Rugby Club Issue 57 | Page 10

broadstreet Broadstreet B FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/RUGBYCLUBMAG ased on Rugby Road in Coventry, Broadstreet RFC currently competes in the National League 2 North. They are led by the team of Chairman Garry Watts and President Don Branston and the club has made a considerable amount of progress under their guidance. Garry took the time to tell us more about the good work that they have been doing lately, saying, “I have just completed my 50th year with the club as a player and administrator, joining straight from school into the colts team, and continuing through to the first team apart from a short spell with Coventry, at that time they had 13 Internationals in the side, and was one of the largest and most successful clubs in the country. “I recently at the end of last season played with my two sons, brother and his son on a tour to Perpignan in France, we all came home unscathed and unbeaten; it was a fabulous weekend. Having served on the committee since I was a colt, and spent 25 years as chairman, with a 6 year break, I’m back in the chair once again. “When moving into the new club some 14 years ago it was like a dream, with the Philip Costigan, a partner at club sponsor Band Hatton Button LLP took the time to tell us more about their company and the positive association they have with Broadstreet RFC. The Company He told us, “Our firm is the result of an amalgamation in April 2013 between three of the leading legal practices in Coventry, Band Hatton, Button Legal and Varley Hibbs to form the new firm of Band Hatton Button LLP (incorporating Varley Hibbs). We provide a wide range of legal services, for both business clients and private individuals. We are committed to the highest standard of client care and service. Every one of our clients is important to us, and we try very hard to make our clients feel comfortable in dealing with us.” Broadstreet RFC “We’ve been with the club for two seasons now. We got involved due to our commitment to working with local sports clubs who, like ourselves, have a high reputation in the area. We would like to get along to more games than we currently manage, but we do try and get along and support the Club where we can. “From our point of view, supporting Broadstreet is a question of getting out into the community and giving back something to that community. To support a local sports club in this way provides us with an opportunity to do that, and to ensure that our name is known as far as possible in the local community. “We are very proud to support Broadstreet RFC as well as other local sports clubs and we hope that our small contribution, along with others, can give financial stability to the Club, to enable it to go from strength to strength on and off the field.” 10 Issue 57 www.broadstreet-rugby.co.uk