Stanford
and we also invite the youth lads along to
senior training nights.”
Community
“We pride ourselves on being a
community club, with strong links to the
schools, local town events and the old
people’s residence to name just a few.
Our club house is used by a local charity
during the day for handicap people, so we
do try and be a part of the community.
In the past years we have got together
and presented Harvest festival gifts to
the old people’s residence and even
performed a Christmas carol concert,
thankfully we have some club members
that can actually sing. The club has helped
with replanting the local flower beds and
opened up the club to schools for the use
of our grounds and facilities.”
Challenges/Ambitions
“Different challenges arise every year
and as a proactive club we hope that we
adjust and develop as they arise. Just
because we recently celebrated our 40th
year doesn’t mean we can just sit back and
let the club tick along. We have to maintain
our cash incoming through continued
membership, so that we can keep on top
of our facilities. To keep our membership
growing we have to make sure we offer
every chance to every boy, girl, man or
woman to play rugby at Stanford RFC.
Keeping our fantastic volunteers keen is
always a priority as we can’t ignore the
amount of time and effort they put in for
free.
In the coming years we want to cement
our 1st team as a strong team in Essex 1,
have our 2nd team climb up the leagues
that they play in and our ladies get that
promotion they deserve. Our targets we
believe are realistic and to achieve these
we will need to focus on the youth so that
we have a steady stream of boys and girls
coming through. We are a local club and
pride ourselves on being a friendly family
club, to rise too high would possibly
jeopardise that to some degree so whilst
being ambitious we must also stay true to
our values.”
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