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we host an annual beer festival, featuring
live music, a fun fair and a wide range of
beverages, we enter teams in the village
skittles league, support a Christmas Choir
to help raise funds for charity and will
soon begin a new initiative called “The
Fan of the Match” specifically for those
less fortunate than our players.
In the first of what we hope will be
a regular feature, a local man, who has
lost his sight, but follows us avidly in the
press through a local “Newspapers for
the Blind” initiative, will be our special
guest at a 1st XV match, joining the team
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beforehand, tossing the coin at the start
of the match and then presenting the
Man of the Match award at the end of
proceedings.
I suppose the obvious benefit of
being part of a multi sports club is that
running costs are shared, but, more
importantly, it creates a good community
“feel” and places the club at the heart of
its community. The relationship between
all the users of the club is excellent; we
often overlap functions with other users,
especially the village football team, and
even play against them from time to time.”
Facilities
“We currently occupy a smaller than
average sized club house, which was built
in the early 80’s. It has undergone some
modernisation recently, but it’s a constant
work in progress.
The club house features three
changing rooms (one moderate sized and
two smaller), a cubicle for the referee to
get changed in, a set of toilets and a small
shower room with 14 shower heads. A
kitchen is attached to the main function
area, which also features our bar and two