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A note from the Juniors Secretary (posted on 04/08/2008)

A note from the U16s Coach (posted on 05/08/2008)

A note from the U11s Coach (posted on 24/08/2008)

A note from the U10s Manager (posted on 05/09/2008)

A Compliment from the Cleve Festival

The U9s manager received this correspondence from the organisers of the 2008 Cleve Festival

Patrick, I am pleased to hear that you all enjoyed our festival. Unfortunately I didn't get to see much of any games but the atmosphere was great.

Swindon won Fair Play trophies in both the Under 11's & Under 12's groups. The Swindon Under 9's actually came joint 1st with Walcot, for the Fair Play award.
The decision was made that as Walcot only came with an U9's team, had not won any other trophies but had maximum Fair Play points (along with yourselves), it would be a good gesture to award them with FP, so they would not walk away completely empty handed (and given that Swindon had won FP trophies at other age groups). I hope that you are OK with this decision.

It is rare for any club to win this amount of Fair Play trophies, so all Swindon players, Coaches & parents should be extremely proud of themselves & of the club which they represent. Swindon are always welcome at Cleve and we look forward to meeting with you again next season.

Please pass on our congratulations to all

Aren't we a nice lot, eh?

Just in case you wondered - the result was

Dorset & Wilts vying for National Under 20s Championship semi-final spot by Julia Hutton

Dorset & Wilts Under 20s are through to the quarter-finals of the National Under 20s Championship and will take on Gloucestershire this Sunday (April 13th) at Lydney RFC, kick-off 2pm.

The Twin Counties youngsters booked their place in the final four after victories over Buckinghamshire in March at Devizes RFC (31-7) and Berkshire (11-38) at Thatcham RFC.

The squad, led by Head Coach Paul Ninnim and Manager Roy Farrant, includes 25 players from 12 different clubs across Dorset & Wilts and Dauntsey’s School. Wimborne RFC are the best represented with four players involved in the Under 20s squad.

Manager Farrant said: “We have no illusions about the size of the task facing us on Sunday. Gloucestershire are obviously an accomplished side and have been dominant in their matches so far. We need to play at our very best to get through to the semi-finals, but win or lose we are already proud of the achievements of the squad and look forward to them forming the nucleus of an even more powerful team next season.

“We have been playing an attractive blend of powerful forward play providing our talented backs with good quick ball to enable them to demonstrate their pace and great lines of attack. Because our players are selected from such a large number of clubs it has taken a little time for them to gel as a unit, but we are improving with every game. We are a young squad, the majority of whom will still be eligible to play for the under twenties next season.”

The final of the National Under 20s Championship takes place at Twickenham Stadium on May 10th, kick-off 11pm.

Dorset & Wilts U20 Squad v Gloucestershire

Swindon U18s have won the Div 1 North Merit Table!

The Div 1 North Merit table finished like this:

Well done lads!

As a result of this, Swindon goes through to compete with Salisbury, Bournmouth, and Wimbourne A in the next stage of the competition.

See the results that led to this on the Development Squad page.

Committee Meeting

Junior committee meetings are normally held on the first Monday of the month at 8pm in the Presidents Bar.

Membership Fees

Please note. Members still owing fees will not be picked for matches.

The Shop Lives!

Any requirements, please email to shop@@swindonrfc.co.uk (remove the extra @ - its there to stop us getting quite so much spam), or see Lisa.

Fuller stock and price lists to follow.

Kit Korner

If you have any unwanted boots/kit that you are fed up with hanging around and you are looking to donate them to a worthy cause bring them along and add them to the pile.

News Archive

Here are some old news items from last Season...

Lexus Junior Rugby Final Festival 07/04/07

The U14's have been invited to represent the South West in the up-coming Lexus Junior Rugby Final Festival to be held in St. Albans on April 7th.

Good luck to the U14's

Swindon RFC are the SwindonAdvertiser Team of the Year!

Woo-hoo! we won. By some margin too. Well done to you all for winning and thanks to everyone who voted for us.

So now, you aren't just sponsoring any old piece of grass, but the pitch of the Adver Team of the Year 2006. Come on! Quick! Before it's all gone!

Pitch Improvements Part II (posted 2/1/07)

The Senior and Junior Committees have addressed a letter to all current members outlining the plans to improve the club playing facilities.

Although those awfully nice blazers at the RFU are likely to provide half the money for the improvements, the club still needs to find the rest, and that's rather a lot.

Pitch Improvements (posted 1/1/07)

Good news! Plans are afoot to sort out the drainage and move the floodlights so that we don't have to cancel everything whenever it rains. More details to follow.

Swindon U14’s selected for county training (posted 15/12/06)

A message from Dave Baddeley (U14s Coach ) 

I would like to congratulate the following Swindon u14’s players who have been selected for the County Squad meeting in January

Matt Walsh
Kyle Burrows
Tim Berry
Luke Dicks
Alex Makin

This is a tremendous achievement and I wish them all the best in their rugby development.

Web admin would like to add his hearty congratulations to the boys, who are evidently doing the club and themselves proud. Will they still talk to us now they are famous?

Lexus Festival Imagery

DE Photo ( the UK's Largest Sports & Event Photography Company it says here...) were at the Lexus festival and took a load of photos. They'll sell you the picture or make you a poster or a mouse-mat. Very popular presents apparently.

Lexus Junior Rugby Festival Photos

Thanks to Rockstone Surfacing (posted 29/9/06)

The Under 11s team are pleased to announce that they will be sponsored by Rockstone Surfacing. As part of the sponsorship, team shirts will display the Rockstone Surfacing logo.

There are no further updates of which is aware.