Orpington
work days and fundraising events. We redecorated the
changing rooms and put the onus on the players to take
pride in their club again and they’ve taken that message on
wholeheartedly.”
This Season
“By any measure, the season has been successful so far –
even more so when you consider where we were last year. We
are sitting third in Kent 2 and have only lost twice in 16 games.
One of the new recruits, Luke Cooper, has already broken the
club’s record for 1st XV tries in a season (currently he’s on 29!)
so we’re obviously playing an exciting brand of rugby that’s
bringing results.
Our plan for the rest of the campaign is to try to push on for
promotion. We’ve had a few injury problems recently with our
captain, Roy Benyon, ruled out for the season but last year’s
skipper, Charlie Warner, has stepped in and we are continuing
to improve the strength and depth of the squad. We’ve got
some difficult games coming up but the squad is training well
and the team is nowhere near its full potential yet.”
Youth
“Youth rugby is vital in securing the long-term future of
the club. We re-established our youth section last season and
numbers continue to grow. We encourage interaction between
the junior and senior sections of the club.
Senior players are involved with coaching the youth on
Sundays and the youngsters have acted as mascots for the
1st XV. One of the reasons it is so vital to re-establish our 2nd
XV is to provide a suitable bridge between junior and senior
rugby for players making that transition – as well as providing
a place for the older players to continue playing and passing
on their wisdom to the next generation once their days in the
1st XV are over.”
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Challenges/Ambitions
“Apart from the on-going challenges of surviving as a
small, grass-roots rugby club, the challenge will be to develop
on the success of this season while still providing a platform
for anyone who wants to pull on an Orpington shirt to be able
to do so. We don’t want to get away from the ethos of the club
that emphasises the social aspects of the game – we want to
use that as a springboard to success on the field.
We want to establish ourselves as a Kent 1 side and push
on from there. It’s not unrealistic for us to be looking for
promotion to the London Leagues if we recruit well and bring
through some of the talented youth players we have over the
next few years. We want to see the youth section grow to cover
more age groups and we want to see more players making that
transition from junior to senior rugby.”
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