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STIRLING COUNTY RUGBY FOOTBALL

CLUB ACADEMY

PROSPECTUS

SEASON 2016/2017

Proud sponsors of Stirling County Rugby Academy

Stevie Clydesdale of Kilgannon Motors and

Stewart Milne, Academy Manager, with players

from the Stirling County Rugby Academy

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Index

The Stirling County Rugby Academy - “A School of Rugby”

Page 3 Foreword by John Wright, President of SCRFC

2016/2017

Page 4 to 6

Rugby Development at Stirling County: A Place of Excellence

Page 7 to 9

Our Rugby Philosophy at Stirling County / Playing

Structure

Page 12 to 16 Stirling County RFC: Academy / Performance

Development Programme / Academy Training

Arrangements and Player Welfare

Stirling County Rugby Academy: Membership Fees

Page 17 to 28 Stirling County Rugby Academy:

Key Contacts Youth and Mini section contacts

Action Stirling County v Ayr: U 18 Youth Cup

Final 2016

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“At County, we recognise the importance of ensuring that our young players are

given the best opportunities to further develop their talent to enable their

competent progress in the sport and fulfil their potential.”

Stirling County Rugby Academy

- “A School of Rugby”

Foreword by John Wright, President of SCRFC and ex mini player

Welcome to the Stirling County Rugby Academy Prospectus for

season 2016/2017. With the launch of the new SRU initiative in

2015 when a Conference style league system was introduced

where all the Clubs team results were taken into account, I am

delighted and proud to report that we won the inaugural

Championship, indeed our U18 side went on to win the Youth

Champions Cup and the U18 Caledonia Cup, to cap off a great

day in St Andrews we had a clean sweep of trophies with the

U15’s and the U16’s also winning their finals.

We at Stirling County Rugby Academy are committed to

maximising the potential of aspiring young rugby players by

providing an environment with first-class training facilities,

expert coaching and conditioning advice and an all-

encompassing support structure ensuring rugby excellence

which will see us at the fore-front of the club game for many

years to come.

John Wright

President of SCRFC (2016-17)

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“County’s Under-18s are the current national champions, and are the

most successful youth team in Scotland, having won this accolade

twelve times, six times in the past decade,”

Rugby Development at Stirling County: A Place of

Excellence

Stirling County RFC has for the past four decades been at the forefront of

rugby development in Scotland, since our successful mini rugby section

was started at Bridgehaugh Park in the 1970s. This home-grown rugby

talent was fundamental in the meteoric rise of County’s 1st XV from the

depths of the Seventh Division to winning the Scottish Championship in

1995, and ensuring that County continue to compete in the top-tier of club

rugby.

Currently there are over 300 junior players playing rugby at Stirling County

ranging from the ages of 7 to 18. Many of our young players have

progressed to play for County’s 1st XV, and have gained regional and

national representative honours, with the best rising to the highest levels in

the sport.

Over the years, our Club has produced a large number of age-grade

internationalists, while past senior Scottish internationalists who have worn

County’s colours include George Graham, Ian Jardine, Kenny Logan,

Kevin McKenzie, James McLaren, Allister Hogg and Alastair Kellock. More

recently many County players, who have learned their rugby at County,

have gone on to play for the professional sides of Edinburgh Rugby and

Glasgow Warriors, and have been capped by Scotland at the highest level,

including current internationalists Grant Gilchrist, Adam Ashe and Finn

Russell, along with Gordon McRorie who now plays for Canada.

County’s Under-18s are the current national champions, and are the most

successful youth team in Scotland, having won this accolade twelve times,

six times in the past decade, which is more than any other club, while our

age-grade youth teams (Under-13s to Under-18s) were overall champions

of the inaugural President’s Conference, comprising the elite rugby

development clubs across Scotland. Our Under-15s, Under-16s and

Under-18s are respective holders of their age-grade Caledonia Cups. This

further demonstrating the high quality of coaching and player development

within our renowned Junior and Youth sections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allister_Hogg

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The 2015/2016 U18 squad - winners of the Presidents Conference, The Youth Cup and

the Caledonia Cup

Stirling County’s achievements in rugby development are further

evidenced by numerous County players selected for our national age-

grade sides and competing for Scotland Under-20s in recent Six

Nations and World Championships.

Amongst our current young players who have represented Scotland are

Connor Clark (Scotland Under-18’s), Calum Hunter-Hill, Adam Nicol,

Cammy Fenton and Lewis Wynne (Scotland Under-20s).

Stirling County RFC has strong links with local communities and schools,

and through our out-reach rugby development programme, the Club has

introduced rugby to young players from many local areas and

backgrounds, who are encouraged to play rugby, thereby increasing

participation levels in sport generally.

At County, we recognise the importance of ensuring that our young

players are given the best opportunities to further develop their talent to

enable their competent progress in the sport and fulfil their potential.

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Our ‘school of rugby’ approach will take our young players from their

introduction to the sport from Primary 1 to 3 micro rugby, developing

through mini and youth rugby until they reach age of 18 years. We will

focus on the long-term development of players, and promote physical well-

being and skills improvement that will equip players to reach the higher

levels of club rugby, thereby further raising the standard of the domestic

game, and encouraging opportunities for the best to further their career in

the sport, as many have done so before.

Girls Rugby is now developing well at Stirling County, there will be two

teams in operation this coming season, namely the U15 and U18 teams.

We are especially keen to encourage girls transferring from mini rugby to

come along and join the best youth section in Scottish rugby. Our future

plans include becoming a “hub club” for Women’s rugby to further develop

the women’s game in the Forth Valley.

Our Stirling County Rugby Academy structure will provide selected players

with a programme of individual development through improved skills and

team play coaching, alongside strength and conditioning, health, nutritional

and life-style support and guidance, provided by a range of qualified

coaches and specialist professionals.

To support the further development of our players, Stirling County has

recently invested in a new purpose-built strength and conditioning gym

facility, adding to the excellent rugby infrastructure at Bridgehaugh Park.

Player Welfare is of paramount importance with the health and wellbeing

of all players

Stirling County RFC will continue to lead the way in the development of

young rugby players and provide them with every opportunity to aspire to

achieve their ‘goals’ in our great sport.

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Our Rugby Philosophy at Stirling County

To play a brand of rugby that both excites and entertains and that achieves

success for every member of Stirling County RFC be they player, coach,

official or club member.

To be guided by the ethos that we develop every player as an

individual and give them all possible support on their way to

fulfilling their potential in rugby.

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Playing Structure

Stirling County RFC run teams from P1-3 touch rugby to Mini rugby (P4-

P7) and Youth rugby (U13 to U18), along with Girls teams at U15 and

U18, a Woman’s XV and three Senior XVs with our 1st XV competing in

the top tier of Scottish Rugby the BT Premiership.

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At all levels we utilise qualified and experienced coaches working

with a vision to produce quality rugby players where their

development as a person as well as their development as a rugby

player is foremost in our thinking

From this we weld these players into teams where they learn the worth of

playing for each other and the fundamental meaning of being part of a

team.

In order to do this, we expose our young players to expert individual and

team rugby coaching, strength and conditioning coaching, as well as

advice on sports psychology, nutrition, lifestyle; all the factors that allow

every player the best opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Through the process of intense, enjoyable weekly training and matches

against other top club sides at Mini and Youth levels and against some of

the top school sides in the country, we aim to develop our players to be

absolutely the best that they can be.

Last season in addition to the school’s conferences Scottish Rugby announced a

revamp of the club youth league structure. Similar to the schools’ programme,

clubs across the country producing teams at every secondary school age level

have been grouped together in conferences based on the number and quality of

their teams and player development.

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In season 2015/2016 Stirling County played in the inaugural Presidents

Conference wining it for the first time alongside victories in the Caledonia Cup at

U15, U16 and U18 age groups, with the U18’s also winning the National Youth

Cup along the way. County defeated Ayr 17-12 in what was a close affair

between the two sides and a repeat of the 2014/2015 under-16 final, which

resulted in a draw.

In addition, our junior teams will also play a series of invitational matches

against some of the best independent schools in Scotland, as well as a

programme of touring matches, both hosting and travelling. Our Mini rugby age-

groups will play regular tournaments and festivals throughout the season

culminating, in what is a fantastic experience, their end of year tour (for P5 to

P7).

The launch of the Presidents Conferences for 2016/2017 with Stirling County’s boys, the

U13’s to U18’s, along with the U15 and U16 girl’s teams competing for the first time.

Copy this link into your browser for a short film of the launch of the

Presidents Conferences at SCRFC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkjfUaP0ngU

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Sponsorship of Stirling County’s Rugby Academy

Kilgannon Motors sponsor Stirling County’s Rugby Academy:

Local car sales and garage business Kilgannon Motors of Bannockburn, has teamed up with

Stirling County RFC to sponsor our Rugby Academy in a long-term commitment of three

years (from August 2016 to July 2019).

Stirling County President John Wright, in welcoming the Club’s partnership with Kilgannon

Motors, said: “Developing our future rugby talent is central to Stirling County’s

objectives over the coming years and we are continuing to invest in the necessary

support and infrastructure at Bridgehaugh to provide our young players with the best

opportunities to progress in the sport. I would like to thank Kilgannon Motors for their

generous support of our Rugby Academy, which I am sure will continue be of great

benefit to many of our young players and improve the standards within our sport”

Jamie Kilgannon, Managing Director of Kilgannon Motors is delighted to support the Rugby Academy at Stirling County RFC, and said: “The Club’s ethos, facilities and long-term investment in young people’s overall development is very impressive, encouraging active and healthy life-styles while improving rugby playing skills. We at Kilgannon Motors are proud to support these objectives of the Rugby Academy at Bridgehaugh over the next three years.”

Jamie added “many of the Club’s young players have gone on to play in the top flight

of club rugby and have risen to even higher levels in the sport, playing for

professional clubs and representing Scotland at international level. We hope we can

help County’s Academy provide many more rugby stars of the future.”

As part of Kilgannon Motors’ sponsorship of the Rugby Academy, the local garage are also

“passing something back...” to the Club, through a loyalty scheme, whereby Kilgannon

Motors will donate £5 of every £50 spent on garage labour costs by Stirling County Members

back to the rugby club, to further assist with the development of local rugby talent. See Club

website for further details.

Kilgannon Motors sponsors of Stirling County Rugby Academy…………

” let’s pass something back”

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Sponsorship Opportunities:

There are opportunities for a community-minded local business to become involved

in a range of sponsorship initiatives at Stirling County RFC, with the benefits of

being associated with a widely-recognised and highly-respected successful

community sports club, with an emphasis on the positive development of our young

people and the promotion of an inclusive, active and healthy life-style, while

attaining their potential in sport. There are also opportunities to sponsor the player

development programmes, the new strength & conditioning equipment and other

elements of our successful Rugby Academy. If appropriate, the sponsor may

consider providing or endorsing goods and services in support of the activities of the

Rugby Academy.

Companies and individuals interested in this sponsorship opportunity should contact

Kevin Robertson (Director - Sponsorship) at [email protected] , to

discuss their specific requirements.

mailto:[email protected]

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Stirling County Rugby Football Academy

Player Development / Performance Programme

As part of Stirling County’s dedication to giving our young athletes the

opportunity to progress in their chose sport we offer our Player /

Performance Development Programme (PDP).

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For our Player Development Programme, we offer all of our U14 & U15

players to sign up to PDP sessions where they receive additional skills,

specialist skills and strength & conditioning sessions throughout the

season along with sessions in sports nutrition and sport psychology.

Within our Performance Development Programme, we operate at 3 tiers

where players will receive anything from 2 to 5 practical sessions per week

in rugby and S&C with nutritional and psychological support. Players are

selected on merits of current performance and future potential with a great

emphasise on the qualities of the person and not just the rugby player.

For our top level players, they receive individual performance development

plans, going into detail on their individual rugby, strength & conditioning

(S&C), psychological, nutritional and lifestyle needs. This will be achieved

with set goals within team training session, positional and unit specialist

skills sessions, dedicated PDP S&C sessions, individual meetings with

performance coach, sports psychologist and sports nutritionist.

In essence a specific, individual plan that; with the hard work put in by the

player, will allow that player to become the best player that they can be.

As part of the Youth Academy (S1 – U18) all of our players receive input

on specialist skills, strength & conditioning and nutrition, offering every

player those extra tools needed to push themselves forward.

*Invitation to whole squad for additional training over and above normal team training.

The Stirling County Rugby Academy encompasses our squads from P3 to U18 (i.e. the Academy encompasses the whole Junior section and the U18 squad)

Stirling County RFC Rugby Academy Training Arrangements

S1: Thursday: 6.45-8.30pm: Rugby + On Pitch

S&C

S2: Tuesday: 6.30-8.30pm: Rugby + S&C

U15: Thursday: 6.30-8.45pm: Rugby + S&C

U16: Tuesday: 6.30-0pm: Rugby + S&C

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U15/18 Girls: Thursday: 6-8.30pm: Rugby +

S&C

U18: Tuesday & Thursday: 5.30-8pm: Rugby +

S&C

Stirling County RFC Rugby Player Welfare

Stirling County RFC strive to achieve best practice in player welfare with the

safety and well-being of our players always at the forefront of our minds.

We work with the Scottish Rugby Unions model of best practice which

includes:

• Suitable and robust recruitment for volunteers and staff to work with young

players

• Appoint suitably trained (both UKCC and First Aid) coaches and managers

• Ensure there is a clear way for young players and parents to raise any

concerns. Appoint a child protection officer

• Adopt and implement a child protection policy

• Involve parents/carers wherever possible

• Ensure staff/volunteers are up to date with good practice in welfare and child

protection

Within our volunteer and professional staff, we also strive to abide by:

• Following Scottish Rugby Are You Ready to Play Rugby and age grade policies

• Keep up to date with and follow good practice coaching guidelines

• Properly supervise young players during rugby activity

• Make rugby fun, enjoyable and promote fair play principles

• Place value on the efforts and achievements of all players involved, including

those on other teams

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• Treat all players with respect, dignity and fairness

• Put the welfare and development of players first before winning or achieving

team performance goals

• Build balanced relationships based on mutual trust and respect

• Include players in the decision-making process wherever possible and

appropriate

• Work in an open environment, wherever possible

• Be an excellent role model

• Give enthusiastic and constructive feedback rather than negative criticism

• Recognise the individual developmental needs and capacity of young players

• Follow medical advice and protocols relating to injury prevention and

management

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Membership Fees 2016/2017

Full Playing Member -Male (Over 21 (on

1st January 2017)) £110

Full Playing Member - Women (Over 21

(on 1st January 2017)) £110

Full Playing Member - Male (Under 21 (on 1st January 2017 or in Full Time

Education)) £90

Full Playing Member - Women (Under 21 (on 1st January 2017 or in Full Time

Education)) £90

Full Non-Playing Member £110

Full Member - Senior (over 65 years

(men) and over 60 years (women)) £90

Associate Non Playing (Male) £90

Associate Non Playing (Female) £70

Country Non-Playing (home greater than

60 miles from SCRFC) £80

Youth / Junior (18 years or younger on

1st September 2016) £90 1st child

(£70 each additional

child)

1 adult + 1 child £150

2 adults + 1 child £220

1 adult + 2 children £220

2 adults + 2 children £290

1 adult + 3 or more children £290

2 adults + 3 or more children £360

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“At all levels we utilise qualified coaches working with a vision to produce quality rugby

players where their development as a person as well as their development as a rugby player

is foremost in our thinking”

The Academy Coaching and Management Team

Director: John Gibson: (UKCC Level 2)

Academy Manager: Stewart Milne

Strength& Conditioning Coach: Maria Omma-Dalziel

Physiotherapist: Fiona Robertson / Tom Unwin

FIXTURES – for fixture details paste one of the links into your browser

Our U13 to U18 boys Presidents fixtures programme is available on

http://www.scottishrugby.org/club-youth-presidents-conference

Our U15 & U18 girls Presidents fixtures programme is available on

http://www.scottishrugby.org/girls-presidents-conference

Our U13 to U18 boys Caledonia Presidents fixtures programme is available on

http://www.scottishrugby.org/regional-tier-4-club-youth-

competitions-caledonia

http://www.scottishrugby.org/regional-tier-4-club-youth-competitions-caledonia

http://www.scottishrugby.org/regional-tier-4-club-youth-competitions-caledonia

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2016/2017 sponsors of the Under 18’s - Robertsons Treecare Ltd

Under 18 Head Coach boys: Matt McGrandles (UKCC L2 {L3})

Coaches: Chris Faill (UKCC L2 {L3}), Keith Russell (UKCC L2),

Peter Cook (UKCC L2 {L3})

Team Managers: Bryan Thomson

2016/2017 sponsors of the Under 18’s - the Coffee Bothy

The U18 squad 2016/2017

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Under 16 Head Coach boys: Stuart Keys: (UKCC L2)

Coaches: Billy Dineen (UKCC L2), Adrian Louden (UKCC L2), Doug

Paton (UKCC L1)

Team Manager: Calum MacDonald

The U16 squad 2016/2017

Under 15 Head Coach boys: Derek Paton (UKCC L2)

Coaches: Graham MacAlpine (UKCC L1), David Dempster (UKCC

L2), Dom Yarrow (UKCC L1)

Team Manager: Kenny Craig

The U15 squad 2016/2017

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Under 14 Head Coach boys: Richard Grayburn (UKCC L2)

Coaches: Joey Crozier (UKCC L2), Ed Samson (UKCC L2),

Brian

Crawford (UKCC L1)

Team Manager: Mark Wills

The U14 squad 2016/2017

Under 13 Head Coach boys: Graham Mackin (UKCC L2)

Coaches: Allan Imrie (UKCC L1), Craig Bulloch (UKCC L1)

Team Manager: Iain Kyle

The U13 squad 2016/2017

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Under 18 Girls Head Coach: Donna Paterson (UKCC L2)

Team Manager: Jackie Clark

The U18 Girls squad 2016/2017

Under 15 Girls Head Coach: Deon van Schalkwyk (UKCC L2)

Team Manager: Breeda Proctor

The U 15 Girls squad 2016/2017

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Stirling County Mini Section

Minis Training Arrangements

Minis Training:

• Saturday – 9.30 to 11.00 at SCRFC – Team Training

Selected Sundays for home and away matches.

We have training each Saturday morning 9.30am to 11am (apart from some holidays such as summer, Easter and the winter break during December/January/February). We have matches most Sundays either home or away (away matches may be bus or self-transport depending on distance from the club).

Our fixtures programme is available on our website. http://www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk/results/minis/2016-2017/

Match fees apply to all games, £3 for home games, £3 self-transport away games and £5 for away games where we lay on a bus.

Regarding kit, we have a club strip, Stirling County top, black shorts and red/white hooped socks. We do insist that all players use a gum shield and recommend the use of rugby/football boots. All items can be bought at the club shop, again details online http://www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk/shop/ or of course you can buy shorts, socks, gum shields, boots etc. from any good sports shop. You don’t need to rush out to get all the kit at once of course. We also have a thrift shop at the club offering donated kit most weekends. The most important thing for us is that our players have enough layers available to deal with the good old Scottish weather.

We do offer a three-week taster before any payment needs to be made to ensure that your child is comfortable and happy to join.

Minis Coaching and Management Team Season 2016/2017

Minis Convener

Richard Adams

Contact Details: (e) [email protected] (m) 07766 004477

http://www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk/shop/

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Tour Director

Stewart

Penman


Fixtures Secretary

Kevin Spence


Minis Treasurer

Gregor Martin


P7

Head Coach:

Ross Haddow

Contact Details (e) [email protected] (m) 07967 720030

Coaches: Malcolm Whyte

Richard Adams

Stuart Penman

Gregor Martin

Brian Deakin

Andrew McGillivray

Michael Hencher

Team Manager:

Bryan Crawford


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The P7 squad 2016/2017

P6

Head Coach:

Tom Crockett


Coaches:

Conal Mooney (Joint Head Coach)

Kevin Spence

Forbes McKay

Sandy Sturrock

Noel Wicks

Floyd Kesson

Alasdair McKay

Team Manager:

Alex Sinclair


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P5

Head Coach:

Craig Bulloch


Coaches:

Al Wilson

Graham Mackin

Gerald Casserly

Joey Crozier

Neil Meneer

Team Manager:

Annie Crozier


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P4

Head Coach:

Jason Clarke


Coaches:

Keith Notman

Niamh Proctor

Andrew Littlejohns

Kenny Marshall

Team Manager:

David Dickson

Contact Details: (e) [email protected] (m) 07919 170 052

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Micros (P1 to 3)

Head Coach:

Connor McIlwaine


Coaches: Paul O'Brien

Allan Imrie

James Torkington

Michael Cairns

Team Manager: Colin Malcolm

Contact Details (e) [email protected] (m) 07597693901

The Micros (P1 - P3) squad 2016/2017

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