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EX Drybrook Player represents England.

Mo Hunt, who played her junior rugby for Drybrook girls recently represented England under 20's against Wales. Many club members went to watch the game and Mo Stood out scoring a hat trick. Well done Mo!!!

2007/8 Drybrook Rugby Club Kit Sponsors.

We would like to say a big thank you to this years Club Sponsors. They are:

Andy Gibbs Antiques for the 1st XV shirts

Andy & Gary of Dean Forest Pipe Lines Grab Hire for the change strip

Matt Giles and Darren Meek of Loading Bay Systems gave the polo shirts to the 3rds

2007/8 RUGBY APPOINTMENTS

Drybrook RFC Mini Junior Section Presentation Day

Drybrook RFC Mini Junior Section held their end of season Presentation Day on Sunday 3^rd June – the rain held off and all present enjoyed good food and refreshments.  Talented Gloucester and England U21 fly half Ryan Lamb made a very good impression as he presented awards and statuettes to the players and wine and flowers to the coaches and committee members.

Players of the Season were: Tom Teague (U7s), Ollie Moore (U8s), Dewi Wilcox (U9s), Will Greenway (U10s), A.J. Jenkins (U11s), Callum Wyman (U12s), Kyle Frowen (U13s), Rosie Morse (U14s Girls) and Lauren Graham (U17s Girls).

Most Improved Players were: Bradley Morgan (U7s), Oliver Thomas (U8s), Taylor Morgan (U9s), Josh Peck (U10s), Tom Leadbeater (U11s), Jack Grindle (U12s), Jordan Niblet (U13s), Hayley Jones (U14s Girls) and Natalie Hughes (U17s Girls).

The Drybrook & Cinderford (combined) U11s Player of the Season was Sam Jackson; Ceri Large was the club’s Young Person of the Year, and the Volunteer of the Year was Nikki Thomas.  Drybrook RFC Mini Junior Section Chairperson Dave Auker-Howlett thanked Ryan Lamb for his help and enthusiasm, and thanked players, coaches, parents and volunteers for contributing to another successful season.

PHOTO of the Event are available in the Club PhotoShop.

If any boy or girl is interested in playing, from 6-17 years old, don’t feel left out: Drybrook has teams from Under Sevens to Under Seventeens, as well as three adult teams. Next season kicks off on Sunday 2^nd September 2007 at 10am.  Training and matches are on Sundays, 10am until noon. There is a full calendar of matches and several current players, both male and female, represent the club at District level and higher.  Drybrook RFC Junior Section has been awarded the RFU Seal of Approval and is committed to ensuring a safe and friendly environment in which to play.   For information about playing please contact Dave Auker-Howlett on 01594 543103 or visit the website at: www.drybrookrfc.com.

2006/7 Men's awards

On Friday the 11th May this years club dinner took place to present this seasons rugby awards.  Firstly it was announced that Prop forward Tom Read would again be Club Captain for the new season. Outgoing Coach Julian Horrobin also presented the club his famous Barbarians Shirt he wore representing the famous side, to thank the club for his time here.  Julian, leaves for Berry Hill after a successful season, in which the 1st XV missing the title and promotion by points difference, we all wish him the best.
 

The awards for the season gone were as follows:

Team of the Year:                                1st XV collected by Tom Read, Captain.
Clubman of the year:                            Alan Miles
Young Player of the year:                     Carl Moore
Most 1st XV Appearances:                  Tom Read and Julian Horrobin.
1st XV Player of the Year:                   Carl Moore
Utd XV Player of the year:                   Dan Large
Extra XV Player of the Year:                Vic Jones
Colts XV Player of the year:                 Dan Price

Other presentations awarded were as follows:
FODCC Minor Cup:                              Extra XV collected by Dave Williams  on behalf of skipper John Mustoe.

DRYBROOK RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PLAYING RECORDS
2006 / 07 SEASON

1^ST XV
Captain – Tom Reed

 Played 28 Won 19 Drawn 0 Lost 9 Points For 587 Points Against 331

 Leading Points Scorers – Carl Moore 85, Chris Thomas 84

Leading Try Scorer – Carl Moore 17

Most Appearances – Tom Reed / Julian Horrobin 28 (100%)

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United XV
Captain – Andy Jones

 Played 25 Won 14 Drawn 0 Lost 11 Points For 403 Points Against 341

 Leading Points Scorer – Jimmy Ryder 61

Leading Try Scorer – Dan large 11

Most Appearances – Dan Large 24

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Extras XV
Captain – Jon Mustoe

Forest of Dean Combination Minor Cup Winners

Played 28 Won 15 Drawn 3 Lost 10 Points For 582 Points Against 383

Leading Points Scorer – Andy Milner 107

Leading Try Scorer – Chris Tingle 10

Most Appearances –      Jon Mustoe 24

For individual playing statistics please click this link to access the breakdown in spreadsheet form.

The Club records have been amended accordingly with these statistics and are found in the club info section.

2007 Ex PLAYERS RE-UNION on SATURDAY 14th APRIL

It is intended to hold an ex-players re-union at the Clubhouse in Drybrook on Saturday 14th April 2007.  All former players and officials of Drybrook at any level or capacity are invited.
This is the day of our final scheduled league match of this season when the 1st XV will be playing Matson, in a crucial match which could ultimately lead to promotion..

The afternoon will commence at 1.30pm for refreshments, watch the match then retire to the clubhouse for further refreshments and post match analysis.  We hope to see plenty of familiar faces and re-new old friendships and reminisce about old times etc.

To give some idea of numbers for catering etc, please can you inform either Alan Miles Tel. 07921523527 or Mike Rawlings Tel. 01594542595 if you will be able to attend.

We hope to welcome as many of you as ex=players as possible to Drybrook on this day.

COACHING OPPORTUNITIES.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION – we are looking for players who have hung up their boots or planning to soon (or even still enjoying running out for the 3rds or 4ths) who may be interested in COACHING adult teams.

 The GRFU have funding to fully support 16 new SENIOR SIDE coaches.

 If you are interested please email Peter Williams (jpatwilliamsuk@aol.com), GRFU Coaching Committee Chairman, with your contact details.

Gregg Bayliss 
Rugby Development Officer
North Gloucestershire
07764 960 396  

2006/7 1st XV Kit presented by Sponsors

On 21st October for the Home league match against Widden Old Boys,  sponsors Brian Hale of Polypipe and Roger Hale from Hale and Co. handed over the new 1st XV strip for this season:

The sponsors also present Man of the match awards and the photo's are included in the Match Report.

NEW COACH NAMED FOR COMING SEASON

Julian Horrobin the ex Bristol and Coventry back row man has been appointed as the new coach for Drybrook RFC. Julian has decided it is time to take a step back from a distinguished playing career that also included England Under 21 and schools caps, East Midlands and the Barbarians as well as numerous appearances for Gloucestershire.

He has decided to concentrate on coaching from now on and sees this appointment as the ideal opportunity to launch his own coaching career. However he does not exclude the possibility of donning the Drybrook shirt should the occasion demand through injury and unavailability or if his own inclusion would assist in player development.

Drybrook are delighted to have secured Julian’s services and will be hoping that such a high profile appointment will have the desired effect in terms of recruitment and results in the season ahead.

Drybrook start their official training on Tuesday 11^th July at 7.00 pm and will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings after that.

Pre season trial matches have already been arranged against Ross (August 19^th) and Gloucester Old Boys (August 26^th) both at the Mannings with 3.00 pm kick offs. A friendly fixture at home to Old Centralians then follows before Drybrook start their league campaign at Whitehall on September 9^th.

Drybrook to Reform Colts XV

For the first time in nearly 10 years Drybrook will be running a Saturday Colts XV in the local area league and have already secured the services of 2 new coaches.

John Arundel will take control of the forwards having had a wealth of experience playing for Cardiff Youth, Nuneaton, the Army and Combined Services at prop.  John will be using his army contacts to set up a pre season training camp at an Army base to ensure the lads have the best possible preparation for the season ahead.

A former outside half Pete Price will look after the backs bringing with him the experience of playing and captaining Havant as well as coaching them at National League level.

Richard Jackson is to be the team manager and he will be working closely with Dave Auker-Howlett, Drybrook’s junior section chairman.

The Colts will also train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

New Season to begin with Danny for the Minis and Juniors 

The Mini and Junior section of the club hold their first training and registration day on Sunday September 3^rd at 10.30 am. Drybrook will be running teams at every age group from Under 7,s right up to Colts level as well as Under 14 and Under 17 girls.

NEW LOOK FRONT ROW??????

On the weekend we took photographic evidence of what  the new look Extra XV front row could be for the coming season as ruthless skipper Dave Williams looks to make it 3 Minor cup wins in a row.

New look Front Row??????

2006/7 League Fixtures released

The fixtures for the 2006/7 season has now been released with Drybrook facing a difficult start to the season facing relegated Whitehall Away in the first game and then the other Western counties relegated side Avonmouth at Home in their second fixture.

2006/7 Fixtures

2006/7 League Structure Decided

The format of the Gloucester Premier league for next season has now been released by the RFU, with the league extending to 14 teams for last season 12.  Last seasons bottom 2 teams Longlevens and Painswick both won a reprieve from relegation due to re-structuring and keep their place in the League again this season.  The new teams this season include Frampton Cotterell and Cirencester both promoted from Glos One, whilst Avonmouth and Whitehall have been relegated from Western Counties North, being replaced by Chosen Hill and Barton Hill who were promoted from the Premier.

2006/7 Gloucestershire Premier League teams:

Aretians
Avonmouth OB
Cirencester
Drybrook
Frampton Cotterell
Longlevens
Matson
Old Colstonians
Old Richians
Painswick
Whitehall
Widden Old Boys

2005/6 Men's awards

On Friday the 12th May this years club dinner took place to present this season rugby awards, where the guests were Lydney's Past and present Captains Paul Keily and Paul Price.  Firstly it was announced that Prop forward Tom Read would be Club Captain for the new season taking over from Neil Merrett, who stepped down.  This had been voted for by the players and club officials and we wish him 'Good luck' for the coming season.
The awards for the season gone were as follows:

Team of the Year:                                United XV collected by Andy Jones, Captain.
Coaches Performer of the year:            Steve Turley
Clubman of the year:                            Andy Jones
Young Player of the year:                     Carl Moore
Most 1st XV Appearances:                  Chris Rawlings, Scott Phelps and Craig Moore.
1st XV Player of the Year:                   Craig Moore
Utd XV Player of the year:                   Jimmy Ryder
Extra XV Player of the Year:                Tony Hussey

Other presentations awarded were as follows:

Dave Roberts Memorial Trophy:            Drybrook RFC collected by Neil Merrett, Captain.
FODCC Minor Cup:                              Extra XV collected by Dave Williams Captain.

The one award missing from this years event was the infamous "Tw*t of the Year", Apparently last years winner Dave Williams used the trophy to upgrade his bathroom. Hopefully a replacement trophy can be found for next season and this prestigious award will return to the presentation evening.

PHOTO GALLERY

2005/6 Team and playing Statistics

1^ST XV

Captain – Neil Merrett 

Played 27 Won 11 Drawn 0 Lost 16 Points For 445 Points Against 508

Leading Points Scorer – Neil Merrett 98
Leading Try Scorer – Steve Skelton 6
Most Appearances – Scott Phelps / Chris Rawlings / Craig Moore 26

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United XV
 Captain – Andy Jones 

Played 28 Won 15 Drawn 0 Lost 13 Points For 403 Points Against 341

 Leading Points Scorer – Andy Milner 122
Leading Try Scorer – Various 3
Most Appearances – Andy Milner 27 

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Extras XV
 Captain – Dave Williams
Forest of Dean Combination Minor Cup Winners

Played 25 Won 12 Drawn 0 Lost 13 Points For 415 Points Against 456 

Leading Points Scorer – Gareth Roach 44
Leading Try Scorer – Pete Cindery / Tony Hussey 6
Most Appearances - Dave Williams 23

For individual playing statistics please click this link to access the breakdown in spreadsheet form.

The Club records have been amended accordingly with these statistics and are found in the club info section.

CLUB COACH WANTED 2006/7 SEASON

Drybrook’s player coaches Neil Morgan and Chris Rawlings have decided to step down at the end of this season after 1½ years in charge to make way for a fresh face.

Anyone interested in the position should contact Paul Mason (Chairman) on Dean 543948.

Drybrook RFC, a Gloucestershire Premier League Club, is looking for a Coach or Player / Coach for the 2006 /07 season.  Drybrook run 3 senior teams + a Saturday Colts XV that all compete in leagues or Merit leagues.  Pre-season training starts in early July. Training takes place on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings on the clubs fully floodlit training pitch. A local indoor sports centre is also available during the wet winter months.  Ideally the applicant will have experience of coaching a senior section and hold suitable qualifications. The post holder will head the club's coaching team and will play a key role in the rugby management committee. Remuneration / expenses negotiable.

To apply or for further information contact Paul Mason (Chairman) on 01594 543948 or work (01989) 760399 or e-mail Roger Hale at

7th March - Under 14's Wanted

Press Release:

Are you aged around 13 or 14? Do you live in the Ross-On-Wye area, the Forest of Dean or west of Gloucester? Are you interested in playing rugby for a friendly local club?   Well, Drybrook Under 14s (separate teams for boys and girls) are still looking for players to strengthen their present squads. Training is on Mondays 6.30-8pm for girls and Wednesdays 6-8pm for boys; training and matches are on Sundays, 10am until noon. There is a full calendar of matches and several current players, both male and female, represent the club at District level.  Drybrook RFC Junior Section has been awarded the RFU Seal of Approval and is committed to ensuring a safe and friendly environment in which to play.

If anyone else is interested in playing, from 6-17 years old, don’t feel left out: Drybrook has teams from Under Sevens to Under Seventeens.

For information about playing please contact Dave Auker-Howlett on 01594 543103.

18th Feb - New Kit Sponsors unveiled

Drybrook’s officially unveiled its new kit on the weekend in the Home league victory against Matson.  This year the kit has been sponsored by Coleford Domestic appliances, who have been a major sponsor for a number of season now.

Gloucestershire County Cup Plate Quarter-Final

Drybrook’s match with Gordon League was cancelled at short notice as the visitors were unable to raise a strong enough team. This left the home side with yet another blank Saturday and with no time to try and arrange an alternative fixture. League’s excuse was that front row injuries made it impossible to field a side and were forced to hand Drybrook a walkover. Drybrook go through to the semi final.

Drybrook welcome back a Kiwi friend

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1. Steve performs an ancient Drybrook ritual.
2. Steve Receives Drybrook kit from Derek Trigg.
3. Steve poses with his kit.

Chris Rawlings first to 200 league appearances

On Saturday 24th September 2004, Chris Rawlings became the first Drybrook player to reach 200 league appearances in their Glos. Premier thrashing of Aretians.  Amazingly this was also Chris's 500th Senior appearance and a small presentation was made in the club after the match.

To celebrate Chris managed to score Drybrook's final try in their victory and also produce the funniest moment in the match where he touched down for a try 5 metres short.

Other presentations on Saturday were for Steve Skelton and Chris Thomas both receiving their 1st XV appearance ties from last season, both pictured below receiving ties from Chairman Paul Mason.

CCDP grant lights up Drybrook

September 13, 2005 -   Rugby at Drybrook RFC will be able to go on all day and all night now thanks to a Community Club Development Programme grant from the Rugby Football Union.  The grant of £45,716 has been awarded to keep the Gloucestershire club fully lit-up with the instalment of new training full-pitch floodlights.   The Community Club Development Programme has been developed by Sport England and the government to forge stronger links between the country’s rugby clubs and their local communities. The Rugby Football Union is tasked with distributing the funds, which will help to provide quality coaching and increase participation in rugby.   Paul Mason of Drybrook RFC said: “We are lucky that Gloucestershire are a proactive Constituency Body in determining which clubs need help most. They realised that we could benefit from the Community Club Development Partnership grant as our training lights were getting a bit old and because we have a bustling junior section.”  With the new season just underway Mason says the club is already reaping the benefits of the pitch improvements. He added: “Our old floodlights were what I would class as home-made drain pipes. Basically they were car parks poles with a couple of bulbs on - they certainly weren’t a set of match floodlights! They served a purpose at the time, but the new installation of floodlights has come as a real boost to the club.   “In conjunction with the award of the grant we put in place a club development plan to encourage more volunteers in, to expand the junior section and to improve the general maintenance and management of the club.  “The plan has worked really well and as a result, in addition to the new floodlights, we have already attracted more junior players, volunteers, coaches and first-aiders to the club. We are a small village club but we like to think we punch above our weight.”   Phil de Glanville, Head of Partnerships at Sport England South West, added: “The community club development programme is an important part of the investment into the infrastructure of sport in the South West, especially as the clubs are nominated by the governing bodies and will be key parts of helping each sport deliver its whole sport plan objectives"  “We hope that facilities such as this one at Drybrook will help keep getting more people taking part in sport and physical activity as we strive to make the South West an active and successful sporting region.”  Drybrook RFC will officially unveil their new flood-lit pitch on Sunday 16th October at 7pm     

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