Just complete the form below and drop a cheque for £15 in the post to us at Falmouth RFC, The Recreation Ground, Dracena Avenue, Falmouth, TR11 2EQ.

You’ll receive your membership details within days and become a valued member of the Fal RFC family.

We provide a safe and enjoyable environment for youngsters in the area to learn and develop a range of skills through the magnificent game of rugby. Rugby not only gets young people more active and fitter, but also teaches them team-work, discipline, commitment and much more. Playing the game at the grassroots level also helps to mould tomorrow’s success stories as well as ensuring that your club is well-stocked with players in the future.

All youth teams train within the RFU recommended guidelines which start off with U7 & U8s playing tag; U9s are introduced to contact with tackling and uncontested scrums; this builds up to the U13 age-group, which has 15 players per side on a full pitch.

Starting rugby couldn’t be easier; just contact one of the coaches on the numbers displayed in the clubhouse. Each player can come to training for four sessions before becoming a full member. An extensive range of Falmouth Rugby Club kit can be found locally at MC Sports in Falmouth, where club members can enjoy a 10% discount.

Falmouth Minis and Juniors section would not be the success it is today without the help of the parents who gamely support the teams in all weathers, not only on the side of the pitch but also in the club house preparing and serving post-match food, driving to away fixtures, becoming coaches or just assisting the head coaches. We always need more help, so if you feet you would like to become involved then please contact your child’s coach or myself. Remember, it’s not just the players who need team-work; if we all get involved then it’s even more of a family day out!

So come along and make sure that all ages ‘use your club’!

It was a season that contained excitement, anxious moments and, finally, the greatest satisfaction in beating Penzance & Newlyn 22-15 in the Cornwall Under 14s Cup Final to become the first Falmouth county champions in a long while. Like all success, it came as a result of hard work by the players, their parents and the coaching team and thanks must go to all who gave up their time to help, notably David Reed, Steve Burrows, Rob Parry, Ian Mailes, John Spargo and our official photographer Colin Watts who has produced a magnificent book of the season.

We lost only twice, once to Redruth at the beginning of the season, who we subsequently beat in the return fixture, and Minehead Barbarians which was the third game on tour in three days and weariness from playing and making merry took its toll. The tour to West Somerset had been arranged for the weekend before the Cup final so the bonding of the squad and the defeat to Minehead were both timely positive influences on the players.

As well as the Cup final and the tour there were some other magic moments. I remember the victory over Redruth (our first ever), the game on the first evening of tour under floodlights at Taunton and the narrow win over feisty Wadebridge – this one refereed by me which I did not enjoy.

Some parents still think rugby is a dangerous sport. I think the Under 14s had three injuries last season none of which required hospital treatment. Compare this with the summer holidays: one fell off his bike and cut his head, another broke his thumb ‘mucking about’, a third bashed his leg against a rock while he was swimming in the sea, a gym incident resulted in a broken arm for one of our best forwards and so on.

Roll on the safety of the rugby season in which the Under 15s (as they become) will be in search of more silverware.

Falmouth Rugby Club has been in existence since 1873 and is one of the oldest rugby clubs in Cornwall and, indeed, in England. Like all amateur clubs some of these years have been better than others and last year the senior team struggled in the league while other age groups, like the Colts, the Under 14s and the Mini Teams, performed really well. Let us see what happens this season.

Now that the uncertainties that existed last year about our future at the Recreation Ground and about our senior coaching arrangements have been resolved, our newly elected committee with many new ideas can take the club’s development progressively forward. Fortunately we have retained the experience of many longstanding committee members whose input into the club over many years has been remarkable.

I would hope that by working together on new projects, like the proposed improvements to the clubhouse, we will be able to create an atmosphere of financial and social wellbeing for everyone who uses our facilities in the future.

Finally, I would like to thank all of our sponsors who have supported our club in the past and, hopefully, will do so in the future. I wish Falmouth Rugby Club every success and look forward to an improved 2009-2010 season.