News from The Dings

As the season draws to a close and as at mid-April we have extended our winning run to 7 matches. This included a comprehensive defeat of Henley, our first win over them since 2012, cementing our 8th place in the league, and our best showing in the National Leagues.

At the beginning of April, we held our celebration lunch of Remembrance for those who passed during the Pandemic and for who, due to the restrictions in place, we were not able to hold our normal farewell. Floyd Waters, Pat ‘Nobby’ Clark and Keith Burnard were all long standing members of the club and are all sorely missed. Club members were joined by members of the families to hear fiends pay tribute. Floyd, was a driving force behind our move from Lockleaze.

We now have some idea who we will be playing next season following the release by the RFU of the proposed new league structure. Instead of two leagues in the 2nd division there will now be three. We no longer have the prospect of trips to Canterbury, Bury St. Edmunds or Worthing: these have been replaced by fixtures with Chester, Bourneville (Birmingham), Loughborough and Newport (Shropshire). So pastures new and new challenges lie ahead!