Donaghadee Rugby Club Youth Section

On the note of new beginnings.... We welcome Jamie our new CCRO. We are excited to work alongside you this season 💚❤️

A massive thank you to Guy who has played a huge part in our mini and youth section for both boys and girls over the years as well as the role of CCRO. Thank you for all you have done for us ❤️💚

🌟 Introducing our new CCRO, Jamie Lemon ❤️💚

We are delighted to introduce our new Club Community Rugby Officer (CCRO) Jamie Lemon. Jamie replaces Guy McManus, who has been apart of the club for several years and we thank Guy for all his hard work and wish him well in the future.

Jamie has been coaching mini rugby at the Dee for a number of years and at the end of last season he passed his P7 group onto our youth section….but we have convinced him to take on an even bigger job.

So who is Jamie??

He is 38 year old local personal trainer with a passion to help people feel confident in themselves.

As a father of three he realises the importance that sport plays in children’s lives. Jamie loves inspiring those around him and he works on resilience, work ethic and discipline. Jamie always thrives to make fitness and sport accessible to all and works with our local community association to offer free classes as part of the Donagahdee Festival each year.

The man himself:

“I’ve played rugby all round the world from Ireland, England and as far as Dubai and the friendships and opportunities it has given me knows no limits. I look forward to working alongside our future stars at Donaghadee Rugby Club”.

Jamie is in the process of completing all of the necessary courses so that he can fulfill the role to its full potential.

If you are a local school then we will be in contact to see how we can grow rugby by working together and we hope to continue to build on the partnerships that Guy has made over the years.

So here we go, a new chapter for youth rugby in Donaghadee and we know that the players will be inspired by Jamie and his positive outlook on life. ❤️💚

This week and the coming weeks new beginnings will be happening in our youth sections as our years 8s start new schools, our GCSE students begin a new chapter as well as saying goodbye to some as they head to university.

We are so excited to watch you shine at whatever path you've chosen. We know you will smash it!

This week we've cancelled u12s training to allow our players time to settle into school and get back into routine

Good luck from us all ❤️💚

Sending lots of positive thoughts to all our players receiving their GCSE results today.

We are so proud of you all 💚❤️

No grades will ever define you as a person, we think the world of you all💚❤️ We are so proud of all your hard work and dedication.

Thinking of our players receiving A level results today, and wishing you all the luck in the world as you embark on a new adventure.

No matter what path you take we have no doubt you'll face it like you do on the pitch! With the same strength, determination and passion. We are so proud of you all.❤️💚

No girls youth training today, we will see you all on Wednesday evening💚❤️

Congratulations Lucas💚❤️

Girls now it's your turn❤️💚

We are looking forward to welcoming you all back and looking to expand our girls youth teams. If anyone is interested in getting to know more about rugby why not come along and give it a go.

You would be very welcome.

Starting Sunday 9th August
Time:1pm

Hope to see you all there❤️💚

Congratulations to all the girls who have made the Ulster senior squad this incoming season.

It's fantastic to see 2 original Dee girls on the list.❤️💚

Congratulations to Rebecca Mann and Sarah Roberts 💚❤️ wishing you lots of luck for the season ahead.

We can't wait to watch you all play this season 💪

Introducing our Senior Women's squad for the 2026 Vodafone Women's Interprovincial Series 👊

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Lots of exciting news coming from the youth section over the next week or so....watch this space😀

First up the return of the Youth Boys Section.

When: Wednesday 5th August

U12's
6.30pn- 7.30pm

U14, 16 and 18's
7pm - 8pm

We can't wait to welcome you all back and for any new recruits we would love to welcome you to DRFC❤️💚

Girls..... Watch this space we are coming for you next 💪💪

Quiet cause it's summer.... Nope not at DRFC❤️💚

This summer we decided to do something a little different especially for our youth sections.

The work that has gone on in the background has been unreal, the time, effort, thought for our players has been at the forefront of it all. Not just for our new Youth development programme but leading us into pre season and the season ahead.

Night one was a huge success, the buy in from both the boys and girls was exceptional- the girls even showing the boys a thing a or two! 💪

We are welcoming them back this evening for night 2 of this programme and will be continuing in August. If you'd like to get involved please give the page a message, open to all boys and girls under 14,16,18 you would be very welcome.

Our summer camp is also running for our under12's and mini sections.

A huge thank you to Orla, Jack and the amazing coaches for all their, time, effort , enthusiasm, and drive to develop this programme for our players.

A few weeks pictures of night one! See you all tonight💪

Proud to be DRFC 💚❤️