David Twemlow
Dave Twemlow, one of our 4th Team players, suffered a most serious and traumatic neck injury during a match at Buxton some weeks ago. As a result he was taken by air ambulance hospital and underwent emergency surgery in the early hours of Sunday morning. The current prognosis is that he will need to remain in hospital for probably the next six months or so. The Club, his friends, his teammates and the RFU have all been immediately and hugely supportive and we shall keep you advised of developments as they occur.

A 'Visit Dave' link has been put on the website - on the black bar beneath the main page title above, there are a number of links - Webmail | Mailing List | Stop Press etc. Click on the 'Visit Dave' link on the far right and that will take you to the calendar and an email link. If you would like to book a visit to Dave please send an email to - visitdave@sandbachrufc.co.uk - say when you would like to go and someone will book it in to the diary and send you directions. (Try to give us reasonable notice though!) We shall try and keep this page up to date with information about visiting times etc.

Most folk who visit drop us a line to let us all know how Dave is getting on - these notes are on the Visit Dave page - Dave is still in great spirits and very positive. He was really made up that we managed to give Wilmslow a stuffing on the last day of the season! He is making good progress and had good words to say about the support he has received from both the Club and the RFU - lets see if we can keep it up, it's so important not only to Dave, but also to his family.

Club Development
It has been agreed at Committee to source funding and proceed with the Club Development plans. This has been exacerbated in some respect by the rapidly deteriorating condition of the kitchen & dining area porta-cabins. To this end, we have decided to close the kitchen facilities with immediate effect and the porta-cabins shall be removed shortly for groundworks to commence. That means that catering facilities shall be extremely limited for the forseeable future, for which we apologise.

Buy-a-Brick – your name on a brick in the Club forever! As part of the development plan, we are raising funds by selling named bricks that will be incorporated into the proposed porch/foyer area. Personalised bricks are available at just £100 each, with all funds going directly towards the redevelopment – not bad for a permanent mark or tribute! Please contact your team manager or me and please support your Club in our efforts to improve the clubhouse.

1stXV Lift Cheshire Vase - 2007/08
Sandbach capped their season by winning the Cheshire vase, beating local rivals Northwich 10-7 in a tense match at Winnington Park on 5th May.