Ballynahinch RFC player Aaron Cairns, pictured with Sean Murphy and Stephen Cruise from the Ulster Bank, is reminding local rugby clubs to enter RugbyForce, the Ulster Bank’s rugby initiative which provides rugby clubs throughout the island of Ireland the opportunity to win support packages to renovate their club and upgrade facilities.
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Ballynahinch RFC Urges Local Rugby Clubs to Register to win £10,000 with Ulster Bank RugbyForce. Ballynahinch RFC player Aaron Cairns, pictured with Sean Murphy (left) and Stephen Cruise (right) from Ulster Bank, reminds local rugby clubs to register for the Ulster Bank RugbyForce.
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Returning for a fifth year, local rugby clubs are encouraged to submit their Ulster Bank RugbyForce applications before Friday 31 July 2015.
One rugby club will be selected to receive the top prize of £10,000 (if based in Northern Ireland) as well as a very special training session with an IRFU (Irish Rugby Football Union) coach and two Irish rugby stars. There will also be four additional rugby clubs selected, one from each province and they will each receive €5,000 (£5000 if the winner is based in Northern Ireland).
All winners will receive a signed Irish rugby jersey as well. The clubs are chosen by a panel of judges, which includes representatives from both the IRFU and Ulster Bank and are selected based on their application form which highlights how the money will be spent as well as the role of the club amongst the local community.
Ulster Bank RugbyForce encourages rugby supporters, their friends and families to give something back to their local community and rugby club by volunteering to undertake renovations to clubhouses and grounds. After the winning clubs are announced each club will carry out improvements to their club during a planned Ulster Bank RugbyForce Day in September – designed to bring communities together to support their club.
Rugby clubs can enter the Ulster Bank RugbyForce via:
www.irishrugby.ie/ulsterbankrugbyforce
and the closing date for registrations is Friday, 31st July 2015. Terms and conditions apply.
To be eligible and be in with a chance of winning one of the support packages your club must be affiliated with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). All you have to do to enter, is register your club before the closing date, Friday 31 July 2015 and hold a RugbyForce event on Saturday 12 September 2015.
Over the past four years the initiative has provided over €130,000 in funding to over 170 rugby clubs across the island of Ireland. Last year 135 clubs entered with An Ghaeltacht Rugbaí in Galway taking home the overall prize and City of Armagh RFC, Gort RFC in Galway, Portarlington RFC in Laois and Skibbereen RFC in Cork named as the provincial winners.
For more information on Ulster Bank RugbyForce, visit:
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