Visiting Coaching and Team Manager Contacts Season 2019/20

Old Deer Park is the Home Ground of Welsh RFC and Richmond Cricket Club

Click here for a road map of the local area. ​

Facilities At Old Deer Park

The club at London Welsh offers an excellent choice of Sunday morning cooked breakfast and hot sandwiches. The kitchen is open from 9:30am for tea and coffee and our bar can offer a fine choice of beers and soft drinks from 11am.

If you’re travelling with the family why not have ‘Brunch’ at the club.

London Welsh Amateur RFC · Old Deer Park · 187 Road · Richmond · · TW9 2AZ ​ Company Registration Number 5044731

National Rail: Frequent trains to Richmond from Waterloo and Clapham Junction Underground: The District line to Richmond

A 5 minute walk from the station - Turn right out of the station and go the roundabout. Take the 2nd entrance signposted to Kew. We are 250 metres up on the left . Bus: The No 65 from Ealing or Richmond Station stops outside From The North: M1 or M40 exit at the A406 drive south to the roundabout under the flyover From The West M4 Exit at J 2 From London Exit at J1

From the Chiswick roundabout take the A205 signed Richmond to the traffic lights bear left over Kew Bridge. Bear right at the lights (Browns Restaurant) and follow the wall until it stops, we are right next door!. By road from the south: M25 exit at the M3 and drive north towards London join the A316 past Stadium on your left. 3 roundabouts after this you will cross the river. Drive to the next roundabout bear left at the lights onto Kew road. The entrance is via double iron gates ½ mile on your left.

Parking Parking can be found via the entrance next to Kew Gardens or via the main entrance to Old Deer Park but is Limited.

The street around the local area have open parking on Sunday mornings but please be considerate of our neighbours.

Dog Free Zone Due to all areas of Old Deer Park being used for sports events all year round, the grounds are a Dog Free area. We are sorry if this causes inconvenience.

Weather cancellations: If it should be necessary to cancel a fixture due to weather London ​ Welsh Mini will attempt to notify our visitors the day before the planned fixture. On the morning of the fixture we will contact the visiting club chairperson and fixtures secretary..

London Welsh Amateur RFC · Old Deer Park · 187 Kew Road · Richmond · Surrey · TW9 2AZ ​ Company Registration Number 5044731

Location of Age Groups For Joint Mini Training Sessions

We would normally expect age groups to occupy to locations shown below. During the season we occasionally move location to allow management of the playing surfaces.

London Welsh Amateur RFC · Old Deer Park · 187 Kew Road · Richmond · Surrey · TW9 2AZ ​ Company Registration Number 5044731

Location of Age Groups For Youth Matches

We have limited pitch space at ODP so some games may be paid at Chiswick RFC

London Welsh Amateur RFC · Old Deer Park · 187 Kew Road · Richmond · Surrey · TW9 2AZ ​ Company Registration Number 5044731

London Welsh Mini RFC is fully committed to follow the Core ​ Values of rugby and it is important that our visitors do so too.

These values are: Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, ​ Discipline and Sportsmanship.

Respect is very important and under the Core Values it says: ​ ● We respect our match officials and accept their decisions. ● We respect opposition players and supporters. ● We value our coaches and those who run our clubs.

We are also taught under Sportsmanship: ​ ​

● We observe fair play both on and off the pitch and are generous in victory and dignified in defeat.

We play because we enjoy it. Enjoyment is what our game is about. ​ ​

We want you to enjoy the game as much as we do and to show your team and the opposition the respect and support they deserve.

We do not want our game spoilt by the bad behaviour of adults: parents, coaches or spectators.

We respect our referees; they are in charge of the game and give up their time so that we can play. They are volunteers and do their best to make sure that we are safe and having fun.

We want you to respect our referees too.

We value our coaches and respect players from the opposition, their coaches and supporters.

We want you to value and respect them too.

Don’t shout at the referee please and don’t make comments about our performance or the opposition team’s performance.

This is our team, our club and our sport. Please don’t spoil it. We learn to be generous in victory and dignified in defeat and we want you to be too.

Signed The players of London Welsh Mini RFC

London Welsh Amateur RFC · Old Deer Park · 187 Kew Road · Richmond · Surrey · TW9 2AZ ​ Company Registration Number 5044731