John Whittingdale visited Maldon Rugby Club at Drapers Farm in Heybridge to meet children, players and coaches in training.
On Sunday 27 September, John Whittingdale visited Maldon Rugby Club at Drapers Farm in Heybridge to meet children, players and coaches in training. The Club has teams for each year group starting with the under 5s and as they get older they gradually incorporate more elements of the game. John also met Chairman of Youth, David Scott, Senior Club Chairman Jerry Wood and Club President, Peter Binder. John has recently become a Vice President of the Club and said:
“It is marvellous to see so many of all ages getting such obvious enjoyment from playing rugby. In particular, the enthusiasm of both boys and girls, some of whom were only just turned 4, was striking. The Club is doing a fantastic job both in introducing young people to the game as well as competing very successfully at the senior levels”
