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INTERVIEW | Kal In The Afternoon Speaks To Bruce Cunningham From Aguiles Rugby on BayRadio
Oct 29, 2024
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Saturday Sports show on Bay radio glad
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to say hello again to Bruce Cunningham
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from agilis rugby how's it going good
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thanks Cal thanks for having us yeah
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very good with season's uh first phase
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of the season is finished and um getting
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ready to see what next year is going to
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hold for us just remind the audience
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what exactly aguiles rugby does it's
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kids of all ages of all genders that's
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correct yep uh from the ages of five up
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to 16 um we are junior Rugby Club so uh
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we don't go any further than that at the
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moment um but yeah kids boys and girls
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um in fact uh we've been doing classes
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in Lees uh just finished a four class
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Series in XC and then we're also working
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with the Instituto in December to do
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five classes of rugby so we're taking
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rugby to the schools right across the
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board as well then the uh the
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international schools and the Spanish
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School absolutely and you play right up
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and down the hole of the Costa Blanca we
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do all the way from North of valenia
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down to alacante uh we're in the
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southern league so most of our games
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tend to be from Dena down to alante and
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El um but yeah up and down the coast you
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just had a big de last night how's your
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head uh it's fine actually considering
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um you've been drinking some of that
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cassad Delino wine your own you've
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actually got your own wine of course
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yeah we do the agilla wine it was
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ailable I didn't try it yet by the way
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you bought me a bottle and I haven't had
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the occasion well you must try it it's
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it's available only at cadino actually
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but um uh yes it's a coach appreciation
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night we had and um just to give thanks
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to our uh um wonderful coaches 100%
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volunteer no one gets paid for anything
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they step up they give their free time
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so it's our way of saying thank you
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ladies and gentlemen for for you know
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giving up your time during the week
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during the weekends to to coach the kids
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and lead them forward how many people
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have you got involved then on the
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coaching side the coaching side we have
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about 12 at the moment um we do need
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more always looking for more because as
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we're volunteers you know these are
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these are volunteers and I'm one of them
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we have jobs and travel and kids and
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family and so we've all got our own
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issues I guess in as far as time is
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concerned so we're always looking for
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more coaches to step up and help what's
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the commitment then what sort of time
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are you looking at really you know it's
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it's a couple of hours a week during the
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week for two trainings and then an hour
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or two on the weekend when there's a
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game um that's really the essence of it
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some some more of our coaches have more
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time during the day so they help me out
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with the classes at the schools but one
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or two hours a week would be awesome and
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what sort of qualifications does
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somebody need to be able to help the
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kids coaching them in rugby yeah so um
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first of all love for rugby ability to
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coach kids but we also help out with
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courses uh there's a world rugby course
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essentially just gives parameters for
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those people who have come in to as
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coaches but not necessarily know much
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about rugby we then Elevate to a course
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that the valenia community puts on um
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specifically uh for training rugby at
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different age groups myself and seven
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other coaches from the club just
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completed that was that in Spanish or in
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English it was 100% Spanish wow okay so
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that's another level it was another
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level little challenge we all we all got
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there which is great excellent good to
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hear and great that you've got so many
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people involved but you always need more
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volunteers right always need more
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volunteers we've just had a couple more
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step up some uh some the Ladi uh parents
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have stepped in and helping us now so
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but it it takes a it takes a village
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right to to run a club um as I said
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again 100% volunteers so if everyone
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anyone can give up an hour maybe two a
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week uh just to help in all different
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sorts of are I was going to say actually
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because you don't actually have to be a
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rugby coach do you to help out there's
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lots of other things that people can
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help with abs absolutely just organizing
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events um helping you know translations
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and things like that meeting with
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different people um yeah I mean just
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anywhere we can we can have a little
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help would be great and of you're always
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open to more kids joining up absolutely
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yeah we're up to about just over 100 I
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think 120 kids but um we're constantly
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looking to grow and as the season goes
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we just add one or two more players and
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they they come in from different parts
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of the world so uh very fortunate to
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have a a very robust community that
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welcomes the kids sell it to somebody
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who hasn't actually tried rugby before
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hasn't thought about it or parents who
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might be a little bit concerned that it
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might be a bit rough for their children
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uh well you know the the training
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happens in stages so the little kids
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they're not getting into scrums and line
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outs and and all that thing um it's a
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progressive sport so as they age they
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the new skills get um introduced to them
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so they're learning at a certain Pace
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it's not just hey we all got to go and
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play rugby and kill each other it's we
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learn the skills and once we've mastered
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those skills the next age group just
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moves up a little bit it's not really
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until the 16s where they start to play
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full rugby rules with the lifting line
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outs and the scrums but uh um it
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otherwise it's it's age appropriate
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we've mentioned before the how
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successful the club has been for a
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relatively new club three Finals within
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three years yeah and um of course now
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you've got this extra team as well
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because they've got older they have they
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have our 14s all moved up all of them
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pretty much moved up to the 16s and
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interesting about Rabia in in Valencia
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is they move up in two-year age groups
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so they've now all moved up to the 16s
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but they're all Junior 16s so they're
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running up against some senior teams who
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you know been together for a couple of
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years but we're not phased because we're
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still holding our own in against some of
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the teams in the South so uh this is our
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let's call it a transition year yeah I
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would say from a skill point of view I
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was talking to one of the parents the
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other day and he was saying that you
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know whilst you know they can hold their
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own they are up against bigger kids yes
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they are indeed and I'm quite
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embarrassed to say that I when I trained
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the uh 14s and 16s the 16 year old boys
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are looking down at me I can't make ey
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contact those LS they've grown so
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quickly haven't they across the summer
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absolutely and uh when we're holding
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that tackle bag for them to to crash
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into it trainings and
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ouch they they're big Lads now yeah
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you've got another event coming up soon
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tell us about that yes Nick we we do
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this once or twice a year um it's our uh
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wine tasting that we do in conjunction
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with uh um the club it's being held at
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casad deino in here in the rnl here in
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Javier on Thursday the 30th of November
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from 8:00 goes to about an hour and a
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half you get to try some great wines
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there's a door prize nibbles and bits to
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to carry on uh have a good conversation
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but uh and a little bit of money at the
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door 15 and that goes towards the the
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club there a fundraiser for
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and of course also there's the
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opportunity to sample ail wine
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absolutely and meet some some new people
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and meet some coaches Etc and and just
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enjoy yourselves it's what it's all
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about what about this situation with
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somewhere to play in a clubhouse because
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we know that's been an issue for a while
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it takes a long time to get things off
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the ground in it does it does indeed
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it's uh two years we've been working on
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a on a space in the in harier here
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behind the rnl um but again this
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bureaucracy we've got to jump over
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hurdles jump through hoops Etc um it's
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inching closer but uh we it's there we
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can see it we want it it's just a matter
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of the bureaucracy allowing it to happen
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you finally got somewhere to store your
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kit we do now that's a huge breakthrough
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today yesterday got the key from uh uh
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the palow the sports center and we're
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now the rugby team has its place to
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store all its equipment uh so it's not
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spread through my garage or many other
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people's garages so we can keep it all
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together at the mosquitoes pitch but
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your Clubhouse is still the bus right
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yeah that's still the Bus 55
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uh six wheel or what it is um and we'll
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be going up to uh tomorrow it's going up
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to um Valencia there's a big uh
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tournament for the the younger kids from
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the eights 10 and 12s are playing a big
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tournament up in Valencia tomorrow so
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what other events have you got coming up
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I guess Christmas there'll be a break
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there'll be a break we're still training
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we'll train right through to the
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Christmas week um the 16s have a
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friendly coming up on um oh sorry
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they've got their their last game today
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of course uh they got another one next
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uh Saturday and then we a couple more
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friendly games just to keep them in tune
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and phase two of the tournament starts
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which is um the second week of January
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and it goes through till uh May okay
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Bruce great to see you again thanks for
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coming in you're always so enthusiastic
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about it it's great how do people get in
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touch with you to maybe take part or
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volunteer absolutely easiest way is
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agill rugby.com uh or email me directly
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at info@ aillis rugby.com and uh happy
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to help all right great good to see you
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thanks appreciate it
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