Ryland Sharks
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It is a night where we host a number of
businesses who provide award sponsorship
or just come to enjoy the evening. It’s an
opportunity to celebrate the club and say
thanks to all the people who make this club
great.
The feedback we have had from each
year’s dinner has been phenomenal; it really
is an event that sets Ryland’s ARLFC aside
from any other amateur club in the country.
In the words of Terry himself, “I have been
to a number of professional events and they
were not done as well as Ryland’s do there
end of season dinner, it really does make
them at the forefront of amateur rugby
league certainly in the Northwest if not the
country.”
We have a successful junior section that
is the life blood of the club. Ryland’s ARLFC
is the biggest rugby club in the Warrington
area offering over 250 children and 60
adults an opportunity to play the sport that
they love on a weekly basis.
There is a real community feel to the club
and week in week out our ground is busy
with Junior and senior games and there’s
real momentum that this club is starting
to go places. The quality of the coaching
has helped to bring through the likes of
Harvey Livett and Danny Walker who are
both plying their trade in Super league for
Warrington and Widnes respectively and
we have a number of junior players who
are currently playing representative rugby
or signing academy terms with professional
clubs.
As a club we do not own our ground
or the recreation club and the financial
problems that affect everyone in the
town are a real challenge for everyone
concerned. This also effects our ability to
make improvements to the club and the
surrounding buildings are we are not able
to apply for the grants available to the other
clubs.
This will be a real challenge for us as
for all our best plans to be successful and
financially secure the club and the facilities
we use have to be profitable for them to be
still available to us moving forward. The
rugby club, the committee of the recreation
club and the football section all pushing in
the right direction to make sure Rylands as
a club are around for seasons to come.
As a chairman I have to ensure that we
have a long term goal to ensure everyone
involved at the club is pushing in the right
direction. The focus for us is to be successful
on and off the pitch, and our long term goal
is to be in the top division of the NCL by
2022.
Our aim is never to be the biggest or the
wealthiest but to be the best in everything
we do;, we have a great committee, players,
commercial partners and supporters and
it’s a great time to be a SHARK … GO
SHARKS!
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