YOUNG readers of the Marlow Free Press have the chance to win a place at a sports camp where England rugby star Jeremy Guscott is coaching.

We have five free places to offer budding players this summer. All you have to do to enter is answer a simple question at the end of this article.

Mr Guscott, who now hosts ITV's Gladiators programme, is booked to visit the camp at Marlow Rugby Club, Riverwoods, at the end of July.

He will be there to assist with the coaching and give budding rugby players tips and advice.

The camp is being staged by Activate UK, one of the country's leading providers of sports camps for children between the ages of six and 16. They are donating the five places for free.

The normal price of the camp is £99 for five full days of rugby coaching - Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31.

Activate is headed by former England players Gareth Chilcott and David Trick.

Mr Trick said England players know Marlow well because they trained at Bisham Abbey and many of them played against Marlow in cup games.

Gareth Chilcott said: "While there is less emphasis in sports at school, we believe in the simple benefits it provides.

"We want youngsters, no matter what their ability level, to know we have suitable coaches that can cope across the board."

Jeremy Guscott said: "If the children get half as much out of the camp in Marlow as the children did at other camps I have attended, then they will have a fantastic week."

For more information about booking a place on the course, telephone Trevor Fulton on (01628) 473697 or write to Activate UK, 1 Chapel Road, Queen Square, Bath BA1 1HN.

To win one of the five free places you must answer the following question correctly.

Which former Scottish International is now coach of Marlow Rugby Club?

Answers to Rugby Competition, Marlow Free Press, Gomm Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7DW.

The closing date is May 22 and the winners' names will be published in the Marlow Free Press on Friday, May 29.

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