Royal
Wootton Bassett
Established almost thirty
years ago, Earthline has
steadily expanded to become
widely recognised today as
one of the largest independent
earthmoving, recycling and
quarrying companies in the
south of England.
Proud Sponsors of
Royal Wootton Bassett RFC
T: 01672 841389
W: www.earthlineltd.co.uk E: [email protected]
The Upper Lime Kiln Works, Ogbourne St.George, Nr. Marlborough, Wiltshire
the local community. The site integrates
with the RFU’s Game Management
System (GMS) to help us streamline the
management of club membership.”
2018
“We plan to continue to focus on
player recruitment, development and
retention, whilst ensuring our youth
players continue to enjoy and develop
their rugby.
We believe this will help us remain
in the South West B1 league and enable
us to continue to run four regular senior
teams.
We will continue to implement
capital projects around the club. In 2018,
this will include additional security
fencing and pathway lights around
the perimeter of the club, and further
investment in playing surfaces and
improved drainage.”
Community
“The club’s growing reputation had
attracted interest from outside rugby
organisations:
The Royal Electrical & Mechanical
Engineers rugby team based at Lyneham
regularly use our facilities to play
midweek matches.
We were delighted to be the first
club in Wiltshire to be recognised as an
official Wooden Spoon Partner Club and
we continue to support the charity in all
the great work they do in the county.
We hosted a Floodlit Festival at
the club for Wiltshire Wooden Spoon
- Rugby’s charity for disadvantaged
children - involving Under 9s and Under
11s sides from 14 different clubs.
In April, the club hosted the RFU
Women’s Cup Finals with twelve top
women’s rugby teams playing in Royal
Wootton Bassett. The tournament saw a
large crowd from the local community,
plus fans from further afield, enjoying
a sunny day of first class rugby by
women’s teams such as Bristol RFC,
Wasps RFC and Gloucester - Hartpury
RFC.
We have strong relationships with
local schools and colleges and we
hosted the Swindon Schools Year 7’s
Tournament with six local schools taking
part on a rainy November day. We have
also developed connections with Lewis
Moody’s Mad Dog Rugby Academy and
we host their training sessions at our
club.”
Facilities
“We have announced plans to
upgrade to the training facilities at
Ballards Ash with a new state-of-the-
art gymnasium facility. The club wants
to create a new indoor ’Strength &
Conditioning Barn’, which would be half
the width of a rugby field, incorporating
a fully-equipped gymnasium, a 30 metre
indoor sprint track, specialist medical
studios and new offices for staff.
The facilities at Ballards Ash are
already much admired by the Rugby
fraternity. But it is vital that we have a
top-class facility for the squad to train
at, to develop the calibre of players
we want to play at the club. The club
enjoys incredible support from the local
community, so it is planned that the
fitness facilities would also be made
available to Club Members and local
community groups alike.
The development will also convert
the club’s former Tractor Shed into a
new Club Office and a purpose built
Club Merchandise Shop, sited for ease of
access and releasing much needed space
within the main clubhouse. The facility
will be built on space behind the club’s
changing rooms currently filled by
temporary storage containers, replacing
the unsightly containers with a purpose
built kit room and equipment store. The
block will also include two new Physio
Studios/Medical Rooms with adjoining
showers.”
Fundraising
“The next steps are to finalise
the finances and organise additional
fundraising before appointing the build
contractors to start work.
www.rugbyclubmag.com
11