U18’s Super Sunday #2

12

Dec 2019


This Sunday its the second of the under 18’s Super Sundays to be held at Loughborough University.

There will be 3 games throughout the day with Leicestershire playing against Staffordshire KO 1pm. 

The other games are as follows:
11.00 East Midlands v Warwickshire
15.00 North Midlands v NLD

Here’s your squad

1 Will Potter
2 Sam West
3 Nat Whitton
4 Guy Dowell
5 Lorenzo Brevigilero
6 Billy Fitzpatrick
7 Redd Oxley
8 Sam Dexter
9 Alex Atkins
10 Ben Phelps
11 Ollie Jones
12 Guy Randall
13 Will Wand 
14 Jack Rowlatt
15 Zak Loveridge
16 Paddy Handford
17 Ethan Grice
18 Tom Williams
19 Cameron Boyd
20 Lewis Eaton
21 Adam McLean
22 Nat Wigley
23 Steve Farrell

Good luck everyone!

U18’s Super Sunday

28

Nov 2019


This Sunday, 1st December, we see the first Super Sunday of rugby for the county under 18’s boys at Loughborough University. 

Leicestershire KO at 11am against NLD. Other matches being played are:

E Midlands v N Midlands – 1pm
Staffordshire v Warwickshire – 3pm

Congratulations to the following players selected for the squad. Please come along and show your support.

Name: Club / School
Will Potter Oadby Wyggs
Sam West Ashby / BMC
Ben Dolman LFE
Lorenzo Brevigilero Loughborough College
Devon Coulson BMC
Billy Fitzpatrick BMC
Redd Oxley Syston
Jordan Tebbatt © LFE / BMC
Lewis Eaton Denston
Adam Mclean Loughborough College
Toby Jones Welbeck College
Ben Hardwick Stamford
Wian Fritz Lutterworth
Dave Ridley Lutterworth
Waldo Fritz Lutterworth
Nat Whitton Loughborough College
Angus Wilbourn Syston
Paddy Handford Market Bosworth
Tom Williams Loughborough Grammar
Alex Atkins Ashby / Loughborough College
George Garnett Lutterworth
Will Wand  BMC
Steve Farrell Hinckley

November Newsletter 2019

26

Nov 2019


We have been working hard on creating a bi-annual newsletter to bring you news and information about all the things happening in the county of Leicestershire for rugby union. This is our first newsletter and we want it to contain useful information and stories about the game. If you have anything you would like us to consider for the next edition at the end of January, then please email press@leicestershirerugbyunion.co.uk with your details.

LRU Newsletter November 2019

Funeral details – Mike Mortimer

11

Oct 2019


Further to the sad news of Mike’s death last week, the funeral will be held at Countesthorpe Crematorium on Friday 1st November at 3.00pm, the day after what was his birthday.

The crematorium address is Foston Rd, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5QP for anyone who wishes to attend.

County Coaching Opportunities

4

Oct 2019


We have a number of voluntary coaching opportunities available for our representative teams. They are:

Leicestershire U20s Assistant Coach Role (Backs Coach) 

Assistant Back Coach U20s

Leicestershire U18s Girls Assistant Coach Role ( Backs) 

ASSISTANT COACH(ES) Girls_

Leicestershire U15s Girls Manager

LRU Girls U15 Manager-1.doc

Leicestershire U17s Boys Manger 

Manager Role Description U17s Boys

Leicestershire U16s Boys Manager

Manager U16s Boys Role Description

Details for each role can be found in the documents attached. If you would like to know more about the roles, then please contact the CB Director of Rugby, Marc Birr on dor@leicestershirerugbyunion.co.uk 

All position will require the applicant to complete an application form and if suitable, will be progressed for interview/assessment depending on the role.

Application form

Grants available for Improving Pitch Quality

11

Sep 2019


The Leicestershire Rugby Union Facilities Group is inviting clubs to apply for a small grant towards Improving Pitch Quality or Getting the Game on. 

LRU Grant Application Form 2019-2020

The closing date for applications is 30th September 2019 and decisions will be made and clubs notified in November.

Clubs are required to have complied with Regulation 7 Payment of Players, submitted accounts and paid subscriptions to Leicestershire Rugby Union.

 

Grounds/Pitch Survey

At Leicestershire R.U. we are committed to helping clubs improve their playing surfaces. To do this we wish to gain an understanding of what you need and how we can help.

Please take the time to complete the very short survey using the following link.

http://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KNNSWLG

Ideally, the Facilities Group would like to gain responses from officers/individuals dealing with the grounds or facilities at your club.

Date for your diary

GROUNDSMAN EVENING – Wednesday 30th October, 6.30pm – 9.00pm, Venue to be confirmed. Further information to be sent at a later date.

Finally, if a club has any new developments progressing then please do get in touch with the group for support and advice.

 

Contacts:

Peter Shaw RFU Midlands Facilities – PeterShaw@RFU.com
John Upton – Grounds – j.e.upton@btinternet.com
Mick Higgins – mhiggins2012@btinternet.com