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didi rugby Swansea has been growing at a rapid rate and now franchise owner Robyn Lock has news of further expansion into another area of Wales.

Classes are currently run in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot at numerous venues.

Now Robyn and her team are heading further afield to spread the values of didi rugby.

“In November, we will have some exciting news about didi rugby coming to the Carmarthenshire area,” said Robyn, who also plays for Ospreys Women.

“It fills me with joy knowing that we are expanding every month and getting further out there in Wales giving children the chance to be active and healthy.

“Kids are learning transferable skills they can use in many sports and they are learning the positive associations with being active at an early age.

“That is giving them an ideal platform to be active and healthy in later life.

“Our disability clasees in Sketty have been going really well too with some lovely children learning new skills there.

didi rugby has successfully launched 17 franchises since beginning a quest to spread the values of the business across the length and breadth of the country and further afield with overseas operations now up and running.

And we don’t intend to stop there in a bid to grow an exciting and rewarding business which will enter 2019 with a strong and repeatedly proven business model.

From Swansea to Reading and Crewe to Coventry, didi rugby centres have set up to provide a safe and fun learning environment for children aged between 18 months and 6 years of age.

Opportunities now exist to open new didi franchises in areas all over the UK and they can be run on a part-time or full-time basis. You will join our winning team but you will become an owner of your own business.

If you would like to get involved with a passionate and dedicated group of like-minded people, or you would like to find out more about the possibilities didi rugby can offer, we would like to hear from you.

didi UK prides itself not only on the care and attention to detail we provide before a new franchise is launched – but to the aftercare given to help each franchise owner learn from our expertise to help grow their business.

didi UK’s support is never far away and with a close-knit and connected group of franchise owners swapping ideas and best practice at all times, new franchisees soon become part of a tight network that looks after each other.

Franchise and Commercial lead Sanchia Delacy said: “This is a great opportunity for many people, from different backgrounds, both sporting and corporate.

“We are seeing an increased amount of investors looking at the didi rugby opportunity and working this into either an existing portfolio of businesses or as an isolated investment to gain a residual income as this grows.

Coventry Rugby chairman Jon Sharp says he is delighted to partner with didi rugby and hopes some of the youngsters involved in classes will go on to represent the club in later life.

The formal partnership will see the city’s Championship team, who play at Butts Park Arena, throw their continued support behind the Gulliver family, franchise owners of didi rugby Coventry.

didi classes are held at Coventry Rugby Club every Saturday morning.

“We are very proud to be partnering with didi rugby Coventry,” said Jon.

“We are very keen on our work in the community with young people and are pleased that kids are getting fit, involved with sport and playing the ultimate team sport of rugby.

“The game of rugby breeds great values like team work and respect, passion and enjoyment and we think didi rugby is a great place for the kids to be.

“Hopefully they will come through our system and ultimately play for Coventry!”

The partnership is the latest one to be launched by didi rugby franchises as they attempt to create a pathway for their didi kids to progress to tag rugby when they become too old for didi sessions.

didi rugby Midlands’ link with Hinckley RFC has already proved to be very fruitful with upwards of 40 children moving on from didi’s senior age group into the club’s minis.

didi rugby Coventry’s head coach Sophie Gulliver said the club was already very close to the family’s heart.

“Coventry Rugby Club holds a special place in our heart as a family and all of us, for some reason or another, have spent most our weekends there,” she said.

This is Dougie and Daisy – didi rugby’s fun-loving mascots.

They will be appearing at didi classes and franchise launches all over the county in the coming months.

They are both excited to meet the thousands of children who are enjoying didi rugby as part of the their weekly activity.

So come along and see them, say ‘hello’ or give them a ‘high-five’.

Don’t be shy. They are very friendly and they love to have a bit of fun and get up to mischief.

Find out more about Dougie and Daisy at www.didirugby.com

Matt Stubbs, the new franchise owner of didi rugby Bosworth, Nuneaton and Enderby says the support he has had from the didi team in the build-up to the launch of his classes has been ‘fantastic’.

Speaking at the first new classes in Enderby, Matt praised the set-up and explained why he got involved in didi rugby because his own child grew in confidence so much at the sessions.

“The support from the team has been fantastic,” he said. “The brand and the package that they have put together is really something that you buy into.

“The help and assistance that Vicky Macqueen (didi owner and CEO) and her team have given during the set-up has been brilliant.

“My son came to didi as a shy lad when he was two but he has really grown in confidence so I have seen it work so it was a no-brainer to get involved.

“I have been a PE teacher for 21 years and I am passionate about getting young people involved in an active lifestyle.

“It is didi rugby but children can transfer the skills they learn into other sports. Thats a key message really, you can go on to play for the minis section of a rugby club when you are too old for didi rugby – but you can also transfer those skills you learn at didi to many other sports.”

“After weeks of planning, I am pleased the launch has all come together. The parents went away with smiles on their faces and, more importantly, so did the kids.”

New classes are now up and running in Enderby and Nuneaton. Book your child in for a free taster session here:

For the first time since confirming their partnership, didi rugby and the Burford Academy will join forces for a camp during the half-term break at Reading RFC.

On Wednesday 24 October, former England internationals Vicky Macqueen (owner of didi rugby) and Rachael Burford will be putting on a rugby camp for children aged between 18 months and 18 years of age.

didi rugby Reading will be running sessions for 18 months to six-year-olds from 10am to Midday, while Rachael and her team of experienced coaches will take 7 to 18-year-old girls from 9.30am until 3pm.

The aim of the camp is a driving force of both organisations and that is to get more young people physically active while learning the skills and enjoying the values of rugby.

Vicky said didi’s links with clubs around the country provide the perfect platform for children to play tag rugby when they are too old for didi classes.

And that the partnership with the Burford Academy would provide another high-class coaching option for didi graduates to continue their rugby journey.

“We are linking with the Burford Academy to ensure that girls get a chance to learn from their amazing coaches and role models,” added Vicky.

“We firmly believe that encouraging children to get active at a young age will not only help them stay healthy but will increase their confidence and self-esteem as well as help interaction and engagement with other children.

“didi rugby is a great stepping stone into team sports further down the line because we teach the values of respect, sharing and team spirit.

“Parents and carers are a big part of what we do and we encourage their involvement during class sessions at the right time. We are not strict. We want didi kids to be happy and comfortable in our 40-minute classes.”

didi rugby Reading head coach Craig Hunter added: “We are delighted to be linking up with Reading Rugby Club and the Burford Academy to bring this partnership together on one place.”

Rachael said she believed it would be an exciting partnership and was looking forward to seeing it grow.

CEO Vicky Macqueen says didi rugby are on the lookout for new franchise owners.

Those people must have a passion for getting children active and be looking to run a business on a part-time or full-time basis. Full training and support, both before and after a launch, will be provided by didi rugby UK.

Successful applicants will join a friendly, committed and close-knit team who share ideas, experiences and best practice to create a winning community within the business.

“This is a great opportunity for people to get involved in something they are passionate about,” said Vicky.

“It is a business opportunity but it is a business that we want you to care about because we all want to get more children active and involved in sport.

“It’s also a great chance to integrate and become more of a part of your community and meet lots of new people along the way.

“didi franchises can be run on a full or part-time venture and there are opportunities for everyone if you are the right sort of person to join us.

“We are looking for people with the right ideals and values and those who want to bring activity to children’s lives and be a part of what we are doing.

“Having a rugby background is a bonus but it is really is not crucial and some of our most recent franchises are owned by people from a non-rugby background.

‘A didi franchise is ideal for someone who wants a change of pathway or someone who simply has a passion for children and wants to see them active in their community.”

Leicester Tigers’ Sam Harrison knows from personal experience how important it is to be active in your formative years.

The livewire scrum-half was always a busy and sporty child and that gave him the grounding to go on and make a professional career in rugby with his home town club.

Now, the didi rugby ambassador is keen for his kids to follow a similar path in their formative years to give them a firm base from which to be active teenagers and adults.

And he says that getting them involved in didi rugby, near where he grew up in Hinckley, Leicestershire has been the ideal start, not just for their physical development.

“didi rugby gets my children communicating with other kids at an early age,” he said. “They probably don’t even realise it because they are having so much fun but they are learning all the time.

“They learn counting, numbers and all sorts of skills. Plus, they are getting into rugby as well which is a good thing.

“Getting them active at this age is the main thing. There is a lot of stuff said about diet and whatever but if they are active at a young age, which I always was, it puts you in good stead for when you are older.”

And coming from the same area of Leicestershire as didi rugby owner Vicky Macqueen, Sam is full of praise for someone he says he has a lot of respect for.

“Vicky has all the enthusiasm and she has started this from scratch,” Sam added. “It’s credit to her where it is now and there are didi franchises all over the country. It’s getting bigger and bigger and that is down to her dedication and enthusiasm.”

didi rugby founder and CEO Vicky Macqueen says she is proud to offer didi rugby taster sessions that are both fun and free at any venues across the country.

The didi name stands for fun, confidence and activity and classes are currently popping up all over the country at a rapid rate from Twickenham to Nantwich and York to Cinderford.

With more new franchises in the pipeline, didi’s passionate founder is keen to remind parents of children that might fancy a trial run at a didi class that they are more than welcome, wherever they live.

“I am personally inviting you to free taster session at any of our venues around the country for your little one,” says Vicky.

“You just need a child that is between 18 months and 6 years of age and have a passion for getting them involved in something fun and active.

“We want to get as many children as possible active around the country and your taster session will completely free with no obligation. Come along and see what it is all about and have some fun with us.

“If you and your child enjoy their session – and we think you will – we welcome you to think about it and have the option of signing up for future classes.

“There are hundreds of kids around the country enjoying didi rugby on a weekly basis so please bring your child along because we would love to see you.”