{"id":68709,"date":"2017-10-10T09:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=68709"},"modified":"2017-10-12T15:15:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:15:17","slug":"rfu-focuses-rugby-reaseheath-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/rfu-focuses-rugby-reaseheath-college\/","title":{"rendered":"RFU focuses in on Rugby at Reaseheath College"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-5edb3aac88bf58f0863f6ab4c6f32112 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' 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College<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-68710 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-68710\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider.jpg\" width=\"2330\" height=\"1063\" title='Mens Rugby team with staff slider' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider.jpg 2330w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider-1030x470.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mens-Rugby-team-with-staff-slider-1500x684.jpg 1500w, 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robust partnerships with a number of colleges across the country to drive the development of rugby union for male and female participants in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath College has been selected as one of 21 Focus Colleges this season.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ruff, College Sport Maker at Reaseheath College: \u201cBeing a part of the Focus College programme will help us to further develop the rugby provision we provide here at Reaseheath College.\u00a0 We already have good links with Crewe and Nantwich Rugby Club and we are looking to strengthen these further as well as with local schools to increase rugby opportunities in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Saltmarsh, RFU Head of Education Development, said \u201cFocus Colleges are a key pillar to the future of our work in the education sector.\u00a0 We will work in partnership and even greater depth with these institutions with the aim of ensuring that more of those in the key 16 to 19 year old age band want to continue playing rugby into their adult years.\u00a0The prospect of achieving our joint goal of keeping more young players on their rugby journey is a really exciting one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The selected colleges, including Reaseheath College will partner with the RFU at an appropriate level for the institution, from participation to performance, with emphasis on increasing the player base and developing rugby in three main areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strength<\/strong> \u2013 Consolidating and continuing to develop rugby opportunities for college students<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transition<\/strong>\u2013 Improving the pipeline of players into clubs from colleges<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustain <\/strong>\u2013 Improving player welfare, building capacity and improving the quality of coaches, referees and leaders in colleges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The RFU will provide support to Focus Colleges to assist them to deliver against pre-determined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) aligned to the three main areas above.\u00a0The Focus 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