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Deeds not words charltonpark.org.uk charltonpark.org.uk CHARLTON PARK RFC • 60A BROAD WALK • KIDBROOKE • LONDON SE3 8NB • +44 (0)20 8856 1025 CHARLTON PARK RFC • 60A BROAD WALK • KIDBROOKE • LONDON SE3 8NB • +44 (0)20 8856 1025 Introduction Charlton Park RFC is a traditional, amateur rugby club, now moving into our 125th year. We have always been a progressive, community-centered club with a strong focus on protecting our legacy through responsible financial management and supporting schools, rugby and our community.

This booklet aims to set out who we are, what we want to do and how you can support us.

Left: Old Charltonians 1910, above: Twickenham 2017 Who we are

Charlton Park RFC has been moved rapidly upwards, starting providing rugby anyone who in Kent League 1 and reaching the wants to play since 1893. We giddy heights of National League 4 originated as the Old Charltonians in the mid 90s. It was a memorable from a school formed to train season of long journeys and some pupils for the Royal Military big defeats as we struggled to stay Academy Woolwich. We lost over as an amateur club just when the half the playing membership in the rest of the rugby world had gone First World War and changed our heavily professional. name to Charlton Park in order So we were relegated and to identify with our new home gradually adjusted to a new focus ground donated by the Maryon- on stabilising the club. At the end Wilson family, one of our earliest of the 90s we bought our ground sponsors. in Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, where The club ran five sides throughout we have developed our facilities the twenties and provided several into some of the best anywhere players to the county and London in London. Money raised from teams. When the park was sold London Broncos’ RLFC use of the to Greenwich Council we lost our club was spent on renovating the ground and many of our members, ground drainage system and the and with the pavilion being hit by development of our youth, school a bomb during the Second World and community work has led to War we became homeless. We lived grants from the RFU and Sport a peripatetic existence, struggling England. to raise more than one team and We now run four Saturday sides, were kept alive by a small group with youth and veterans teams. of dedicated officers. The club is used every day by local An influx of new players in 1970s schools and community as well sparked by a link with Avery Hill as other sports. We have always College heralded a new era. After been a sociable club, but we also a long association with Hornfair take our rugby seriously and last and the Plume of Feathers in season we played at Twickenham Greenwich we bought our own in the National Intermediate Cup ground at Pippen Hall in Eltham, Final. We are an RFU Accredited and when the leagues started with Club. Who we are

At the heart of our operation is an emphasis on sporting and professional excellence encapsulated by:

STRENGTH, STANDARDS, SPORTSMANSHIP AND SOCIABILITY

Our facilities are among the We have: We are also used as a home • Local residents associations best in the area. We are in the base by: • A social club for local residents top ten most successful clubs in • Three pitches, two of which are floodlit • Kent RFU - We are a home Kent – in 2016/17 our 1st team • The gym and squash facility ground and training venue won the London and South-East • A squash court for the county team, as well Intermediate Cup. • Meetings of borough sports • A weights gym as the under 20s and under clubs and organisations We own the freehold of our own 18s. We are used for County ground and provide excellent • A large function hall that caters tournaments. • Conferences and training. facilities for our members and for 150+ people, with separate • The City League, a tournament community. bar for City Companies such as JP Our 500 members come from every • A rugby bar Morgan, Ernst & Young, Lloyds, background; many through our Deloitte, PwC, Freshfields and • A big car park proximity to the City and Canary • A local judo club Wharf, some are students from • Our own website local schools and universities, www.charltonpark.org.uk • A line dancing club some see rugby as a relaxation from their work, others see it as • Greenwich Council a way to further themselves. We disability unit are one of a few rugby clubs in a • CAMRA for their annual predominantly football area. We beer and cider festival attract and keep players because we go out of our way to make them • Greenwich Council welcome. We believe in rugby as a Fostering team strong support and role-model for social values. • Local community police and neighbourhood watch meetings What we want to do How you can support us?

We want to increase our ability to support Sponsorship opportunities: our local schools and young people:

1 To fund a qualified Full-time Why sponsor Charlton Park? • You may want to meet our Youth Development Officer. visitors from the City League, • You want to have access to We already support the County and opponents international tickets for England development of rugby in local games at Twickenham • You may look forward to schools, most of which do not having practical links with have rugby on their curriculum. • You may wish to increase the an energetic, successful and More schools are now asking for name awareness of you and your responsible club our support and we are finding organisation to the high-profile this increasingly more difficult rugby audience and the local • You may wish to offer us advice to provide without funding. community and support

2 In addition, this is likely to • You may want to improve • You may wish to advertise in our lead to a need for more youth your corporate entertaining programme, on our pitchside coaching within the club and opportunities by using our boards, and on our website. this will need financial support excellent facilities for coaches and coaching Who should I contact? courses. • You may wish to provide the Doug Hursey opportunity to reward or Chief Executive. 3 To upgrade our changing entertain your staff facilities to provide for youth Email: [email protected] and women. • You may wish to be associated or call: 07949 295 746 with a respected local and international team sport

• You may wish to support our commitment to young local people

Top left to right: Mark Harlow-Singh, Gregory Heloir John Beith, Ross McManus, Darren Chapman, Luke Boyns, Luca Perlain, Jeremy Montes, Ben Pritchard, Lee Amzaleg (Coach). Bottom left to right: Tiberius Dimofte, Reion Raybe, Tshepo Mooki, Beau Stanford-Francis, Steve Laverie, Rob Saunderson, Alan Knuckey, Tommy Nightingale, Alex Miller. Packages

• Kit sponsorship

• Youth section sponsorship

• Website, pitch board and programme advertising

• Match and pre-match hospitality

• Clubhouse branding

• Player sponsorship

• Free club hire

Contact

Doug Hursey Chief Executive email: [email protected] or, call: 07949 295 746