Keresley
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players cannot always commit to playing
every week, and training represents
other difficulties too. A number of
‘older’ players are coming to the end of
their playing careers, and their wealth of
experience is difficult to replace.
Our challenge is keeping the team
playing to a good standard whilst
developing the younger and more
inexperienced players, who represent the
future of the club. As the now Director
of Rugby, there are frustrations with
availability at times, and with injuries.
Physio Jordan Alldritt works
wonders with the players, but we are
unable to field the same players each
week, which disrupts continuity. That is
the reality of rugby in 2019, however, and
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we all have to work with what we have.
We can only ‘control the controllables’,
as is often quoted to the players, when
some decisions don’t seem to go our
way.
With my Chairman’s hat on, the
future of the club is bright. The potential
housing development will surround
the club, and with more than 250
houses being built, we have a massive
opportunity to integrate our club in the
future lives of all of these new residents.
We do need to do some work on our
clubhouse, but a club offering daytime
facilities for the neighbourhood, thus
generating footfall and income, must be
our ambition.
On the pitch, we must aim for
promotion from the current league, but
that must be managed effectively, to
allow players to develop and maintain
a lifelong love for the game. Rugby is
supposed to be fun, and our appointment
of Bren McNally as the club’s Enjoyment
Officer, is testament to our expectations
of why we all do what we do: fun,
enjoyment. The club believes fervently
in the RFU’s Core Values, and we must
always remind ourselves why we all are
involved in this wonderful sport.
Article provided by Paul Harrison