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
Easter Holiday MasterClass
You may be aware that I have been liaising with London Irish for them to hold a 3 day Easter Holiday MasterClass (rugby camp) at Andover RFC. This has now been confirmed and the details are as follows:
What is a MasterClass and what do the players do whilst they are there? - The London Irish Community Team will be coming to Andover RFC during the second week of the Easter Holidays - from Monday 12th – Wednesday 14th April.
All the participants will be given a Rugby MasterClass in all areas of the game, helping to improve their: Handling, Tackling and Defence, Collision Skills, Decision Making, Game Sense, Positional Play, Support Play, and Kicking!
What time does MasterClass start and finish?- The camp commences each day from 09.30am concluding at 15.30 - please ensure that arrangements are in place for your child to be collected from the club shortly after the finish time.
RFU GRAND DRAW - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Ladies, gentlemen, players and supporters the clock is running down on your opportunity to take part in the RFU Grand Draw. Most of you should have received draw tickets via team managers or other eminent persons within the club. If you haven't returned your money and stubs please hurry them back to the club via Alison Reed, Nick Butler, our wonderful bar staff or the nearest team manager.
** 1st price is £10,000 with 39 other prices also available **
** Draw takes place on the 30th March 2010 **
Please return any unsold tickets so that these can redistributed to maximize the benefit to the club. The money raised from this will go towards such things as pitch maintenance, hot water for the showers, training and match equipment.
U17/U18 Hampshire plate final
Come along and support your Academy players.
The U17/U18 have reached and are hosting the Hampshire Plate final this Sunday (7th March - KO - 2pm)
It would be great if we can muster some 'good old' home support from some of the younger squads, their parents and coaches (+ any VP's) to come along and cheer the boys. This is expected to be a hard game against Portsmouth, so all support will I know be appreciated
Parents, Coaches, Vice Presidents - don't forget for a 2pm kick off the bar is open!!
ALL ACADEMY RUGBY IS CANCELLED
Due the pitches at the club being water logged, tomorrows and the over night weather forecast all Academy rugby has been cancelled.
Hopefully we can get back to it next week.
CANCELLED Festival - Rugby at Club to be reviewed
Havant Emerging Players Festival has been cancelled. Please see message below from the Festival organisers.
Sundays Rugby at the club is subject to a pitch inspection. This will take place on Saturday morning along with a review of the weather forcast for Sunday - please check back for updates.
Message from Havant
It is with regret that we have to cancel the Paul Anchor Emerging Players Festival, scheduled for this Sunday, 28 February.
We are looking at the possibility of re-arranging the festival and will be contacting clubs individually on this in due course, and/or with regards to a refund of the entry fee. Please bear with us while we look at the options obviously with all the bad weather over the last couple of months there has been a lot of re-scheduling and I'm sure a lot of you will have had similar issues.