We recognise that in order for your child to have fun whilst playing rugby that we form a partnership between parents and the club. We encourage, welcome and need your involvement. All our coaches are volunteers and have become involved either as a parent or player, and deserve your support.

In return for your support we seek to provide a safe environment in which your child can have fun and develop we operate a policy of

CHILDREN FIRST – WINNING SECOND

This policy allows us to be competitive whilst reinforcing the issues of teamwork, friendship and fair play.

Coaching (Our responsibilities)

We provide qualified coaches at all levels that are assisted each week by parents (without whom we could not hope to manage our ever increasing numbers). All our coaches subscribe to the Good Coaches Guide, which has an emphasis on Fun, Enjoyment and Skill Development. Each training session will contain a mixture of individual skills development, teamwork and match preparation. We recognise that children develop at different rates and therefore we try to operate a policy of Everyone Plays on match days to keep everyone keen and interested.

We provide an input to coaches on child protection issues, and on how to develop children in a safe, positive yet challenging way. We seek to provide a safe playing and training environment supported by appropriate equipment and match fixtures.

The Good Parents Code (Your responsibilities)

To enable your child to get the most out of their involvement in rugby we need a partnership between parents and coaches and ask that you read and then apply the attached Good Parents Code coupled with the Good Spectators Code. We also ask that you encourage your child to play by the Good Players Guide and support the coaches in reinforcing it.

The Good Players Code

This simple code encourages all our youngsters to play in the true spirit of rugby that of, Teamwork, Respect for Others (whether they be coaches, referees or the opposition) and Fair Play.

All coaches include this code as a theme that runs through all their training and on match days it is further reinforced by referees.