Penygroes
Champions. The club was buzzing.
It shows how important rugby is
not just for Penygroes but for every
community.”
2019
“The plans are to build the
team stronger; I hope our success
in 2018/19 season will encourage
more people and players to get
involved. It would be great to get a
youth up and running and women’s
teams. Penygroes is a typical
village community, not much goes
unnoticed. The club is integral part
of the community which brings
people together.”
Youth
“Youth is simply the lifeline
for the senior team, unfortunately
youth rugby is scarce. Junior rugby
I believe is a factor of massive drop
off in participation from 16 to 18-
year olds. Players have played 10+
years of rugby before they even
reach adulthood. Too much of
something simply makes you want a
change. We don’t have a youth, it is
something we would like, however
clubs need to collaborate to ensure
there is access to rugby in our areas.”
Challenges
“Our biggest challenge will not
be so much the club but our sport; I
think we need to broaden our mind
sets to protect rugby participation.
Clubs need to collaborate to ensure
that there will always be access to
rugby in the community.”
Ambitions
“Rugby is an experience I would
not change for the world, my
ambition is simply to ensure that
the next generation’s will have the
opportunities to experience what we
did as young players. Rugby not only
enhances sporting skills it enhances
social skills as well. If we can ensure
a rugby team in Penygroes for the
foreseeable future, then it wouldn’t
be a bad place to live.”
“I am a club sponsor and father of two first team players at Penygroes. My lads, Josh and Christopher both
play for the 1st XV and are part of the Championship winning team. Josh is team captain and plays back
row and Christopher plays outside half or centre. Both boys played junior rugby for the club and it would
be great to see the revival of this moving forward. My business, Tony Powell Transport are club sponsors
and they have supported the club for many years. Best wishes to everyone for the 2019/2020 campaign.”
Tony Powell
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