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MELS EXILES WAS ESTABLISHED
IN 1982 WHEN MEL FOUND THAT HE WAS CONTINUALLY ASKED TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY THROUGH HIS RUGBY
CONNECTIONS. MEL
WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH 'THE WELSHMEN'
(set up by ex-internationals GLENN WEBBE, PAUL TURNER and MARK RING) AND HAVING BEEN ON NUMEROUS TOURS AT ALL LEVELS AND ENJOYED HIMSELF, IT WAS DECIDED WHAT BETTER WAY TO RAISE MONEY THAN HAVING A FRIENDLY TOURING CLUB AND INVITING LIKE MINDED PEOPLE TO JOIN IN THE FUN. TO DATE, OVER
70 FULL INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AND INNUMERABLE 'A', 'U21', YOUTH AND 1st CLASS PLAYERS HAVE GRACED THE RUGBY PITCH TO HELP A CHARITY IN MELS
COLORS. THE LORDS TAVERNERS, THE WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY AND SPORTS AID ARE BUT A FEW WHO HAVE BENEFITED. NOW IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE AND COMPANIES MEL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND SPREADING THE ETHOS OF 'RUGBY FOR FUN' AND OF COURSE RAISING MORE MONEY FOR CHARITY.
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