SHREWSBURY RFC
Grassroots model to follow Laurence Gale enjoys a nostalgic trip back to Shrewsbury Rugby Club Our personal sporting heritage in this country, nearly always starts from our introduction into sport during our schooling days and then more progressively by the good work done by hundreds, if not thousands, of community sports clubs. My own sporting career started in the same way, introduced to rugby by my maths teacher Mr Williams. After leaving school I joined the Woodrush Old Boys team club, Woodrush RFC, a community
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club run by ex-players and volunteers. As a keen rugby player who went on to represent school, club and county levels, cumulating in the opportunity of
playing for several senior clubs, namely, Moseley, Worcester, Birmingham, and Nuneaton, Portsmouth and Newport enabled me to play with some great