Rugby Club Issue 63 | Page 64

Bicester FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/RUGBYCLUBMAG Bicester RUGBY union FOOTBALL CLUB O ver recent seasons Bicester RUFC is a club that has been making some superb progress both on and off the field. We recently caught up with their Club Captain Dan Spencer to find out more about the set up that they have in place. He told us, “I have been involved with the club from mini and junior age groups all the way through to the senior set up. My parents have been involved in the running of the club and my father used to also play here, he was part of the 1991 and 1992 teams that made it to Twickenham in the provincial cup finals against Bradford Salem. Those finals have been the highlight of the clubs history along with the odd county cup final here and there over the years, the colts and Mini and junior section also have a decorated 64 Issue 63 history with multiple teams reaching and winning county cup finals and various other competitions.” “Over the past couple of seasons the managerial team we have in place combined with the players have started to build on the past success and the club is now progressing on all fronts, the senior side currently put out 3 teams most weekends along with a Colts team on a Sunday. Two seasons ago the 1sth XV were promoted to Southern Counties North where we finished 5th in the league. “This season we finished fourth, this is the highest the club has ever played and over the next 3 or 4 season we are looking to better this and progress, looking for promotion into South West 1 East and then establishing ourselves in that league. “Our second team also had a strong season, finishing