Rugby coaches visit Thomley for rugby day

DISABLED children and their friends at Thomley, near Worminghall, had a challenging visit from coaches from Chinnor Rugby Club in Thame on Friday (May 29).

Steve Trenchard – coaching coordinator Sam Nicholls – u15s Charlie Nicholls – u17s Mark Nicholls- 1st XV team manager Junior Fatialofa – Community & youth development officer Rob Hill – Colts Coach

Chinnor RFC’s Community & Youth Development Officer, Junior Fatialofa, brought a team of six coaches to give the Thomley’s disabled visitors and their friends some real physical activity. The young people were put through a wide variety of rugby activities with the main purpose of having fun and enjoying physical activity.

Everyone who took part enjoyed running through assault courses and kicking a rugby ball through the specially erected mini rugby posts, but especially enjoyed the game of touch rugby played together with the Chinnor coaching staff at the end.

Junior Fatialofa (aka Fats) was full of thanks for being invited by Thomley to help their disabled visitors enjoy a new physical activity. “We had great fun running a really rewarding rugby workshop and hope that everyone had as much fun as we did,” he said. He added, “We had so much fun that we will be coming back regularly.”

Fats and his team were presented with a mural of ‘Rugby Roger’ (pictured) which the Thomley staff had put together to promote the workshop, and which is now on display in the Chinnor RFC clubhouse.

Thomley, at Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, brings disabled people, their families, carers and friends together with experienced and nurturing staff that understand their needs. Thomley’s Patron is the BBC radio personality, Ken Bruce.