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319 Newark Road
North Hykeham
Lincolnshire
LN6 9RY
UK
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Contact Person: Clubhouse
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Phone: 01522 519905
Since the end of the highly successful 2000/2001 season the club has continued to develop. A large number of the initial youth team from the 1999/2000 season have now matured and towards the end of the 2003/4 season a third of the first team were players who were from that original 1999/2000 youth team. The remainder are now regular members of the second team. This has had the effect of allowing some of our older players who were soon to receive their bus passes to step down into the second team for a much needed rest. The club won Notts/Lincs/Derbys Division Two East in the 2002/3 season but sensibly decided to decline the promotion to allow the younger players a further season to develop in the lower league. This policy was justified with the team again winning the league in 2003/4 as well as finishing runners up in the Lincolnshire RFU Plate Competition. The club have also been heavily involved in the Lincolnshire Sports Partnership's Active Sports Programme and are one of their focus club's. In early 2003 club coaches visited six local secondary school's to introduce tag rugby to girls in years 7, 8 and 9. The coaching sessions culminated in a festival of tag rugby held at the club in May. This event was covered on both the Lincolnshire Sports Partnership web site and the Sport England East Midlands Regional Newspaper. In all fifty girls took part in the training sessions of which thirty made the transition into the club environment. It was clear from the level of interest generated by the programme that there was sufficient support for the formation of a contact girl's team at Under 14/15. Training sessions started in early October 2003 with the team playing its first game in February 2004. In all a total of four matches were played during the season of which three were won. The team scored 160 points in those four games and six players were brought to the attention of the RFUW East Midlands selector's at Under 16 Level. Of those three girls, Sophie Smith, Laura Greenwood and Robyn Steward were selected and played for the region in festivals at St Albans and Litchfield. The club were the first in Lincolnshire to develop a girls section providing full contact rugby (subject to the RFUW Law Variations). The highlight of the season for the girls was undoubtedly the invitation to the RWC Sweet Chariot Tour Reception at the Lawn Visitor Centre in March. The girls had the opportunity of a lifetime and the whole group had their photograph taken with the Webb Ellis Trophy - truly a night to remember. North Kesteven are also involved in delivering tag rugby sessions to primary school children under the Powergen Community Tag Rugby Programme. During late Autumn 2003 club coaches visited nine local junior school's and introduced tag rugby to around 500 children in the local area. The resulting festival brought 140 children to the club - a number matched only by the Lincolnshire Youth Games. The winning school All Saints North Hykeham had the honour of playing at Welford Road, entertaining the crowd before Leicester Tigers match with Harlequins in early March 2004. Eight girls from the All Saints School have since made the transition from tag rugby at their school to contact rugby at the club. This only helps to increase the playing strength of the girls section. The festival was featured in an article in the RFU Touchline magazine - edition 57 A number of the boys who participated in the Powergen Programme have also expressed an interest in playing contact rugby for North Kesteven. To that end two development training days have taken place since the end of the Powergen Programme with the intention of forming an Under 12/13 side for the start of the 2004/5 season. A total of 27 boys now form the nucleus of that squad. This now means that the club will be running even more youth teams in the 2004/5 seasonMale Under 19Male Under 17Male Under 12/13Girls Under 16Girls Under 14By far the most important development in the last couple of years had been the RFU Community Rugby Seal of Approval and Sport England Clubmark which were awarded to the club in March 2004. For a junior club at the lowest level in the league pyramid to be awarded the Seal of Approval was the culmination of nearly two years of hard work by the Club's Development Officers. The club are the first in NLD to be awarded the Seal of Approval an achievement for which they are justifiably proud. The club have been supported in their development work over the last three years by The Sir Arthur Wharton Trust, The Community Council of Lincolnshire, North Hykeham Town Council, Notts/Lincs/Derbys Youth Task Group, Hykeham Fuel Supplies and Trybal Clothing. As a small club with limited finances their support has been invaluable. A large number of the youth players - male and female live on the large housing estates in the City Of Lincoln. For many, transport to and from training sessions and matches is a real problem. The club have addressed this by providing transport for the players with the money found from the grants made from the above organisations If you require any further information in respect of North Kesteven Rugby Club please do not hesitate to contact either - A.France or M.J.Kemp,
Club Colours: Black with Red,White & Green Hoops
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