Northolt Rugby Football Club

Northolt RFC
Full name Northolt Rugby Football Club
Founded 1958
Location Greenford, London
Ground(s) Cayton Park (Capacity: 650 standing)
Chairman England Geoff Payne
Coach(es) England John Carpenter
Captain(s) England Frank Enright
League(s) Middlesex Merit Table 4
Official website
www.northoltrfc.co.uk

Northolt Rugby Football Club (or Northolt RFC) are an English rugby union club, based at Cayton Park, Greenford in West London, that compete in Middlesex Merit Table 4. The club was founded in the 1950s and originally played at the Polish War Memorial in Ruislip near to RAF Northolt aerodrome. The club currently comprises a 1st XV and 2nd XV senior team.

Club history

Northolt Rugby Club formed in 1958 near The Polish War Memorial, where the Acton-based engineering company Lucas CAV had some of the best-conditioned sports grounds in West London.[1] CAV RFC ran for 30 years until Lucas CAV moved to Haddenham, in Buckinghamshire.

As the CAV grounds were technically inside Northolt, the rugby club changed its name to Northolt RFC, and moved temporarily to Lord Halsbury playing fields, just behind Northolt station. Unfortunately the planned stay only lasted one season, as the promised changing rooms and pitches never arrived, but a quick last minute switch to the Kensington & Chelsea Playing Fields, in the heart of Northolt saved the club. Northolt RFC stayed there for 6 years until the grounds were closed down, at which point the club was relocated to its present location in Cayton Green Park, Cayton Road, Greenford.

Northolt RFC hold a 60-year lease on the sports grounds at Cayton Green Park, in Cayton Road, Greenford, which it uses along with various other local sports clubs who are associate members of Northolt RFC.

Early in 2006, and with a great deal of help and encouragement from the RFU, from Middlesex County RFU, from Active Ealing (local authority) and from the local education authorities, NRFC established mini rugby. This has quickly developed into mini and youth rugby, and the club now hosts an annual tag tournament for local schools.

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Community rugby

In 2005, NRFC registered as a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC)[2] it is open to various areas of the local community. The club plays host to a variety of other sports as well as local group meetings, such as the Neighbourhood Watch.

As part of a pilot project to develop a coordinated network of partner organisations, the Ealing Community Rugby Action Group (ECRAG) was established in 2003 to develop and promote rugby-based sporting opportunities for school-age young people of all abilities.[3] The group consists of representatives from Active Ealing, the local rugby union development officer, local clubs, both West London Academy and Featherstone Sports College school sports partnerships and individuals in the community. Subsequently, since 2007, the club has inaugurated two annual rugby tournaments for local schools; one at Primary School level and the other at Secondary School level, and offers its grounds to those local schools that lack their own pitches and facilities.

In the Summer 2009, the RFU contributed £137,000 to a new changing room block for the club. NRFC also received £5600 from LB Ealing’s Community Chest Project, and club funding of £6000 attracted an RFU ‘Groundmatch’ award of £6000. On 5 September, the opening ceremony was conducted by Jason Stacey, Leader of Ealing Council and Ward councillor[4] Several members of the team have participated in Channel 4's 'The Sex Education Show' in a campaign to sensor pornographic technological downloads and promote safe sex amongst teenagers <ref name = Let's talk about sex: C4's new sex education show, episode 6>"Let's talk about sex: C4's new sex education show". London: The Independent on Sunday online. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-09-23. </ref>

On 7 October 2011, club Chairman Geoff Payne, along with player David Grace, appeared on BBC1's The One Show hosted by Alex Jones and Chris Evans as part of the buildup to England's quarter final game against France.

In late September 2012, Northolt RFC was announced as an 'RFU Accredited Club' for its efforts along the Club Accreditation scheme, based upon the six Key Drivers identified as crucial to a strong club:

Each of these Key Drivers, together with the Core Values of the game, is represented within the Club Accreditation scheme and together they represent the component parts of a strong, sustainable club.

Club Honours

Players

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Frank Enright Prop Ireland Ireland
Eamonn Dunleavy Prop Ireland Ireland
Luke Driscoll Prop England England
Brian Burns Prop Ireland Ireland
Luke White Prop England England
Tomas Deveikis Prop Lithuania Lithuania
Terry McKee Prop England England
Wayne Meek Hooker England England
Sajmir Cecja Hooker Albania Albania (no union)
Roger Simpkin Hooker England England
Paulius Deveikis Lock Lithuania Lithuania
James Flynn Lock England England
Mark Johnson Lock England England
Tomas O'Mongain Lock Ireland Ireland
Cadillac Manser Lock England England
David Grace Flanker England England
John Carpenter Flanker England England
Danny McCarthy Flanker England England
Declan Lismore Flanker Ireland Ireland
James Locke Flanker England England
Stephen Lynch Flanker Ireland Ireland
Tony Murphy Number 8 England England
Andis Mema Number 8 Albania Albania (no union)
Bruce Russell Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand
Player Position Union
Alistair Slaughter Scrum-half England England
Darren Hourican Scrum-half England England
Tom Swann Fly-half England England
Jason Traill Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Adam Harding Centre Japan Japan
Fraser Pealing Centre England England
Geoff Payne Centre England England
Niall O'Gorman Centre Ireland Ireland
Adrian McConney Centre England England
Lyndaff Harries Wing Wales Wales
Steven Syvertsen Wing Norway Norway
Ian Stevenson Wing England England
Kumar Prayag Wing England England
George Ludlow Wing England England
John King Wing England England
Dovydas Kaltanas Wing Lithuania Lithuania
James Corbett Fullback England England

References

  1. Northolt RFC News. "Club History". http://northoltrfc.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2009-07-29. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. Community Amateur Sports Club UK. "CASC".
  3. The West London Rugby Journal. - Northolt RFC join ECRAG. London: e-WLRJ, 2003, p58
  4. RFU News. "Northolt Open Day For Innovative Changing Rooms". http://RFU.com/. Retrieved 2009-09-05. External link in |publisher= (help)

1. Herts / Middlesex 4 League Table Fixtures 2009/2010 season

2. Northolt RFC @ RFU Clubs

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