Upcoming Events

Welcoming Clubs 2

Running a Community sports club - best practice exchange workshop

This workshop is for all of the clubs in the programme and should be run after workshop one.
At each meeting 6 to 8 clubs will be asked to make a short presentation (5 minutes) about one aspect of their club activity. This could be about:

• An event
• How they attract families
• Links to the community
• Data base management
• Getting the Mothers from the Mini section involved

Munster Workshop

Munster: Monday, April 8th, Charleville Park Hotel, 7:30 - 9pm

Richard Leonard from Bruff RFC will give an overview of how they use Social Media and the outcomes

Jay Galvin from Tralee RFC will give an overview about how they built a community/family orientated club and an overview of the fund raising they do

Liam McGuire from Killarney RFC is going to give an overview of their fund raising

Michael Nix from UL Bohemian will talk about how they got women involved in the running of the club.

There will alsobe case studies from Malahide and Boroughmuir rugby clubs about how they built their memberships, from Hillfoots Rugby Club in Scotland about how they built up their Mini and Junior sections and an overview of how to build up a women's playing section from the clubs in Ireland.

Leinster Workshop

Leinster: Monday, April 15th, UCD 7:30 - 9pm

Malahide RFC who will give an overview of their membership scheme

Lansdowne FC who will provide information about their Social Media strategy

Dundalk RFC who will explain how volunteers refurbished their clubhouse and how they consequently went on to develop income streams in the refurbished club house.

Lansdowne; Michael O'Brien - (Social Media)

Portarlington; Barry Lambkin - (Summer Camp Media)

Malahide; John Melvin - (Membership)

Dundalk; Adam - (Volunteer Refurbishment)

Clontarf; William Ball - (Social nights)

CONNACHT WORKSHOP

Connacht: Tuesday, April 9th Ard Ri House Hotel, Tuam, 7:30 - 9pm

Sligo RFC - on running their club as a business and running events for the community

Claremorris RFC - on starting a new club focusing on the structure of the club, the core values of the club and using social media

Corinthians RFC - on their successful summer tag rugby programme

Ballina RFC - on securing funding for facilities development

Connemara RFC - on running a successful 7s tournament

ULSTER WORKSHOP

Ulster: Thursday, April 18th Holiday Inn, Antrim7:30 - 9pm

City of Derry RFC - 'Introduction of Women into Mini Rugby structures' - Scott Pollock

Larne RFC - 'Mini/Youth Rugby recruitment' - Davy Wilson

Instonians RFC - 'Seahorses Rebranding' - Bill Lockhart

Armagh RFC - 'Bringing back the girls' - work to re-establish girls rugby in 2012/13 - Shirley-Ann Donaldson

Previous Events

Women In Rugby

This seminar will cover women's participation within rugby. Their involvement in the club as volunteers on committees, as players, coaches, referees, social members and as parents, and how we advertise to and support each grouping.

The workshop will help attendees assess the needs of these groups and how their club can best support them. Support material for recruitment and case studies on clubs who have benefitted from the addition of women in their clubs will be available on the night.

The workshop will include the following information:

• Overview of the game
• Why should clubs consider running a women's section?
• Why do a) young girls want to play rugby b) women want to play rugby?
• How do you grow a women's section and how do you recruit the players
• Case studies outlining best practice from the clubs we have visited.
• The next steps and the importance of a strategy

Welcoming Clubs 1

How to Grow your Community Sports Club Business

The interactive workshop will focus on how to develop the Community Sports Club Business with an emphasis on the following areas:

• How to find new "customers" for the club - Businesses (sponsorships, CSR investment, facility hire), Families (Play rugby, birthday parties), members and players.
• How to retain all of the club's "customers"
• The Importance of being Visible within the Community
• The value of events to the club
• Communication
• Finding "new people" to volunteer