Bargoed RFC have lost a great servant in the Little Big Man, Alan Jones who sadly passed away recently. Alan had been a member of the Bargoed RFC Committee for many years.

Alan worked hard in various roles as an extremely valued volunteer. He was small in stature but he was a huge character, and a great organiser.

There were a couple of examples of this, one was his position as the leisure wear co-ordinator for the club for a number of years.

Alan was instrumental in Bargoed RFC securing a deal to supply the club with Pringle jumpers due to our long standing relationship with Hawick Quins in Scotland. 

He was also the organiser of the annual golf trips down west. These events were a great success and these continued for many years.

However,  he did so much more helping out with numerous jobs and tasks on match days and at the club. 

Alan’s family were all great supporters of Bargoed RFC and his legacy lives on with his son Paul being the current Chair of the Bargoed RFC Supporters Club. 

There is a plan to hold an Annual Golf Memorial Day to remember Alan and carry on the tradition that he would have loved in a Bargoed RFC golf day. 

Bargoed RFC were also saddened to hear of the passing of Phil Nichol who was a stalwart of our friends at Hawick Harlequins. 

Phil was a great friend of Bargoed RFC and a key figure in the relationship between the two clubs.

There was a huge turnout for his funeral recently with representatives from Bargoed RFC travelling north to attend Phil’s funeral.

He was an extremely popular man and well known in Scotland as a real rugby man. 

We have also been informed of the death of another Hawick Quins character, Les Jarvis. He played against Bargoed many times over the years and was a regular in the Quins side in the 90’s as a tough as teak prop. 

Both had many friends at Bargoed RFC and they will both be sadly missed. 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿