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them occasionally, that way they get to know the lads,
we also train on the same night, and generally warm up/
down together as one big group.”
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Atmosphere
“The atmosphere here at the club is one of excitement!
Although we didn’t win on Saturday to be promoted as
champions we have been promoted to Level 7 which
is equal to the highest league position we have been.
We have narrowly missed promotion for the last three
seasons so it’s an important step for us. Our 2nd XV have
won their merit league for the second consecutive year
and are pushing the 1st XV.”
“We are certainly a community club; we have many
qualified coaches in the M&J section and they are heavily
involved with the RFU All schools programme where
they go and take rugby training sessions at the schools;
this is a big help with recruitment of M&J players.
We have also worked with the Northampton Saints
community coaches and were involved with the first
year of disability players. We have a good relationship
with the saints and quite often their academy use our
pitches and changing facilities.”
Challenges
“The biggest challenge is having enough space for
the ever-growing membership, we are increasing in
numbers each year and are running out of space.
We as a club management committee are looking into
a number of areas close to the club grounds that we can
expand to to ensure there is sufficient space for everyone
to play and train.”
2019 Ambitions
“Personally, I am intending to carry on as DOR and
will be playing again. As for the club, our main ambition
for next season is to stay in the league above! If we can
stay at Level 7 next season we will have had a good
season, each game we play will be a tough encounter but
we certainly feel we can compete at the level.” “Over the next five years the club would like to secure
their place at Level 7 and be pushing to get to Level 6.
We have ideas to extend our club house and changing
room facilities and are currently looking for sponsors to
assist us in making them reality.”
Youth
“Youth rugby is massive to the club, they are the
future first team in making! We have a thriving Mini
and Junior section with around 240 registered players
from Under 6 to Colts. I believe from the match day 18
last week there were 9 or 10 that have come through our
M&J section which is massive for us. If we can keep them
playing together and add to the core of players from the
colts, a few a year, we will be a stronger team!”
Integration
“We start integrating the colts through to senior
rugby by having some of our senior players guest coach
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