Arbroath
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Arbroath
RFC
A
rbroath RFC is a great
example club that works
hard behind the scenes to
ensure that they play an
important role in their local
community. President George Irving
took the time to tell us more about the
good work that they’ve been doing
lately.
He started by telling us about his
involvement, saying, “I have been with
Arbroath Rugby Club for about 7 years
now. I have been fortunate enough to
be involved with rugby clubs for all my
adult life, and as a result of over 35
years regular Army service this
has included Hong Kong,
Cyprus, Germany and
the UK.
On leaving the Army
I retired to Arbroath
and naturally joined
the
local
club.
Both my sons had
attended
Queen
Victoria School in
Dunblane which is for
serving forces children
and the boys had already
made friends with other
service families who came from
Arbroath, so it was quite a nice and
easy experience for all to be involved.
As the club President perhaps the most
challenging and rewarding aspect of the
job is, seeing the club funds grow.
Currently the club is quite buoyant, for
the first half of the season we were in the
Caledonian Midlands League
3 East, which we won without
defeat. This saw us move into
Caledonian Midlands League
3 along with the other top
4 teams from our league to
combine with the top 5 from
the Caledonian Midlands
League 3 West league. This
season has seen us win one
league and we