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Rockcliff
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ased at Hillheads on Lovaine Avenue in Whitley Bay, Rockcliff RFC currently competes in Durham/Northumberland
Division Two. They are led by the team of President Scott Carruthers and Chairman Dave Swinburne and the club
has made a considerable amount of progress under their guidance.
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This season their first team has put
together a strong league campaign,
having compiled a record of sixteen
wins and ten defeats from their twenty
six league matches. This saw them finish
in the top half of the table with 80 points
on the board.
Their performance this time around
should provide the club with the perfect
platform from which to build as they
look ahead towards next season. As long
as they can retain their current group of
players and perhaps make one or two
quality additions they should be well set
up for a successful campaign.
Rockcliff is not a club to focus solely
upon their senior section however and
they also have a number of youth sides
in place. These teams look to provide
youngsters 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 looking to
be successful over a sustained period
of time to be able to produce their own
talent and this is an area that Rockcliff
appears to have covered. It will certainly
be exciting to see how their juniors can
progress in the coming years.
In order to help these players to
successfully make the transition into
senior level rugby Rockcliff also runs
a number of extra teams. This allows
them to gain experience of the adult
game even if they are not considered
ready for first team action which can be
an important step in the development
process.
Another benefit of having extra sides is
that it al