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keen parents. It has become one of the main
focuses of the whole club as it will one day
provide us with young players for the senior
team.
The success of the Juniors has brought
new pressures to the club particularly with
logistical issues such as providing enough
space for large numbers of keen young
players to play and train on, finding coaches
for all the teams and managing match days
with all its organisational needs from catering
to parking.
The seniors regularly provide coaching and
players to provide support to the Juniors and
also look to include them in tournaments,
pre-game events and socially to ensure
that they build on their current successes.
The OPM Junior committee and helpers are
fantastic with many having never played
rugby themselves but are keen to learn and
help out.”
Integration
“We are some years off having our juniors
move into the seniors however we have
already built a strong relationship with
the Junior Committee at OPM RFC. They
are involved in all Committee decisions,
supported throughout and attend all social
gatherings and events in order to ensure
that this will provide a smooth transition into
the senior section. Many senior players also
provide coaching and attend junior events
such as prize giving and open days to build
that bridge early.”
Community
“We are absolutely a community
establishment, our club is open to everyone,
young and old, with many players and nonplayers popping along and never leaving
us. We have developed strong links with the
local community by supporting local projects
such as the sponsoring of the Plymouth
Games Touch tournament this year and
entering 3 teams.
We are always helping out with local projects
and invite local people to join the team or
spectate as they so wish. We also support
and run charity events with a particularly
strong link with MNDA (Motor Neurones
Disease Association) as our previous
Chairman Simon Adams lost his life to
the disease a few years ago and we have
supported this continuously in his bid to raise
£1 million (we are nearly at £500,000 so
far!).”
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Challenges/Ambitions
“The biggest challenge for the next 5 years
is to secure investment and resources
to ensure that our facilities match our
ambition for training, match days and for
the junior section. We also need to ensure
that our junior section continues to thrive
and is fully supported as in 5 years we will
have a colts section which will then provide
senior players for the future. Success in
these areas will see the club grow and
become truly exceptional.
We aim to become firmly established in
the Devon and Cornwall league whilst
striving for Western Counties rugby. It is
also important to ensure the junior section
continues to succeed and see the first
batch of players from the youth set up
move in F