Royal Bank RugbyForce 2022
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Royal Bank RugbyForce is celebrating its 14th year in 2022 and helps over 75% of clubs in Scotland via practical and financial assistance to help clubs; improve their facilities, attract new members, and make rugby clubs more than just a place to play rugby.
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Your 2022/23 RugbyForce digital toolkits designed to support you with all aspects for club life, opportunities to drive revenue and event support for your RBRF events. Make sure you check out all 3!
Reminder of your 2022 winners
Royal Bank is excited to announce an enthusiastic and committed cohort of 15x Young Ambassadors for 2022 whose applications demonstrated their passion to improve their rugby clubs. This year’s intake features three Young Ambassadors from each region in Scotland; comprising of 9 female and 6 male inductees.
After a rigorous judging process, Ellon Rugby and Cartha Queens Park will be awarded the top prizes (Hero Club status) which provides each club with a £1,000 grant, an additional £1,000 of event support, RugbyForce kit and a Scotland international player appearance. The clubs demonstrated genuine commitment to drive inclusion at their clubs and put on a fantastic RugbyForce event which will engage with their communities.
RugbyForce* takes place 6th-7th August 2022, where clubs nationwide will host a range of pre-season events, such as community fun days, youth rugby coaching and rugby 7s tournaments, raising awareness of the positive impact that Scotland’s grassroots clubs have within their local communities.
Eight Star Clubs also received £1,000 plus personal appearances from Scotland players. Eight Champion Clubs were awarded £1,000 grants plus event kit. Royal Bank RugbyForce is proud to support the grassroots game across the nation in all regions with all Legend clubs awarded £250 in funding.
Royal Bank Young Ambassador Programme
In 2021, Royal Bank launched a Young Ambassador programme, for ambitious 18-35-year-olds across the country to become the next generation of leaders at their rugby clubs. In partnership with Scottish Rugby, the Royal Bank are empowering under 35-year-olds to take on responsible committee positions, taking part in executive decisions at their clubs, with relevant sponsorship, finance, social media training to help enrich the future of their clubs.
The following group of 15x Young Ambassadors will each receive a £500 grant to put towards the transformational projects outlined in their applications which look to improve inclusion, access to rugby, augment digital capabilities, and ensure financial sustainability at their grassroots clubs. They will also benefit from digital support, mentoring, and invites to exclusive events at BT Murrayfield.The new 15 Young Ambassadors will join our existing squad of 10 from the class of 2021, to strengthen the Royal Bank Young Ambassador programme.
Introducing the 2022 Royal Bank Young Ambassador 1st XV:
In addition, 40x Young Ambassadors have been selected to join the Royal Bank Young Ambassador squad. They will receive an invite to a digital webinar in July and additional online support throughout the year.
*Asterisk denotes a physical event subject to change.
Royal Bank RugbyForce will be following The Scottish Government’s COVID guidance in relation to the running of physical events. This may mean that RugbyForce events can only take place at locations within permitted tiers and with social distancing guidelines in place. Events may need to be cancelled at very short notice dependent on the evolving restrictions in your area. This will not affect successful Royal Bank RugbyForce grants being awarded.
ROYAL BANK RUGBYFORCE GRANTS AWARDED
Full list of winners
HERO CLUBS: £1000 GRANT, SCOTLAND PLAYER APPEARANCE AND FULL EVENT ACTIVATION SUPPORT PLUS KIT
Cartha Queens Park
Ellon Rugby Club
STAR CLUBS: £1000 GRANT, SCOTLAND PLAYER APPEARANCE AND EVENT KIT
Aberdeenshire RFC
Aberfeldy RFC
Bo'ness Rugby Club
Corstorphine Cougars RFC
Glasgow Raptors RFC
Glenrothes Rugby Football Club (RFC)
Kirkcaldy
Lasswade RFC
CHAMPION CLUBS: £1000 GRANT AND EVENT KIT
Annan
Cambuslang Rugby Club
Deeside RFC
Harris Academy FP RFC
Kelso Rugby Football Club
Mid Argyll RFC
Paisley RFC
Preston Lodge RFC
LEGEND CLUBS: £250 GRANT AND SUPPORT KIT
Aberdeen Wanderers RFC
ALLAN GLENS
Arbroath RFC
Ardrossan Accies RFC
Ayr Rugby Club
Banff RFC
Bannockburn Rugby Club
Berwick Rugby Club
Birkmyre Rugby Club
Bishopton RFC
Brechin
Broughton RFC
Boroughmuir
Caithness Rugby Football Club
Caledonian Thebans RFC
Carnoustie HSFP RFC
Carrick Rugby Club
Clydebank RFC
Clydesdale RUFC
Cumbernauld rugby club
Cumnock RFC
Currie Chieftains
Dalkeith Rugby Club
Dalziel Rugby Club
Dunbar RFC
Dundee Rugby Club
Dunfermline Rugby Football Club
Dyce RFC
East Kilbride
Edinburgh Academical Football Club
Falkirk RFC
Forrester Rugby Club
Fraserburgh Rugby Club
Gala Rugby
Gala YM RFC
Garioch RFC
Garnock Rugby Club
GHKRFC
Glasgow East Juniors TFC
Greenock Wanderers RFC
Haddington RFC
Hawick Harlequins RFC
Hawick Linden
Hawick RFC
Hawick Youth Rugby
Helensburgh
Highland Rugby Club
Hillfoots RFC
HILLHEAD JORDANHILL RFC
HOWE OF FIFE RFC
Inverness Craig Dunain RFC
Isle of mull rfc
Jed Forest Rugby
Kilmarnock Rugby Club
Kinross Rugby
Leith Rugby
Lenzie RFC
Liberton FP RFC
Livingston RFC
Loch Lomond Rugby Club
Lochaber RFC
McLaren RFC
Moffat
Montrose & District Cricket & Rugby Football Club
Moray RFC
Murrayfield Wanderers
Musselburgh Rugby Club
Nairn Thunderbolts
Newton Stewart RFC
North Berwick
Oban Lorne RFC
Orkney Rugby Club
Panmure Rugby Club
Peebles RFC
Penicuik Rugby Club
Perthshire RFC
Peterhead Rugby Club
Portobello FP RFC
Robert Gordon University
Ross Sutherland Rugby Club
Rosyth Sharks RFC
Royal High Rugby
Scottish Golden Oldies Rugby
Selkirk RFC
Stewartry Rugby Club
Stirling County RFC
Stirling University Womens Rugby Football Club
Strathaven
Stobswell Rugby Club
Stornoway
Strathendrick RFC
Strathmore
Trinity Academicals Rugby Club
Turriff RFC
Uddingston RFC
Watsonian FC / Watsonians Rugby
Waysiders/Drumpellier
West of Scotland FC
Whitecraigs
Wigtownshire RFC
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