Minety rugby football club
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Minety RFC is a rugby club located in North Wiltshire
, between Malmesbury and Swindon
. The rugby club consists of two teams. The current 1st team captain is Craig Smith, who was selected for the coming 2009/2010 season, taking over from former captain Martin Coe. Steve Murray is the 2nd team captain who continues from last years successful results. Its first XV are currently the highest ranked village rugby side in the country playing in Southern counties South. The 2nd XV are also on a high after being crowned 2008/2009 season champions of Dorset & Wiltshire Division 3. With all of this, the club is currently enjoying playing some of the best rugby it has in its history.
The clubs shirts this season were kindly provided by Mintey's sponsors DMR Mortgage Services. The shirts bear the initials of the late Dominic Rice, who was not only one of the firm's founding partners (and the "D" in "DMR"), but also a long-term vice-president, friend and generous benefactor of Minety RFC. Dominic was skipper and flyhalf of the Minety second team for many years and is proudly remembered as the teams take to the field each week to play the game that he so much enjoyed and to represent the club he did so much to support.
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From Junction 15 of the M4 Motorway:
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, between Malmesbury and Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
. The rugby club consists of two teams. The current 1st team captain is Craig Smith, who was selected for the coming 2009/2010 season, taking over from former captain Martin Coe. Steve Murray is the 2nd team captain who continues from last years successful results. Its first XV are currently the highest ranked village rugby side in the country playing in Southern counties South. The 2nd XV are also on a high after being crowned 2008/2009 season champions of Dorset & Wiltshire Division 3. With all of this, the club is currently enjoying playing some of the best rugby it has in its history.
The clubs shirts this season were kindly provided by Mintey's sponsors DMR Mortgage Services. The shirts bear the initials of the late Dominic Rice, who was not only one of the firm's founding partners (and the "D" in "DMR"), but also a long-term vice-president, friend and generous benefactor of Minety RFC. Dominic was skipper and flyhalf of the Minety second team for many years and is proudly remembered as the teams take to the field each week to play the game that he so much enjoyed and to represent the club he did so much to support.
How To Find Minety RFC
From Junction 16 of the M4 MotorwayM4 motorway
The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...
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- take the Wootton Bassett exit. Take the second exit at the next mini-roundabout, and then straight over at the following roundabout (signposted Malmesbury). Go under the motorway and then take the first right after a couple of hundred yards. Proceed for a couple of miles till you come to a crossroads, where you turn left for Minety. Follow this road, which will swing 90 degrees to the right after half a mile, to another crossroads opposite some newly built houses and by the Turnpike pub on the B4040. Go straight over and into Silver Street. The playing fields are up at the top of the hill on your left - signposted "Playing Fields".
From Junction 15 of the M4 Motorway:
- follow the A419A419 roadThe A419 road is a primary route between Chiseldon near Swindon at junction 15 of the M4 with the A346 road, and Whitminster in Gloucestershire, England....
towards Cirencester. Leave at the Cricklade turn off. At the T-junction in Cricklade opposite the Vale public house, turn left, and then take the right turn at the subsequent mini-roundabout (signposted Malmesbury). Proceed for about four miles through Leigh until you reach Minety. Follow the B4040 road over the railway bridge by the Vale of the White Horse pub until you reach Minety crossroads by the Turnpike pub. Turn right into Silver Street. The playing fields are up at the top of the hill on your left - signposted "Playing Fields".
Address:
- Minety RFC
- The Playing Fields
- Minety
- Malmesbury
- Wiltshire
- SN16 9QU