Old
Caterhamians
2015/16
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“Both our Senior Men and Ladies had a mediocre season
last time around, ending up mid table, however as I look
into the future, we now have a very successful junior section
that has a great array of talented players, that I believe will
progress into the Senior sides.
All of our top three Junior sides U17, U16 and U15’s gained
promotion last season and our academy side progressed
through to the Surrey Under 21 Shield final. To top that, two of
our Ladies side played for the Surrey side that beat Lancashire
in the Inaugural County Cup. Both of our Surrey Ladies hope
to emulate Kay Wilson, an England World Cup Player, who
started her rugby at the Old Cats.”
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“The new season will bring its challenges as outlined
previously, however we are prepared and ready to face these.
We are working with Caterham School very closely and
working on plans to encourage graduates to return to play
both for our academy and hopefully return to play senior
rugby when they finish at Uni.
Our Manager of Junior rugby is out in the community
at local schools, promoting rugby and our club as a great
environment for them to come and join. Through the summer
we have run community fun evenings where we have between
40 and 60 attendees at all age groups and have found it a great
way to recruit into the Mini and Junior sections.”
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“I think you can see from my previous comments, the junior
section is our future success and one of my key strategies is to
invest in the junior section of the club. When I joined the club,
I took my under 12 side all the way through to colts rugby
and when they finished University the majority returned and
represented the 1st XV when it got promoted to the London
leagues. This personally for me was one of the highlights of
my time at the Old Cats and proves that if you spend time
investing in your junior sides it will produce success in future
years.”
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“Introducing senior players into senior rugby has always
been the question that haunts a number of rugby clubs I visit,
it has happened at the Old Cats in the past, where we have lost
talented Junior players as there has been no transition into the
senior club.
The key to making this happen starts at an early age group
and has to be a two-way joint agreement with both the senior
and junior players, parents and coaches. It is imperative to have
seniors attend junior games and assist in training sessions and
coaching so a mutual respect and a solid relationship is built.
Also including the juniors on senior match days is essential
to let them feel part of the club and nurture their ambitions to
represent the 1st XV in future years. There must be a migration
strategy that includes seniors, juniors, coaches and supporters
to encourage this process to work; otherwise many of the
talented players will be lost to other activities available to
them.”
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