NOT YOUR NINE TO FIVE
Not your nine to five
W
ITH the largest geo- graphical area of all 60 rugby development there is certainly no lack of variety in Allan Wright’s typical week. The man tasked with in- creasing participation in grass roots rugby across Ar- gyll and Bute can cover hun- dreds of miles in a normal working week. ‘I don’t think I could say what a typical day would be,’ Allan admits. ‘I could be getting a ferry to Mull at 6am and not come back until late that night.
‘The next day I could be 14
on a plane to Coll, or going meeting.
‘In the same week I might have to spend a day in the coach a small group of kids. ‘The fact I am always some- where different, doing some- thing different, is what I like best about the job.
‘But that can also be the worst part of it – no routine!’ The Oban man took up the post in July last year, having worked as a modern appren- tice in rugby development for two years.
His job includes working with the region’s four mem-
ber clubs: Oban Lorne, Mull, Mid Argyll and Islay, although the majority of his work is at youth level.
His passion for the game is unquestioned – on top of the day job he regularly turns out for Oban Lorne – but he didn’t always see it as a ca- reer choice. Allan, who turns 21 years old on August 27, said: ‘I have always been passionate about rugby but when I left school I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Then Murray Hamilton [now head of PE at Oban High School] sug- gested the apprenticeship and everything has just fallen
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