ADAMSON APPOINTED NEW RUGBY
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
FOR EASTERN
COUNTIES
The Rugby Football Union has appointed Lee Adamson as its new
Rugby Development Officer (RDO) for the Eastern Counties.
Adamson started work this week overseeing the development of
the game in the counties
of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
The 49-year-old from St Neots made more than 500 appearances
for Wasps,
Middlesex, London Counties, Barbarians and Saracens. He is
currently Club President of Saracens, whose women's team he has
coached to 4 national league titles and four
national Cup successes in recent years.
After 32 years working with the Metropolitan Police, he moves
to take over from Nick Greenhall working out of the Eastern
Counties RFU office at Stowmarket in Suffolk.
There are 46 Rugby Development Officers in England, who are
the key contact points and disseminators of information for the
rugby community.
They help develop the game in clubs, schools, and in Further
and Higher Education establishments and manage Community Rugby
Coaches to ensure local delivery of the
RFU strategic plan designed to increase participation and
develop facilities.
"The key focus for me is to increase participation throughout
the region in terms of players
as well as administrators and volunteers, and to ensure as
many people as possible
can derive enjoyment from the game," said Adamson.
"We promote the game in schools and colleges through the
development of players and coaches as well as supporting the
development of clubs so that they can access funding to provide
better facilities for all.
"In a nutshell it's about making sure that the resources and
expertise of the RFU and
Eastern Counties RFU help support the grassroots of the game
to make it flourish."
Adamson is supported by a full-time
Community Rugby Coach (CRC) inSuffolk, Tim Reed,
and the RFU is planning to put two more CRCs in place in
Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
"It was a real coup for us to get someone with Lee's
experience and expertise in the post,"
said RFU Regional Rugby Development Manager Rob Drinkwater.
"It's a big role covering a huge patch but we're sure he has the
skills to move things forward.
"We're hoping to further increase the
support for clubs and schools in the area by putting two more
Community Rugby Coaches in place in the Eastern Counties this
season."
Lee Adamson | Rugby Development Officer: Eastern Counties |
ECRFU
Office, Howards, Tomo Industrial estate. Stowmarket. Suffolk.
IP22
4JG.|Tel 0787 2827139 |
leeadamson@rfu.com | www.rfu.com
<http://www.rfu.com/>
Go Play Rugby
The Rugby Football Union have launched a new scheme for getting more people playing Rugby called "Go play Rugby" For info on Rugby Clubs in Suffolk and the go play rugby scheme please click here or phone 0870 999 2007
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For further info on Rugby please contact Tim Read - Suffolk Community Rugby Coach
on 07767 891476 or e mail timothy.reed@ntlworld.com
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