BBCA rugby coach said he almost broke when he discovered his job when a Hub officer would end.
Last month, the Rugby Welsh Union (WRU) announced that the funds for its Community program would be “discontinued” in an attempt to save £ 5 million.
Around 30,000 children have benefited from the scheme that has been funded by the WRU and schools since 2014.
Joshua Phillips, 23, who is an officer of Hub in Rhondda Cynon Taf, said “fought” to accept the union’s decision when he learned three media reports.
The union has promised an improved Sacrimis for the base rugby, but said that the details of its restructuring would be announced in due time.
Since the WRU made its announcement in April, more than 4,500 people have signed a request that asks the HUBS program to be saved.
Up to 20 jobs can be lost as a result of changes.
“I was destroyed, with my heart broken when I found out. I shed a tears of tears my work, and the boys and girls have a pleasure to work with my legs,” Phillips said.
“It feels a bit as if they were disappointed.
“I guess some things need to change, it’s really sad for children and what opportunities could not have.”
When he first announced his restructuring plans in April, the WRU said it would guarantee a “constant support level” for community game.
He also said that it would depend on schools, who use officers, how they reinvote their share of financing.
There were more than 3,000 new players registered in local rugby clubs as a result of the duration of the HUB program in the 2022/23 season.
Base participation continued to increase for boys and girls the following year according to a WRU impact report.
While working at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg, Mr. Phillips said the boys teams had enjoyed success in the field and helped increase girls participation by presenting them to a local club.
Amber, 13, who plays rugby at school and for Lantwit Fardre Rhinos, said he was “sad” to know that Phillips’s work would end this summer.
“It has made me a safer individual and has helped us as a team to improve. It also comes here to our training with the rhinos, and comes to see our games so that it has helped us a lot,” he said.
Darcy, 13, who is also a student at Garth Olwg, said the decision was disappointing because Phillips “definitely helped us improve because it can organize more games.”
A recent study of the Open University program found that it had “clear benefits for young people in terms of their physical aptitude and broader social and emotional well -being.”
In statements to the Podcast Scrum V of the BBC in April, the executive director of the WRU, Abi Tierney, said that a restructuring of the proposal of the community game in Wales would ensure that each school and club would be linked to an officer appointed.
But a series of community clubs have raised concerns about changes in proposition in social networks.
Ceri Parri, director of Caernarfon RFC in Gwyndd, said she was one of the first to use a pilot for the Hub program when she started.
“It was quite shock when Hen announced that it would stop the funds. He felt that the decision was made without consulting the clubs,” said Parri.
“In some parts of the country, children live in quite Rhote areas, far from a rugby field. Having center officers in schools has really helped involve children in Rugby, it’s really important.”
Geraint John, Executive Community Director of WRU, said: “
“Once this process is completed, I hope to share information about the next chapter of our educational program.”
