Clifton Oct 3rd

Wet weather warning
Please check blog after 1800 Saturday as Clifton have advised of a late pitch inspection for waterlogging

If OK:

CLIFTON MEET ready to train at 9.45 for 10.30KO 1st match(need to practice scrum & line-out properly)

9 per side (squad 14)
6 mins each way matches
3 man contested line-out and scrums, no kicking or conversions
scrums can push upto 1.45m!
scrum half can snipe/doesn't have to pass unlike WRU pathway

INSURANCE TO PLAY ENGLISH RULES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY WRU

JOHN and Rhian have both driven past Newport between 8.30 and 9.30 today WITH NO PROBLEMS FROM RYDER CUP SO M4 SHOULD BE FINE

2. Admission to the ground will charged at £3 PER ADULT whether entering by coach, car or foot. Please make your parents aware so this doesn't come as a surprise and so as many as possible can have change ready to speed the flow into the ground.

3. NO DOGS are permitted. Again please make parents aware of this.

4. If you are driving to the club from the direction of the M5 there is NO RIGHT TURN at the FIRST ROUNDABOUT after the Shell garage : you should travel on to the next roundabout and double back following signs to the club.
Ground Arrangements / Parking
• The tournament will take place at Clifton Rugby Club, Station Road, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol BS10 7TT. Directions included below

• Parking at the ground is always a challenge on tournament days and you should advise all managers/ coaches / parents to arrive early. Car sharing is positively encouraged. Clifton Rugby Club does not guarantee any parking at the ground, and parking is solely on a first come first served basis. This applies to Clifton participants and visitors.

Directions to Clifton RFC:
The address for those that have Sat Nov is
Station Road
Cribbs Causeway
Bristol BS10 7TT




Take junction 17 off the M5 follow signs for A4018 Cribbs Causeway.
Follow the A4018 toward Bristol. Go straight over the first roundabout with Harvester on the right.

Travel a half-mile downhill (you will see a Shell garage on the right, and Dick Lovett on the left).

Veer left at the next roundabout following signs for Bristol. A right turn at this roundabout is NOT PERMITTED and you will not be allowed into the club by the Car Park staff.

Travel about 3/4 of a mile to the next roundabout (Crow Lane public house is on the right corner), U-turn back onto the dual carriageway you were on.

Travel north for about ¼ mile where beyond the railway bridge (roughly half way between the railway bridge and roundabout) there is a slip road (one way) on the left signposted Clifton Rugby Club. If you miss this road go to the next roundabout U turn and retrace your steps. A left turn at the roundabout is NOT PERMITTED.