Senior Fitness Training
Fitness training will
continue at WRFC throughout the summer months; it will take the form of
general fitness training, ball handling and tag rugby in an informal and fun
environment from 6.45 to 8pm on a Wednesday evening at the club. Come along
and keep your fitness level up throughout the summer! For details contact
Nigel Symons on 07791 774982.
Newsletters
April 2011 Newsletter
Car Boot Sales
The popular Car Boot Sales are now running for the summer. Gates open at 10am
for sellers (£5 per car) and 11am for buyers (free entry). Food and refreshments will be available
and the bar
will open at 12 o'clock.
RFU visit to Withycombe
Raleigh Park welcomed
representatives from the RFU with their film cameras on Sunday 20th March
2011.
Andy
Melrose and Steve Harland, RFU Referee Training and Development Officers
came to Withycombe on Sunday to film the clubs Mini/Midi referees in action.
This was a follow-up to a course held at the club in July 2010 in which 9
members qualified as referees for junior rugby. The new RFU course
originally used Withycombe as "guinea pigs" to trial the course content last
summer. Contemporary video footage of the referees in action was required to
complement the new course hence the return visit. So, in the future as the
RFU go around the country running the course, the players and referees of
the Junior Section at Withycombe RFC will feature in the presentation. A
welcomed opportunity to help the RFU and a great national profile raiser for
us.
Tag Rugby
Mark Wilkinson has organised Tag
Rugby for aged 16+ male & females on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. This is
just for fun and no experience is necessary – all enquiries to Mark on
07800643871
U12/U13s Players Urgently Needed
Playing Opportunity for
Remainder of this Season at U13s Level...... just a few more players needed!
We are actively looking to
recruit more U13s players for the remainder of this season. Coach Kevin Howe
has been working well with an enthusiastic squad of youngsters and is very
close to putting a full team together with fixtures in place for the second
half of this season. In addition the club is very keen to welcome more U12's
players to form a team. Training every Sunday from 10 o'clock at Raleigh
Park, all welcome. Kevin Howe can be contacted on 07891245666 or via email:
kevin.howe@withycomberugby.co.uk
Super Saturday
Withy youngsters enjoy Super Saturday at a recent Exeter Chiefs v Leeds match
on 20th November 2010.
Under 15s News
The Under 15s squad along with
coach Chris Ellor are pictured with Ian Skinner of IC SKINNER TILING. Ian
was presenting the team with new sponsored shirts and club ties which he has
generously donated to the squad. The shirts were presented after the 5-0
home win over Torrington on Sunday 31st October.
Withycombe Sportsmans Dinner
Success
Dave Trick
who played for Bath and England was the guest speaker at Withycombe
Sportman’s Dinner last Friday.
Speaking to 120 guests, Dave entertained his audience with anecdotes about
his career, including being the only international to have drunk a can of
lager and smoked a cigarette during an International match against
Australia. Something to do with the thick fog at the time.
A three course dinner was served by the excellent Eat with England’s and
comedian/ compare Tank Sherman provided the entertainment and conducted a
Sports auction.
Withycombe RFC would like to thank John Passmore for organising the evening.
Withycombe RFC Juniors big thank
you to Exmouth Lions Club.
On Sunday 19th September
Exmouth Lions Club made a very welcome visit to Raleigh Park during Junior
training to make a kind donation of 20 new size 3 Kooga rugby balls to the
clubs ever expanding youth section (along with some complementary "team
building" paint ball tickets.... for the adults !)
Next week sees a return to action for the youngest Withies (U7, U8 & U9s) in
their first competitive fixture of the season away to Honiton.
Pictured are U9s Coach Richard Blyth along with a selection of Withy Juniors
from the U7s, U8s and U9 teams receiving new training balls from Eve Oakman,
President of Exmouth Lions Club.
New Gallery
The Gallery is now live and it has lots of fantastic pictures of the U7s and
U8s. More photos will be added soon so do have a look at the
Gallery Page.
Withycombe RFC Kit Shop!
The club has a new Kit Shop. A selection of WRFC Logo kit is now available.
Please visit the Kit Shop
to see what's on offer.
Volunteers Needed!!!
Please help! To run
successful events, we need people to attend and to help out. The more people
that volunteer, the less the workload.
We currently require:
+ One or more people to organise the kitchen rota on match days.
+ Volunteers to serve food on match days.
+ People to collect money, direct cars, serve food etc at the car boot
sales.
+ Groups of 4 people to assist in the running of the bingo i.e. caller,
cashier and refreshments.
If you are able to assist at the club in any of the roles mentioned above,
please do get in touch with Becky Skinner on
01395 263423 or email her at
becky.skinner@withycomberugby.co.uk.
Sponsorship
As you’re probably aware, thanks to the dedication of the coaches and
support of the club, Withycombe RFC has been extremely successful in recent
years in recruiting boys and girls to the club and now boasts a thriving
youth section with a number of youth teams in various age groups. To
continue the good work and provide the children with the facilities, kit and
training equipment they deserve requires ongoing funding. Whilst membership
subscriptions go some way towards this, we are always looking for new
opportunities to raise money.
Hopefully this is where you can help.
Please read here for further information.
New! Tag Rugby for Girls
Tag is a fun and exciting non contact form of rugby. Girls aged 9 and
above are invited to come along and enjoy the game! For more details contact
either Alan Humphry (07977 567188) or Iain Cooper (07766 443412).
Withycombe RFC - Juniors Committee
A fledgling Junior Section has existed at the Club since 2006 when an U11s
team was formed. Next season we will be running teams at the following
levels: U15s, U9s, U8s, U7s. We also hope to run teams at U10s and
U12s levels subject to finding suitable coaches.
WRFC’s long term aim is to develop a Junior/Youth Section fulfilling age
groups from U7s all the way up to U16s, followed by a colts team(s)
thereafter. To effectively manage the development of this Junior/Youth
Section it is timely that we, the Club and all interested
parents/guardians/coaches formally organise ourselves to provide the
necessary level of support to the various age groups.
Whether you have previous
connections with WRFC or are a relative newcomer we have a fantastic
opportunity to build something here and continue the good work already being
done at the Club. The long term development of a Junior/Youth Section
at Withycombe Rugby Football Club can only help further promote the Club in
the local community. We want to offer children of all ages the chance to
come and enjoy the sport of rugby and all that it has to offer within a
friendly, family rugby club.
