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Stocksbridge Stocksbridge Rugby Club is committed to playing an important role in the local community and does a fine job of providing people with the chance to play the game in a safe and enjoyable environment. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with their Director of Rugby Andy Tyers to find out more about the good work that they’ve been doing lately. Involvement He told us, “I joined the club as a player in the early 80’s when I moved north from Barnstaple, Devon. It was a local club, who enjoyed their rugby and the culture. I then enjoyed a Rugby League career as a playerRead More →

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Strathendrick Strathendrick RFC was established over forty years ago and has a great reputation in West Stirlingshire as well as nationally in the rugby community. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with their President, Dave Beaumont to find out more. Atmosphere He told us, “The Club is ‘absolutely buzzin’ to quote one of our first team players. Despite a very long season of rugby, the senior squad winning the league (securing promotion for the second successive season) put the cherry on top of the icing on a very large cake of success. All sections, Minis, Midis and seniors are thriving and are hungry for more. There’sRead More →

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Drybrook Drybrook RFC enjoyed a fantastic season last time around which saw them clinch promotion and now they are preparing for life in a new league. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with their Chairman Christofer Rawlings to gain an insight into their success. He told us, “I have been involved in the club my entire life as my parents were both involved, my father playing and my mother on the Ladies committee. It was around this time that mini/junior rugby was first started at the club, so I have been playing since the age of 5/6 and progressed through the various age groups to ColtsRead More →

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Old Newtonians Old Newtonians RFC was established in 1904 by former pupils of the Alderman Newton’s boys grammar school in Leicester. The crest depicts a Fatimid Soldier surrendering his sword to an ancestor of Alderman Gabriel Newton at the 11th century Battle of Ascalon. The club motto is “Non Sibi Sed Posteris” which translates as “not to them but posterity” or  “Not for Oneself but for Those Who Follow” and this still lies at the heart of the club today. In the 1950s members acquired land in the rural outskirts of the city and built the present clubhouse which has since undergone extensions in theRead More →

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Thanet Wanderers It was a fantastic season for Thanet Wanderers RUFC this time around as their first team clinched promotion to the London South East 2 League. This is a club that focuses upon far more than just success at first team level however as we found out when we spoke with club representative Peter Ruranski. He told us, “I personally have been a member of Thanet Wanderers for 52 years having joined in 1966. In that time I have served on the club committee on a number of occasions either as the Social Secretary or as the Director of Marketing. I was attracted toRead More →

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Stirling County Stirling County RFC was first established in 1872 and has played a vital role in their local community ever since. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative John Gibson to find out more about what is an exciting time for the club. He told us, “We are very much a community based club that looks to involve as many people as possible from our local area. We have kids coming in at a young age and going right through to U18 level in our youth section. A lot of the players that come out of our youth section stay with the clubRead More →