Nuneaton Old
Edwardians
Nuneaton Old Edwardians
RUGBY CLUB
Nuneaton Old Edwardians Rugby Club is a fantastic example of the important role
that a club can play in their local community. Rugby Club Magazine caught up with
Club Representative Ged O’Neill to find out more about how the club.
He told us, “From a facilities, social and membership
perspective things are hugely positive, also our coaching set-up
is excellent and all players are buzzing. In 2017, we completed
Phase 2, the final stage of a new drainage system under the
main pitch at a total project cost of almost £80k, mostly
funded by Sport England. We should be able to discount wet
weather as a reason for not using the main pitch in future and
accommodate Friday evening floodlit games even the night
before Saturday fixtures.”
“A major achievement has been the establishment of a
Junior Academy from Under 8s to Under 16s in collaboration
with the RFU and local schools. We’ve resurfaced our car-park
funded by generous members donations, the whole community
uses the carpark as a starting point for country walks and for
taking the dog for a walk.
“We aim to continue to collaborate with local schools to
promote school rugby festivals on our pitches and to use these
festivals as recruitment opportunities for our junior academy.
We also aim to increase membership numbers further by
utilising GMS’s email functionality which enables potential
members to buy Membership on-line.
“We started a junior academy in November 2016 and
from this humble beginning we are seeing steady growth in
numbers. We are a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC)
and actively encourage the local community; schools, colleges,
clubs and residents to utilise our facilities both for social
functions and sporting activity. We host outdoor Commando
boot-camps, local static bike club activities, coffee mornings for
our local community of dog-walkers and we actively aim to
do more of the same via our Community Development Officer
Louisa Crook: [email protected].>
“We are very happy with our facility but we are also keen
to develop further. Some of our biggest challenges moving
forwards will be growing the playing numbers and succession
planning for senior management roles. It is our ambition to
continue to perform well in Midlands 2 West (South), regularly
field two teams and sometimes three and to make Nuneaton
Old Eds the best Social and Family oriented Club in the area,
while managing our expansion plans in to effect successfully.”
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