Tewkesbury RFC are pleased to announce that Jamie Burn has been appointed Health & Safety Officer. Jamie brings with him a vast amount of experience and knowledge in the world of health & safety and will be a valuable addition to the Management Committee and Club. Jamie has also played a key role as a player and captain for TRFC for over 10 years.
Tewkesbury RFC is pleased to announce that Mark Linton has agreed to take on the role of Sponsorship Manager, reporting to Martin Thomas (DoR). Martin has done a fantastic job of moving forward our engagement with local companies and sponsors over the past 24 months and the time has come to build upon this success and appoint Mark Linton to assist and take the club further forward. Mark brings a wealth of local knowledge and connections within the business’s of Tewkesbury and Gloucestershire and we hope this appointment will mean even greater success within the local community for the club.
If you are a parent of a junior player, club member or someone who is interested in helping to grow grass roots rugby and would like to add to the existing 25 club sponsors helping to secure grass roots sport in Tewkesbury, please reach out to Mark.
Also keep your eyes on the TRFC social media pages as we look to hold a Sponsors day event in the 23/24 seasons.
Tewkesbury RFC is currently seeking a suitable candidate for the position of Head Coach of Women’s Rugby.
Our ideal candidate is someone who is enthusiastic, personable, with good communication and organisational skills. They should have excellent leadership qualities and are supportive of growing the women’s game. Tewkesbury RFC will fully support and offer any assistance when required and will fully support the successful candidate whilst they establish themselves in the role beyond. Tewkesbury RFC strives to develop players, coaches and leaders within our rugby community game.
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If you wish to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please send a C.V. and covering letter to the Director of Rugby at the following address by the close of the day on Friday 3rd of March 2023 info@tewkesburyrfc.co.uk
We appeared on BBC Gloucestershire this week, after they spotted a tweet from us appealing for help to find a pair of size 17 boots. Joe Goodridge who has recently joined the senior team has been with the club since he was eight-years-old and has grown to 6ft 6, with very big feet.
His coach, Mark Woodham, described the 18-year-old as like “Bambi on ice”, due to the lack of appropriate footwear.
With it impossible to get suitable studded boots, the club hopes to find someone who can custom make the boots.
Joe is in his first year of men’s rugby and has been playing in moulded boots without studs, which fail to give him enough grip while playing. “It makes it quite difficult in the scrum because I’ve got very little traction,” said Joe. Mark Woodham said the boots Joe currently have cause him to slip, which impacts his performance.
“There are moments on the pitch where you are looking at him going ‘please stop skating around like Bambi on ice’,” he said. “We need a decent set of boots for him so he can really grow and be the player he can really be.”
Director of Rugby at Tewkesbury RFC, Martin Thomas, wrote a tweet asking for help to find a pair of size 17 boots.
“I have a grassroots rugby player who is 18 and 6’6′ tall with size 17 feet playing for our team. He cannot find rugby boots that big. Is there anyone out there who is willing to help?” he said.
Despite the call out, the club said it has yet to source a pair of boots.
Mark Woodham said: “The chance of us buying something off the shelf is very slim, but if there’s a way for us to crowdfund and buy some boots for Joe that are specially made, the club is up for it.”
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We are always so grateful to receive support from our members, so we would like to extend our thanks to Lesley Neild for organising and to Safran for donating 3 x 10,000 litre water tanks to the club. These tanks will play an integral part in storing water from the bore hole which will then feed into an irrigation system to keep the pitches watered and playable during dry periods. We’re now well on track to having this project completed ready for those dry periods
