Miscellaneous
Piers Mitchell and I met in Africa in 2017 whilst on a rugby outreach program and I caught up with him at Richmond Rugby Club in January of 2020. We talked about our time coaching kids in Africa with The Bhubesi Pride, Piers’ self-admittedly limited playing career, some amazing stories about playing rugby around the world, Touch Rugby and how it can be used a development and outreach tool to grow the game, club sustainability, and lastly what it’s like to be a rugby Dad and living life vicariously through his son. This is one of the most wide-ranging conversations in Amateur Rugby Podcast history, there’s a bit of something in here for absolutely everyone, so sit back, relax and please welcome Piers Mitchell. LINKS Piers can be found on Twitter - @piersmitchell1 (https://twitter.com/piersmitchell1) If you’d like to take him up on his kind offer of 4 tickets for a DMP home game, get in touch via the Darlington Mowden Park website - https://www.mowdenpark.com/ Piers also mentioned several other clubs and organisations, check them out below: Bhubesi Pride (https://bpfafrica.org/) Friends of Rwandan Rugby (https://friendsofrwandanrugby.com/) Touch Rugby (http://www.englandtouch.org.uk/) Telford Rugby Club (https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/telfordhornets) Cardiff Uni Rugby Club (https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/sport/rugby/) Rosslyn Park (https://rosslynpark.co.uk/) Sedbergh School (https://www.sedberghschool.org/) Richmond Rugby Club (https://richmondfc.co.uk/) PODCAST KIT Everything I use to create, edit and produce this podcast can be found on my Creating a Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/creating-a-podcast/) page. SUPPORT If you would like to support the podcast in some way then there are plenty of options for you on my Support the Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/support/) page.