Club scrubs up nicely due to helping hands
WEST Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper MP joined club members at Ormskirk Rugby Club for their NatWest RugbyForce weekend.
The club’s chairman, Brian Stevenson, invited the MP to the club to take part in the weekend and learn about the club’s history and ambitious plans.
In recent years the club has invested thousands of pounds in improving its changing areas and social facilities.
Over the RugbyForce weekend, volunteers painted the goalposts, weeded the car park area, painted the internal walls, built a functional new scrum machine and most importantly laid down a new patio area at the rear of the club.
The patio is already proving popular with members who can sit out and have a drink, and is ideal for barbecues.
Rosie Cooper MP: “I’d like to thank Brian for inviting me down and showing me around the club and introducing me to so many hard-working community volunteers.
“They are the lifeblood of these organisations and do it free of charge in their own time.
“The improvements the club has made in recent years are evident, with quality player changing facilities and a lovely bar area for events and socialising.
“Ormskirk Rugby Club has been part of this town for nearly a hundred years and I look forward to supporting it in any way I can in the future, as they look to continue their recent growth and success building the club, and translating that as they improve on the pitch as well.”
Mr Stevenson said: “We’ve done well in these volunteer events in recent years and securing a grant from NatWest RugbyForce in conjunction with the RFU was really useful, which allowed us to purchase the materials to carry out some of the improvement works.
“I’m very grateful to our MP, Rosie Cooper, for taking the time to visit us, and giving us her backing to our ambitious plans to improve the club and area and be an asset to the local community.”