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Training takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm to 9pm

Pre-season training starts on Tuesday July 5th 07 at 7:00pm and then every Tuesday and Thursday at the same time.

From November 2007 to February 2008 Tuesday training will be 8:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Benton Park Sports Hall.  Further details later

Bob Hood has been with Yarnbury since 1993. During his playing days he made over 300 appearance for a number of Yorkshire teams including Roundhay, Headingley, Bradford, Bradford and Bingley playing at flanker. He made the Yorkshire Colts squad in 1972-3 and played for England Colleges. He was also a trialist for the England Under-23 side. "But there were some very good players around at that time, such as Peter Winterbottom" he recalled, "and it was hard to break into the side."

During the British Lions tour of 1993, he went out to New Zealand on a research mission, catching 14 flights in as many days. He was also an observer at the Lion's training camps. "Geoff Cooke, the England manager, asked me then what I had learned about the game out there, and I told him one thing: intensity. At all levels, the players are so intense."

Bob's coaching is not confined to Yarnbury; he is very involved with Yorkshire RFU.

This season he continues as the Coach to the Yorkshire U20's, having won 8 National Titles at Twickenham in the last 12 years at this age group (the playing record so far at U20/21 level is played 74, won 69). In addition, after 3 seasons as assistant coach Bob has been appointed Head Coach to the Senior County Side.  In 1999 Bob was appointed North England U20's Head Coach.

Bob is an RFU National Assessor for coaches and has himself been awarded Sport England Coach of the Year for the Season 2000 and again for 2001 for the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.

In 2001 he was appointed Head Coach to the newly formed England Counties XV and toured Chile, Romania and France.  In 2004 he was appointed Head Coach to Yorkshire XV and is heavily involved with the RFU as Trainer, Tutor and Assessor of coaches.