Friends of Taunton Rugby Club

Supporting Taunton RFC.

The Friends of Taunton Rugby was started in the summer of 2006 with a main objective of "to improve the opportunities of senior players at Taunton Rugby Football Club by fundraising, to ensure that they played rugby at as high level as possible for the benefitof the players, the club and the local community".

Since 2006 the group has contributed a considerable amount of funds towards senior rugby at Taunton RFC, as well as other associated activities. It is currently managed by a group of Trustees, (Stephen Bell / Dick Macey / Richard Walford / Alan Rouse / Hugh Duder / Dave Jarvis / Robert Harris / Nigel Drew) who are all appointed annually at our AGM.

We do ask for an annual minimum subscription of £100.00 and you don't have to be a member of the parent club (Taunton RFC) to join us.

People often say when asked if theywould be interested in joining the Friends, “what do I get out of joining”. Well, the answer basically is “nothing at all” save that knowing you arehelping with your contribution to assist in rugby related “projects” that the parent club may not consider as “business as usual” or be able to assistfinancially.

You can consider that in joining us you are putting something back into what, maybe as a former player, or as a supporter or parent, you really believed in and enjoyed your participation.

Fundraising in the main, other than from subscriptions, came originally from selling Raffle tickets, but for the past 5/6 years, from the more popular “Heads & Tails”events which are held prior to each of the pre-match lunches arranged to coincide with Titans home games. The lunches, of which there have been over 200 since 2006, have proved very popular and can range in numbers of attendees from 50 to over 300, providing a very pleasant and easy way of socialising and networking at the same time.

We are always looking for new members, so, if you would like to join us then please feel free to get in touch using the contact detail below.

friends_trfc@btinternet.com