{"id":72624,"date":"2014-09-08T22:25:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T21:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=72624"},"modified":"2014-09-09T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T21:33:38","slug":"geoff-parling-supports-join-london-2012-legacy-charity-puts-volunteers-community-sport-information-visit-joininuk-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/geoff-parling-supports-join-london-2012-legacy-charity-puts-volunteers-community-sport-information-visit-joininuk-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoff Parling supports Join In, a London 2012 legacy charity that puts more volunteers into community sport. For more information visit joininuk.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rugby Lnternational Geoff Parling Returns to his First Club<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling has 21 caps for\u00a0England and three\u00a0for\u00a0the British Lions. Like any big sports star his career began\u00a0at a\u00a0local club \u2013 Stockton RFC.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Geoff\u00a0took\u00a0Join In back for a visit\u00a0and to\u00a0pass on his skills to the\u00a0youth teams, using\u00a0his own free time just as his volunteer coaches did\u00a0when he first learned to play. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for volunteers, I wouldn\u2019t have made a living out of rugby,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u201cI think you should always recognise what got you started in rugby, and for me that was the coaches that are here today, this rugby club,\u201d added Geoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Stockton RFC is part of Norton Sports Charity, an incredible volunteer-led sports complex that is home to ten sports facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/VNAQFVO2p6e34aTuHJuOasHiWLaPv9J3tQtCtYQa9F97Nj4Cd5M5-xB2ECBt5drD22LMcwyJLe5_Qk8zTDF7-Oi7XeYS2KcVTBszAUcXNuVPRVVNhAIE98DVbztYlAk2By1p8Jj71mohRzsoCs5qgA=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/email.mygorkana.com\/static.gorkana.com\/image\/press_releases_logo\/0022\/224828\/normal\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[youtube vRK-YByx_KA]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Commonwealth gold medalist and Director of Sport at Join In, David Moorcroft, commented, \u201cwe are excited to be working with the Norton Sports Charity. Norton is a fantastic sports complex and a great example of how volunteers can help a sports facility to develop and grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Every world-class athlete starts at a grass roots sports club, but Join In research shows that 7 in 10 clubs need more volunteers. Join In gave Geoff a chance to go back to where it started &#8211; the heart of the community, and work alongside the incredible volunteers, giving something back to community sport and the budding athletes of the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">For further information visit\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/joininuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">joininuk.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby Lnternational Geoff Parling Returns to his First Club Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling has 21 caps for\u00a0England and three\u00a0for\u00a0the British Lions. Like any big sports star his career began\u00a0at a\u00a0local club \u2013 Stockton RFC. 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