Rugby Club Issue 48 | Page 62

OLD PLYMOTHIANS & MANNAMEDIAN OLD PLYMOTHIANS & MANNAMEDIAN Old Plymothian and Mannamedian RFC is a great example of the vital role that a club can play in the local community. Rugby Club Magazine spoke with Chairman Mark Turner to find out more about the good work that they have been doing. Atmosphere “OPM RFC is currently very upbeat as we have now become an established club in the Devon and Cornwall league and are enjoying our rugby. We have a new coaching team for this coming season which always freshens things up, moving our training site to where we play on match days with improvements underway to the facilities there for our Junior section with better social accommodation, facilities and 62 ISSUE 48 changing areas. We have a thriving Junior section up to U13’s and our latest venture O2 Touch which plays mid-week and is open to all continues to grow in numbers each year.” Youth “OPM Junior Rugby is hugely important to us and is now in its 6th year having started with a group of U7’s and some