colne &
nelson
5 years. Playing standard improvements are now starting to
come through and will increasingly become the focus of the
energy of the club management
We’re currently in mid table with mixed results and are very
much a work in progress. The club is now starting to build for
next season and are looking at developing young players with
that goal in mind. Youth Development is crucial to us and we
invest heavily in the section. We employ a Community Rugby
Coach costing the club around £12k per annum.
Our biggest challenge in the coming years will be keeping
the momentum and getting the improvements in the facilities
to be reflected in the playing standards and results. The
biggest challenge will be to have enough volunteers to keep
the infrastructure we are building going and supporting the
players. That is keeping a playing model that makes playing
good value for money.
In playing terms we want to move up two levels (from 9 to 7).
For junior rugby our goal is to have 4 additional teams, to have
a colt’s team and to have a girls’ team. In terms of facilities we
want to complete the program and to be financially solvent
with a growing surplus to invest in the future.”
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