East Leake RFC on the lookout for new players aged 16+ to join their ranks

EAST Leake Rugby Club are looking for new players aged 16 and over, and would welcome anyone interested making contact with them.

The club, reformed in the latter part of last year, say they will welcome experienced players or those new to the game. “Have fun, get fit, make new friends” is the message they put out to anyone thinking of joining, and can offer RFU qualified coaches, a Club physiotherapist and are members of the Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, with each county having also having their own sub-unions with additional club cup competitions. As well as overseeing club rugby, the Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire RFU also administers the county representative teams.

The club are based at the Costock

Road Playing Fields at East Leake but also make use of the floodlit facility at the Sutton Bonington campus.

More information on the club is available from Bob on 07849 184927 or Geoff on 07900 190727 or the clubs facebook page.

The possibility of a junior section being on the cards could be looked at the the future.

Geoff Justice says at the moment they are channelling through Rugby All Stars who train at East Leake academy, adding that at some point in the future the club would like that to evolve, but is focused on setting up the senior team properly.

The club are on the look out for teams to meet them in friendly games.