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Rippingale Rovers JFC was originally formed in 1997, with Pete Stanton our
present Chairman, coaching local children on Sunday afternoons. This progressed
into playing friendly matches against teams such as Ryhall United. In the
season of 1997-98, Rippingale entered an under 9s team in the Peterborough
League and an Under 11s in the Grantham League. Our Under 9s were managed
by Martin Blythe (now Manager of the successful Folkingham Falcons U15s),
and our Under 11s were managed by Pete Stanton who took them through the age
groups to U16s, winning Grantham League Cup in their final year beating League
champions Gonerby YFC.
Season 1998-99 saw the U9s move away from Rippingale and split into the village
of Folkingham and Pointon forming their own Clubs, Folkingham Falcons and
Pointon JFC respectively. That same year more players were looking to join
Rippingale and a meeting was held to form a proper Committee. This was formed
with Mark Schiavi as Chairman (who served for four years), Pete Stanton Secretary
(four years) and Steve Gibson as Treasurer (six years). Since that day in
October 1998 Rippingale have gone from strength to strength, and we now operate
seven teams in the Peterborough League with age groups between U8s and U14s,
with a strong possibility of eight teams next season.
We have had some on the field success in both the Grantham and Peterborough
Leagues winning league and cup honours at various age groups.
We are at present applying for FA Standard Charter mark which will make us
one of the few Clubs in the country to achieve this enviable status. In the
last six years we have made giant strides forward, through hard work and a
dedicated Committee and now have an established six-a-side tournament which
has been running annually for five years. With success also comes a price,
we are quickly outgrowing our facilities, already using Morton FC as a second
pitch and next season looking to use other local facilities unless land can
be secured in the village.
(Rippingale Rovers JFC website 'History'- September 2004)
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