Drybrook Rugby Football Club

Drybrook Rugby Football Club Est 1892

🟢VOLUNTEERS WANTED – CAN YOU HELP DRYBROOK RFC?🐿️Our club relies on more than just players and coaches – it relies on th...
06/06/2026

🟢VOLUNTEERS WANTED – CAN YOU HELP DRYBROOK RFC?🐿️

Our club relies on more than just players and coaches – it relies on the incredible support of volunteers who help keep everything running behind the scenes.

We’re looking for members, parents, supporters, and friends of the club to join our Works Party Team and help us keep Drybrook RFC strong, safe, and ready for the seasons ahead.

Whether you can spare a couple of hours occasionally or get involved more regularly, every bit of help makes a real difference.

🔨 Ways you can help:
✅ General maintenance tasks
✅ Repairs and improvements around the club
✅ Grounds and facility upkeep
✅ Projects to improve our environment and clubhouse
✅ Helping keep our facilities in top condition

No specialist skills are required – just a willingness to lend a hand and be part of a great team.

💚 Join a fantastic group of volunteers, support your club, and help create the best possible environment for our players, members, and community.

📲 Scan the QR code on the poster to join the WhatsApp group and stay informed about upcoming projects and work parties.

📞 For more information, contact Lucie Smith on 07833 678401.

Together, we can keep Drybrook RFC thriving. Every bit of help makes a big impact!

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🚨 Help Us Name Our New Robot Mowers! 🤖🌱 🚨Time to vote! 🗳️We’ve shortlisted to 4 options — react with the emoji to pick y...
05/06/2026

🚨 Help Us Name Our New Robot Mowers! 🤖🌱 🚨

Time to vote! 🗳️
We’ve shortlisted to 4 options — react with the emoji to pick your favourite pair:

👍 Mow Hunt and Ceri on Cutting Jess Jaynes
❤️ Taffy and Oscar John Howells
😂 Green Machine and Squirrel Butler
😲 Scrum Bot and Ruck Bot Joe Parke

✅ Simply click on the like button below and select the emoji linked to your vote or comment below...

🏆 Winning names revealed next week, and the person who made the suggestion will get a club giftcard.… get involved!

🏉🔥 JOIN THE DRYBROOK RFC U14s – YOUR RUGBY JOURNEY STARTS HERE! 🔥🏉Looking for a new challenge, new friends, and plenty o...
05/06/2026

🏉🔥 JOIN THE DRYBROOK RFC U14s – YOUR RUGBY JOURNEY STARTS HERE! 🔥🏉

Looking for a new challenge, new friends, and plenty of fun? Drybrook Rugby Club is welcoming new players to our thriving Under 14s squad from 30th June!

Whether you’ve played rugby before or have never picked up a rugby ball, there’s a place for you in our team. At Drybrook RFC, we believe rugby is about more than just the game – it’s about building confidence, learning life skills, creating friendships, and being part of a fantastic community.

💚 Why join Drybrook U14s?
✅ Make lifelong friends
✅ Learn new skills and improve fitness
✅ Build confidence and teamwork
✅ Be part of a supportive club environment
✅ Have fun every week
✅ No experience needed – everyone is welcome!

Our coaches are passionate about helping every player develop, regardless of ability. If you’re ready to challenge yourself, have a laugh, and become part of something special, we’d love to meet you.

📅 Training: Tuesdays, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
📍 Drybrook Rugby Club
📞 Coach Matt Jackson: 07903 797209

Come along, give it a try, and discover why rugby is one of the best team sports around.

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🏉💚🖤 DRYBROOK RFC U16s – PRE-SEASON STARTS 2ND JULY! 🖤💚🏉The countdown is on! ⏳Are you ready for a huge season ahead? Whet...
04/06/2026

🏉💚🖤 DRYBROOK RFC U16s – PRE-SEASON STARTS 2ND JULY! 🖤💚🏉

The countdown is on! ⏳

Are you ready for a huge season ahead? Whether you’re returning or looking to give rugby a go, now is the perfect time to get involved with the Drybrook RFC U16s.

🔥 Pre-Season Training
📅 Starts: Thursday 2nd July
🕡 Thursdays: 18:45 – 20:00

Build fitness, develop skills, make new friends and get ready for an exciting season of rugby!

🏉 From September
📅 Thursdays: 18:00 – 19:00
📅 Sundays: 10:30 – 12:00 (Games or Training)

Contact :
Head coach Jason Roberts- 07849020562
Manager Nat mathews -07718908698

✅ New players always welcome
✅ All abilities encouraged
✅ Fun, fitness and team spirit guaranteed

Come and be part of a fantastic group of lads as we prepare for another great year in green and black! 💚🖤

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🏉 WE’RE LOOKING FOR A HEAD COACH FOR OUR KITTENS! 🐿️Do you have a passion for rugby and helping young children develop c...
04/06/2026

🏉 WE’RE LOOKING FOR A HEAD COACH FOR OUR KITTENS! 🐿️

Do you have a passion for rugby and helping young children develop confidence, friendships and a love for sport?

Drybrook RFC is looking for someone to step up into one of the most important coaching roles in our club – Head Coach for our Kittens section.

This role is all about creating a fun, welcoming and engaging environment for our youngest players as they begin their rugby journey. Working alongside our fantastic assistant coaches and parent helpers, you’ll take the lead in planning and delivering sessions every Sunday morning from 9:30am–10:30am.

You don’t need to be an experienced rugby coach – enthusiasm, energy and a willingness to inspire young children are what matter most.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference, help shape the future of Drybrook RFC and create memories that will last a lifetime for our youngest members.

Interested or would like to find out more?

📞 Joe – 07794 608076
📧 [email protected]

Please share this post and help us find the next leader of our Kittens team! 🏉🐿️💚🖤

03/06/2026

🚴‍♂️ HAPPY DAYS RIDE 🚴‍♀️

Join us for the Happy Days Ride, a special charity bike ride held in memory of Andrew "Happy" Martin, raising funds for Great Oaks Hospice, Great Western Air Ambulance Charity & Crossroads Gloucestershire (Forest of Dean).

Taking in some of the Forest of Dean's most scenic roads, the ride will visit the rugby grounds at Cinderford, Drybrook, Berry Hill and Lydney as riders come together to remember Happy and support three fantastic causes.

You can even start from your own home club if you wish.
Whether you're an experienced cyclist or simply fancy taking on the challenge, we'd love to see you involved.

Why not ask friends, family or colleagues to sponsor you and help raise even more money for these worthy charities?

For more information or to enter, please contact:

⚫ Gary Trigg – Cinderford RFC
⚫ Donna – Cinderford Rugby Club Social, Events & Hospitality (07983 021786)
⚫ Chris Tingle – Drybrook Rugby Football Club
⚫ Adrian Knox – The Clubhouse at Lydney RFC
⚫ Lee – Berry Hill RFC - Forest of Dean
⚫️ Pete Miles - Westbury on Severn RFC

Every rider, every donation and every sponsor will help make a difference.

Come along, enjoy a fantastic day, support three wonderful charities and help keep Happy's memory alive.

🚴‍♂️ Ride for a cause. Ride for Happy.

03/06/2026

Reflections on 25/26
Now we have come to the end of another season I have been reflecting on what has passed and what we can look forward to.
The senior men's teams found it hard going. Being an amateur team with a small catchment area was always going to be a tough ask in a mainly semi-pro league. Both the 1st and 2nd XV were promoted at the end of 2025 and the step up coinciding with players leaving left us with an uphill battle. Never once did the players selected let the teams down. We almost stayed up, just losing out in the play-off final. Thank you to all the players that have represented us this season. We have been able to blood some very promising young talent and next year I believe we will be in a far better position. It is sad to say farewell to Chris Fortey our coach and we wish him all the best in whatever the future may bring. He was not only the coach he was our friend and contributed so much in what we have achieved over the past ten years. The new coaching set-up next season looks great, and with the edition of our colts coming through to play senior rugby it is an exciting time to be involved.
Drybrook Ladies RFC continue to go from strength to strength and had another fantastic season. The leadership team will still be in place next year and I am certain they will once again perform well and inspire the many girls we have playing rugby at the club in our very successful girls section.
The Junior boys and kittens remain a huge part of what Drybrook is all about and we will always endeavour to provide the best facilities and coaching for our young players.
Off the field of play it has been a very sad time for the club. We have lost many who have played a huge part in making Drybrook what it is, and they will of course be missed greatly. I am not a religious man, but i do believe that the spirit of certain people is strong enough to live on and the ones who have passed will certainly live on at the Mannings.
We have put together a tribute to those special men and they will always be a part of our special family.
Drive on Dry !
Chris Tingle Chairman D.R.F.C

Great feedback from Mike Fordham who organised the tournament at Kingsholm last Saturday ❤️🐿️!
01/06/2026

Great feedback from Mike Fordham who organised the tournament at Kingsholm last Saturday ❤️🐿️!

Our robot mowers are now up and running, we are looking for some inspiration for their names... top of the list so far i...
31/05/2026

Our robot mowers are now up and running, we are looking for some inspiration for their names... top of the list so far is a nod to our very own club legend "mow hunt" after Natasha 'Mo' Hunt, give us a shout with your name ideas. We will come up with a short list and put it to a public vote if your name is picked there will be a gift card with your name on it behind the bar. Lets see your creativity...

Big thanks to Craig Moore and Adam Swordy for getting them up and running and Stiga for supplying them... if anyone is interested in any stiga products the club is able to offer a discount code for those purchases...

What an incredible day for Gloucestershire County Women! ❤️💙🏉A huge congratulations to Katie Carter and Stevie Liddiatt,...
31/05/2026

What an incredible day for Gloucestershire County Women! ❤️💙🏉

A huge congratulations to Katie Carter and Stevie Liddiatt, who were part of an outstanding Gloucestershire side that secured a fantastic 52-17 victory over Middlesex in today's semi-final.

The determination, skill, teamwork and passion shown by the entire squad were nothing short of exceptional. To see Katie and Stevie achieve this success is something we are all immensely proud of. Their hard work, commitment and dedication throughout the season have truly paid off, and today's result is thoroughly deserved.

Now the journey continues as Gloucestershire head to the Final at Twickenham next Sunday — an achievement every player, coach and supporter should be incredibly proud of.

Wishing Katie, Stevie and every member of the squad the very best of luck for the final. Enjoy every moment, believe in yourselves, and give it everything you've got. We will all be cheering you on every step of the way!

Go well, girls — you've already made us proud, and we can't wait to see what you can achieve at Twickenham! ❤️🏆🏉

Good luck from all of us x

Address

Mannings Ground, High Street
Drybrook
GL179EU

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 10:30pm
Tuesday 6pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday 6pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 6pm - 11pm
Friday 4:30pm - 12am
Saturday 9am - 12am
Sunday 9am - 10:30pm

Telephone

01594 542595

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