Rugby Club Issue 76 | Page 32

Bristol Imperial FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/RUGBYCLUBMAG Bristol Imperial RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Bristol Imperial RFC has been making tremendous progress in recent years and has been rewarded with some fine results on the pitch. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Vice Chairman Mike Jackson to find out more about the good work the club has been doing lately. He told us, “I joined imperial at the age of 14 with a lot of my school mates; we had a thriving junior section at the time and had a very good team of mostly council estate children. It was a place we could all go to train and play in an environment that was safe, senior players and general members looked out for you.” “I’m currently vice chairman, fixture secretary, and entertainments coordinator. The most challenging part of my role initially was ensuring all players had their kit for the start of the season, as we as a club made a decision all players within our club would have 32 Issue 76 exactly the same kit whether in the 1st or 2nds. “Then, as fixture secretary ensuring the boys play rugby on a Saturday, the 1st team is easy , but with the 2nds you get a lot of cry offs, so quite often we’re looking to get a game from the Bristol combination fixture exchange. But all the effort is worth it to see where we are now from where we were five years ago. “The club has a real feel good factor amongst all players and members at the moment which is great. This demonstrates credit for all the hard work and effort put in by our previous chairman Aaron Binns, who