Category: Youth Rugby News

Announcing the Winners of our Prize Draw

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our recent prize draw, which took place over the weekend at the Bournemouth Rugby Youth Festival. The festival saw teams enter from across England and Wales, from u7s to u15, making it an exciting and diverse event. Not only was it a fun event for all, but we also managed to raise £1460 for The Steve Bernard Foundation and Bournemouth Rugby.

Bournemouth Rugby are charity partners with The Steve Bernard Foundation. The Foundation was set up in memory of the affectionately named Stevie B following his tragic passing in a car accident in November 2005. Following his death, his family and friends were inundated with support and donations. It seemed right, even in the earliest stages that these funds should go to that which Steve loved best, sport.

Since the foundation was formed in February 2006, it has gone on to raise more than £500,000 for sporting projects based across Bournemouth, Dorset, and the South Coast. To date, the foundation has supported more than 400 projects covering more than 30 sports and 4 continents.

The foundation, run entirely by volunteers, has offered guidance, financial support and predominantly equipment to a range of good causes ranging from supporting the AFC Bournemouth Ability Counts Team to potential Olympic athletes of the future; from providing new kit to local boxing clubs to funding outreach projects in Thailand, Uganda, and Kenya.

We’re proud to have been able to contribute to this incredible cause through our prize draw. We would like to thank everyone who supported the prize draw, from donating prizes to selling and purchasing tickets. It’s always a pleasure to engage with our community and offer exciting opportunities like this one, and we’re thrilled that we were able to do so while also supporting such a fantastic foundation.

Without further ado, here are the lucky winners of our prize draw, Congratulations to each of our winners!

1st Prize – Bournemouth Beach Hut Stay Winner – Luke Ryan
2nd Prize – Photo Shoot at DK Capture Photography Winner – Marie
3rd Prize – Bournemouth Rugby Match Hospitality Day – Winner Jane Ashworth
4th Prize – Bournemouth 7s Tickets – Winner Dan Clark
5th Prize – Bournemouth 7s Ticket – Winner Chris Bell
6th Prize – Meal for 2 at 1812 – Winner Maybells Maddrell
7th Prize – £25 Horseman Voucher – Winner Jarvo
8th Prize – £25 Horseman Voucher – Winner N James
9th Prize – £25 Horseman Voucher – Winner Pete
10th Prize – £25 Horseman Voucher – Winner Waldie
11th Prize – Make-up Goodie Bag – Winner Nadine Cooke
12th Prize – Perfume – Winner Paula Morgan
13th Prize – Wine – Winner Gareth Wakelyn
14th Prize – Wine – Winner Jan
15th Prize – Make-up Goodie Bag – Winner Neil Rose
16th Prize – Wine – Winner Stu Hiscock
17th Prize – Winner Kev Mathie
18th Prize – Winner Catherine Roberts
19th Prize – Rugby Ball and Kicking Tee – Winner Luke Ryan
20th Prize – Winner Loz Taylor
21st Prize – Wine – Winner Name Unknown Ticket Number 2337
22nd Prize – Rugby Ball and Kicking Tee – Winner Richard Hill
23rd Prize – Rugby Ball and Kicking Tee – Winner Name Unknown Ticket number 2455

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who entered our prize draw and supported our fundraising efforts for The Steve Bernard Foundation and Bournemouth Rugby. We hope you enjoyed participating as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

For those who weren’t selected this time around, don’t worry – we’ll be running more competitions and giveaways in the future, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Once again, congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who entered and supported this fantastic cause. We look forward to continuing to engage with and support our amazing community in the future, and we hope you’ll join us on our journey with The Steve Bernard Foundation.

Bournemouth Rugby Festival: A Celebration of Youth Rugby

Over a thousand young rugby players from across the United Kingdom are gearing up to take part in the Bournemouth Rugby Festival at Chapel Gate this weekend. The festival, which has been eagerly anticipated by players and fans alike, promises to be a thrilling showcase of youth rugby talent.

On Saturday, the festival will kick off with the older players taking center stage. Teams from the Under 13’s to the Under 15’s will be competing for the prestigious winners’ cups. The Sunday will be the turn of the younger players, with teams from the Under 7’s to the Under 12’s taking to the field. The first games will kick off just after 0930 on both days.

While Saturday’s matches will be fiercely contested, Sunday’s games will be all about showcasing the values of rugby, with no winner but rugby. Players will be encouraged to show the TREAD values of rugby, which stands for Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, and Sportsmanship.

The Bournemouth Rugby Festival is not just about the rugby, it’s also a great opportunity to bring the community together. Spectators are encouraged to come down and show their support for their favorite team. It’s a chance to see some of the best young rugby players in the country, as well as to enjoy a fun day out with family and friends.

Organizers of the festival have expressed their gratitude to the local community for their support, especially their festival sponsor, Fortitudo. Without their help, events like this would not be possible.

So, if you’re a rugby fan, or just looking for a great day out, come down to Chapel Gate this weekend and experience the thrill of the Bournemouth Rugby Festival. It promises to be a celebration of youth rugby that you won’t want to miss!

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Events and Club Engagement Co-ordinator

Bournemouth Rugby are seeking a volunteer to support them with Events and Club Engagement which in turn will support the club with their fundraising. The last two years have been particularly hard because of the pandemic and now the ongoing cost of living crisis. A club like Bournemouth lives off the generosity of others and fundraising relies heavily on local businesses sponsoring the club as and when they can. We are now only generating a third of the sponsorship prior to the start of the pandemic and these circumstances have led to the need for this new role. The engagement Co-ordinator will work with every section of the club from the youngest to the oldest helping to take the club to its 130th year.

Where

This role is a voluntary role within Bournemouth Rugby and events and engagement will normally take place at Chapel Gate or sometimes within venues in BCP. Where the events take place is at the discretion of the job holder working alongside the Executive Committee.

When

This is an ongoing role all year to ensure that we can keep the club members and supporter engaged during the season and out of season as well.

Time Commitment

This is a flexible role, and the time you need to commit is dependent on the number of fundraising activities organised. The opportunity to meet regularly with the Club Executive Committee will ensure that you are fully supported within the role. It’s important that the holder of the role is involved specifically with the Finance Team so that fundraising targets can be set accordingly maximising the efficiency of the role.

Tasks involved

The number one task for the job holder is to raise as much funding as possible from the current list of stakeholders and engaging and working to bring new stakeholders to the club.

Attending meetings with operations team, Executive committee and club sections

Planning and organising club events including Fundraising events with the support of the Operations Team and Executive committee

Working with the Operations Manager to help recruit event volunteers.

If you are interested in applying for this role please email Becky Hill at secretary@bournemouth-rugby.co.uk with an expression of interest.

U15’s 2’s Crowned Champions of Div 5

Bournemouth U15’s 2’s team have been crowned as U15’s Champions of Div 5. They’ve gone from being a disorganised bunch of players that were 29-0 down at half time in their game against Alton, to the undefeated (so far) league winners in Hampshire.

Results like this demonstrate the strength we have in our youth teams. We are a club for any player of any ability and any experience. Rich & Gareth as well as the other U15’s coaches have developed the players into a tight knit team, displaying all the values of Bournemouth Rugby. As a club we are so proud of every one of you.

Duncan Macgregor – Senior 4th Team says “Boys! Rich Gareth, a massive congratulations to all of you, your hard work and dedication has paid off! I am proud of you all! Let’s keep building on this success and you boys can only get better and better! Well done!!”

This type of success couldn’t be reached without our team sponsors Jive Marketing, MGV Scaffolding and Rippa Rugby, as well as club sponsors Hendy. Thank you for your support.

Adventures with Rugey

The U7’s would like to introduce you to their newly adopted mascot “Rugey”.

Rugey was a former Lion player who retired to support the young players of the Bournemouth U7’s squad.

When Rugey arrived he was unnamed so the team all submitted name ideas. At training one was picked at random and from that day forward Rugey was an important member of the U7’s.

Youth Players of the Month

U8 Player of the month Leland Phipps

Congratulations to this months player of the month. He has really taken to this season and in our first couple of fixtures he is naturally becoming a leader. He is great at communicating to his team mates whilst playing and supportive when cheering them on.

He has been the epitome of T.R.E.D.S. – Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship.

So well done Leland Phipps

U11s player for the lunch is Charlie Stratford

Charlie has improved over the past few seasons massively, He is a naturally quiet member of the 11s and has grown in confidence of late. He is always dedicated to both training and matches and this now see’s him this season growing in stature on the pitch with his determination to run with the ball, support others and get into contact situations. Importantly for Charlie, this confidence has seen him get on the scoresheet at a recent festival.

Well done Charlie, keep up the excellent work.’

5 Bournemouth Players selected for Bath U17’s match

This weekend will see 5 Bournemouth Rugby players make the squad for Bath Under 17’s as the take on Harlequins. Andrew Eary, Adam Dew, Rory Crum are in the starting XV, Ryan Woodford is on the bench and Ollie Vincent is the travelling reserve. No other club is represented within the Bath academy with 5 players from one team for the match. We are incredibly proud of all 5 boys for their achievement to make the squad.

Steve Eary Father to Andrew he has had the opportunity this week to watch them all train at Farleigh House yesterday. ‘’Its great to see all of them train. I have said it before to Greg, but he must be immensely proud to think he helped 4-5 boys to that level. And especially my lad who got there is such a short space of time due to Gregs time and taking a chance on him. As he didn’t have a clue 4 years ago what a rugby ball was.’’

The opportunity of a pathway that the players take to further their rugby careers is down to their hard work and dedication as a player and the hard work and dedication that all our youth team coaches and managers put into their teams. It goes beyond just turning up up to train players, it arranging games, planning sessions, individually looking at players and seeing how they can be developed and development of the whole team and attending CPD’s and courses to further their own development to be able to pass the skills onto the players.

3 Further U14 Players Selected for Bath Developing Player Programme

We are delighted to announce that a further 3 of our U14 players have been selected for the Bath Developing Player Programme (DPP), bringing the total number of entrants to 11 for this age group.

Further to the second round of trials held on the 26th of February, the following players have been selected to join their 8 team mates already in DPP programmes.

George Hampshaw

Sam Hatton

Harry Williams

From the whole of Bournemouth Rugby, well done and congratulations.

The DPP engages players aged 13 – 16 years old and is a development programme which interacts with and complements school, club and county playing programmes, to provide further development opportunities for young players without the conflict of competition.

These programme’s are nationally managed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and delivered locally through a partnership between the RFU, the Regional Academies and Constituent Bodies.

DPP represents the entry point to the talent pathway for professional rugby and represents the place where players will be identified and developed with a view to selecting those players with the greatest long-term potential to join the club academy at U17 level.

The under 11s club player of the month is Jacob Chamberlain

Jacob has been a long serving member of Bournemouth rugby club, joining the team several years ago when it was all about tag rugby. We could see from a young age that Jacob was fearless and would thrive in the club and rugby culture here at Bournemouth rugby.

Since we have progressed into contact rugby he has grown in confidence, skill level and determination to take on all the coaching points our team of coaches have given him. It is a great attribute of Jacobs that he will try and put into practise all the feedback he receives. You see this in the drills, the training sessions and matches that Jacob takes part in. Watching Jacob develop into the rugby player and young man he is is a testament to his dedication to listen and improve. He is fearless in the tackle and is often seen putting big tackles in on players who might be a bit bigger but 99% of the time Jacob comes out the winner. You will often find Jacob at the bottom of a maul or ruck but he always has a smile of his face when he is getting back into position.

He is a credit to our age group, our great club, his parents, Leigh and Michelle who drive him around to all our fixtures and training but most importantly he is a credit to himself.

Keep up the good work Jacob, you can be very proud of the player you are becoming.

MATCH REPORT | Trojans V Bournemouth U14’s

Trojans v Bournemouth U14's

Sun, 6 February 2022, KO 11.30am at Trojans, Stoneham Lane

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Result: Trojans 17 v 20 Bournemouth

Bournemouth U14 through to Hampshire Cup Final

Our U14 team has battled through to the Hampshire Cup Final after sealing a 17-20 victory away to Trojans. The semi-final was played in windy and muddy conditions, making life difficult for our kickers and backs, but the grunt up front worked well in the tight, despite Trojans having a slight edge in the scrum and line out.

All the boys defended magnificently, with relative club newcomer Harrison Sansom particularly putting in a massive tackling shift at flanker, and the hard work paid off. After a 22 drop out from Trojan’s was caught well in a tricky wind by scrum half Dan Williams, he went on the attack and released Centre James Wheeler to make a strong run for the corner to secure an unconverted try. Further pressure in the opponent’s 22 led to Trojan’s dropping the ball after a strong tackle by Captain Felix Vincent, who sprinted from the scrum to nail Trojan’s Fly Half. James pounced, gathered the ball and ran in a try between the posts which he then converted. Korbin Clark was unlucky not to add a third soon after, when a well distributed ball from a line out just inside Trojan’s half found its way to our flying 13, who ran a full 30 metres, chipped over the defence but just couldn’t gather the ball after it had crossed the try line. Trojans secured a penalty just before the break, meaning Bournemouth were 3-12 up at the half time whistle.

The second half began with Trojans infringing just outside the 22, and once again James stepped up to kick the 3 points. Trojan’s dug deep in the second half and started to gain the ascendency. After a prolonged period of pressure near the Bournemouth try line, they were awarded a penalty try to make the score 10-15. Bournemouth raised their game once again and, after a hard-fought ruck just outside the Trojan’s 22, replacement scrum half Oli Evans dug the ball out to find James waiting to receive his pass and run in his hat trick in the corner. Given the wind, it was un-surprising that touchline kick specialist Korbin just missed the conversion.

Trojan’s rallied again and kicked into our territory, with a loose ball being gathered and leading to their final try under the sticks, which again was converted. During a nervous final 5 minutes, Bournemouth played the territory game and pinned Trojan’s down in their 22 to see out the win.

Man of the match, named by Trojan’s, was Alex Lilly ,after a strong and disciplined performance at Number 8. However, the whole squad deserve the plaudits for a great team effort.

We look forward to the final on March 20th against Alton.

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