bracknell
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Bracknell
B
ased at Lily Hill Park on Lily Hill Drive in Berkshire, Bracknell RFC currently competes in National League 3
South West. They are led by the team of Chairman Ian Hallam and President Jonathan Dance and the club has
made a considerable amount of progress under their guidance.
This season their first team have been in fine form,
having compiled a record of fifteen wins and just nine
defeats from their 24 matches. This has left them sitting
in the top half of the table with 77 points on the board.
It is a season that the club can be proud of and should
provide them with a solid platform upon which to
build as they look towards the future. So long as they
can retain their current group of players and perhaps
make one or two quality additions they will have a
good chance of pushing on next time around.
One of the highlights of the Bracknell 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 they enjoy a smooth
transition into the senior game they also run additional
sides. This allows them to give players 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 so many sides is that it allows
the first team 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.
There is much to admire about the work that has been
going on at Bracknell both on and off the field in recent
times. They appear to be a club in the perfect position
to continue to progress over the coming years and it is
clearly an exciting time to be involved with Bracknell
RFC.
“So long as they can retain their
current group of players and
perhaps make one or two quality
additions they will have a good
chance of pushing on next time
around.”
132 Issue 53
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