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Yesterday, I had the pleasure in my capacity as DoR at Farnham Rugby Club spend some time with the Director of Rugby from Guildford Rugby Club - Aidan Turns. A great meeting (as all the previous meetings from my local clubs have been) and enlightening on so many fronts!! A couple of headlines... 1. The Reality of Building a Rugby Legacy - Guildford Rugby Club has evolved from humble beginnings in 1922 to a thriving hub for rugby excellence. This growth is a testament to the dedication of players, coaches, volunteers and its community. 2. We discussed the Do’s and Don’ts of Rugby Club development... Don’ts: ❌ Don’t overlook the importance of youth development. ❌ Don’t neglect facility upgrades. ❌ Don’t be afraid to be a leader - deal with all manner of day to day ‘rugby stuff’ that lacks integrity or not within our sports values. Do’s: ✅ Invest in youth rugby (girls & boys) - it's important!!. ✅ Continuously upgrade facilities and look after your finances robustly. ✅ Foster a sense of community - always!! Guildford Rugby Club’s success stems from these core principles and in no small measure I am sure, down to Aidan and his team. Good luck over the forthcoming season (not to much luck - obviously🙏😂😂)!! #RugbySuccess #GuildfordRugby #ClubDevelopment #RugbyLegacy #GuildfordRugby #Commitment

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#4 of 4 on the future of Welsh Rugby - The most important. Bring Passion Back to Grassroots Rugby Welsh rugby’s soul lies in its grassroots. Every village, school, and community club is a seedbed for future talent and fan engagement. Yet, for years, grassroots rugby has been neglected in favour of top-down initiatives that fail to resonate. I would redirect significant funding and attention to grassroots rugby, ensuring clubs have the resources to thrive. This means subsidizing coaching, improving facilities, and fostering inclusivity—not as a politically correct tick-box exercise but as a genuine commitment to growing the game. The WRU must inspire the next generation by investing in youth programs that are visible, accessible, and aspirational. Rugby in Wales should be a national movement, not a corporate monolith. In addition, it is a national disgrace that, even now, there are no Welsh coaches being considered to replace Gatland. Surely this is the most glaring failure of Welsh Rugby. They have spent nothing on bringing through Welsh coaches, mostly in favour of NZ solutions. Look at Scotland and what Gregor Townsend has achieved and where they sit in comparison to Wales, oh and they only have 2 pro teams. But hang on Welsh parochialism would insist on more not fewer teams. Therein lies the difference.

As a way to give back to our community and help out a local business. We have sponsored our hometown Rugby Club for this upcoming season. Here are the Glossop RUFC Junior Colts shorts! 🏉 - #grufc #growwithgrymm #Businessminds #ManchesterBusiness #HighPeakBusiness

Indoor Cash and Business Practices To Outdoor Clay, Summer Courts Our work at Pretty Brook Tennis Club has not gone unnoticed and our latest podcast with Director of Tennis at the Princeton club, Corey Ball, recounts all the advances we have pushed through on not only the tennis courts but through the management of the club and the admissions policies. One business practice that we inherited and advanced was one of prepaid clinics. Corey brought his experience from indoor facilities to the club and continued prepaid clinics from the winter, indoor court at the club out on to the summer, clay courts. How prepaid, private clinics worked and created additional revenue for the racquets department. Check out our latest podcast with Corey Ball at https://lnkd.in/eFvTmNPP #clubmanagement #clubmanager #interimmanagement #tennisdirector #tennis #privatemembersclub #privatemembersclubs #businesspractices #bestbusinesspractices #indoortennis #prepayments #prepaid #revenue #revenuestreams #membership #privateclub #membershipmatters

🎾🏓 The Turf War is On! Did you know that 10% of tennis courts in America have been taken over or repainted for pickleball as the sport's popularity surges? As a financial planning and advisory company, Capital Choice is curious about how this shift in sports trends might impact local communities and investments in sports facilities. Are pickleball courts the future of your neighborhood, or will tennis hold its ground? Let's hear your thoughts! How do you see this trend affecting community planning and recreational investments? Share your insights below! 👇 #TennisVsPickleball #CommunityInvestment #CapitalChoice

As another England Rugby community club season closes the spectacle of club successes and disappointments across the leagues as clubs celebrate or commiserate performances. However, while England Rugby struggle to solve the Premiership Rugby vs #ChampionshipRugbyClub financial debate, failing to establish a fair playing field at the top of the sport a similar battle is being played out throughout the leagues! Sport is based on fair competition, playing by rules/laws, being compliant with policies and conditions of competition… apart from in the England Rugby “amateur” leagues that is! While some clubs celebrate their youth policies, publicly stating which senior players come through their youth section (see Wetherby RUFC), a champion of true community sport, a few clubs, choosing to pay ‘professional players’ to bolster playing squads, denying they do so (once they’ve been successful) makes a mockery of ‘fair sport’. Being successful, gaining reflective glory, with an unfairly stacked squad is cheating! No one would praise the ‘playing of over-aged players’ in youth rugby (then pretending such players weren’t older just because the team was successful)! So why are coaches happy to do so in adult rugby? Those who bask in such ‘fake glory’ of winning, after fielding stacked teams should, at worst, hang their heads in shame or, at best, admit they are cheating and honestly state they pay players. Maybe England Rugby & Yorkshire Rugby should follow Wetherby RUFC example requiring clubs to indicate, in match programs, which senior players come from clubs junior sections (**) and which players are paid professionals (##)🤔 #HonestOpenGame

Our weekly rugby blog is now live and available, and in today's topic, we pay tribute to the Springboks and All Blacks epic rivalry as we look ahead of this weekend's 2nd encounter in Cape Town, South Africa. A rivalry of this sort also comes with commercial benefits for the two rugby powerhouses. Check out our blog article and get some more insight into the well anticipated battles between South Africa and New Zealand, and the commercial success as a result of such an event. Click on the link below to access the blog: https://lnkd.in/gaA39Xpd #blog #content #writing #article #rugbyunion #sportsbusiness #springboks #Allblacks #sportsmarketing #marketing #athletes #sportsagents #rugbyagents

Coming from a sporting background, I have seen first hand how stressful it can be running a club and all the hard work behind the scenes of juggling work-life and keeping sport clubs operating efficiently - as well as, all of life's other challenges! Whether you are coming up for renewal on your energy contracts, looking at potential sustainability projects or just want a better understanding of the energy market and what your club is currently paying, I am only a phone call or email away. I'm always looking to support as many club's as possible and hopefully make that club operation as easy as possible when it comes to utilities. ☎ 01207769010 📧 ryan.mckinnon@fusionforbusiness.co.uk #sport #energy #sustainability