Good luck today TJ's

It's all going rather swimmingly down at the Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club this season. No I'm not referring to the way the main pitch has been under three feet of flood water for most of this year but the way that the 1st XV have smashed their way to an unbeaten record. In fact, I think I'm correct in saying, that they have only lost one league game in the last two seasons. The club took the decision three years ago, after a disastrous run of results that, if they wanted to continue the considerable success they'd had in the wider side of the club like a fabulous mini rugby set up and an increasingly strong women's team, not to mention the terrific new club house that they'd invested hundreds of thousands in, then they needed to have a strong first team; one which the younger players would look up to. So they injected money and resources into the playing side of the club. Experienced new coaches were recruited with strong track records with other clubs and counties, key new players were actively sought to bolster the team, a strong emphasis on fitness training was instilled in the players. In short they changed the whole ethos of the playing side of the club so that it now looks like a sharpened semi professional set up at the top level. And boy oh boy have the results followed! In fact, I'm reliably informed by some of the lads who poked their heads in my shop just now that, if they win against KCS Old Boys today then they will win the London 2 South East League. What an achievement by a club who, not so many years ago, had to get changed in the annex of the old lido swimming pool. Good luck to the boys today. Come on ye hoops!...