Minis – Sunday morning from 10am to 12am. Parents please note that you should bring your children to the clubhouse and hand them over to the coach who will escort them to and from the pitches. You must then collect your children after training from the coaches at the clubhouse. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A CHILD BE ASKED TO WAIT FOR HIS/HER PARENT AT THE PITCHES AFTER TRAINING!

Parents must be in attendance at all matches not only to support their children but also to be present in the event of an injury. They should also be in attendance during training sessions unless they make arrangements for their children to be with a representative (coach/another parent/family member/family friend) whom they must make known to the child’s coach/team manager.

Juniors – please see age group coaches for arrangements.

2. Home Matches

Players are to meet at 10am for an 11am kick off unless advised otherwise by their coaches.

Parents should encourage their children to use the shower facilities after all matches and training at home. The showers are for use by everyone so please use them. The Clubhouse is well furnished and maintained so PLAYERS MUST CHANGE OUT OF THEIR MUDDY CLOTHING AND BOOTS BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING. Anyone failing to do so will be asked to leave.

No one must enter the showers wearing either muddy boots or shoes. Only flip-flop type shoes can be worn in the showers. As the Club is used by other members on a Sunday all players should endeavour to be well-behaved.

3. Away Matches

Players should arrive at Webb Ellis Road by 9.15am as the teams will be expected to leave promptly at 9.30am. There is no official team transport for away matches and so we have to rely on parents traveling to the game to watch to offer lifts to those players without transport. Maps giving directions will be provided where possible prior before departure.

THE CLUB STRIP MUST BE WORN FOR ALL MATCHES.

Juniors are expected to arrive wearing collar and tie

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A registration form is enclosed (with an RFU form for new members). Please return it to your team manager at the next training session or as soon as possible. The membership fee for the Mini and Junior section of the club is £20 for the 2 elder siblings with a reduced fee of £5 for subsequent siblings. Siblings in the under 17s and above are part of the main club and are no longer part of the Minis and Juniors.

Playing members are entitled to free admission to all normal club and league games except for Cup Matches. Mini and Junior cards cannot be used by parents who instead can apply for parents’ membership with the main club if they wish.

Membership includes insurance for players when playing or training. It is important that parents sign the membership form for each child and return it with the membership fee. Players cannot become members and, more importantly, will not be covered by the RFU insurance until they are registered.

NO MEMBERSHIP NO PLAYING

A weekly subscription fee of £1.50 is payable to your team manager. You can, if you prefer, pay in one installment of £45 or in two installments of £22.50.

NOTE THAT THE WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION IS NOT AN OPTIONAL PAYMENT AND IS PAYABLE EVEN IF YOU DO NOT TURN UP FOR TRAINING OR PLAYING.

The weekly fee must be paid and, as far as possible, on time. The membership fee and weekly subs help us to cover the cost of ground hire, equipment, changing rooms, showers, coaches’ training course costs, refreshments, kit subsidies and trophies to name but a few of our expenses. All these items cost money and the Mini and Junior section is not financially viable without the payment of these fees.

IF YOU ARE MORE THAN 4 WEEKS IN ARREARS THE RESULT COULD BE THAT YOUR CHILD(REN) WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRAIN OR PLAY.

Note that if they wish parents can join the Main Club for a reduced annual fee allowing free entry to all 1^st team home games including match day programs (not cup matches) as well as a discount in the club shop. Any interested parent should speak to his/her team manager.

Payment can be made either in cash or by cheque (made payable to "The Rugby Mini and Junior Lions"). Please note that due to our commitments to the main club we are unable to offer the option of paying in 2 installments. The membership fee should be paid in full at the start of the season or as soon as the new player has completed his third training session. The completed forms and payment should be placed in an envelope and handed either to the team manager or to the membership secretary.

The standard RFU insurance comes automatically with membership of the main Club. It covers players whilst training, playing matches and other rugby related activities. Parents may, of course, take out additional insurance.

N.B. Payment is not made if death is due to natural causes (!!).

At the end of the season awards are given in each age group to the best all round player, the most improved player and to those players who have attended regularly throughout the season.

Minis – in addition a monthly presentation award is given to one player in each age group in the form of a small trophy which is held for one month only and then handed on to the next month’s winner. When giving the award the coaches take into account attendance during the month, behaviour, willingness to learn, helpfulness and improvement in playing standard. Members awarded this distinction must return the trophy to their coach/team manager on the first Sunday of the following month. All monthly awards will be made in the Clubhouse immediately following training.

All players must be kitted out in the club strip for all matches although an older, darker coloured strip is recommended for training. Kit can be purchased from the Club if sponsorship is not available for that particular age group to cover the cost of part if not all of the kit. Check with your team manager. There may also be a boot pool from which members can purchase boots at a reasonable price but for this system to work we would ask players to hand in their old boots.

Coaches are always in need of help and support during training sessions. This may be as simple as throwing and catching balls or holding the tackle bags. You do not need to be an experienced rugby player but you do need to attend an obligatory 3 hour training course organized by the Club (new RFU rules). Talk to your team manager as the more willing helpers they have the more they can do during the training session.