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This Season
“Another title win and promotion says it all for the playing side. But more importantly the
club now has a permanent home at Park Wood, Maidstone, after playing on council pitches
and out of pubs for the last 10 or so years we have taken a lease on an old set of changing
rooms that were not in use.
The changing rooms are attached to The Royal British Legion Social Club and we have
an agreement that we use the social club as our clubhouse. For us, this is a massive
step and for me personally outweighs the great work we have done on the pitch as it
gives our club the base it can really grow from and become an asset to both itself and
the local community.”
Community
“We are very much a community club; since moving to Park Wood we
have already attracted several players from the local estate. We
will start a recruitment drive in the summer and one of
the areas we will obviously be targeting is the local
community. We have been very much welcomed
into The British Legion and the two clubs go hand
in hand nicely.
We understand as well as anyone that to be
a sustainable club we will need to develop a
junior section, and our club development
plan reflects this fact. We hope to have
our junior section up and running in
the next few years.”
Challenges/
Ambitions
Park
Wood
“Having our new home
is a massive step for us; it
gives us a base to build our
club from. It will enable us to
obtain increased sponsorship
and
grants
for
player
development, coaching and in
the future our junior section.
We have attracted several
new sponsors on the back of
being at our new home and
our commercial committee
are working hard behind the
scenes to attract more sponsors.
We are looking to build long
term relationships with our
sponsors and make sure they
get something in return for
parting with their hard earned
money.”
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“Although we have
seen a growth in our
player base, other local clubs
have seen a decline in playing
numbers and I believe this
to be the biggest issue facing
grass roots rugby. Hopefully
on the back of the World
Cup later this year, which we
actively recruit around, player
numbers should increase. It is
essential for the modern club to
survive that a junior section is
introduced.
We want to firmly establish
ourselves in our new home, to
develop a 2nd XV, and then
develop a junior section. The
mood here is very positive
and everyone is committed to
growing our wonderful social
rugby club.”