As we begin to look ahead to next season, the Management Committee are keen to continue to involve members in strategic and operational aspects of the club. There will be opportunities through the management committees, memberships, fixtures, fundraising and so much more. If you are interested in finding out more about how you could contribute to the 'Stags” journey, please contact the Chairman: Alternatively please attend the AGM - Thursday 23rd May 18.45pm.

Northwich Rugby Football Club is a club run by amateurs for amateurs. It is not a club with a high membership fee which is then used to hire employees to perform the tasks needed to run a club. The club is a sum of all the efforts from all the members. We stand or fall together. It is not a creche or a child-minding facility. It is not a bring your boots on Saturday and do-nothing else kind of club. In short, Northwich Rugby Club is about all of us and what we get collectively, not just the individual player experience. To not understand that a club is a collective effort greater than the sum of all the individuals is not to understand a club.

The membership fees paid at NRUFC only pay a proportion of what is needed to keep the club going. The rest is raised from sponsorship, fundraising, bar income, grants and donations. To make this work, volunteers give off their time to carry out the tasks needed. There are volunteer coaches, volunteer administrators, volunteers to do the maintenance, to run the bar, prepare and serve the food, prepare the pitches, write and distribute the programmes, carry out first aid, clean the changing rooms after games, to wash the strips, coordinate games and players, to deal with correspondence, manage sponsorship, manage events, to provide child protection, and a myriad of other tasks.
While there are many tasks, there are unfortunately a relatively small band who carry out these multiple tasks every week. Consequently, some things do not get done.

Firstly, our club needs help. For example, Saturday or a Sunday, volunteers for a rota to serve after match food to players, someone to do the laundry, tidying up around our grounds, care and maintenance of our facilities. All these tasks, and many others would take less than an hour a week. If you want to help support the club, please let any of the committee know. Any help will be welcome.

Secondly and more importantly, those who are volunteering need and deserve the support of everyone in the club. Sometimes things go wrong. That happens. When someone is trying to carry out a lot of tasks then it is more likely to happen. If things do go wrong, then what we have to do as a club is learn from it and look to get it right the next time. Everyone is doing their best. The club doesn’t need finger pointing at volunteers who make mistakes. They are doing their best. It is against the club code of conduct, sets a bad example and is likely to drive volunteers away. It is also against the whole concept of being a member of a club.

If you want to help make things better, take some of the strain. Be a volunteer. Help make your club better. If you have suggestions or ideas then share them with the club, put yourself forward and help us progress. Please be generous to those who are generous with their time to contribute to the running of the club. Many of us contributing to make the club work smoothly, benefit us all as a rugby community. Be part of the solution.
Can you help in any of the following areas?
• Matchday preparation on Saturday or Sunday
• Clubhouse Maintenance
• Ground Maintenance
• Kitchen
• Media updates