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RUGBY Football CLUB
C
heltenham North RFC has been enjoying a fine campaign this season
and continues to play an important role in their local community.
Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Manager Neil Carpenter to
find out more.
“I moved to the area in 1986 and started
playing as a fly-half, continuing for seven years
before I got an injury and also moved away.
I still keep track of their results and keep in
touch with some of the old boys. I wish them
well for the future and hope they can prosper
and continue to enjoy their rugby.”
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Involvement
He told us, “I have been involved with Cheltenham North
since the age of 12 when they put an advert out in the local
paper looking for players to run an U12 side. I made my first
team debut back in 1987 and have been involved in the 1st team
ever since, in fact I am still playing for the 1sts this season.”
The Role
“The most challenging aspects in the role of Rugby Manager
is trying to get players to be available, there is always players
who play week in week out but you do get players occasionally
being unavailable and whilst we are doing well we have such
a small squad that this becomes a challenge to get a strong side
out each week.
Also, attracting players to the club, in an area dominated by
rugby teams it is very hard to attract players, so we are doing
are best to give the players the best environment to play rugby.
The reward is seeing the end product of everything that the
coaching team of James Wilkins, Isiah Young and Brad Hepi
being brought to the game we are playing at the moment.”
Atmosphere
“The mood at the club is really good at the moment, the side
is playing well and challenging for promotion, whilst playing
a really attractive style of rugby. We have also challenged the
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players to organise social events each month, which they are
buying into, as well as the rugby we are playing and this is
creating a really good mood within the club.
We have also been training at a local boxing club called
Kings ABC and Xtreme Gym and this has created a really good
atmosphere with the players as well as keeping them fit. As
well as that we managed to tie up a deal with Crew Clothing
for all our after match attire, we had an evening at the shop
which went down really well with the players who all look
really smart in there pink shirts.”
Present
“2017 was a hard year for the club, we had to accept
relegation last season due to a league reorganisation, but we
have bounced back this time round. We did have a struggle
in the first couple of games, as I said before, once the players
started to buy into what we are doing, it made the last few
months a lot easier for the club.
Our plans on the playing side are to push for promotion,
which is a realistic target, and to get a regular 2nd team out.
Also, we now have plans in place for a new million pound
clubhouse so raising money for this project is a major plan.”
Community
“We are most definitely a community club, being part of
the village of Bishops Cleeve we try and immerse ourselves
into the local community. We have had stalls at the Village fair
to encourage players and junior players to join the club. We
would also like to get up and running a girls rugby team to
integrate the community more
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