Primary Rugby Partnership

The Primary Rugby Partnership was the very first Community Development Programme set up over five years ago. The project is geared towards teaching the art of tag rugby to both boys and girls in and around the Bath and North East Somerset area.

To date over a thousand children have been involved in the tag sessions in the local schools which then culminates in a huge annual festival day at the Recreation Ground. The project has now even extended to include tag rugby leagues with the finale of these also included on the festival day.

The partnership with Bath and North East Somerset Sport and Active Leisure team and the Bath Rugby Community Foundation is now cemented in the primary schools calendar.  Included in this years event for the first time was a girls only tag competition which attracted twelve schools and over 120 girls.

Lynda Deane the Active Lifestyles Manager for Bath and North East Somerset Council said "The Primary Rugby Partnership lays the foundation for introducing children to tag rugby and hopefully the enjoyment they experience will lead to a lifetime in sport. The ethos of the partnership is to ensure young people have the chance to participate in what is a fun and enjoyable scheme while in a safe and friendly environment and constantly learning new skills."
 

Rugby Into Schools

In conjunction with Bath and North East Somerset Sport and Active Leisure Team we are delighted to be running the Rugby Into Schools/K2CC Programme 2007/08.

This programme offers children in year 5 of local Primary Schools in and around Bath and North East Somerset the opportunity to access five two hours a week rugby sessions to get their teeth stuck into the game (Tag Rugby in the main).

All coaching sessions are delivered by RFU qualified Bath Rugby Community coaches, and are always fun based, including all aspects of rugby, from basic core skills, onto match play.

The Rugby Into Schools programme has now been running for over four years and is one of our most successful programmes.  Not only does it offer children the opportunity to learn and practise rugby in a safe, fun environment, it also gives the teachers in the primary schools the opportunity to watch rugby being coached at a basic level and take notes.

The programme runs throughout the school year, and this particular programme covers over 36 primary schools in the 6 term school calendar.