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I was interested to learn that the government are mobilising a £1.57 billion-pound fund to support the nations cultural arts and heritage institutions. One hopes the monies are efficiently routed to end-users, such as our City’s own magnificent Theatre Royal, and not eaten up by consultants and agencies engaged to distribute the funds. On the topic of Government support to sustain our nation’s commercial, entertainment and social infrastructures, I regret to report that NO FUNDS are currently available for sporting institutions such as Plymouth Albion RFC. Necessity being the mother of invention prompted us at Brickfields to batten down the...

The names of those faithful supporters who contributed to the Albi 2020 Heroes fund will soon be going into production to display with pride on the Honours Board that will proudly be displayed on the wall opposite the ticket office.   As an added bonus I am delighted to announce that VX3, our new kit supplier, has agreed to sublimate ALL the Albi 2020 Heroes names on the new playing shirts.   I am sure you will agree, the uniquely printed shirt is something very special for our faithful supporters to collect and treasure for many years to come.  ...

Before I get into this week’s musings, I have a very real STOP PRESS moment with another very exciting signing at Albion! Hot on the heels of Ospreys and Wales 7’s Phil Jones, we’re over the moon announce imposing second row/back row Jake Clemson from Cornish Pirates. Standing at six feet six inches and tipping the scales at over seventeen stones he will add some serious grunt to our already formidable pack. And now, the musings… At last! HM Government is progressively releasing the most serious restrictions of lockdown, promoting the Rugby Football Union to unveil its plan for the...

Sitting in Albion’s hot seat I can readily identify with the words of Garry Ryan Blair, an illustrious American author and motivational guru, who famously said; “You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.” Well now; waiting is something that has been forced on us all, by the COVID 19 Lockdown. Conditions are indeed a long way short of perfect, but that has not stopped us setting goals and positioning Plymouth Albion to take advantage of the opportunities as...

Three months of ‘lockdown’ continue to ease with the opening of high street shops this week and a progressive return to social mixing, albeit at a distance of 2 metres. Premiership rugby squads have been called back to training with the season expected to resume in July. Bottom line, our own much-anticipated return to playing rugby at Brickfields is slowly coming ever closer; the ‘New Normal’ we hear about is beginning to dawn. The good news continues, as I am delighted to announce Plymouth Albion and VX-3 have agreed to a new 3-year kit deal. VX-3 is a fresh new...