Tomorrow's Rovers

[NathanDRFC]

After the pride in seeing a member of last seasons youth team scoring tonight, it seems an appropriate time to remind people of the VSC Tomorrow's Rovers project, a  fundraising initiative aimed at supporting the development of youth players.

This development of local young players is, in the view of the VSC Board, vital to the future of the club - a steady stream of players developed in the Doncaster Rovers way, who understand the way we play because that is the way they have been taught, and are able to come into the first team and be comfortable, prepared and excel.

This summer the VSC has been speaking to the club about supporting the continuation of the successful youth development programme, and has decided to sponsor one of the youth squads.  The club have introduced this sponsorship for this coming season, and have ensured that sponsorship money is "ringfenced" to be spent only on youth development projects.

This is where you, the fine members of the Viking Chat forum, come in!  We spoke with the club about barriers to the young players' development, and the resounding response was transport.  The club need a dedicated minibus to take young players to away matches, training opportunities, development days, etc, and these are opportunities that some squads are missing out on, so we have decided to run a fundraising drive to sponsor a second youth team to assist the club in securing that minibus for the benefit of all the young players at the club.

The Tomorrow's Rovers project gives us all a chance to invest in the future of our club and the future of Doncaster's talented young players.

We know times are hard, but see this as a very worthy cause with a tangible payback.  Many supporters tell us that seeing local lads come through and pull on the iconic red and white hoops gives them an enormous sense of pride.

Please support this cause by donating via Paypal on the home page, or email chairman@drfc-vsc.co.uk if you would like to donate via an alternative method.  As little or as much as you can give will be gratefully received, and move us closer to securing that minibus.

[silent majority]

So far we have sponsored two of the youth teams for this season, but we do need more help and your support. £5 here and there will be a big help so dip into those deep pockets please!

[acacia94]

Splendidly reasoned and timed post Nathan. I've just contributed.

[roversontheup]

Me too. Alliance member but added a little extra after seeing husband and ball do so well last night.

[RobTheRover]

Thank you very much, guys.  At a time where the vast majority of the club's expenditure has to be levelled at the first team squad the up and coming players need all the support they can get.

I've had an idea which might bring some funds in, but I need to speak with the VSC board (and Gavin and Shaun) about it first.

[River Don]

So far we have sponsored two of the youth teams for this season, but we do need more help and your support. £5 here and there will be a big help so dip into those deep pockets please!

You could even simply park in the VSC carpark.