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Mini Crabs go from Strength to strength @ Salcombe Rugby club
2023/24

Here is just a selection of the photos taken from the end of season festivals for our under 7's, under 8's and under 9's teams. Add to this our under 6 players who will be raring to go come the start of their fixtures next autumn along with our little nippers pre school players and you can see that junior and mini rugby is thriving at Salcombe.

Next year will be our most exciting season yet as for the first time since a pandemic related pause in proceedings will be the first time that we will run teams made up from school years 1,2,3,4 & 5 with a couple of year 6 students who love the club so much they don't want to leave!


Our ambition as a club and as a set of dedicated coaches is to create an environment where rugby values are promoted but with a spirit of inclusivity that will see your child feel valued in their team and in time being able to represent the town throughout age grade rugby and be claim SRFC as their club.


This wont happen overnight but by instilling a level of commitment - led by the coaches, that belies a club of its size we believe that when your child puts on a Salcombe shirt they wont want to take it off.

If you fancy getting involved as a volunteer adult we have a growing army of committed parents, but more importantly if your child wishes to try us out perhaps as being new to rugby, new to the area or back from a break from the game our juniors train on Friday evenings at 6pm restarting in September. We offer free trial sessions, no annual child membership fees, free match, training and post match wear, complimentary refreshments for children after training + matches and top class local facilities.
We guarantee match time irrespective of ability and all that matters is fun.

If you have a child in Primary School who would like to see what we offer please do get in touch, we would love to meet you.

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