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Key information about for players and members of the club.

Key Documents

Below is a list of our key policies and documents for the club.

Key Contacts

We want you to be able find key contacts for Worcester Rugby Football Club easily and quickly. Please see the links below.

Membership Information

We are an amateur community rugby club, run by volunteers and supported by over 250 patron members. The Club has around 750 playing members from mini and junior rugby for girls and boys from ages 7 – 18, Colts rugby, adult women’s and men’s rugby and mixed ability rugby. The season typically starts in September and ends in April.

The Club has a rich 150-year history and boast some of the best facilities and rugby in the region.

The Clubhouse and pitches are a few minutes from Sixways junction on the M5. The Clubhouse, which was opened in 2016 offers modern player facilities as well as a comfortable lounge, well-stocked bar, food on matchdays and other times throughout the season. The Clubhouse is open Saturday and Sunday for members during the rugby season and is also used for WRFC functions and private hire.

Non-playing membership

Patron

£115 Annually or £9.63 a month

Free entry to parking and matches

Yes

Club communications

Yes

Free entry and parking at WRFC for various events at Sixways

Yes

Discounted drinks card for the clubhouse bar

Yes

Vote at the AGM

Yes

20% discount on a child's playing membership

Yes

Discount membership of locals gyms

Yes

Discounted club hire

Yes

International ticket ballots

Yes

Membership Help and Guides

Who needs to register with Worcester RFC?

All members need to register with the club, including:

  • Life Members
  • Patrons
  • Senior Players
  • MJ Players
  • Parents of MJ Players
  • Coaches
  • First aiders
  • All Volunteers

See the Membership page for our Membership options

Quick steps for setting up GMS

Patron Members

Join our club on our Membership page

Senior Players

Join our club on our Membership page

MJ Player

Join our club on our Membership page


What is GMS?

GMS or Game Management System is an online platform developed by the RFU to help manage grassroots rugby in England. It is fully GDPR compliant and is provided by the RFU free of charge.

We currently use GMS for membership and affiliation of senior and junior players, entering fixtures, performing safeguarding checks (DBS) and our website is hosted through GMS. GMS forms the clubs Official Register of members.

The benefits of administering membership through GMS are:

  • Single source of contact information, improving communications with members
  • GDPR compliant. Secure repository of members personal information.
  • Members own, have visibility and are in control of their personal data, leading to an improvement in data quality.
  • Large reduction in volunteer time spent processing membership fees. Freeing volunteer time to focus on rugby activities.
  • Reduction in admin errors. Membership payments automatically matched to the correct member.
  • Increased visibility of who was affiliated and who had paid.
  • Increase cash security and reduction in cash payments.
  • Leading to an increase in subscriptions collected.
  • Our Website is hosted by the RFU and linked to GMS.
  • Enabling weekly News Summary to be securely delivered via GMS.

For further information on GMS is available from the RFU information pages

Frequently Asked Questions

Why don't I receive any emails from GMS?

Some email service providers delay or create a barrier for receiving bulk, template, verification emails from our GMS server, amongst other companies affected. Make sure to check your junk and spam folders to see if your email has been delivered to these. Please remember that the issue is not that GMS doesn't deliver the email, but that the issue could be that your email provider is blocking the email address that the club send the email from. 

Find out more about this problem and how to fix it on the RFU website

How do I reset my password/Problems logging in?

To reset your password please click the 'forgot password' link on the sign in page and enter your registered email address. You will be sent an email from emails@rfumail.com with the reset password link. Make sure to check your junk/spam folders if you have not received the email.To reset your password please click the 'forgot password' link on the sign in page and enter your registered email address. You will be sent an email from emails@rfumail.com with the reset password link. Make sure to check your junk/spam folders if you have not received the email.

I have multiple accounts, which account should I reset?

You have multiple accounts because in the past you have had multiple GMS records which have been merged. Use the account with most memorable name. All your information has been combined into one account, you do not need the additional accounts.

Why have I been charged double monthly membership fee?

If you join a monthly subscription n the last 10 days of a month the first direct debit will be for the current month and the following month. There is not sufficient time to set up the direct debit for the 1st of the next month.

Need more help?

Complete our GMS Help Form and we'll get you up and running as soon as possible.

Patron Members

When you join our club you are joining a thriving rugby community. Rugby and inclusivity is at the core of our purpose. We are an amateur rugby club that is run by its volunteer members.

We have teams representing all aspects of rugby, our first team play in Midlands West 1 (level 6). We are thrilled to have our Women's team re-joining us this year, providing a pathway for our girls teams into senior rugby once again. At a senior level, as well our first team, we have two colts teams, a strong 2nd and 3rd XV, plus our Mixed Ability team and our Saxon team is the only the only IGL that is fully integrated into a club that we are aware of. We have a full complement of mini’s sides from U7 to U11. Our junior age grades boys run from U12 to U16 and we have a very strong girls section at U13, U15 and U18.

Your patron membership helps support this wealth of rugby at our club.

Vist our Membership Information pages for more information on becomming a patron member.

GMS Help and Support

Drop-in Sessions

If you are experiencing problems with GMS, then please come along to one of our drop-in sessions at the clubhouse, we'll get you up and running in no time. Alternatively:

Complete our online form

Thursdays during Senior Training, 7pm to 9pm from September.

Sunday Mornings during September 10am to 12pm.

User Guides

GMS Golden Roles

HC
Henry Catherwood
Data
Contact →
NC
Niall Crawford
Facilities Manager and Rugby Safe Lead
NIGEL FORD
Mini's and Juniors (U6-U18)
AJ Mills
Referee Co-ordinator
BC
Bruce Canty
Fixtures Secretary
Paul Knott
Chairmain
Adrian Harling
President
GV
Gav Vickers
Director or Rugby and Coaching Co-ordinator

Safety and Safeguarding information

Safety and safeguarding are an important and first priority in every element of everything we deliver as a club. We are committed to creating and maintaining a safe and positive environment for everyone to play and enjoy rugby.

This dedicated area has been designed to be a starting point to enable you to easily find All-Things-Safety. This includes links to our policies, procedures and initiatives to constantly assess and improve safety for everyone interacting with our club.

We will be adding more information here, looking to constantly improve it, to ensure that it is a truly useful resource, for everyone to use.

Safety Website Area Improvements

If you have any suggestions for improvements, please contact us.

Discuss Any Concerns

If you have any safety concerns, please contact us immediately. You will find the correct contact here


Everyone shares the responsibility for safeguarding and creating safe environments in rugby union whether as a player, parent, coach, spectator or club official. 

All should operate within an accepted ethical framework and demonstrate exemplary behaviour to both safeguard children and protect all personnel from allegations of abuse or poor practice.

Children, which is anyone under the age of 18, must be cared for in the correct manner, as set out in the RFU Safeguarding Policy.

We are equally committed to safeguarding the welfare of all adults (everyone over the age of 18) involved in the game, particularly those deemed to be at risk.

You are duty bound to report a concern

The WRFC's aim is to create a culture where everyone feels confident to raise concerns without prejudice to their own position. Anyone with concerns about the behaviour of a coach, official, volunteer, administrator, professional staff or any other member of the children’s workforce which may be harmful to the child in their care must report them in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy.

If you have witnessed or heard about an incident which concerns you, it is important to report it to someone in authority, in the first instance to the Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO). In their absence the Constituent Body Safeguarding Manager (CBSM) or RFU Safeguarding team.

Remember to: 

  • Stay calm, but don’t delay;
  • Re-assure the child that they are not to blame;
  • Do not make any promises of confidentiality or outcome;
  • Keep questions to a minimum;
  • Make brief accurate notes at the earliest opportunity

Rugby should be Fun, we are committed to enhancing the Rugby experience for children through a child centred approach.

If you have a concern make sure that you report it to the CLUB SAFEGUARDING OFFICER

Additionally, the RFU Safeguarding Department can be contacted on – Tel: 0208 831 7454/79 Email: safeguarding@therfu.com Childline: 0800 1111

If you are concerned that a child is at risk of immediate serious harm, dial 999

Child Exploitation and Online Protection


Click here to veiw Child Exploitation and Online Protection

Keep Your Boots On


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Safeguarding Policies

  • WRFC Safeguarding Policy 031123.pdf
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  • WRFC Health Safety Policy Jan 2023.pdf
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  • WRFC Dogs on Site Policy.pdf
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  • WRFC Anti-Bullying Policy-1-1.pdf
    Download
  • RFU Safeguarding Children Policy 2022.pdf
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  • Policy on Transport 2 201013.pdf
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  • Photography policy-2 201023.pdf
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  • Changing Rooms Policy 2 201023.pdf
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The 100 Club

The 100 Club

The Hundred Club was founded over thirty years ago by the members and supporters of Worcester Rugby Football Club. The aim was quite simple - to provide a fund for items of non budgeted but necessary expenditure.

The Hundred Club has helped fund:

  • Urgent car park pothole repairs
  • A video tower
  • Early expenditure in preparing the WRFC 150th Anniversary Publication
  • Sponsorship of Rugby Tour to Bordeaux
  • Club Defibrillator

At present over a hundred members and supporters contribute £4.33 per month by standing order. The fund currently stands at over £8,000 and the new committee will welcome and consider requests for assistance from any sections of the club for next season.

WHY SHOULD I JOIN THE 100 CLUB?

  • Weekly Draw; £25 per week
  • Monthly Draw; £50 per month
  • Monthly Jackpot; (This grows from a starting point of £250 and if not won rises by £50 per month.)
  • Christmas and Summer Parties with a special £250 prize draw.

Twice a year we hold super parties when all friends of The 100 Club are invited to a special event to celebrate our great club and it's support for it's members. ce or a Barbeque.

Click here to download the membership form


Golf Society

We launched in May 2021 with an opening event. We have play two and plan to have three further golfing events over spring and summer and then one winter event.

Each member can invite guests, so even if you didn't sign up but would like a game, give AJ a shout. We even have a colt as a regular visitor!

Details will be updated here on the Club website and on social media. 

If you are interested in joining please contact:

Newsletter Archive

This news area has been replaced with direct emails to each registered member. If you are not receiving them and wish to please check your email option settings on GMS or contact our membership secretary.

Members Area

The documents listed in this area are for members only and are password protected.

If you would like to access a document please email the Honorary Secretary with your name and membership number and the passord will be sent to you.

The documents must not be published and are subject to the WRFC Data Protection Policy and the Privacy Policy available from the WRFC website.

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Spire Technology Group
The Worcestershire Door Company
HWH Law
Elgar Kitchens
CitySigns
Sysum Howard Duggan & Co Accountants
Revive!
RCA Regeneration
King's School Worcester
Mark James
McCreadies
Sutcliffe & Co. Insurance Brokers
Britannic Place
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