Rugby Club Issue 52 | Page 68

keighley FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/RUGBYCLUBMAG Keighley RFC K 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 68 Issue 52 to compete at this level. We’ve turned