The WRU Development Officers will be holding recruitment road shows around the region in August targeting clubs that struggle to recruit an U8s team and other gaps in age group rugby. The road show will visit clubs throughout The Dragons region with the aim to register new players as well as recruiting volunteers to help with the coaching/running of these age groups. As well as acting as player and volunteer recruitment it will also promote the new Dragons District rugby section and allow people to find out exactly what the role of the Development Officer is.
The road show starts on 14th August in Caerphilly and ends on 25th August in Newport. Two clubs per day in each county borough will be visited and is an ideal opportunity for youngsters and parents in the area to find out more about rugby and how they can get involved in a playing and volunteer capacity.
Dragons Community and Coach Development Manager Gerry Roberts commented, “This is the first year that we will be taking a road show around the region and the development officers were very keen to set this up. Every day a county borough will be visited and two clubs in that area will be targeted. The aim of the road show is two fold; to ensure we have ‘Fire in the Future’ through the recruitment of young players and also building on the ‘Valuing the Volunteer’ initiative we ran this year encouraging more volunteers into the game. We hope that by getting out into the region we can encourage more youngsters to take up rugby and thus benefit the game.”
Road Show Timetable
Date Region AM PM
14th Aug Caerphilly Bedwas RFC Machen RFC
15th Aug Caerphilly Senghenydd RFC Newbridge RFC
16th Aug Caerphilly Rhymney RFC Blackwood RFC
17th Aug Torfaen Garndiffaith Pontypool Utd
18th Aug Torfaen New Panteg Croesycieliog
21st Aug Blaenau Gwent Tredegar RFC Ebbw Vale
22nd Aug Blaenau Gwent Brynmawr RFC Abertillery RFC
23rd Aug Monmouth Chepstow RFC Caldicot RFC
24th Aug Newport Caerleon RFC Bettws RFC
25th Aug Newport Whitehead RFC Pill RFC
For more information please contact James Chapron, Rugby Development Officer, Caerphilly on 01443 863255
