BARROW ISLAND
gone to summer rugby or just a general decline in
people wanting to play sports or a combination of
the two.
The Johnson family here at Jeffersons Hotel & Apartments
we are very proud of our long term association with Barrow
Island RLFC.
Therefore youth rugby is very, very important and
it is our main goal to keep this going, without kids
there is no future. We always have kids showing
promise, 3 last year signed professional, well over
150 have gone on to represent their country, county
or town. This year we had 2 players represent GB
BARLA on tour abroad, with around another 35 in
recent years.
We are located in Barrow town centre and offer a wide
range of traditional bar meals from 11am - 8pm 7 days a
week. In addition we also offer 27 bedrooms and three off
site apartments to let.
The work which the club carries out in the community has
been going on for many years and benefited thousands of
people in the local area. Our opinion of the club couldn’t be
higher (even if the SOS campaign failed) and for proof of
that just look at our hotels name !!
Apart from the obvious in keeping our youth section
strong and players migrating to Open Age teams,
we will possibly have 2 teams playing in the North
West Counties League, this takes a lot of funding
because of the travelling involved.
We need to finish our club house extension and
start on the demolition and rebuilding of our old
changing rooms, the costs involved will be around
£100k, all of which we will self-finance one way or
another.” This should set the club up for a bright
future and Sport in Profile Magazine would like to
wish them the best of luck.
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