Introducing Our New Junior Section Chair: Andrew Collett We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Collett as the new Chair of our Junior Section. Andrew has been a member of Blackheath for over 15 years and has coached at both mini and junior level. Andrew brings a passion for the game and a commitment to developing the next …
Kent – Youth Council
KCRFU will be establishing a Youth Council this year and would like to invite any young individuals to apply for membership of the Council, who are enthusiastic about representing their peers and have a passion for making positive change to youth Rugby and representation in the county. Kent Rugby warmly welcomes applications from young people aged 16-23 from all backgrounds …
Honda awards 2025
The volunteer award season is upon us and nominations for the national Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards 2025 are now open, closing on Friday 14 February at 17:00. Celebrating volunteers across rugby for their achievements over the past 12 months, the nominations can be submitted for either an individual or a group of volunteers who have gone above and …
Tim Brindle receives his award
On Wednesday evening, Tim Brindle was presented with the 2023/24 ‘Volunteer of the Year – Playing Management’ award. Tim wasn’t able to attend the end of season dinner in May, and so we were delighted that Nik Dinning could give him this award at the Bandit’s recent training session. Andy Lock explains why Tim deserves the recognition, below. For those …
Volunteer opportunity – Asst Team Mgr Club XV
We have an opportunity for a volunteer to get involved with the Club XV and help Team Manager Craig Molloy with the following tasks. This is initially for the first few months of the season whilst Craig recovers from injury (most likely Christmas), but there will be the option to continue to help out after this, should you wish. This …
Thank you, Summer Volunteers!
Thank you to all the amazing people who turned up on Saturday for the final volunteer day of the summer. We were able to get a load of jobs done, helping to get the site in shape for the new season. We had helpers from all sections of the rugby club, aged from 7 to 85, which was fantastic – …
Safeguarding Officer
The Club is seeking a Volunteer Member of the Club to fill our Club Safeguarding Officer role. This is an extremely important position and is appointed to the Club Committee, reporting to the Hon Secretary. It is vital that the Club fulfils its obligations to age grade and adults-at-risk players as an Accredited RFU Club, as well as its moral …
Successful summer volunteer day
Thank you so much to all that came on Saturday to help at the Volunteers’ Day. We had 19 volunteers from age 85 right down to Lucy, our youngest. We achieved quite a lot of work, with strimming around the car park area and back fencing, painting the stands, painting the gents toilet, power washing the outside gents toilet ready …