keighley
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Keighley
RFC
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eighley RUFC is a club which focuses on the traditional values of the game which make it so unique. Their President,
Joe McDowell, took the time to tell us more about the good work that the club has been doing lately.
He told us, “I’ve been with the club for
70 years now. Ninety per cent of my
good friends are through the rugby club,
whether that is people who are involved
with Keighley or sides that we play
against. There’s a fantastic social side to
the club here and that’s one of the things
that I enjoy the most. I’ve been President
of the club for around 25 years as no one
else has been daft enough to take it since!
We’ve got a good Committee here now.
Up to the last 7 months or so it’s been a
case of a lot of the older guys at the club
doing a lot of the work behind the scenes
but this year 3 of the first team asked to come
onto the Committee. It’s great that they want
to become involved in that side of the things.
The mood at the club at the moment is
tremendous. We didn’t get off to the best
of starts as we had some serious problems
with injuries which made it difficult for us
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to compete at this level. We’ve turned