Newsletter for the pre-season / August .

RAVENS

Plenty happening as training camp starts, here are a couple of headlines:
Former Titan and Ravens QB Steve McNair was killed in a murder / suicide.
Terrell Suggs signs a multi-million $ contact that will keep him in Baltimore.
Raven WR Derek Mason ‘retires’ and now agreed to play again for the Ravens.

UKRavens .

Web-site : there is a problem with the domain name and finding the site on Google. I’m looking into and will get back to you all. We still have a site via ‘geosites’ and I hope it’s just a glitch - having just paid for a renewed subscription.


I’m putting together some Member Profiles to add a little to the newsletter in the ‘slow’ periods before the season starts. This months is the turn of cosmopolitan Ben M. - here goes:

Name: Ben Mortimer Age : 30
Born / live now: York, UK / Baltimore, MD
Significant Others: Wife Caren (CJ)
Pets: Cat Aurora

Been a fan since: 2001
Favourite Ravens Player: Ed Reed
Best Ravens Moment:
That I've witnessed - playoff trip to Nashville in January, otherwise Super Bowl 35
Other Teams & Sports:
Newcastle United, bunch of useless m???s that they are.
Hobbies:
Golf, drinking, often at the same time

Food, likes / dislikes:
I like most things, especially Chinese cuisine and American Steakhouse dinners.
Don't like broad beans - blame it on school dinners.
Drink, likes / dislikes :
Like Belgian beers, Bombay Sapphire, Jack Daniel's. Don't like prune juice.
Music, likes / dislikes :
Like Oasis, Radiohead, Muse, Beatles, Foo Fighters.
Dislike Nickelback, intensely!



NFL Wembley 2009

Sunday October 25th Tampa verses New England. This is during the Ravens bye week

Ravens trip in 2009

September 27th verses the Browns at 1:00 pm local.


Gordon, Niall, his girlfriend and myself will be travelling to this game. We will meet up with fellow UKRavens Ben and Toe at the pre-match tailgate. Looks likely we will already have an meet-up and match at the University of Maryland Terps game the previous day.


GO RAVENS