Northolt RFC

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Northolt RFC
Northolt Rugby Jersey.jpg
Full nameNortholt Rugby Football Club
Union Middlesex RFU
Founded1958;65 years ago (1958)(as CAV RFC)
Location Greenford, London
Ground(s)Cayton Park (Capacity: 650 (all standing))
Chairman Flag of England.svg Geoff Payne
Coach(es) Flag of England.svg John Carpenter
Captain(s) Flag of Ireland.svg Dylan Flanagan
League(s)Middlesex Merit Table 4
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/northolt

Northolt Rugby Football Club (or Northolt RFC) (formerly CAV 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.

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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 in 1988, 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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NRFC Forwards

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 [5]

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.

PlayerPositionUnion
Eamonn Dunleavy Prop IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Luke Driscoll Prop Flag of England.svg England
Joe Hunt Hooker Flag of England.svg England
Gideon Felton Hooker Flag of England.svg England
Wayne Meek Hooker Flag of England.svg England
Andis Mema Second row Flag of Albania.svg Albania (no union)
Ryan O'Malley Second row Flag of England.svg England
Dan Topps Back row Flag of England.svg England
John Carpenter Back row Flag of England.svg England
Dylan Flanagan Back row IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Ed Shapland Back row Flag of England.svg England
Robert Woods Back row Flag of England.svg England
Adam Harding Back row Flag of England.svg England
PlayerPositionUnion
Jay Pretorius Scrum-half Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Alistair Slaughter Fly-half Flag of England.svg England
Jonathan Abbiw Fly-half Flag of England.svg England
Adrian McConney Centre Flag of England.svg England
Scott Lewis Centre Flag of England.svg England
Kirk Thompson Centre Flag of England.svg England
Tom Bird Wing Flag of England.svg England
Tom Blackledge Wing Flag of England.svg England
Cameron MacFarlane Wing Flag of England.svg England
Daven Abrahams Wing Flag of England.svg England
John King Wing Flag of England.svg England
Adam Higgs Fullback Flag of England.svg England
Reece Williamson Fullback Flag of England.svg England

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References

  1. ↑ Northolt RFC News. "Club History". northoltrfc.blogspot.com/. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  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 5 September 2009.{{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Let's talk about sex: C4's new sex education show". London: The Independent on Sunday online. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.[ dead link ]

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

2. Northolt RFC @ RFU Clubs

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