GRAVESEND RFC will host three coaching courses for youngsters during the summer holidays.

The three-day courses are aimed at youngsters aged from seven to 15 and the first, which is for those between the age of seven and nine, starts today and runs until Thursday.

Other dates are: 10 to 12-year-olds – August 18, August 19 and August 20; 13 to 15-year-olds August 25, August 26 and August 27.

The courses, which cost £10 per day, will include technical skills (ball handling, passing, evasion, tackling) and game playing (space awareness, attacking, defending).

All of the coaches are RFU qualified and are first aid trained.

For an application form, email teresa@gray3129.freeserve.co.uk or call Teresa Gray on 07851 183739.