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Lewes RFC
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F
irst established in 1930, Lewes RFC play their home games at the Stanley Turner Ground on Kingston Road in East
Sussex and their first team currently competes in the London 3 South East League. They are led by Chairman Nick Page
who is supported by Secretary Andy Kipling and the club is looking to progress under their guidance.
It would be fair to say that their first team
has not perhaps enjoyed the campaign that
they would have liked up to now, putting
together a record of 2 wins and 14 defeats
from their 16 matches. This has left them
sitting at the bottom of the league with 5
points.
They will be looking to put together
a good run of form in their upcoming
fixtures in order to climb away from the
bottom of the table. So long as they can
keep their current group of players fit and
together then they should be in with a
good chance of doing so.
This is a club that prides itself on being
a warm, friendly and family orientated
club which places a significant amount
of emphasis on ensuring that they have a
thriving social set-up.
They recently held their Annual
Volunteer’s dinner which saw around 30
of the club’s volunteers attend and they
enjoyed a superb 3 course meal. The event
is held as a way to say thank you to all
the people that give up their time to make
Lewes a success.
One of the standout features of the Lewes
set up is the superb youth section that they
have in place. This part of the club looks to
provide young players from the local area
with an opportunity to play the game in
a safe and enjoyable environment whilst
helping them to reach their full potential.
It is important for any club to be able to
produce their own talent, particularly in
the current financial climate and this is an
area that they appear to have covered. It
will certainly be exciting to see how their
juniors can progress over the coming
years.
In order to help ensure that these players
enjoy a smooth transition into the senior
game they also have a 2nd team running.
This allows them to give youngsters
experience of adult level rugby even if
they are not yet considered ready for first
team action which can be an important
step in the development process.
Another benefit of having an extra side is
that it allows the first XV to benefit from
far greater strength in depth. If they are
ever left short on numbers through injury
or work commitments they have the
option of calling players up with a limited
amount of disruption.
Although Lewes RFC has not enjoyed
the campaign that they would have liked
at first team level this should not take
away from the good work being done at
the club. Everyone at Rugby Club Magazine
would like to take this opportunity to wish
them the best of luck for the future.
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