Widden Old Boys
Widden Old Boys
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Widden Old Boys RFC is based at The
Memorial Ground on Tuffley Avenue and
their first team currently competes in the
Gloucester 1 League. They are led by the
team of Chairman David Easterbrook and
President Philip Courtenay and the club is
looking to progress under their guidance.
Last season their first team put together a
solid league campaign as they compiled
a record of thirteen wins and nine
defeats from their twenty two league
matches. This saw them finish in a
safe mid-table position with sixty
two points on the board.
This should provide them
with a good platform from
which to build as they look
ahead to the 2017-18 season.
As long as they are able to
retain their current group
of players and can perhaps
make one or two quality
additions they should be
in with a good chance of
pushing on up the league.
Widden Old Boys is not a
club to focus solely upon their
senior section and this is reflected
by the fact that they also have a
number of youth sides in place. These
teams look to provide young players
from the local area with an opportunity
to play the game in a safe and enjoyable environment while
helping them to reach their full potential.
It is important for any club looking to be successful over a
sustained period of time to be able to produce their own talent
and this is an area they appear to have covered. It will certainly
be exciting to see how their youngsters can progress over the
coming years.
The club is also able to boast some fine facilities with four
full size pitches as well as four large changing rooms. They
also have a large clubhouse and fully licensed bar
for hire or for the use of its members with
large projection screens available to
allow for Sky TV/PC presentations/
training.
As well as helping to
support the social side of
the club, having good
quality facilities also has
the potential to provide
the club with a valuable
source of additional
revenue
which
is
particularly important
in the current financial
climate.
There is much to
admire about the fine set
up that Widden Old Boys
RFC currently has in place
and this is thanks to all of
the hard work that has gone
into making the club a success.
Hopefully they will be able to
continue in the same manner for
many years to come.
Tug Wilson
After dinner speaker
The world’s worst second row
"Spent so long on the bench, he
was the first player to be
diagnosed with a cauliflower
butt."
Contact details
Tel 07885 615547
[email protected]
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