Dalkeith Rugby Club

The ‘Uncoachables’

The council’s Ageing Well team, which organises health and wellbeing initiatives for the over 50s, kicked off Midlothian’s walking rugby in 2016.

There are games on every Friday at Dalkeith Rugby Club from between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. It is free to play and Dalkeith Rugby Club kindly allows the council to use their facilities.

Each session is run by a trained Ageing Well volunteer (at no cost to the club). Between 12 and 16 people turn up most weeks to enjoy a game and a hot drink and a blether afterwards. Although the game is free, team members can pay £3 per head that goes to player nights out and items such as polo tops.