Sileby Town
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Sileby Town
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
H
aving first been established
in 2006, Sileby Town
is celebrating its 10th
anniversary this season and the future is
looking bright as a superb set up off the
field is allowing their teams to flourish
on it.
They are based on Platts Lane in
Leicestershire and the club is run out of
a pub as they currently do not have their
own clubhouse. They are led by the team
of President James Sansam and Chairman
Chris Thompson and have made a
considerable amount of progress under
their guidance.
They are a club that is committed to
playing an important role in their local
community and work hard to raise money
for a number of charities as well as doing
an annual truck run, where players pull
trucks for a distance to raise money. They
pride themselves on being a family based
club and always provide new players or
supporters with a warm welcome.
This season their first team will be
playing in the Midlands 4 East (South)
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League after finishing 5th last year; there
highest ever position. They finished with
a record of ten wins and ten defeats from
their twenty matches which saw them
finish with 46 points on the board.
This should provide them with a solid
platform upon which to build as they look
ahead to their 2016/17 campaign. As long
as they are able to retain their current
group of players and perhaps make one
or two quality additions they should be in
with a good chance of pushing on up the
table.
So far their pre-season has been
positive as Head Coach Brian Taylor
explained to their official website, saying,
“The fitter we are, the better the rugby
will be.
“I would … like to say well done to
the new lads; you are very much part of
the Sileby family and I hope you enjoy
playing your rugby with us.
“It’s good to see some of the long term
injured returning to the training ground.
You add greater depth to our playing
squad.
“Finally if you haven’t started
preseason, now is the time to start, and if
anyone out there wants to join our great
club, you are more than welcome.”
Sileby Town is not a club that focuses
solely upon their first team however and
this is reflected by the fact that they also
have a 2nd team in place which serves as
a development side. This allows them to
give far more players an opportunity to
play the game each week.
A major benefit of having an extra side
is that it allows the first XV to benefit from
far greater strength in depth. If they are
ever left short on numbers through injury
or work commitments they have the
option of calling up players with a limited
amount of disruption.
There is much to admire about the fine
set up that Sileby Town currently has in
place and hopefully they will be able to
continue in the same manner for many
years to come.