Reeds Weybridge
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Reeds
Weybridge
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
R
eeds Weybridge RFC is a friendly, community club that has been making tremendous progress
in recent years. Success on the pitch has been supported by a superb, inclusive approach
behind the scenes and we caught up with Club Representative Simon Wallis to find out how this has
been achieved.
Involvement
Atmosphere
Community
He told us, “I’ve been involved for
around fifteen years now. Twenty years
ago we had four senior sides and no youth
set up. Seven or eight years ago we had
no senior sides and 550 kids playing here
from U5 to U18. Now, we have a similar
number of kids up to U21s as well as two
senior sides that are both sitting at the top
of their respective leagues.”
“The atmosphere at the club is very
positive. Don’t get me wrong,
we have our problems as
with any grassroots
club; we could
always do with
a
bit
more
cash and are
always
on
the lookout
for
more
coaches
but when
y o u ’ v e
considered
w h e r e
we’ve been
and
where
we now the
progress
is
incredible.
We
made the investment
to develop our youth
section and that is paying
dividends.”
“We became a Community Amateur
Sports Club (CASC) two or three
years ago and that was a
big statement for us.
There used to be
two or three of
us that ran the
whole club but
because of the
success we’ve
achieved the
structure
has
been
improved.
We
now
have formal
committees in
place to deal
with the growth
of the club and the
progress that we’ve
made. We’re trying to
create a family atmosphere
so that everyone visiting us can
enjoy what we have to offer.”
Player Pathway
“The whole club is about the player
pathway. It is about making sure that we
are offering any child the opportunity to
play our sport at the level that suits them.
We just want them to be taught the skills
as well as we possibly can train them
whilst offering them competitive rugby as
and when they need it.
I love the youth development that
we have here and the life lessons that the
sport is able to offer. There is a real family
feel here – we play to