Ellingham & Ringwood, at the heart of the community

Club Chair Fordy becomes roving reporter in this extravaganza. The club held an Inner Warrior event on Sunday 16th May, and despite the weather's best efforts, spirits couldn't be dampened and the girls had a great time.Poppy Cleall, former club member, and now one of the best players in the world, was in attendance along with her Saracens club mate and Canadian International, Mackenzie Carson. A great episode as Fordy talks to the players, parents, internationals and coaches to give a brilliant

Andy Stevens takes control of the microphone again for this coaching special. For this episode, Andy's guests include; Alan Steel, Seniors Head Coach Henry Benson, Women's Head Coach Andy Cutler, former Age Grade Coach and now U13 Girls Coach A great conversation revolving around coaching journeys, what it's like to coach at a grassroots club, session design, developing a club vision, alignment - too much to list here! Should any of our listeners be interested in doing some coaching at the

Duncan Johnson takes the hot seat and talks all things W&G rugby with his guests: Alicia Maude - AKA Stumpy, now playing in the Allianz Prem at Hartpury. Georgia Smith, ERRFC legend Dave Pidgely, U15G coach Conversation includes ERRFC as a hotbed of Girls' rugby, questions from the Clealls, ERRFC's upcoming Inner Warrior (May 16th 1-3pm, tell your friends), FAF prediction league and #SponsorStumpy

Mark Johnson, Director of Rugby, talks to Charlotte Benson, Louis Harling and Duncan Soden about their experiences at the club from U6’s through to Senior rugby. A great conversation, not only about playing grassroots rugby, but about the friendships and camaraderie, the great experiences both on and off the pitch and why rugby is such a great sport for people of all ages and genders.

Club Chair Fordy plays the genial host again with his guests; Ian McCue, Darren "Magic" Kendall and Leon McGready. Ian talks about his work and the power of positive thinking, and how mindset can effect the performance of a team, both positively and negatively. Find out more about Ian's work at UMC50.com Magic adds his thoughts as 2nd XV Captain, and how players and supporters can raise the team's spirit - even without realising. Leon provides a potted history of FAF, the Thursday evening Touch

Club Chair Fordy hosts Episode 2 and is joined by U15 & U18 Girls coach, Hannah Avoth, Kids First Chair, Roger Tomey and Junior Chair, Chris Tunnicliff. Topics include: our wonderful volunteers, getting back on the pitches with the kids and how concussion protocols have changed for the better. Hannah mentions a sponsorship deal for the U18 Girls jerseys; this was originally to be via a pizza outlet, but is now via Exoflue Ltd, another company owned by Alex Reay - thanks for your support, Alex!

In our first episode, host Andy Stevens is joined by Club Chair, Rob Ford, Director of Rugby, Mark Johnson, and Women’s & Girls Chair, Duncan Johnson. Find out what’s been going on while the doors have been locked, and how we have been (and how you could) help our local community in these difficult times.