Andover RFC - Youth Academy
Welcome the Andover RFC Youth Academy.
The Youth Academy is built on the ethos of good, hard and especially fair play. The role of the Academy within the Andover RFC is to develop the future players of the club. Our Academy staff are fully dedicated to these principles, everyone from the age group coaches and managers through to the chairman and committee members work together to bring the youth players through to the adult teams.
If you are an existing member of the club or would like to gain more information about us either visit the relevant areas of the website or come along and visit us at the Goodship ground on a Sunday morning from 10am onwards.
Latest News
Rugby Summer Camp
Andover Rugby Club – Youth Academy in conjunction with Socious Sports presents
A 5 DAY SUMMER RUGBY CAMP
(Monday 16th – Friday 20th August 2010)
Open to players aged 6 – 16.
Don't miss a great opportunity this summer!
Pants in the Park 2010
On the 20 June around 20 - 30 young players and parents from Andover RFC pulled their pants on ‘super hero’ style and joined together with other local people for the third ‘Pants in the Park’ 5k fun run.
The annual event, organised in partnership with Simplyhealth, for Prostate UK, encourages people to come together to raise funds and generate awareness for Prostate UK, the only charity working to fight all prostate diseases.
This year’s event boasted another good attendance, with over 200 men, women and children descending on Charlton Athletic track on the outskirts of the town in their wacky, weird and wonderful pants including a team from Andover RFC. Amanda McLean, Chief Executive, Prostate UK says; “The turn out at the Andover event was phenomenal, it was a fun-filled family day, which raised vital funds for the charity. One in two men will suffer from prostate disease at some stage in their lives and this is one of the many ways we try and raise funds and awareness to stop prostate disease ruining lives in the UK.”
Andover Celebrates England Player
Andover RFU Youth Academy celebrated the selection of one of its players; Alex Bradley who this season was selected to play for the England U16’s National team.
Alex’s first rugby experience was when he was 11 years old and started playing at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. When he was 13, he joined the Youth Academy at Andover Rugby Club where he enjoyed three seasons of playing club rugby, although this past season has seen him playing less rugby at Andover due to first team commitments at school as well as the various rugby camps that he has attended as part of the ongoing England selection process.
Presentation Day
Andover Rugby Club’s Youth Academy’s 2009/10 season ended in style with a weekend of fun and celebrations. On Friday 14th May, the clubs annual charity ball was held in a large marquee at the Goodship Ground with dinner and dancing into the early hours incorporating a fantastic auction. The event raised a total of over £6000 for the club.
This was followed on Sunday 16th May by their Academy Presentation Day, with Mark Day from Simplyhealth, the club’s principal sponsor and Ian Price, Community Schools Manager from premiership side London Irish, helping Youth Chairman Dickie Staff perform the presentations. The Academy was also delighted to welcome Clive Cashell (RFU Regional Rugby Development Manager), Mike Glogg (President of Hampshire RFU), Sir George Young (Andover MP), His Worship the Mayor – Chris Lynn, Sue Shepherd (Andover Vision Manager), Faye Marsh (Andover Sound) and Shaun Rule (Executive Chairman Andover RFC) as well as a number of the club’s squad sponsors to the event.