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It was recently announced that Heriots Rugby Club would be one of the six teams to make up the new Super Six competition. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative Colin McCallum to find out more. Involvement He told us, “I played for the club from leaving school in 1971 until 1996. During that period I was a member of the Junior Committee (in those days we put out six or seven teams) and latterly Secretary. I attended George Heriot’s School so it was a natural step. However, in the mid 80’s I worked in London for a few years and played forRead More →

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Strathendrick Strathendrick RFC was established over forty years ago and has a great reputation in West Stirlingshire as well as nationally in the rugby community. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with their President, Dave Beaumont to find out more. Atmosphere He told us, “The Club is ‘absolutely buzzin’ to quote one of our first team players. Despite a very long season of rugby, the senior squad winning the league (securing promotion for the second successive season) put the cherry on top of the icing on a very large cake of success. All sections, Minis, Midis and seniors are thriving and are hungry for more. There’sRead More →

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Pontefract RUFC enjoyed a fine campaign this time around as they clinched promotion to Yorkshire One. Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Club Representative Jonathon Hill to find out more about the good work they’ve been doing lately.   Involvement He told us, “I have been involved with the club for the past seven years. I came down for a game with the third team as a social game and ended up getting drawn into the club after my first season playing. I started training and learning the game and within two years started playing first team rugby. After about three years decided I wouldRead More →

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Oxford RFC has enjoyed a terrific season of rugby which was beyond all expectations in being promoted to the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Premiership, and the resurrected 2nd XV, the Nomads, in its first season fulfilling all its league fixtures to finish in third place in the 4th Division. Such is the enthusiasm the club intends to run a third team and will apply to the Thames Valley Merit Table for membership. The pragmatic John Brodley however, Director of Rugby at the club, described the club’s 2017-2018 season as one of two lost opportunities. Oxford’s bogey team was Risborough, who comprised mainly of disaffected ex-Chinnor players. TheRead More →

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Old Crossleyans RUFC enjoyed a fine campaign this time around which ended with them clinching promotion. Plans are already underway to prepare for a new challenge and Rugby Club Magazine recently caught up with Chairman Howard Cooper to find out more. Involvement He told us, “I first went down the club to play in 1972. It didn’t need any thinking about, as I attended the Crossley and Porter Grammar School and played rugby for the school, it was a natural progression to just join the Old Boys after finishing school and continue playing, you just followed the older boys at school. This flow of players continuedRead More →

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“The Measure Of Who We Are Is What We Do With What We Have” The last three seasons have seen Mersea Island RFC go through probably its most significant phase of development since it was founded in 1989. Rugby Club Magazine spoke with Colin Morgan, MIRFC President, and Chairman, Peter Sheane – it is clear there is much more to come from this rapidly moving Essex club, whose recent growth very much belies their size. History  Mersea Island, which is about five miles long by two miles wide lies just off the Essex Coast in the Blackwater Estuary about eight miles south of Colchester. SailingRead More →