ELLON
“This should
help feed
the fire that
is burning
at Ellon
and push
the club
onwards
and
upwards!”
Community
“Ellon Rugby has the largest catchment
area in Scotland to cover for Rugby
Development. We have employed one of
the country’s top Development Officers
Ross Finlay, taken from the Ulster set
up in Northern Ireland. His work this
past two years in the community has
been incredible. He works with 6 large
Academies and all the primary schools
that feed into them.
This school work along with working
alongside the Active Schools Coordinators is of benefit to the whole
community as he not only teaches rugby,
but life skills through rugby. He is assisted
by volunteers from the club who work in
the community at Street Rugby events,
and at schools and festivals.
This season we also have a Modern
Apprentice (potential Scotland U20
Matthew Emmison) who will be working
alongside Ross. There is a huge financial
burden on the club for this as we need
to raise £10,000 a year to support this
scheme, however we feel it is vital to
the community and schools to maintain
this. If there is anyone out there who
would like to assist financially we would
be very grateful and can supply a great
sponsorship package in return!”
Ambitions
“Within the next three years, we feel that
we need to move the First team up one
league, back to National Rugby, while
the second team needs to move up one
league to compete with competitive local
teams. The U18 team are now competing
well in the National League, ideally with
the Youth set up we have, soon the U16
will be entered into this league. As this
highest level of rugby continues, it will
feed down into the lower age bands and
develop players there also. This should
help feed the fire that is burning at Ellon
and push the club onwards and upwards!”
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