Trowbridge RFC vs Buckingham RFCSouth West 1 EastMatchday Program

3:00PM Kick Off // Saturday 11th SEPTEMBER 2021 // Doric Park

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Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Presidents Welcome - Welcome to Doric Park

I would like to welcome you all this afternoon to the long-awaited return of 1st XV League rugby to Doric Park. It seems like a

lifetime ago that we played our last competitive League game here in Trowbridge, with so much happening to us all in the

intervening period. To those of you that have suffered losses though the pandemic we offer our condolences. Hopefully you will feel

safe here with us this afternoon and be able to enjoy yourselves whilst relishing a really healthy competitive encounter against our

guests from Buckingham RFC. We are delighted to be hosting both Buckingham’s 1st & 2nd XVs this afternoon and offer a warm

welcome to their players, supporters and travelling officials.

The past 18 months have been a very difficult time for us all. With no community rugby in which to participate or enjoy,

compounded by the curtailment and closure of our commercial activities, we have been enormously grateful for the continued

support and goodwill provided by our many sponsors and members. Their contributions have been vital in ensuring that TRFC is in

a good position to enter what will be a new and interesting chapter in the Club’s history. We all offer our new Director of Rugby, Ali

Lund and his team our best wishes for the season ahead, as he builds for our long-term future across all segments of our Club,

senior/junior, male/female.

We sincerely hope that we are now on a road to the “new normal” without any significant bumps around the next corner. Covid

does however appear to be here for some time to come, but hopefully we can come to terms with this and learn to adapt our

lifestyles accordingly – time will tell.

Enjoy your afternoon here with us at Doric Park. Stay safe.

Chris Lamb

President.

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Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Ali Lund (Director of Rugby)Hello everyone,

Welcome back. We are excited and honoured to be back at Doric Park, playing the game we love and representing our community.

It has been a challenging 18 months for us all – patiently waiting for our sport to return but now it is here we intend to do you justice.

We welcome a new face into the squad today in the form of 2nd Row Luke Moore who joins us from Gloucestershire University via Devizes

RFC. Luke is a player you can expect to see full of energy and relishing the contact elements of the game. Go well Luke. Whilst it has been

frustrating not being able to play we have also benefited from the enforced break allowing some of our younger squad members to establish

themselves as senior players. I am very excited to see how our crop of players aged 21 or under including Zak Harvey, Jack Davies and

Rory & Alex Murchison can compete in this challenging South West 1 league.

We start the 2021/22 season with reinvigorated commitment and desire to be competitive in every moment. Now we are back at Doric Park

and we’re ready to go. All the lads have been working tremendously hard at training and have adapted quickly our new style of play and

philosophy. We’ve ramped up the intensity of our sessions this week to reflect the challenges we will face today and learn some of the harsh

lessons of last Saturday's opening week loss to Bracknell. We aim to cause some big upsets this season.

I’m thrilled to have Nick Leach joining us as a senior coach. Nick is not only a very accomplished coach but he has proved in his short time

with us he is ability to connect with the players, influence them and develop them technically and tactically. He will get the best out of our

players and we can expect great performances.

We know Buckingham have a strong squad who will challenge us up front. We know, like us they will be disappointed to draw a blank in

week 1 and will present an exciting and challenging test for a first home match. They will have their eyes firmly fixed on the top half of the

table and will want to show what they are capable of.

We’re ready to face them.

We wish all of our supporters a very warm welcome back to the club. We love nothing more than the home crowd roar and we will

thrive on your support this afternoon. I look forward to seeing many of you in the bar after the game. It has been too long!

Lundy

Director of Rugby

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Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Captains Corner -

I’m really looking forward to competitive rugby returning to Doric Park against a strong Buckingham team, our

previous matches have been close affairs and I have no doubt that tomorrow will be nothing but challenging. I’m

especially looking forward to leading the Trowbridge 1’s out on to our number 1 pitch in front of a home crowd, the

reintroduction of a junior guard of honour and music from the balcony is sure to intensify what already promises to

be an electric atmosphere.

We’ve had a great week of training, the numbers have remained strong despite a stinging result last week, we are

looking to go out there with a real intent to play. Obviously we were disappointed with last weeks result, but at the

same time we have seen a lot of positives, particularly in the young talent coming through the ranks.

We are aiming to play an expansive brand of rugby that is enjoyable to play and hopefully exciting to watch. The

buzz around the senior playing members at the moment is really good and fingers crossed we can carry that from

the training field to the pitch on Saturday.

Trowbridge Team News 1st XV

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Trowbridge Team News 2nd XV

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Forwards

1. Harry Fellingham

2. Seth Williams

3. Matt Payne

4. Jamie Temple

5. Will Cooper

6. Toby Smith

7. Pat Ockendon

8. Phil Wright

Backs

9. Joe Chalmers

10.Gav Whitehead

11.Mathis Blandin

12.Matt Hawker

13.Oscar Hunt

14.Charlie Gulliver

15.Wiggy Gurney

Subs

16. Jack Wildman

17. Matt London

18. Manny Hinkle

Buckingham Team News 1st XV

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Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

South West 1 East League Table

Getting to Know….. Tom WeaverSo Tom it’s a massive week and promises to be an electric atmosphere so lets give the spectators some more information about the man the myth the legend that you are….

Preferred position – Fly Half

Years playing For Trowbridge – 20

Nickname – Weaves…. I can think of a few more that are not suitable for print

Favourite historical rugby player – Jonny Wilkinson

Favourite current rugby player – Danny Cipriani

Team Supported – Bath

Favourite Rugby memory as a supporter – England VS All Blacks 2019 W/c Semi

Favourite Rugby memory as a player – National cup victory for TRFC at Twickenham

Best player you’ve played with – Dan Smith (TRFC Legend)

Pre Match Ritual – First in, Last out!

Goals for the season – to be in the winners lounge as often as possible

Cider or Wine – Depends on many many things

Pappa Johns or The Tasty Greek – 100% Tasty Greek

Favourite Joke ……. Keep it clean – Chippenham RFCCelebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge

Celebrating 90 years of Rugby in Trowbridge