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| Roger Lewis (left) cuts the tape with Rhwibina RFC Chairman Paul Maddocks at the opening of the new club changing rooms |
Special guests joined players, committee and supporters of Rhiwbina RFC at Parc Cae Delyn to celebrate the official opening of their new changing rooms by Roger Lewis, group Chief Executive of the WRU.
Chairman Paul Maddocks welcomed everybody and thanked all those people over the past 10 years who had contributed to the new facilities. “These changing rooms are ones that any club could be proud of and, along with our new training lights, represent all that’s good about local grass-roots rugby” said Maddocks.
Roger Lewis said he was very pleased to be back at Rhiwbina to share in the success of this, their 50thAnniversary year. Mr Lewis said, “Rhiwbina is one of the powerhouses of Welsh rugby, and it’s clubs like this that have contributed to the success of Welsh rugby in recent years. Even more so in Rhiwbina’s case, as their junior system helped develop the current Wales captain Sam Warburton. To raise £120,000 for this wonderful facility took a great deal of work and fund-raising, and we shouldn’t underestimate its value to the local community and the legacy it will leave for years to come”.
Rhiwbina President Gwynne Williams added, “The club has come a long way since its first game in February 1962, and it’s good to see players who played in that very first game here today to celebrate another great step in Rhiwbina’s history."
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