TRAILFINDERS CHALLENGE CUP NEW ARRIVALS FIRST TEAM FIRST TEAM
BEN WARD’S SIDE ARE CURRENTLY COMPETING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PAIR BOBBY DE WEE AND JOHANNES INAUGURAL TRAILFINDERS CHALLENGE CUP, WHICH HAS BEEN JONKER HAVE BOTH PUT PEN TO PAPER ON DEALS AT EALING CREATED THANKS TO THE EXTREME GENEROSITY OF MIKE TRAILFINDERS! GOOLEY AND TRAILFINDERS. Jonker, the tight-head prop five years, however the prop Bulls Academy where he Alongside Saracens and champions and presented Knights v Saracens joins from the Lions in South spent the 2017/18 season in represented their Under 19s, Doncaster Knights, the with a trophy. Africa, having made over 50 the Top 14 with Montpellier before moving to the Golden SATURDAY, 30TH JANUARY three clubs are going head- appearances for them in both where he made nine Lions in Johannesburg in All games in the tournament 3.00pm KO - Doncaster to-head in the Trailfinders Super Rugby and the Currie appearances in the French top 2014. are being streamed live to Knights v Ealing Trailfinders Challenge Cup, a round-robin Cup. flight. ensure supporters of all three He then became a regular competition which started on SATURDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY clubs can enjoy access to The 26-year-old, who is 6ft 1” De Wee has been a regular there, starting in all but one of Saturday 16th January. 1.00pm KO - Saracens v Ealing these important pre-season and weighs 118kg started his in the Pro14 for the last three their Vodacom Cup matches Trailfinders Each team will play each other fixtures. rugby career with the Border seasons, and now makes in 2015, scoring seven tries in home and away with the usual SATURDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY Bulldogs in East London the switch to England for a the process. TRAILFINDERS CHALLENGE points system for wins, draws, 4.15pm KO - Saracens v CUP FIXTURES: where he played in the Currie spell in the Greene King IPA De Wee signed for the try bonus points and losing Doncaster Knights Cup before signing for the Championship. Southern Kings in 2017, and points in place. SATURDAY, 16TH JANUARY SATURDAY, Lions in Johannesburg. made 26 appearances for 3.00pm KO - Ealing The 6ft 5” second-rower Following the competition of 20TH FEBRUARY them in the Pro 14 since they Trailfinders 27-26 Saracens He has been with the Lions for came through the Blue four matches each, the top 3.00pm KO - Ealing joined the division alongside ranked side will be crowned SATURDAY, 23RD JANUARY Trailfinders v Doncaster the Cheetahs. Trailfinders Challenge Cup 3.00pm KO - Doncaster Knights He can play in both the second-row and back- row, meaning he will add quality to the pack with the Championship season drawing ever closer. EALING TRAILFINDERS 27 SARACENS 26 SEASON TICKETS: 2020/21 EALING TRAILFINDERS MARKED THEIR RETURN TO ACTION WITH A STUNNING 27-26 VICTORY OVER SARACENS IN ROUND ONE OF WE ARE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR SEASON TICKETS FOR THE THE TRAILFINDERS CHALLENGE CUP. UPCOMING GREENE KING IPA CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN.
The Green and Whites beat the three-time European Champions after an incredible second half With the shortened format For those who did not have • Free Car Parking on match performance saw them get off to the best possible start in the new competition. Alun Walker crossed it means that we have five a Season Ticket last year, days for two tries and Angus Kernohan also scored as the Trailfinders took the ascendancy. league matches at Trailfinders you can purchase one for • 10% shop discount Sports Club, and we have £80 which works out as five put together a new package matches for the price of four. to make it appealing for all The package includes: supporters. • All five home matches With the Trailfinders among Existing Season Ticket in the Greene King IPA the favourites for promotion, Holders from the 2019/20 Championship there has never been a more campaign can renew for just • Free live stream access to exciting time to join our £50, working out at only £10 Trailfinders Challenge Cup journey, email info@etprm. per match. home matches com to commit! CHAMPIONSHIP TO GET UNDERWAY ON 6TH MARCH FIRST TEAM
AFTER A YEAR OF NO LEAGUE ACTION, THE GREENE KING IPA CHAMPIONSHIP WILL GET GOING IN MARCH AND WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO CONFERENCES.
Teams will play home and team that will earn promotion Ampthill, Jersey Reds, away within their conference to the Gallagher Premiership London Scottish, Hartpury. producing 10 competition for the 2021/22 season. Conference B: rounds, subsequent to which The two Conferences will be: there will be a two leg play off Ealing Trailfinders, Coventry, Conference A: final between the winner of Nottingham, Bedford Blues, each league to determine the Saracens, Cornish Pirates, Doncaster Knights, Richmond. TRAILFINDERS RUGBY ACADEMY A STAR IS BORN! TRAILFINDERS RUGBY ACADEMY EALING TRAILFINDERS WOMEN DECLAN RAUBENHEIMER HAS COMMITTED HIS FUTURE TO THE WOMEN’S RUGBY AT EALING TRAILFINDERS TAKES OFF! CLUB, AND HAS BECOME ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY OF THE TRAILFINDERS RUGBY ACADEMY. Some exciting news has seen The Henley College will be what is available at either of and will now make the full Ealing Trailfinders confirm launching in September 2021 our Academy programmes transition to the Greene King their plans to become a world and as part of our investment please contact: class hub for female rugby we will be recruiting a fully IPA Championship side. • Tom Redfern – Head of players. professional coaching and Rugby, Henley College - He made his debut for the backroom team to support We are putting in place [email protected] first-team in the pre-season ambitious plans to run a the girls in the programme. match away at Newcastle programme for all females Brunel University London will • Gareth Rise – Head of Falcons, and also came off the alongside their male be recruiting immediately for Rugby, Brunel University - bench against Bristol Bears as programmes at both The full time Academy coaches [email protected] he scored his first points for and backroom staff to join the Henley College and Brunel • Alex Shaw – Head of the club with a late touchline University London through the team. Recruitment, Ealing conversion. Trailfinders Rugby Academy. We are recruiting now for Trailfinders - alex.shaw@ Ben Ward was full of praise for Our new girls programme at 2021. To find out more about etprm.com the youngster. “Dec has been a huge success since arriving in the summer and we see him as a big part of our future. He is a very confident fly- half who has real authority on the pitch and that will only continue to develop. He has shown both in training and during our pre-season matches that he has real The 19-year-old has put pen after originally joining the quality which will stand him to paper on a two-year deal Scholarship Programme with in good stead for a successful at Trailfinders Sports Club Brunel University London, career at Ealing Trailfinders.” women’s rugby sessions. We and mentally active during are eager to get these up and lockdown, by having a go at EALING TRAILFINDERS running when restrictions are weekly games and challenges eased. We will endeavour to while rewarding participation secure more funding to help and creativity! us support young people of Weekly tasks will encourage Ealing with their physical and COMMUNITY you to develop skills you can mental health. use for any sports by finding AN UPDATE... Currently, The Ealing unique movement solutions Trailfinders Foundation has to your environment. We had to suspend activities want you to get creative and THE NEW YEAR IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME. due to current restrictions discover how to best execute however, our coaches have skills and adapt movements won by sharing your videos on It provides a great opportunity with our biggest attendance to Ealing project and Inclusion come up with some amazing for the sports you like. All social media. for us to reflect on the year date, even though the weather project. The heritage lottery ideas and challenges to keep of our tasks are designed to allow you to explore and vary that has past, whilst planning conditions were not in our funded Un-concealing Ealing, our young people active Alongside this, we will have throughout our 3rd lockdown. the challenges to suit you and looking ahead to the favour. enabling us to help young coaching tutorials and bonus future. In 2020, the pandemic people of Ealing to explore the Here’s a message from PD, and the space available. You As soon as restrictions are challenges we will release forced us to adapt how we history of rugby, The Ealing our Schools Partnership can do these at home or in eased we will be looking to throughout the week in the do things in order for us to Trailfinders and their impact Manager: outdoor public places, with continue these awesome any equipment you have. hope of inspiring you to set continue with some sort of on the local community. Our Struggling to steer your camps, supporting the your own variations to our normality and safety. The physical and mental health of inclusion project provided kids away from their To encourage participation, challenges. community department was Ealing’s young people. We us with an opportunity to screens? Take a stroll on schools with the greatest not different in this. With support Stoney Dean School will also be looking to make social media and explore number of students, teachers All of this is completely free restrictions limiting social and their students with special your movements with Ealing and family members having it easier for people to attend for any school or individual interaction we have had to educational needs. Our focus Trailfinders Foundation’s a go, will be able to win free our camps by partnering with hoping to take part, so please revise our procedures to schools and clubs, using their was on teamwork, inclusion #ETFSkoolSkillz. The Global sports equipment or coaching spread the word, and help the ensure a safe environment venues to host our activities. and skill development with the Schools competition aims for their schools. There for our coaches and players. year 11 boys. to get as many children and are also weekly awards for nation stay active and happy Fortunately, we were able Ealing Trailfinders Football families to stay physically individual awesomeness to be during this tough time. Something close to all our to continue most of our core Club hearts at Ealing Trailfinders, activities of curriculum PE The 2020/2021 football is Ealing Food Bank and the SO, WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2021…….. delivery, extra curricular clubs season saw us launch a new hard work they all put in there and sports camps throughout project; Ealing Trailfinders to support those in need. As mentioned, we are Netball Club. Our Head of exercise. We currently have most of 2020. Football Club. Yes, you read Thanks to some funding continuing our camps, Community, Danny Harlow football, rugby and cricket Sports Camps that correctly, we have gone from Tesco bags for life, we projects, school engagement says, “We have such amazing clubs. We are looking to to the dark-side and started have been able to provide and footballs clubs in 2021. facilities at Trailfinders provide netball and basketball After the success of our a football club. This has a permanent donation bin, We will be also be looking Sports Club. Our aim in the in the coming months, with summer and autumn half to maximise the use of community department is to other sports coming over the proved really popular with all located at Trailfinders Sports term camps, parents were our amazing facilities at provide clubs and activities following years.” Keep an eye ages attending, from u5s - Club. We will continue to looking for opportunities to Trailfinders Sports Club and for people of all ages to come on our social media for regular u18s. We will be continuing receive and manage donations keep their children active re-launch Ealing Trailfinders and participate in sport and updates!! to look for more player for the over the coming months and over the festive period. We 2021/2021 season and looking take to the Ealing Food Bank ran multi-sports camps for to expand with girls teams and main storage location when primary school children and 18+ mens and women’s teams. required. Please continue to specialist rugby and football The Ealing Trailfinders bring your donations during If you would like to get involved or want to Instagram: Ealing_Trailfinders_Foundation camps for secondary school Foundation usual office hours. find out more, email us on: young people. We still Facebook: The Ealing Trailfinders Foundation maintained strict health and Our associated charity was Looking ahead through 2021, [email protected] or get and Community Department in touch via social media safety protocols ensuring the fortunate enough to be able to we have already received Youtube: Ealing Trailfinders Community safety of all involved. These continue most of the projects, some funding from Sport Twitter: @ETCommunity_ Programme proved to be a huge success, including our Un-concealing England to run some girls and Amateur Update BY ALEX BROWN MINI’S & YOUTH EVERYTHING WAS STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE BRIGHTER! TRAILFINDERS COMMUNITY THE AMATEURS OF EALING 1871 WERE CLICKING INTO GEAR WITH SOME SOME VERY GOOD RUGBY PLAYED UNDER THE READY4RUGBY RULES, BEFORE WE RECEIVED THE WONDERFUL BEFORE CHRISTMAS IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR WE COULD NEWS LATE IN 2020 THAT STRICTLY CONTROLLED CONTACT RE-COMMENCE RUGBY, ALL OF THE COACHES, PARENTS AND TRAINING COULD RETURN. KIDS WERE ENORMOUSLY EXCITED TO BE BACK.
The prospect of a hybrid stopping all rugby activity. With the vaccination Obviously lots of changes had know each other and develop contact game allowing Fortunately we were able to programme being rolled to be made due to Covid, but their skills especially as next tackles, rucks and lineouts get in an enjoyable whole club out, there is hope on the eight weeks in it was going season is contact for our age but without mauls and game of touch rugby before horizon. Rest assured that well! group. scrums starting in the new the pause, but now we are the amateurs will be itching to What has surprised us in the year was enticing. Training back into lockdown routine. We’ve got used to washing get back on the field when it U8’s is the amount of kids we really started to step up as balls, sanitising hands Kavan Fitzpatrick keeps is safe to do so and get back have in our age group now, we everyone looked forward to regularly and forming people’s spirits and fitness up to the form that all four teams nearly have 50 with so many the imminent resumption of our bubbles. We do miss with his twice weekly fitness were showing before we new members this season! something like normal rugby! tournaments, however the sessions on Zoom, so fitness were forced to stop nearly a upside is the kids have had Let’s hope we can get back to But then the dark clouds of should not be an issue when year ago (where has the time more of a chance to get to it as soon as possible! COVID-19 rolled in once again, rugby comes back! gone?!)! SWAN SHOW & TELL ALL WEATHER PAVILION NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
TRAILFINDERS SPORTS CLUB
WITH PLANNING PERMISSION NOW APPROVED, BUILDING WORK HAS NOW STARTED ON THE ALL WEATHER PAVILION, A FOUR MILLION POUND PROJECT WHICH WILL FURTHER REVOLUTIONISE THE FACILITIES AT TRAILFINDERS SPORTS CLUB.
Inside the new centre will be an indoor rugby pitch which can be split in to five-a-side football pitches, ECB approved cricket nets and changing room facilities which is all being funded by the Mike Gooley Charity.