INDEX sport & fitness
A look at a thriving local rugby club, plus competent-crew sailing courses. By Sasa Jankovic
An
unstoppable force
TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS Rugby Football Club is celebrating its move into Rugby Union’s National League 3, following
consecutive promotions over the last three seasons. The Club’s commercial director, Matt Goldsmith, says: “Our first home game of the new season is on Saturday 10 September, against Canterbury, and we’d love to see as many supporters as possible. It’s only a fiver to get in, there’s plenty of parking near the ground and
refreshments are available in the Club bar, where you can meet the players after the match.” As well as its 1st XV, TJs fields six other senior teams each weekend, including a ladies’ side. And its juniors’ division is no slouch either, with 500 ‘mini’ and ‘junior’ players – including some young county champions – aged between 5 and 17 – getting together every Sunday. While its top players are focusing on becoming the foremost club in the South East, Tonbridge Juddians also
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recognises the importance of giving back to the community. The Club’s main sponsor is fund management company Artemis, but this season it also has international law firm Norton Rose as its community partner sponsor, which enables the TJs to go out to local schools and organisations to bring rugby to kids who might otherwise not experience it. Last season it also established TJs Business Club, as a forum in which local
Do you want to crew?
IF YOU’VE BEEN BITTEN by the sailing bug this summer but would like to be more involved on board than simply being a passenger, you could consider training as crew. The Royal Yachting Association accredits Competent Crew courses at sailing centres around the country, aimed at beginners and those with sailing experience who would now like to become active crew members. The course is hands-on and gives you the chance to experience living on board and getting to grips with how a boat works. You will learn all about sea terms and parts of a boat, sail handling, ropework, fire precautions and fighting, personal safety equipment, man overboard procedures, how to use emergency equipment, meteorology, seasickness, helmsmanship, general duties, and the manners and customs of sailing. By the end of the course you should be able to steer, handle sails, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and help with all the day-to-day duties that life on board entails [phew!].
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You don’t need any prior experience of crewing to attend a Competent Crew course, and there is no age limit. The training costs anywhere between £400 to £450 – depending where you decide to do a course – and takes five days, usually run over three weekends or three days plus a weekend. RYA competent crew courses in the South East are held at centres all over the region, including Bewl Water,
businesses can come together to network and share ideas. “We’re one of only three clubs in the county with the Rugby Football Union’s Whole Club Seal of Approval across all our activities,” says Matt, “but TJs is about more than just playing rugby – we’re interested in how we can contribute to the wider community.” To find out more about Tonbridge Juddians, see
www.tjrfc.co.uk/
Sittingbourne’s Conyer Cruising Club, Whitstable Yacht Club, Bridge Marine Training in Canterbury, and the Kent Schools Sailing Association in Deal. To find a RYA approved training centre near you, go to the RYA website at
www.rya.org.uk.
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