Sport In Profile UK Issue 03 | Page 51

RHC COUGARS RFC Integration “The Head Coach of the Senior club is also our development officer so he works with the youth teams, watching the kids come through the ranks and so is well aware of the talent that we have. We’ve two young guys in their 2nd year out of school, Scott Simpson and Dougie Sutherland, that are back with the club this year and they’re showing a lot of potential. Shaun Burns has also done very well whilst Chris Barnett has come through to play for the first team regularly.” Progression “We’re trying to improve the facilities at the club but that is a challenge financially. We want to develop so that we can put out 3 senior teams each week although numbers are holding us back a little bit. We’re keen to encourage more volunteers to step up and help the Committee and just want to have extra professionalism all round.” Fundraising “The fundraising we’re doing is a mix of two things; fundraising for the club and also trying to fundraise for our Rugby Development Team. We’d like to add to that so that we can increase our reach into schools. We’re setting up a charitable trust which is going to focus upon that. www.sportip.biz 51