News from The Dings

I mentioned last month that in the first half of the season we had travelled 1708 miles for our matches, that is more than Bristol Bears travel! Well in January we have been called upon to travel a total of 940 miles for our three away matches before we were able to welcome Canterbury at Shaftesbury park at the end of January. However despite the First Team only having the one game at home we have had plenty of rugby to watch, including Bristol Bears Ladies in a very entertaining, close fought last minute victory over Worcester.

On Wednesday evenings on Radio Bristol, the Gas Head Legend Geoff Twetyman hosts a rugby programme called ‘The Scrum’. During February it featured an interview with the newly appointed Bristol Bears skipper Joe Joyce. Joe spent several seasons with Dings learning his trade before moving up and on to Bristol. It was a really interesting 20 minutes and what a pleasure it was to listen to a down to earth local boy and hearing the pride in his voice on being made captain. The programme also featured input from another Dings lad doing well for the Academy and England, Diego Bailey.

This year is our 125th Anniversary and planning is well under way.