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Leicester Forest Rugby Football Club was formed in
1997 by the amalgamation of two well established Leicester Clubs,
Old Bosworthians, which was formed from the old boys of Dixie Grammer
School originally founded in 1955, and West Leicester R.F.C. which
was founded in 1963, and was an amalgamation of Old Ricardians and
the Highfields Medway Club which began playing in the 1920's.
Since 1997 the club has prospered both on and off the pitch. Leicester
Forest regularly field four senior teams, a veterans team and a colts
team. This is due to commitment from players,coaches and club members.
Our minis and junior sides have grown beyond belief, every Sunday
during the season the pitches are a mass of blue jerseys having fun,
keeping fit and learning about team work. We have also become the
home of Forest Ladies a progressive girls side whos show strength
and depth and more guile than some of our male sides.
On the horizon we look to gain floodlights for our new pitch and an
all weather training pitch, making us a facility to hold county and
evening games, making forest one of the premier clubs in Leicester.
Off the pitch you can be assured of a warm forest atmosphere. We have
many social evenings from Children's pantomimes to Oompah bands. Even
the bar staff provide entertainment which is free of charge, look
out for the famous "Chunky", he is a wealth of information
about Leicester and all its watering holes.
Forest is proud to support the local community providing facilities
to schools rugby events. Our strong links remain with Leicester Tigers
where we have provided players to development squads- some are now
regular members of the first team, you may of heard of them, Ollie
Smith and Sam Vesty.
To sum up Forest is difficult, we offer a rugby atmosphere in a modern
era, which believes that fun and fitness can be combined.
We look forward to welcoming you to our club. |
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