Rugby Club Issue 54 | Page 59

otley Hemingways Rugby ad.pdf Otley B 1 21/04/2015 C M Y ased at Cross Green in West Yorkshire, Otley Rugby Club currently competes in the National League 2 North. They are led by the team of President David Somers and Chairman Nigel Unsworth and the club is looking to progress under their guidance. CM MY CY CMY This season their first team has put together a steady league campaign, having compiled a record of thirteen wins, a draw and sixteen defeats from their thirty league matches. This saw them finish in a safe mid-table position with 75 points on the board. This should provide the club with the perfect platform from which to build as they look ahead to the 2015/16 campaign. As long as they are able to retain their current group of players and perhaps make one or two quality additions they should be in with a good chance of pushing on up the table. One of the highlights of the Otley set up is the superb youth set up that they have in place. This part of the club looks 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 to be able to produce their own talent if they are to be successful over a sustained period of time and this is an area that Otley appears to have covered. It will certainly be exciting to see how their youngsters can progress over the coming years. In order to help ensure that these players enjoy a smooth transition into the senior game they also have an additional side Gift Cards and Vouchers for every interest, every passion and everyone Proud sponsors of Otley R.U.F.C running. This allows them to give them experience of the adult game even if www.voucherexpress.co.uk they are not yet considered ready for first team action which can be an important step in the development process. Another benefit of having an extra side 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 superb set up that Otley currently has in place and this should ena