golf against his brother! By Tom Collomosse June 01, 2005

Marc Bircham hopes to cheer his brother to Open Championship glory one day - but that doesn't mean he'll accept defeat from Jack on the golf course. With 20-year-old Jack Bircham currently competing on the Challenge Tour and hoping to rub shoulders with Colin Montgomerie and Ernie Els on the senior European Tour, he can expect vociferous support from QPR midfielder Marc.

But such encouragement will never extend to the 18-hole battles within the Bircham family. "When I play against Jack, I don't play by the rules," admits Bircham. "I use the old tricks; talking when he's taking a shot, the shadow over the putt. I think I beat him last time I played him, which was about three years ago, so I've refused to play him since then."

Fraternal competition aside, Bircham is delighted to see his younger brother following in the family's sporting tradition. His sister Lucy runs a sports therapy clinic, brother Lee - the eldest of the four - still plays non-league football, and his father, also named Lee, played for Brentford and Watford.

Bircham, who recently won the PFA Golf Challenge at St Andrew's Bay, continues: "Jack gave himself last year and this year to get on the Tour, and he's managed it so he's done well. He has a chance to qualify for the Open, and if he didn't give it a proper go he'd always regret it."

But Bircham's interests extend beyond the world of sport. He is keen on property - he and his wife Jadene spent about £40,000 refurbishing and redesigning the family home in Apsley, Herts - and he also aims to break into the media."

Jadene is a former model who now co-owns Star Jam Management, a PR and modelling agency formed in November 2004. Bircham's contacts within the game have proved a vital asset to the company, who have an expanding client list boasting several footballers that currently stands at 70.

The couple also have their own production company - Frankie and Sonny productions - which is named after their sons, seven-year-old Sonny and Frankie, who is two. "In the case of Star Jam Management, I've been able to use my contacts in football to good effect - the good-looking ones, anyway," jokes Bircham.

"And a few years ago, we wrote a football show and started our own production company. The show's content would be similar to FHM magazine. It would have girls and cars, but would all relate to footballers.

"You would have rival teams playing golf against each other, such as Millwall against West Ham. Hopefully the filming will start at the beginning of next season. Jadene has contacts with ITV, and we got into it that way. We also have other ideas for programmes. It's something to do after football, even though I would like to be a manager."

Bircham, meanwhile, has recently joined the PFA's own football agency department. The union has a growing number of players on its books, and Bircham moved under its umbrella when his agent Phil Sproson began working for the PFA recently.

"It's a bigger company, and you know that you'll be treated well," explains Bircham. "You have to be wary of some of the other agents out there, because you don't know what their priorities are. But you know you'll be looked after by the PFA, because it's the players' union. The issue is trust, I trust Phil, and I feel more secure with the union, so I moved over with him."

* Article reproduced by kind permission of Players' Club - the official magazine of the PFA

www.givemefootball.com/championship/when-marc-bircham-plays-he-plays-to-win---whether

Gianni Paladini to QPR Report: "I would like to thank you for all your time and efforts that you put into QPR. I think you are doing something useful and informative for the club and the supporters."

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So Our Coaching Staff is Depleted to Play Golf?

Post by QPR Report on Oct 28, 2009 7:36:53 GMT

Post by cpr on Oct 28, 2009 7:42:27 GMT

Post by QPR Report on Oct 28, 2009 7:43:31 GMT

Post by londonranger on Oct 28, 2009 15:30:18 GMT

Post by klr on Oct 28, 2009 15:35:06 GMT

Post by QPR Report on Nov 4, 2009 13:34:34 GMT

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