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Welcome
to the Daventry RFC Mini, Midi & Junior section web Site. We hope you
enjoy our web and it answers all your questions about Junior Rugby. The site will be updated and if you have any comments about
it or its contents please contact us by email. We have built this website with
Broadband specifically in mind.
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As one of the leading clubs
in the East Midlands region, we aim to continue our success from last season
both in results and more importantly by ensuring that players of all ages and
abilities enjoy themselves and have a positive and safe experience every
weekend.
Here at Daventry we are constantly striving to improve and to be the
best-organised and professional club in the area. All of our coaches and staff
are fully trained and conversant with not only the rules and skills of the game,
but also in the protection and welfare of the children.
We adhere to
the Rugby Football Union Policy and Procedures for Young people in Rugby Union
and apply the Rugby Continuum to ensure the safety of our players and we train
your child to enjoy rugby for the game and insist on high levels of respect for
officials, coaches and other players.
All age groups from
under 7's to under 17's are welcome, both boys and girls. It doesn't matter if
you haven't played rugby before as at Daventry we will ensure you have fun to
begin or continue playing rugby.
We take boys
and girls from 6 years old and teach them rugby in a safe and friendly
environment. Girls and boys play mixed rugby up until the age of 12.
Players over 13 but under
17 play the full fifteen aside
game, but are still covered by the Rugby Football Union Policy and Procedures
for Young people in Rugby Union
The new season
commences on the 2nd September 2007 and ends with our annual dinner
in May. We undertake training for the first four weeks and then
have a mixture of training and Home and Away matches.
For
actual fixtures see 'fixtures list' page
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Training
times
Junior
Section timings are as follows:
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Mini
Team U7 & U8 10.15am -12.00pm Sunday Mornings
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Midi
Teams U9, U10, U11 & U12 10.00am - 12.00pm Sunday Mornings
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Junior
Teams U13 U14 U15 U16 10.00am - 12.00pm Sunday Mornings
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Juniors U17's 7.00pm - 9.00pm Thursday
evenings
The
RFU Continuum
The Club adheres to the Rugby Football Unions Rugby
Continuum. The purpose of which is viewed as a coaching pathway through which
each youngster acquires, by general degrees, those skills required to
participate in the full 15 aside game by the age of under 13. The emphasis must
be geared towards the improvement of individual skills through purposeful and
enjoyable activity. In order to allow for the testing of these skills in match
situations, a limited number of competitive fixtures and festivals/tournaments
maybe introduced.
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Children
matches are controlled in three stages to ensure your child's safety as follows:
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Mini
teams play Tag Rugby
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Midi
teams play Mini contact rugby but have uncontested scrums and line-outs
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Junior
Teams play Mini contact rugby with contested scrums and line-outs
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Children
are age ranged by the Rugby Continuum as follows:
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Mini
Under 7 & Under 8
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Midi
Under 9 to Under 10
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Junior
Under 11 to Under 17
We
adhere to the Rugby Football Union Policy and Procedures for Young people in
Rugby Union and apply the Rugby Continuum to ensure the safety of our players
(for more information on our Child Protection Policies
and Equity Statement see our
Child
Welfare Page)
We
train your child to enjoy rugby for the game and insist on high levels of
respect for officials, coaches and other players
see our codes of conducts for players, coaches and
match officials
As
the players develop we play matches against other local teams with in the same
age groups. After every match the players get a free hot dog. We have a Players
Christmas Party, Lads versus Dads fun day and an end of Season Dinner.
Whilst
in our care your child's welfare is paramount
and to that end all Coaches, Officials
and Staff have undergone suitable training and have checks undertaken by the
Criminal Records Bureau.
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