Midsomer Norton Rugby Club President, Nigel Rowles, addressed Club members recently, updating them on the status of the Club during the current Coronavirus lockdown. The Somer Valley Supplement brings you his thoughts below.
"The 2019/20 season will be remembered not just for its pandemic truncation but also for being the wettest in living memory, with many games being postponed, or cancelled. The junior section was particularly hard hit with the Festival falling foul of the rain, and many Sundays washed out.
Hopefully the young ones will be back, full of enthusiasm, at some time. The transition of this season’s Colts into adult rugby has been particularly exciting with several youngsters debuting for the Ist XV. which carried it’s combined heads high and finished a creditable 4th place officially in the Tribute Western Counties North League.
The 2nds finished well with their highest league placing for 5+ years, and 3rds had some great wins, all enjoyed their respective shortened season. Each team will maintain its respective league level when competitions return. The Club end of season tour has fallen into the virus void.
The RFU are issuing twice weekly updates on developments, as and when they know more about the impact of the government’s decisions on the community game. But as of Friday all rugby activity remains suspended until further notice.
The club would like to thank all those who so kindly donated to the Club’s Autumn Appeal, your generosity is much appreciated. We have installed a complete new alarm system, which is handy as there is such a limited presence at HQ these days. We have also improved the front of house gent’s toilets, and the kitchen now has a brand new cooker, although there’s nothing cooking on it right now! We are looking at the revamp of the rear shower system and still hope to get that up and running this summer.
Whilst it currently looks unlikely that the inaugural BFM, “Beer Food Music”, festival will not be taking place this summer. The rugby club remains committed to delivering new and exciting events like this and expects a decision to be made on the future plans for the festival. There has been a great deal of planning for this event, but hopefully the time spent will not be wasted going forward. At present other regular private events have had to be postponed, and John Lawson Circus, have officially cancelled their 2020 summer tour so they won’t be visiting in August.
We have been unable to stage the Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony, nor carry out the usual AGM."
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