Egremont
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“We are an ambitious club and keen to do
well in the RFU league table, having narrowly
missed out on promotion last season.”
In the winter of 2009 the club was
flooded badly, but re-emerged with a
superb refurbishment as well as new
changing rooms. Last year, new match
standard floodlights were added and we
were rewarded with the hosting of the
County Final. We would love to be able
to call upon the use of another pitch, but
we are constrained by the proximity of
the river and local housing. Discussions
continue on this matter.”
Challenges/Ambitions
“One of our biggest challenges is not
going to change, and that is a simple
matter of geography. Cumbria is an
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enormous county and road links are
patchy at best the further you get from
the M6 corridor. We are an ambitious
club and keen to do well in the RFU
league table, having narrowly missed
out on promotion last season. However,
promotion means moving up into the
Cumbria/North Lancashire league and
this involves considerable travel in terms
of time, distance and expense.
In common with most of the West
Cumbrian clubs we rely a great deal on
shift workers involved in local industry,
the Sellafield nuclear plant in particular.
This causes us problems of selection and
availability for longer journeys and, as a
result, we are very keen advocates of a
beefed up and robust Cumbria League,
which would encompass many of the
clubs throughout the county. However,
whilst we have a certain amount of
support on this issue, it is fair to say that
there is a lot of work still to do if this aim
is to come to fruition.
In the meantime, we are keen to ensure
that we cement our place on the local and
county-wide rugby scene by building on
the hard work of the players, coaches and
helpers at the thriving junior level, and
providing an attractive environment for
their continued involvement with the
very successful senior teams at Egremont
RUFC.”