Market Bosworth RFC
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Market Bosworth RFC is a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a district known as the Market Bosworth Rural District. In 1974 it merged with the Hinckley Rural District to form a new district named Hinckley and Bosworth...

, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, in England
England
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. Bosworth Currently Compete in the Midlands 2 East (North)
Midlands 2 East (North)
Midlands 2 East is part of the English Rugby Union Midland Division. Midlands 2 East is a level 7 English Rugby Union League.-Structure:...

 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
County
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 Champions. Former England
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 and British and Irish Lions
British and Irish Lions
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 player, Ollie Smith
Ollie Smith
Oliver James Smith is an English rugby player who plays for Harlequins F.C. Rugby Club as of next season and England usually at outside centre and occasionally inside centre or wing. He sees himself as a centre who has enough pace to deliver on the wing if required. Smith is 6'1" and weighs...

 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
Club
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 President
President
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 next season, replacing fellow president Harry Whitehead who has stepped down as President
President
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 for the coming year and it’s fitting to note his long and distinguished contribution to Market Bosworth RFC
Rugby football
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. Harry grew up in North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...

 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
Vice president
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 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.

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)
Midlands 2 East (North)
Midlands 2 East is part of the English Rugby Union Midland Division. Midlands 2 East is a level 7 English Rugby Union League.-Structure:...

. For the 2011-2012 season, their has a been a new coaching and management structure with Rob Harding as Head Coach
Head coach
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 and Forwards Coach
Coach (sport)
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 leads a team that includes Richie Robinson and Rick Sykes as backs coaches, while Ian Saunders takes on the role of forwards coach
Coach (sport)
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. In the Second Team, Rob McWhirter has taken over responsibility for second team affairs. The Coaching
Coaching
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 Setup within the Seniors Side is very strong, with a lot of experience through the coach
Coach (sport)
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es 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
Head coach
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 and manager
Coach (sport)
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 is Jonathan Chadburn, who successfully guided Market Bosworth Under 17's to National
BARLA National Cup
The BARLA National Cup is a knock-out competition for amateur rugby league clubs in Great Britain. It is administered by the British Amateur Rugby League Association .-Past Winners:* 1973-74 Leigh MW 12 - 7 Latchford Albion...

 Cup Glory by defeating Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

 side Hucclecote in a 20-6 victory in the 2010-2011 Season, where they also won the County
County
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 Cup, by defeating Lutterworth RFC. During that Glory, he was also helped by fellow coach
Coach (sport)
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 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
Junior
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 Sides is the Under 16's who last year, after narrowly losing to Lutterworth in the year before won the County
County
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 Cup, beating Oadby
Oadby
Oadby is a town within the borough of Oadby and Wigston, in Leicestershire, England. It is to the east of Wigston Magna, and to the southeast of Leicester. Oadby forms part of the Leicester Urban Area, and is situated on the A6 road....

 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
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...

 on Sunday 1st May to take on West Country
West Country
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 team Hucclecote in the National
BARLA National Cup
The BARLA National Cup is a knock-out competition for amateur rugby league clubs in Great Britain. It is administered by the British Amateur Rugby League Association .-Past Winners:* 1973-74 Leigh MW 12 - 7 Latchford Albion...

 Finals of the Under 17’s cup.
Having beaten a very good Otley
Otley
-Transport:The main roads through the town are the A660 to the south east, which connects Otley to Bramhope, Adel and Leeds city centre, and the A65 to the west, which goes to Ilkley and Skipton. The A6038 heads to Guiseley, Shipley and Bradford, connecting with the A65...

 side in a hard fought semi-final at Doncaster
Doncaster
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 the reward was a trip to Stourton
Stourton, Staffordshire
Stourton is a hamlet in Staffordshire, England a few miles to the northwest of Stourbridge. There is a fair amount of dispute over the pronunciation, being pronounced 'stower-ton', 'stir-ton' or 'store-ton' by different people from the area. The nearest sizeable villages are Wollaston and Kinver, ...

 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)

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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

Vice Presidents

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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
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