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GRS Homes is a Falkirk-based company, specialising in
producing prestigious houses for the top end of the market in
Scotland.
But we make not just houses, but homes, using the best of
materials and employing the cream of the area’s tradesmen,
incorporating all the necessary skills. Like Falkirk Rugby Football
Club, GRS Homes aspires to be the best and we share the same
ambitions.
As a small company, we provide a quality of house unequalled by
any of the bigger builders. We also have a very strong partnership
with local firm Arka Architects, and between us we have won
many awards from the house building industry in recognition of the
homes we build.
We’ve been associated with FRFC for many years and share the
same ideals and aims. We recognised in the club a shared sense
of values, to be as good as we can be. We get along to games as
often as possible and sometimes sponsor events on match days.
The connection is invaluable to us – a local company forging
links with a local club and it’s something we hope to maintain, to
encourage us both to prosper and thrive together.
receive additional strength and conditioning as well
as additional skills training.
The club has invested in up skilling all of their
coaches, funding their courses to attain UKCC levels
1 and 2 in rugby coaching. That investment is paying
off, with all of our junior teams performing well in
their respective competitions, there are also a few
players now playing at regional level with 4 players
currently in the Caledonia region (covers Falkirk to
Shetland and west to the Hebrides) at Under 20 level,
one player at U18 and one at U16. There are also some
very talented players coming through the Academy
who will soon be knocking on the representative
rugby door.
All that said, Falkirk is still a community club at
heart. One of the things that attracted me to Falkirk
and to bring my two sons to the club is that it is an
all-inclusive club. Anyone who comes to Falkirk to
try rugby will be welcomed. There may be players at
the club who will never play for the 1st XV, but it is
the camaraderie and warm welcome they receive that
keeps them coming back.
There is a balancing act to be had between an
ambitious club who wants to play at the highest
levels of the game and provide opportunities for the
ambitious players, and being an inclusive club at the
heart of the community. Falkirk is proud to have
achieved that balance and that, we believe, makes the
future bright at Falkirk.
Community engagement is also a key objective
at Falkirk. The club supports the charity Action for
Children, which has a project ‘Tyavalla’ in the local
area and the kids at the project are invited down on
match days to watch the game and welcomed into the
clubhouse for a drink afterwards.
The club also hosts a Bridge Club and a battle reenactment group that uses the training areas to
practice their fighting routines. The sight of a bunch
of Highlanders with swords and shields attacking
each other in the middle of Falkirk is a sight to
behold. The club have also recently welcomed a dog
obedience and agility training group who want to use
the facilities.
Falkirk Rugby Football and Sports Club is ambitious
and has plans to continue to grow the club and further
embed it into the local community. One downside
of the rapid growth in the past few years is the
“I am a general litigation solicitor doing family law, crime and general civil
court actions, with conveyancing service for existing clients.
My association with the club goes back at least 25 years. I try to go to all
the games, home and away although I don’t always manage! We also do
travelling to the 6 Nations matches - not all but 1 or 2 each season - and
we also have trips to more exotic locations, having been to Dubai, Hong
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