Mini and Junior Section

Welcome

Welcome to the team page for the Redditch Junior Section. The junior section includes age groups from under 6s right up to Under 15’s. With our friendly coaching staff, we welcome children of all abilities to come a join in the fun and learn the great sport that is rugby.

Rugby is not only a sport which teaches many different disciplines, but it also provides great life skills such as teamwork and respect which the children can utilise through their life.    

We take great pride in developing players whilst following the RFU principles so that as the children progress, they learn new skills and develop their own game.

We welcome you to come a join us with a complementary 4 session introduction phase. After this period, you child can make their decision if they want to continue or maybe rugby is not for them. Either way we are more than happy to dedicate our time for the duration of your child’s stay.

About

At Redditch RFC we have a thriving Junior and Minis section with around 100 kids playing and training on a weekly basis.

We have teams from U7/8s who are just starting out playing tag rugby where no scores are kept and it's all about having fun and learning key skills.

Contact begins at U9s with tackling only and no rucks or mauls, these start at U10s. Once we get to U11s we start having scrums and developing more key skills essential to a child's development. At U12s the game starts becoming more like the full game with unlimited rucks and mauls plus 5 man scrums. From here the game progresses to U13s with unlimited kicking and 6 man scrums. Once the kids hit U14s we start with uncontested line outs and start playing in a knock out cup competition! U15s brings lifting in the line outs and a league structure to add a more competitive element to the game. Finally, U16s brings it all together with contested line outs the last step in the development.

This gradually increases is all part of the RFUs new approach to age-grade rugby and is fully in line with the principles of the game.

Teamwork  Respect  Enjoyment  Discipline  Sportsmanship.

All our coaches are fully DBS checked and RFU trained 

Player Memberships for 2021/22

Memberships are set at £100 per child for age groups Under 7’s and above. Under 6s and girl’s membership is £50. Additional siblings will receive £20 off.  The membership covers the entire season and is only payable after the complementary 4 session introduction period.

Here a Redditch Juniors we understand payments in full may not be affordable, so we are here to support you should you require. Just have a chat with our Membership Officer or any of the coaches and we will be more than happy to help.

Player Memberships Include: -

• Matchday playing shirt.
• Matchday food.
• Membership to the Redditch Sports Club
• Matches and Training
• Tournaments and Festivals
• Christmas Party
• End of Season Presentation Evening
• Dedicated Coaches

Additional Information

Training and matchdays take place on Sunday mornings roughly between 10:00 -12:00. Some age groups may vary slightly.

The season usually starts the first Sunday in September and runs through to the last Sunday in April.

The club online shop is available for anyone to purchase the Redditch rugby kit. 

Get Involved

Anyone is welcome to get involved and our brilliant coaches, assistants and committee team are happy to dedicate their volunteered time ensuring you child not only benefits from the skills of rugby but has fun time at doing it.

We do not just stop at the kids. We are always looking for parents to get involved, whether they just want to assist in training, a team manager or become a coach. We welcome all support, and we are happy to provide you with the training required.

So why not give it a go.

If you're interested in joining please contact one of the Junior Coaches, Committer member or Team Managers in the Junior Section.

If you have any questions, please contact us: 

• Email: redditchrfcjuniors@gmail.com

• Ian Lockett – Junior Section Chairman – Tel: 07476 014234

• Steve Hurley – Vice Chairman – Tel: 07807 076911

• Mike Battle-Welch – Coaching Co-ordinator – Tel: 07792 354879

Follow us on Redditch Rugby Club Twitter, Instagram & Facebook:

• https://www.instagram.com/redditch_rugbyclub/
• https://twitter.com/RedditchRugbyFC
• https://www.facebook.com/RedditchRFC/

Here is the Junior Facebook page (a closed group for safeguarding):

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/145435765916117/

Registration

Age Grade Player Registration is a fully online annual process for club players between U6 to U18.  RFU Regulation requires players to be registered online each season

There are 2 links for registration, one for new players joining the club and one for existing players to re-confirm their details.  Please make sure you chose the correct link when registering your child.

Create an account: https://gms.rfu.com/GMS/CreateAccount/?qs=MtsU15xYpdQ51rUIk28%2bzfd5BAsj4G4iGozIIBwbR4Q%3d 

Update family registration if you have an account already: https://gms.rfu.com/GMS/Account/Login/?qs=MtsU15xYpdQ51rUIk28%2bzS%2b0m6Wv4sdq9Q6TpcUoWblgsqJCQk3oe%2fJ5bWNlbU9RpQt2WqcnukBLSN77r6uCx9QweOehU1SnWDz4e%2fxIrZRyciaDIhV7%2bmKJuzJV8SKYEPrsg7wtMZ4EjESrJfVDXA%3d%3d  

Lisa Brooks will be able to provide you with your child’s RFU registration number if they are an existing player.  If you have any problems in registering your child, we will do our best to help you as best we can (this process is also new to us)!

The updated process ensures that parents and players are in control of their own data and unique individual record through their lifetime in rugby. It provides more consistent, accurate and up-to-date information for clubs and the RFU to help players and parents enjoy their Age Grade Rugby and transition into the adult game. Form completion and storage reduces the burden on everyone, streamlines the process significantly and ensures GDPR compliance from a data security and retention perspective. This also brings the process more in line with adult player registration helping the players, parents and volunteers in the Age Grade and senior sections of our rugby clubs and in particular, streamlining the workload of our Club Registrars (Lisa Brookes)

Parents – How to guides:

• Registering you and your child for the first time 
• Updating your registration for existing players and parents
• Adding a new child to your existing GMS record

For Further information:

For Further information please read the RFU guidelines

https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/running-your-club/player-registration/age-grade-registration