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we believe if we hadn’t had Richard’s
name at the time to attract players to the
club, we probably would have folded
that season which would have meant
us starting again at the bottom of the
league ladder. Richard made sure that
we were able to field a team at great
personal expense to himself.”
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Clive Hamilton is a club sponsor of Maesteg RFC with his business Pinnacle
Group and he recently told Rugby Club Magazine, “I played down the valley from
Maesteg for a club called Bryncethin. Our Director of Rugby and coach Paul Watkins is
an ex Maesteg player and coach and we are very grateful to have his expertise at our
club. Paul also coached and captained myself.
Maesteg have had their tough times and it’s great to see the team performing so well
this year but accolade must also go to the committee for the tremendous effort they
have all put in to turn the club around. I would like to wish everyone associated with the
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“There is currently a great feeling at the
club, it now feels like a ‘club’ again and
there is a great atmosphere between
players, committee and supporters.
Off the field, we are now nearing the
completion of the renovations following
the arson attack so there is huge
excitement for what we have to build
upon.
The club renovation has been managed
by a local builder who is an ex-player
and coach of the club. One of our current
players who owns his owns plumbing/
heating company has designed and
installed the new heating and hot water
system at the club.”
This Season
“This season has gone well with only
one defeat. Whereas finishing the
season as champions would be a great
achievement, achieving promotion was
always the main objective for us. We’ve
managed to blood a few youngsters who have joined the
senior squad this season after playing youth rugby last
year.”
Youth
“Youth rugby is very important to us, it’s vital for the club
to survive in the long run. The situation we found ourselves
in a few years ago was as the result of us not having as
steady flow of youth players feeding the senior team.
There were a few years where we did not have a youth
team, we did manage to get a youth side for the past two
years but due to a number of them graduating to senior
rugby last summer, it has since disbanded again this season.
We have a number of age groups of Junior and Mini rugby,
but unfortunately, not every age group that we’d like due
to competition in the valley from a number of other clubs.”
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Challenges/Ambitions
“One of our biggest challenges will be keeping together
the group of players we have at present. Other challenges
include backfilling the natural wastage of senior players
with players coming through our youth system and
growing the youth/junior/mini player base to ensure
future sustainability of the club.
We want to consolidate at the division one level for a
couple of seasons and hopefully then push on for promotion
to the National Championship level, which we believe
will be a good competitive level for the club. At present
it is unknown whether the club and town could sustain
a club playing at premiership level. Hopefully if the club
continues on its current path and we get the support from
businesses/industry and the wider community we may be
able to attain Premiership status and compete at that level
once again.