Friday night Seaford RFC celebrated their volunteer’s commitment to the club. The evening started with a brief drinks interlude followed by a superb curry and side dishes made by Catherine Powell.
Awards were presented to our volunteers (as listed below), for various duties towards a well run club on the up, forging forward after the COVID pandemic stole so much experience from the youth and the club as a whole.
The evening concluded with dancing and song well after hours and well after Brett had wished to leave on his own wedding anniversary day so a big thanks to all the Powell’s (Brett, Kelly, Catherine, Sophie and Jessie) for helping us celebrate this fabulous evening.

On another note Karla Weisz, Eva Protheroe and Gareth Protheroe WOW just WOW..... what moves.....what voices....what company.... think Seaford’s got talent. Thank you to everyone that attended and sorry to those that could not, you missed a blast.

For the under 6s
Eva Protheroe, Steph Holland ,Gareth Protheroe , Annie Beech and Paul Burns.

For the under 7s
Jason Staples, Adam Holt, Olly Machan and Marianna Edmeads.

For the under 8s
Emily Piper, Ben Higgin, Simon Boots, Kevin Lewis and Richard James.

For the under 9s
Kirsty Coe, Andy Booth, Luke Taylor and Mike Upton.

For the under 10s
Neil Hall, Rob Cockburn, Jason Dubas-Fisher and Oscar Weisz.

For the under 11s
Victoria Grey, Ollie Woolridge, Jim Regan, Steve Dann, Josh Hennessy and Jan Burfield.

For the girls various ages
Lianne Boorman, Carla Marshall, Daniella Newlands and Linzi Tugwell.

For the under mixed12/13s
Andrew Farmiloe, Nigel Kindratt, Sarah Miller and Shayne Parker.

For the mixed Under 14/15/16s
John Harwood, Dom Weisz, Karla Weisz, Paul Joy, Matt Garman and Andrew Grimes.

For Walking Rugby
Gwen Cambridge, Andy Cambridge and Bob Granville

For senior men
Pete Joy, Danny Newby

For other duties including board membership, ladies coach, media, finance and fixtures
Ian Newby, Andy Smith, Paul Warren, Rod Gentry, Georgie Doughty and Dianne Simpson
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The volunteers listed below have also been voted, by members of the club, for special recognition with Sussex RFU and stand a chance of being invited for another special evening with prizes and the possibility of being acknowledged for higher praise still.

Olly Machan, Kevin Lewis, Kirsty Coe, Mike Upton, Lianne Boorman, Linzi Tugwell, Andrew Farmiloe, Larla Weisz, Paul Joy, Gwen Cambridge, Andrew Cambridge, Bob Granville, Pete Joy and Ian Newby.
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Gwen Cambridge awarded Ian Newby with the Brianna Cambridge Volunteer of the Year Award for outstanding service to Seaford RFC through most difficult times for the club, personally and all around the world covering the last 2 years. Below is Gwen’s heartfelt speech delivered to all for Ian.

Volunteers; we rely on them freely and as freebies. They are our work force and enormously important to the infrastructure of this club and over the last two years of the Pandemic no one more so than this volunteer.
In every walk of life, we come across people in positions of seniority, your boss, your GP, your local MP. They get their through hard work, experience, sometimes through bullish methods, but most because they get things done with the minimal of fuss. We rely on these people to lead us whether in the mundane or through emergencies. They can be called upon to guide us through these times come what may. These people delegate, command and turn up as necessary to ensure the jobs done. It is that simple.
Here at Seaford Rugby Club we have a leader with years of experience behind them, who is willing not only to do the things I have just listed but to get down and dirty. Who kept the clocks ticking, the yard swept, the tea urn hot, the orders ordered and anything else that needed doing.
So thank you for your time, your blood, your sweat, your sleepless nights all for the good of our small community club in a time when the chips were down.
Brianna Cambridge memorial shield for 2021 and 2022 goes to our leader Ian Newby.

If you wish to volunteer in any role please fill in a volunteer form or ask any one of us- Andy Cambridge, Gwen Cambridge or Karla Weisz how to get started.