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Back in June I wrote a piece about a proposed trip to Swaziland with an appeal to you all for rugby kit that we could take to children who have quite literally, nothing!

Well it all went ahead with myself, the Chairman of Tavistock Rugby Club, my wife and children, Jeff Lawson, club Secretary, Steve Luffman, a first team coach, whose Opticians Practices had been used as collection points for kit, and Rodney Glanville, our club Membership Secretary all heading south.

Swaziland is a Kingdom in Southern Africa suffering from an AIDS epidemic with a life expectancy of 35 where a charity called SKRUM, registered here in the UK, is run by Michael Collinson and his wife Linda helping to support children, young people and ‘families headed by children’ through a health education programme supported by the promotion of rugby competitions in all the countries schools.

It was very humbling - one little lad even stuck the tops of some old broken shoes to the top of his feet in an attempt to appear better dressed and smart – so the kit you gave is to support these kids and boy did they appreciate it.

We all want to say an big ‘thank you’ to the rugby fraternity who turned out in force and gave us so much support – from small bags left anonymously with a pair of boots to the entire Bere Alston RFC kit, from Paignton and Sidmouth to both Ivybridge and Tavistock Community Schools down to Saltash in Cornwall - I thank you. It went to the best possible use.

We are building a relationship with SKRUM and continue to support their work. We are arranging player exchanges with the Swazi Rugby Union to build coaching links and with the help if IRB KIT AID we are sending over more kit. Young players form TRFC will be able to go to Swaziland on exchanges to coach and support SKRUM.

Ollie Larcombe-Moore and Steve Luffman both trained with the Swazi National Team and undertook coaching sessions in schools with girls and boys as did Jeff Lawson, they were teaching children Tag Rugby whilst SKRUM worked with teachers to promote the SKRUM mantra ‘Pass the Ball – not the virus’!

I and Tavistock Rugby Club will build on these links with a special lunch at the club in November when Michael and the Swazi RFU visit Tavistock for our 1st XV home league match against Camborne RFC – put it in your diary - come along to a great fund raiser for the good of rugby and children. You can find out all about SKRUM’s work by going to www.skrum.org A big ‘thank you’

Nigel Larcombe-Williams Chairman TRFC




Tavistock Rugby Club – Trip to Swaziland July 2009



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