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Images courtesy of George Ledger Photography
We have a rolling two-year programme for our Under 16’s
as they approach transition into Senior rugby, where the squad
takes part in fundraising activities, either sponsored walks,
bike rides, supermarket bag packing and even providing a
waitering resource at our pre-match first team games.
At the end of the two years, they travel to USA to take part
in two tournaments in Milwaukee and Chicago and included a
full access guided tour of the University of Notre Dame to see
the sporting facilities in this world class University. Our squad
last year was delighted to return to Consett as champions of
the Great Lakes 7’s. The route from hard work into seeing what
that hard work can provide gives a true sense of the reason
we do what we do, and takes the young people into the adult
game with a real sense of self – alongside an unforgettable
experience.
Our club is very mindful of the place we have in the
community. Everybody has choices to make with their busy
“Mountsett Garage are in our first year
of sponsorship with Consett Rugby Club
and currently sponsor the players shirts.
We also have our logo on boards around
the ground as well as in the matchday
programme. My grandfather helped build
their first Clubhouse many years ago, he
and his two brothers all played for Consett
so we have a long family connection with
the club.
I have always been a fan and player of rugby
myself. Consett are a local team to us and
we get down when we can to support the
lads and it’s great to be involved in a club
that supports the local community as much
as Consett RC does. From all of us here at
Mountsett Garage we would like to wish
everyone associated with Consett Rugby
Club all the very best and keep up the
great community work.”
Will Johnson
lives, and we are delighted that so many choose the club to
spend their free time. Off the field, we continue to consolidate
our credentials as a key community club in the town. Early
last year, we were shaken by the suicide of one of our players.
As a club, this experience affected people in many different
ways – one of the outcomes is that we now provide free space
for an NHS Health and Resilience Nurse to give anyone with
concerns a route into obtaining free advice and counselling.
On Boxing Day each year, we have a charity inter-club
match, followed by an unwanted Christmas present auction in
the club. This hugely anticipated occasion not only provides
the bragging rights until the following Christmas, but generally
raises c£2k for our chosen charity, Calm being our obvious
choice last year, but Doddie Weir’s foundation the year before.
With the club being in sight of the Consett Cenotaph, in
2017, a group of parents began a year long project to have the
clubhouse decorated for the Centenary commemorations last
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