With the new season in full flow many of you will be enjoying coaching and watching your children play rugby for Teddington RFC - but they're not the only members of the family who can run out for the Antlers .

If you're aged 35 or over and want to play a social but competitive brand of rugby then The Fat Stags, Teddington's Vets team, is for you.

We play around half a dozen fixtures a season, almost always on Friday nights, under lights. This season we are entered into the Middlesex Vets League in a joint team with our friends at Old Isleworthians; fixture details can be found on The Fats Stags page of the website.

We don't do anything foolish like training, fitness and experience levels vary and all players are welcome, whether they last played in their teens or only recently hung up their boots.

If you're interested in having a game, whether for ten minutes or the full eighty, drop me a line at: gilheany@hotmail.com

Paul