PLAYERS young and old will officially open the new changing facilities at Dursley Rugby Club next Saturday.

The £500,000 project is the biggest single investment in the club’s history and will allow junior and senior teams, male and female to use the facilities at the same time as each other for the first time.

The new facilities were built following a three year fundraising campaign by the club, with donations from members, individuals and grant giving bodies keen to invest in the community facility.

Dursley rugby players of all ages and members of the Dursley Running Club, will come together for the official opening on Saturday 22nd April followed by a league match for Dursley first team against Southmead and a cup semi-final for Dursley seconds against Cirencester.

The new changing rooms will provide three times the space for the 500+ players and runners who use Dursley Rugby Club and offer self-contained changing and showering facilities – meaning every age group and gender can use them at the same time.

Dursley RFC Club Chairman Simon Bilous said: “It’s a big day for Dursley Rugby Club and one we’ve been planning for the last four years. These new facilities mean we can now provide decent facilities for all our members, and most importantly continue to strengthen our junior, girls and women’s teams as well as the expanding Dursley Running Club. Our success as a club – which includes winning a hat-trick of senior cups last season and producing two England players - has out-stripped our poor changing facilities. This new building will be something the whole community can be proud of.”