Vale of Lune
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Vale of Lune
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
V
ale of Lune RUFC is a club
that has been progressing
well in recent times both
on and off the field. We caught up with
Club Representative Stuart Vernon to
find out more about the good work they
have been doing lately.
He told us, “I moved to the area in
September 1973 after taking up a teaching
post at a comprehensive school in
Heysham but I did not begin playing for
the Vale of Lune until January 1974 when
we purchased a house locally. Until then
I had travelled back home to the family
in Macclesfield; my wife and I came
originally from Leek, a small market town
in Staffordshire.
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“I played mainly in the third team for
the Vale at scrum half with the occasional
game in the seconds. I hung up my boots
at the end of the 75/76 season and was
immediately elected as Press Secretary
and plunged in at the deep end.
“Thankfully I received valuable advice
from the Assistant Press Secretary, Peter
Lovett-Horn, who was an experienced
and highly respected journalist. Initially I
felt like a fish out of water, in particular in
providing running copy for the Saturday
Sport’s Editions, but with help from Peter
and other sport’s journalists, I developed
a style that met with the approval of the
professionals in the media.
“Every season has presented new
challenges but for me one of the greatest
was coming to terms with the world of
computers. Whilst teaching I had never
really got involved with IT, thinking it
would never replace a blackboard or
chalk. However, everything changed
when newspapers would no longer
take hand written copy and copy takers
disappeared. So in 2005 I was handed a
battered computer to ‘play’ with and have
never looked back.
“Since taking on the role of Press
Secretary my primary aim has always
been to promote all aspects of the Vale of
Lune, not only in the immediate area but
wider afield.
“Currently there is a discernable buzz
throughout the club and this has been
growing over the past couple of seasons