World Cup Winning Coach to visit Donegal

This month the Donegal Community Rugby Project is looking forward to a visit by Richard Hodges one of the Welsh 7’s World Cup Winning coaches from 2009.

Richard will be delivering a training session to all interested senior players in Donegal in preparation for the Carrick 7’s tournament to be held on the May bank holiday.

The Donegal players and coaches will also have the added bonus of having Richard on the sidelines for the tournament passing on his expertise as they take on some of the best 7’s teams in Ireland and the UK.

Richard has been involved with the International 7’s team for 3 seasons and coaches at many of the 7’s series venues including Dubai, Las Vegas, Edinburgh and Hong Kong, so the experience he will bring to Donegal is of the highest level.

The 7’s training session will take place at Letterkenny RFC on Sunday the 25^th April 12pm sharp. The two age groups who will be given the opportunity to learn more about the 7’s game will be U19 (1991&92) boys and Senior men’s players (18+).

All players attending must register with their clubs or the DCRP at info@donegalcommunityrugby.com.

The interest from the clubs has been very promising and should prove to be an enjoyable venture for all the players involved including the trip to Carrick to take part in one of the largest 7’s tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere. Good Luck Donegal!

Finn Valley RFC Official Opening

Finn Valley RFC will be having there official opening next Wednesday 14th April at the Balor Theatre, Ballybofey at 7.30pm

The club is being opened by Ex Irish/Lions international and current Ulster Forwards coach Jeremy Davidson.

Contact for the event is Gerard Doherty, Club Chairman – 0867355536 – gpdoherty@eircom.net

I hope you can cover this event as much as possible and help spread the word for what will put Donegal as the 3rd highest concentration of clubs per county in Ulster!!