In this episode of The Horse of Course, from Societe Generale Valley RFC, Grant speaks with new Chairman, Trey Deaver, and new Director of Charity, Paddy Shepherd, about the upcoming events and fundraising that support the launch of the Valley Foundation. 

The Valley Foundation is currently in the registration process to become a section 88 charity with the HK Inland Revenue and will delivery sports-based programs and education to underprivileged and disadvantaged Hong Hong children. 

Can you kindly donate to support the Valley Everest 24x Challenge that kicks off on 20th August 2021? 

500+ participants will blast up and down Shing Wong Street for 24 hours - hoping to climb 24 Everests and raise $500,000 that will benefit underprivileged and disadvantaged children in HK. 

Donate direct - scan the QR code or https://bit.ly/everestdonations 

Make a pledge - https://bit.ly/everestpledge Full story - https://bit.ly/valleyeverestevent

To watch the full video version of the podcast - https://www.valleyrfc.com/videos/ep18--the-horse-of-course--charity-special-169607.html

Aiming for her 4th Rugby World Cup Event in 2021, Bella Milo is part of an exclusive group of rugby players. This is (part of) her rugby journey.

Bella is the Head Coach of the Société Générale Valley RFC Women’s Premiership team and the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Hong Kong Women’s team. She is also a current Western Samoan International player – hoping that the Women’s Rugby World Cup can proceed in New Zealand in September 2021 and that Samoa will have qualified so that she can play in her third RWC.

Having played in the 2006 and 2014 RWC's for Samoa and coached Hong Kong in the 2017 RWC, Bella is a true rugby professional with vast experience.

During this week Bella also featured in the Societe Generale Expert Panel with Jonny Wilkinson and Matt Giteau which was live-streamed as the Men’s 2023 RWC draw was announced in France.

Please enjoy this episode.

Also available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/arI3vO6LBXo

This special episode features a live panel discussion webinar recorded on 29th October 2020 in partnership with our title sponsor, Societe Generale.  

Rugby provides the perfect example of sport as a force for women’s empowerment through its values of teamwork and commitment, which Societe Generale has celebrated during its 30-year sponsorship of the game globally and though its seven seasons as title sponsor of Valley RFC in Hong Kong.  

In the ’60 minutes’ all-staff webinar co-organised by the Gender Diversity Network (SG For She) and Valley RFC, Grant Beuzeval, Valley RFC’s Chief Operating Officer, steered a dialogue with three successful and energetic women who have succeeded in business, life and sport;  

The trio shared their insights into three broad themes: competitiveness, confidence and improvement; stress and managing work/life balance; and their advice to the viewers.

This special episode of The Horse of Course was recorded in a studio in July 2020 with the crew of East Rows West.   

Four Premiership rugby players from Valley RFC, in Hong Kong,  (Rob Lennox, Martin Muller, Grant Kemp and Matthew Bell) will be participating in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge - a 3,000 mile row across the North Atlantic known as the world's toughest race - in December 2021.  

It's a fascinating episode that covers their fears and hopes, the boat, the technology, the training, the logistics, the fundraising and the inevitable mental and physical pain barriers they will need to cross.  

Learn more on their website at https://eastrowswest.com/ and help support their chosen charity, the ChildFund Pass it Back program.  Please enjoy this episode.

A video version is also available at - https://youtu.be/n9epNS_tqC8

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Ryan Pyle is a proper legend. He's a record-holding, multi-award-winning adventurer, explorer, journalist, author, film producer/director and he just happens to be one of the Valley Family.  

Since 2010 Ryan began working full time on television and documentary film production and has produced and presented several large multi-episode television series for major broadcasters in the USA, Canada, UK, Asia, CHINA and continental Europe including Extreme Treks, Tough Rides and Expedition Asia.   

Grant catches up quickly with Ryan who was between dinner appointments, while filming on-location in Zurich, Switzerland.

Learn more about Ryan's impressive catalogue of books, movies and TV series at www.ryanpyle.com

Find the video podcast of this episode at https://youtu.be/BQwwJNXL9vA

500 days out from the most epic of challenges, Kempos leaves the campaign in tatters with this crippling blow to his teammates

Chloe Chan is a Grand Final winner with the Valley Black Ladies and is a full-time professional rugby player, as a Hong Kong International representative. She proudly says it's the "best job ever" and takes time out of her day at the Sports Institute to talk about training during Covid-19, a dislocated shoulder, origins of her rugby journey and university.

We catch up with Valley and Hong Kong legend, Ben Rimene for a brief but wide-ranging chat about how Covid-19 is disrupting the HK Sevens squad training and planning, the bitterness of the Olympic Qualifying Final defeat to Korea last year, opening The Gym with BFF Lee Jones, returning to play for Valley in the Premiership and how Covid-19. has delivered him a bonus period of unmarried bliss.

On 27th June, Valley rugby, hockey and netball players will attempt to climb Ladder Street 1,000+ times over a 12 hour period as part of pre-season training but also in an attempt to raise awareness and funds for two important charities that have been hit hard by COVID - Feeding Hong Kong and Harmony House.   

To learn more about these amazing organisations and how they help the people of Hong Kong,  we speak with -

And Ryan Campbell, Men's Premiership rugby team S&C Coach, drops in from Ladder Street.

In EP3 of The Horse of Course, Grant speaks with the very talented Agui Moroni - the young Argentinian hockey star who joined Valley in early 2020. Agui has played high-performance hockey leagues in USA, Italy, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TurWRCiJp0&t=11s