South West

BATH RUGBY KIT COLLECTION on Saturday 25th April at Bath Rugby Vs Saracens was a massive success. Thanks go to Kate Oram, Media Manager, and everyone at Bath Rugby for their support.

Gareth Cooch "As ambassador for LV=SOS kit aid, I am proud and humbled to give my support in giving less advantaged children a chance to play rugby around the world. These emerging rugby nations need your help, please donate your kit today."

Gareth 'Cooch' Chilcott
Bath, England & Lions

The Team

For further information on donating kit and equipment or becoming a volunteer please contact

Ross Young - South West Regional Director

The Chapel House
Stoke St. Gregory
Taunton
TA3 6JG
Tel (Home): 01823 490152
Tel (mobile): 07721 523487
Email: ross-young@hotmail.co.uk

Richard Westaway - Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Regional Director

11 Durley Park
Neston
WIltshire
SN13 9YG

Home Tel No: 01225 811756
Mobile Tel No: 07775 824 174
Email: richard.westaway@lvsoskitaid.com

Philip France - Regional Director for Dorset and Hampshire

3 Home Farm North
Rousdon, Nr Lyme Regis
DT7 3YA

South West region continues to provide kit for disadvantaged young people

March has seen both Cricket and Rugby clubs in the South West donate their unwanted sports kit to LV= SOS Kit Aid. The clubs, to which LV= SOS Kit Aid are very grateful, are:

- Bodmin RFC
- Weston Super Mare RFC
- Uphill Castle CC

2011 Update

LV= SOS Kit Aid is very grateful to the following schools, colleges and clubs in the South and South West for their very generous donations of cricket and rugby kit to LV= SOS Kit Aid during 2011 so far:

- Salisbury RFC

- North Bristol RFC

- Sir Bernard Lovell School

- King's College, Taunton

- Bath Rugby - Bath showed their ongoing support for the kit recycling scheme during both their kit collection and family fun day's, we truly value Bath Rugby's support.

Two major events have taken place in the South and South West with both Gloucestershire and Hampshire Cricket Club hosting regional Kit Aid day's.

Gloucestershire hosted the first ever regional Kit Aid day at the County Ground in Bristol, which included a personal kit donation from Gloucestershire CCC players and a special coaching session held for local youngsters, prior to Gloucestershire’s home fixture against Northamptonshire at the County Cricket Ground in Bristol. Over 30 pupils from Millpond Primary School, Easton, took part in cricket and rugby coaching before helping to sort 500kgs of donated kit.

The first regional Kit Aid day directly benefited the Bristol StreetGames initiative, which focuses on delivering sport in a fun, accessible, affordable and inclusive way to young people of all ages in areas of high deprivation in Central and East Bristol.

Hampshire CCC also hosted a regional Kit Aid day at the Rose Bowl. The action-packed day saw Hampshire Cricket and Warwickshire CCC players donating some of their own kit to LV= SOS Kit Aid before the third day of their LV= County Championship match. To encourage as many people as possible to donate kit, Hampshire Cricket offered free entry to anyone donating a piece of kit, while there were free cricket and rugby coaching sessions on the outfield for children from a local school.

Regional news

Hampshire County rugby give kit!

Great donation of kit from Hampshire RFU, pictured below are Tim Allen, Rugby Director, and Jed Stone, Executive Director of the Hampshire Rugby Football Union.

Hampshire RFU