Our kids, parents and coaches are taking part in a bag packing fundraiser at Sainsbury’s in Colton Retail Park on Saturday 21st September between 9:30am-4pm trying to raise much needed funds for the club whilst also promoting our club and rugby league to potential new recruits to the sport!

If you want to pop by and say hello, or let us pack your bags, give us some loose change or we also take contactless or want to ask us a question … we’d be happy to oblige.

Hope to see you tomorrow and also raise lots of much needed funds! If you have found this page from one of our leaflets please get in touch with one of our coaches or email us – new kids are always welcome!

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We will be holding a special general meeting on 1st July 2024 at 20:30 on Zoom.. Our existing treasurer Matt Allen is stepping down from this role, both Kyle Hutchinson (Chairman) and Dan Niblett (Club Secretary) are standing for re-election to offer continuity – although all roles are available for anyone to put themselves forward. There will be a full handover and support from Matt.

Matt has done amazing job since he officially took the role on 9th October 2022 and has played a key role in getting the club into a much better and sustainable position for the future.

We’ll be sharing a Zoom link on Spond and our private Facebook groups. Please attend promptly, as we want to make a quick start if don’t want people to miss anything.

We have some amazing news we want to share with everyone!

On Wednesday 10th April we are launching our dedicated SEN (“Superhero’s Enjoying New [Things]”) kids rugby group for girls and boys aged 5-12 years.

The group will train weekly on Wednesdays 5:30-6:15pm with their coaches and new friends in a fun and safe environment. It will be non-contact and kids won’t be tackling each other, but will be doing fun rugby drills and games!

Do you have a child who might want to give it a TRY? Or just want more information?

 Send us a email to swillington.arlfc@aol.co.uk

 Get in touch with Kyle on 07939 368773

 Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/senrugbyatswillingtonarlfc

Is your kid interested in rugby or not even ever picked up a ball? It doesn’t matter.. we are here to help!

We have several age groups currently from 2 years to 8 years (School Year 3). So if you have a girl or boy who is interested and wants to give it a go we offer FOUR weeks training free of charge to see if they like it.. Just get in touch with one of the coaches if you have any questions or want to bring them down!

We have Leeds Rhinos Foundation coming to deliver a training session to Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 kids… they have previously done this two times in the past.

It’s a non-contact session for kids new to rugby and our teams to come down and have fun!

They have been at Great Preston School delivering training sessions to the kids ahead of this session.

To find out more about Leeds Rhinos Foundation and the great stuff they do go to https://www.leedsrhinosfoundation.org

We are recruiting for our Under 6’s and Under 7’s team – if you are new to rugby and interested in giving it ago or already play why not come down and try it out free or charge?

Our Under 7’s team, parents and coaches were down at Morrisons in Rothwell on Saturday 19th taking part in bag packing (first one allowed since COVID) and the support from the staff and most of all the customers was amazing… the generosity was unbelievable, considering the current financial climate, and we were only on 3-4 tills for 6 hours.

All our kids thoroughly enjoyed it although struggled and needed the odd break – hopefully they didn’t break your eggs (we tried our best to be as careful as we could!)

It took nearly as long as the bag packing to sort and count the money.

Every single penny we raise as a club goes is spent on buying equipment, clothing or on the kids – so as a club we rely heavily on people and businesses. We are desperate for a new storage unit (shipping container) for our equipment as the current one is like a leaky bucket so this will go a long way…

THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Following the SGM (Special General) meeting on Sunday 9th October we have appointed our new board.

Chairman: Kyle Hutchinson (Re-appointed)

Secretary: Daniel Niblett (New appointment)

Treasurer: Matt Allen (New appointment)

The new board would like to pass their thanks onto Richard Johnson and David Pollard for their support over the years.

We are holding a special general meeting to appoint our ruby board. The meeting will be done online via Zoom on Sunday 9th October at 8pm. Please attend promptly, as we want to make a quick start if don’t want people to miss anything.

More information can be found here:

https://www.swillingtonarlfc.com/event/sgm-special-general-meeting

We had a great day at our Rugby League Festival on 4th September, we had a big raffle with lots of lucky winners, but there were some unclaimed prizes from that day which are listed below:

• Pink 29 – Mothers Hubbard’s Voucher
• Pink 140 – Thermos Flask
• Pink 220 – Signed Cas Tigers shirt by PDRL team
• Blue 513 – Bottle of Freixenet Prosecco
• Blue 555 – Yankee Candle Set
• Blue 751 – Bottle of Rhubarb & Ginger Gin Liqueur
• Blue 781 – Bottle of Todleys Spirit – Spiced Apple & Plum Snow Globe Gin Liqueur
• Blue 792 – Ladies Watch
• Blue 839 – Thermos Flask
• Blue 847 – Bottle of The Infusionist – Mango Vodka Liqueur
• Blue 982 – Big bag of MAOM sweets
• Blue 984 – Miniature bottle of Fireball Whiskey
• Blue 986 – Bottle of Prosecco
• Blue 989 – Bottle of Raspberry & Rose Gin Liqueur

To claim a prize please either speak to any of the Swillington coaches, text Dan on 07793594746 or email us at swillington.arlfc@aol.co.uk to arrange collection.

You will need to produce your winning ticket with the matching numbers to be given the prize.

The prizes will be available to claim until 7th October or they will be used for a future raffle.