WORTH OLD BOYS
WORTH OLD BOYS
First established in 1933, the Worth Old Boys’ Society Rugby Football Club is based at
Whiteley Village on Burwood Road and they currently compete in the Surrey 3 London and
South East Division. The team is affiliated with the RFU and the Surrey RFU and play their
fixtures around the South-West of London and in Surrey.
They are led by Chairman Desmond Calnan
whilst Jonathan Nickell captains the club
and they are looking to progress under their
guidance. The club is open to all old boys and
masters of Worth School in Crawley although
the club rules do allow for a small number of
non-Worth players who can be put forward
as members after playing-in for the club. The
Rugby Club is part of the Worth Old Boys’
Society which supports their activities.
They have a claim to a place in the Guinness
Book of World Records thanks to Worth Old
Boy Tom Calnan who entered after becoming
the oldest player to be capped in two forms of
rugby at full international test level.
Tom lives in the United Arab Emirates and has
represented the UAE at full international level
for both Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Speaking to the club’s official website about
the achievement Tom said, “I was just really
pleased to get capped by UAE, to be honest.
The world record has just been a spin-off
from that.”
The players were not idol during the summer
as they competed in the Surrey Sevens
competition at Esher Rugby Club in mid-July.
The team were drawn in a tough group and
ended up going into the Plate competition.
They showed what they were capable of to
make it to the final, playing some brilliant
rugby along the way. The final proved to be
a game to far but they had every right to be
proud of their efforts in getting there in the
first place.
Having worked hard to ensure that they are
well prepared during the off-season the team
will be keen to make sure that they are able
to get off to a good start this time around. The
early signs have been positive as well as they
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claimed victory in their first fixture, defeating
Merton by 29 points to 21.
This should provide them with the perfect
platform upon which to build as they look
ahead to the rest of the season. So long as
they are able to retain their current group of
players and perhaps make one or two quality
additions they should be in for a successful
campaign. It will certainly be interested to see
how they get on.
There is much to admire about the set-up
that Worth Old Boys’ currently has in place
and this is thanks to all of the hard work that
their committee have put into making the
club a success. Hopefully they will be able to
keep up the good work that they have been
doing for many years to come and everyone
at Rugby Club Magazine would like to wish
them the best of luck.
“Having worked
hard to ensure
that they are well
prepared during the
off-season the team
will be keen to make
sure that they are
able to get off to a
good start this time
around.”