Old Alleynians
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the senior teams to deliver on England
Rugby’s Holding On strategy and to
ensure that the youth section is doing
what it is there for, to generate senior
players for the future.
The club is establishing a player
profiling system this season for youth
players and operates a senior to academy
buddy programme each year where a
senior 1st or 2nd XV player is buddied
with an academy player to support their
transition in to the senior squads.
The club also has a dynamic
community
outreach
programme
delivered by local social enterprise Give
it a try! The objective of the programme
is to grow the game locally in Lambeth,
Southwark and Lewisham through local
state schools utilising rugby as a positive
tool for change. The programme called
“building character through rugby” is
delivering the game in 20 local schools,
engaging with in excess of 750 children
and over 80 students have transitioned
from school to club rugby in the last two
seasons.
Old Alleynians is also an Old Mutual
Wealth Kids First club and delivers Age
Grade Rugby via a team of over 130
volunteer coaches who are currently
in their second season of continual
personal development, with a view to
them all being appropriately qualified
to deliver rugby coaching at their age
grade by the end of the 2017-2018 season.
This team is supported by an additional
60 plus volunteers delivering first aid,
refereeing, safeguarding, administration,
catering and selling kit in the club shop.
The club also runs year-round
O2 Touch engaging with the local
community and growing the game by
offering something different. Summer
O2 Touch starts on 3rd June attracting
over 50 players and will run throughout
the Summer; this also includes youth
summer touch as well, for U6s to U13s
and the club regularly has whole families
turning up to play!
As part of the strategic plan,
which was put in place by the new
management team approximately 16
months ago, the club is now looking to
develop a feasibility and options study
We use rugby as a positive
tool for change in primary
and secondary state schools
in South east London,
improving student’s
attitude, attainment &
attendance.
We build character,
resilience and confidence
through the delivery
of a programme that
combines rugby coaching
and mentoring to support
students to be the best
that they can be!
Building
Character
Through Rugby
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