avonmouth
old boys
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Avonmouth Old Boys
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vonmouth Old Boys are a terrific example of a club that plays an important role in their local community. Club Chairman
Ted Britton took the time to tell us more about how the club has been getting along in recent times.
He told us, “I have been involved playing/coaching and more recently on the committee at Avonmouth for 25/26 years,
having changed codes from soccer to rugby in 1990. My 2 sons have been involved since the age of 4 or 5 and naturally
I assisted coaches on training/match days and was talked into taking my level 1and2 RFU badges.”
“I became Junior chairman in 2002 for 5/6
years still coaching juniors when my 2 sons
progressed into senior rugby at the club,
I was very fortunate to play in the same
front row as them in a Magaluf tour match
in 2005.
“I have had the privilege of coaching many
of our current senior players as juniors and
the reward of seeing them step up into
senior teams is immense and my main
driving point personally. Avonmouth is a
community club and we pride ourselves
on it. We share our facilities with National
Smelting Boxing Club, a Kick Boxing
Club, Dance School and Karate School on
different nights of the week.
“We have been at Barracks Lane since
1985 so naturally improvements to our
facilities have been needed, which prove
very difficult to achieve with the recent
recession but with the Aid of an RFU grant
in 2013 and huge assistance by way of
sponsorship/donations from ex-players
Darren Taylor (tailored flooring), John
Cowell (CBES) along with Ian Long (D+I
Interiors) and a host of members donating
labour free of charge we refurbished our
upstairs function room.
“We are very privileged to have kit
sponsors, Unite The Union, for the 1st XV
and Red Pizza/Bargain Booze as 2nd/3rd
XV shirt sponsors. The 1st XV have Haarts
Estate Agents as pre match warm up
wear supplier, CNS Networks polo shirt
sponsors and Boomeco have sponsored
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