Moortown
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“I took my son, Nick, down to the club when a friend, Steve Vickers, started the Junior rugby Section down
there. Nick plays now over at Liverpool University; his main position is Fullback and when he is back from Uni
he always visits the club.
My company, CBA, has sponsored club for the past seven or eight years. Carl Thewlis, the Club Chairman, has
done an immense job in turning he club around.”
Chris Bell
has now seen not just them but around
25 players over the last two years come
through to play senior rugby across all
three teams. drink, sing and socialise as one Club.
RC: How’s the general mood down at
the club at the moment? CTJ: To say that we have installed a
totally new coaching team and we
have had a fair few youth players come
through, new players join and players
from the second XV pushing their way
into the “no train - no play” policy the
year has been excellent. We’ve fielded
three teams pretty much every week and
competition for shirts is high.
CTJ: It’s difficult to explain the social
side at Moortown Rugby Club. It is
certainly a place that once you’ve joined,
not many people leave! The atmosphere
is fantastic. Whatever background you
come from, religion, race, orientation,
ability or gender there is a space for you
at Moortown.
I suppose you could say we are Club of
misfits that may not have as much fun
elsewhere. Julie, our Club Director come
Chef makes sure that the lads have a nice
warm meal at the end of each training
session and this makes a huge difference
not only to attending numbers but to the
social side after training. There are no
“cliques” in the bar after games, players
from all teams know each other and
RC: How would you say the year has
gone for the club so far?
RC: What are your plans for 2019?
CTJ: Enjoy it! Our recent form across
the senior section suggest a couple of
promotions but no one is getting carried
away; a strong top half finish would be
a success for us. We can’t wait to see our
two Colts, Cameron and Luckas, pull on
their Yorkshire shirts and hopefully a lot
of our juniors can go watch their game
and be inspired by their achievements.
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RC: How important is youth rugby to
the club?
CTJ: It’s almost everything! I am a strong
believer that your First and Second XV
need to be playing at the highest level the
Club can support them to do so otherwise
your junior talent understandably look
elsewhere. It is kind of one compliments
the other.
We are fully committed to providing
our youth section with the best facilities,
coaches and support they can get while
also showing them that even if you aren’t
the next Jonny Wilkinson there is a place
for you in Rugby and at Moortown!
With our new Junior Chair Lady Mrs
Lee Lyons and her all Lady management
committee, shall we say, our organisation
has improved immensely! Having the
Mum’s in charge has been a breath of
fresh air for our Club!
“I played colts rugby for Moortown
RFC before work took precedent.
Although I played for another club
I did return, playing mainly wing
forward. I stopped playing around
the age of 30 but have always kept
in contact with the club and am
proud to be associated with their
success.
Moortown is a great community and
family orientated club and I would
like to congratulate everyone on a
great season and pass on my best
wishes for the remainder of the
2018/2019 campaign.”
Steve Bromberg
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