Market Bosworth RFC

Market Bosworth RFC

Full name	Market Bosworth Rugby Football Club
Union	Rugby Football Union
Location	Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Chairman	Paul Bromby
President	John Ward
Coach(es)	Rob Harding
Captain(s)	Steve Harvey
League(s)	Midlands 2 East (North)
2011-2012	3rd
2nd kit
Official website
www.mbrfc.co.uk

Market Bosworth RFC is a rugby union club based in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, in England. Bosworth Currently Compete in the Midlands 2 East (North) League. The Club play's their home games at Cadeby Lane. The club's colours are Blue and Yellow. During the 2011 Season, Market Bosworth's Under 17's were National Champions, who were also the County Champions. Former England and British and Irish Lions player, Ollie Smith played for Market Bosworth from the age of 14. Bosworth's local rivals are Hinckley RFC.

President

John Ward has taken the role of Club President next season, replacing fellow president Harry Whitehead who has stepped down as President for the coming year and it’s fitting to note his long and distinguished contribution to Market Bosworth RFC. Harry grew up in North Wales but did not start playing rugby until he left school. His first 2 games were on the wing but he wasted little time in moving up to Hooker where he played ever since. John Ward is a Bosworth club man through and through. He has been a Vice President for a number of years and coached a Bosworth side at Under 14’s through to Under 16’s quite a number of this successful team are still playing or associated with the club.

Teams

Seniors

Market Bosworth run three successful sides, competing in the Midlands leagues set up. Market Bosworth 1st XV are currently competing in Midlands 2 East (North). For the 2011-2012 season, their has a been a new coaching and management structure with Rob Harding as Head Coach and Forwards Coach leads a team that includes Richie Robinson and Rick Sykes as backs coaches, while Ian Saunders takes on the role of forwards coach. In the Second Team, Rob McWhirter has taken over responsibility for second team affairs.

Market Bosworth RFC First Team

The Coaching Setup within the Seniors Side is very strong, with a lot of experience through the coaches and players. A strong and competitive second team along with colts players are pushing for senior rugby.

The club is re-introducing formal selection meetings for this season. The importance of discipline was stressed to all players present. The aim for the season is to achieve promotion to Midlands 1 East, which they were relegated from last season.

Colts

Bosworth Colts is a transition between Junior rugby and Senior rugby and is aimed at 17-19 year olds. Market Bosworth colts provides a solid feed into the senior set-up by helping progress player's abilities by working closely with the seniors. The leading Head Coach and manager is Jonathan Chadburn, who successfully guided Market Bosworth Under 17's to National Cup Glory by defeating Gloucestershire side Hucclecote in a 20-6 victory in the 2010-2011 Season, where they also won the County Cup, by defeating Lutterworth RFC. During that Glory, he was also helped by fellow coach of the Colts and Under 17's, Tim Venus.

Juniors

Market Bosworth runs a strong junior set up encouraging young talent to progress from minis rugby through to colts and then eventually into Market Bosworth's senior set-up. Just One of the Successful Junior Sides is the Under 16's who last year, after narrowly losing to Lutterworth in the year before won the County Cup, beating Oadby Wyggs in the final winning 36-17. This was the last game of a very successful season for the Under 16’s, who remained undefeated at 15 a side, they played 21 games, winning all 21, scoring 858 points and conceding just 119 points.

Mini's

Minis rugby is the first step into rugby and our qualified coaching staff will make it fun for you and your child/children. Here they will learn all the basics elements of the game as well as the opportunity to make new friends. All playing abilities are welcome to come along.

Summer School

One of the clubs aims has always been to encourage new participants to the club and/or the game in general in a relaxed, warm and sunny environment.

Under 17's National Champions

Market Bosworth Under 17’s travelled to Stourbridge on Sunday 1st May to take on West Country team Hucclecote in the National Finals of the Under 17’s cup. Having beaten a very good Otley side in a hard fought semi-final at Doncaster the reward was a trip to Stourton home of Stourbridge RFC to play Hucclecote. They clinched the title with a 20-6 victory running in three tries. Head coach Jonathan Chadburn said: "This was a fantastic performance by a group of players who have grown in stature, confidence and ability. "We knew this would be a tough game – and that's exactly what it proved to be. Hucclecote hadn't lost a game for two years. To stand any chance of winning, we had to be at the top of our game in all departments. But even I didn't expect the lads to cope so well with playing on the big stage."

Current First Team Squad

• Wayne Saunders
• Matt Mayne
• Iain Fraser
• Steve Morfill (C)
• Will James
• Jed Tales
• Andrew Morely
• Simon Tebbs
• Lewis Brightmore
• Tim Howard
• Sean Atkinson
• Paul White
• Aden Woodhouse
• Joe Carter
• Josh Devlin
• Darren Murray
• Gaz Bromby
• Chris Harding
• Sam Harding

2011-2012: Midlands 2 East (North)

English Premiership Table watch · edit · discuss
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Newark	2	2	0	0	118	3	115	2	10
2	Bakewell Mannerians	2	2	0	0	63	25	38	1	9
3	Market Bosworth	2	2	0	0	40	18	22	0	8
4	Oakham	2	1	0	1	70	430	47	2	6
5	Belgrave	2	1	0	1	33	30	3	1	5
6	Nottingham Moderns	2	1	0	1	29	44	-15	1	5
7	Nottingham Casuals	2	1	0	1	35	83	-48	1	5
8	Aylestone St James	2	1	0	1	31	25	6	0	4
9	Melton Mowbray	2	1	0	1	17	58	-41	0	4
10	Leicester Forest	2	0	0	2	34	40	-6	2	2
11	West Bridgford	2	0	0	2	23	80	-57	0	0
12	Ashbourne	2	0	0	2	12	76	-64	0	0
Personnel Club officials Chairman: Paul Bromby President: John Ward Secretary: Mike McKay Treasurer: Louise Goodman Club Steward: Steve Dumford First Team Coach: Rob Harding Forwards Coach: Ian Saunders Backs Coach(s): Richie Robinson, Rick Sykes Second Team Manager: Rob McWhirter Senior Fixture Secretary: Michael Harding Senior Subscriptions: Jason Poole Players Rep: Gareth Bromby Kit and Leisurewear club Shop : Bridgette Allen Honorary Life Members George Donnolly Bob Sulley Jeff Marvin Bob Jarvis Harry Whitehead Ken Coleman Brian Godfrey John Brown Mark Saunders Ian Saunders' Rob Harding Mick Saunders Honorary Vice Presidents Louis Masserella Steve James Alex Ashton Vice Presidents David Bowley Dave Drake Gerald Saunders John Jackson Mike McKay Paul Bromby David Hargreaves Bill Marr John Fox Sim Dean Simon Hilton Dave Hunter Richard Parker Ian Hall Mark Goodman John Smith Philip Abbot Chris Allen Viv Coleman Ken Coleman Bruce Coleman Richard Dolman Paul Foley Mark Glover Keith Guise David Shakeshaft Peter Chadwick Claire Bowman Jim Abbott Phil Bowman Jack Steeper Geoff Blackburn JohnThorp Glyn Bowen Rob Taylor Steve Grady David Rutterford Rick Sykes Bob Sykes Nick Bridle Mike Wilkins Adrian-Field Lucas Nick Smart Walter Parkes Fred Fennell David Newman Bob Johnson Ian Hill Ken Pegg Philip Ray Andrew Thompson John Ward Ian Whitehouse Bob Moseley John Ball Sources The article has largely been taken from the official Market Bosworth RFC website (link below) The images have all been taken from the Market Bosworth RFC Website (link below) External links Official MBRFC Website: http://www.mbrfc.co.uk/ Official Midland 2 East (North: http://clubs.rfu.com/fixtures/MatchByDivision.aspx?DivID=70002131 Template:Midlands 2 East (North)