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Petersfield Rugby Football Club

Why Petersfield Rugby Football Club

Increased brand awareness, raising the profile of your business in our community
Engage with our many members and capitalise on our strong social media following
Remove economic barriers making sport affordable, accessible and inclusive for all
Petersfield Rugby Football Club Default location
Petersfield Rugby Football Club, The Clubhouse, Penns Place
Petersfield Hampshire GU31 4EP
United Kingdom
Hampshire GB

About us:

Petersfield Rugby Football Club

Hello and welcome to the official SNAP Sponsorship profile of Petersfield RFC.

We're delighted to announce that we’ve now partnered with SNAP Sponsorship and we’re looking for sponsors who are excited about affiliating themselves with a successful grassroots rugby club in Petersfield, Hampshire. We’re a family orientated club with a long history and a community spirit.

We strive to craft a partnership with our sponsors that meets their specific objectives, whether that be community gifting, social responsibility (CSR), direct sales or brand building.

Whatever your motivation, find out more below. Thank you for visiting our profile.

 

Why Sponsor Us?

In order to survive and to continually improve our facilities for the local community, the club relies on sponsorship from local businesses – and this is where we would like to work alongside you.

Increased brand awareness, raising the profile of your business in our community

Do you want to raise the profile of your business or organisation? Petersfield RFC is keen to develop new relationships with businesses who can offer beneficial products and services to our local community.

Sponsoring us will raise the profile of your business and benefit you in the following ways: 

  • Exposure to hundreds in the local area and players and spectators from visiting teams 
  • Publicity in local papers 
  • Increased brand awareness on our websites and social media accounts
  • Satisfaction from giving back to the community 
  • You’re supporting a much-needed local amenity which brings enjoyment to many. 

All revenue raised is returned to the club to improve facilities for our players and spectators who love rugby.

Engage with our many members and capitalise on our strong social media following

Petersfield RFC is in the heart of community with links to a large audience base surrounding the club. In addition to our substantial membership and extensive supporter network, Petersfield RFC understands the importance and power of the internet and social media. We therefore use our websites, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to promote our club, fixtures and sponsors with a total following of nearly 4000 people.

We’re an extremely social club who pride themselves on being warm, friendly and family-orientated. We regularly host events throughout the year and we’d be happy to host a sponsored networking event if desired.

Petersfield RFC has an array of sponsorship opportunities which can be tailored to meet your objectives. Through sponsorship, our club will promote your company in a wide variety of ways enriching the profile of your business in our community. 

Get involved in grassroots sport and remove economic barriers making sport affordable, accessible and inclusive for all

Sponsorship of a grassroots sport delivers a much higher return on investment than traditional advertising. This is because sponsorship allows your business to become directly involved in activities that are highly valued by local consumers.

Petersfield RFC is proud of its strong bonds with the community and enjoys supporting and engaging with local initiatives. Consumers are known to form strong positive associations with sponsors who support the development of grassroots sport and also contribute to the local area and by directly supporting us, you’re helping to remove economic barriers — making rugby affordable, accessible and inclusive for all in the community.

Contact us now to find out more and explore what Petersfield RFC can offer you!
 

The Club Today

Formed in 1927, Petersfield Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in the town of Petersfield, Hampshire. The men's first XV currently compete in London 3 South West – a league at the eighth tier of the English rugby union system – following the club's promotion from Hampshire Premier at the end of the 2019–20 season. There are also men's 2nd XV and 3rd XV, both of whom play in the Hampshire regional leagues.

A focus for sporting and social activities in the local area, Petersfield RFC is proud of its fabulous clubhouse with excellent facilities and a function room suitable for all occasions. The club is situated in an easy-to-access location with disabled access and plentiful free parking. Our club also boasts six large changing rooms with shower and toilet facilities as well as a fully equipped gym that is available for hire.

Petersfield RFC is a warm and friendly club with a family orientated atmosphere and a community spirit. We believe rugby should be inclusive for all and we welcome a diverse crowd of players, spectators and supporters to our club.

 

History of Our Club

Petersfield Rugby Football Club was formed in 1927, at the instigation of Frank Guy, a former pupil of Churchers College, with which the club still enjoys an excellent relationship. Affiliated to the Hampshire Union in the same year, the club quickly became a focus for both sporting and social activity. In that first year, its vice-presidents included five doctors, two clergymen and two ladies!

Almost immediately, Petersfield’s by now long-held reputation as a highly hospitable venue was established. The club minutes refer to a number of dances and the first dinner is worthy of note as “… it was unanimously agreed that the speeches and songs should be intermixed”. The Club continued to grow and at the end of 1928 had 60 members, 25 playing.

By 1934 the club was running two teams and gained its first county honour when G. E. Twine was capped to play against Kent, (Hampshire won 6-3).

In 1938 the club changed its colours to its well-known scarlet and white hoop and, for the first time, introduced training in the form of PT classes at the Churchers College gym.

The club affiliated itself to the Rugby Football Union in 1948 and in that year moved to Love Lane. Post-match facilities were provided formerly at the Volunteer Arms (later the Welcome Inn) at 1 Station Road and then latterly at the Red Lion on College Street.

As the club grew, it became clear that it needed a more permanent home in town. Plans were well advanced to build the club at Love Lane when the Town Council decided to develop Penns Place. That momentous decision saw the club move from playing on three pitches dotted around the town to its home at Penns Place in 1979.

The next big step came in 1989 when the club celebrated the opening of its two-storey clubhouse by none other than founding father, Frank Guy, and a special celebratory match between a Petersfield XV and (Scotland International & British Lion player) Derek White’s Invitation XV.

The club has gone from strength to strength with the move to these playing fields and the development of the Youth Section, and it is proud of the fact that it provides rugby for an age range of 6 to 60. The senior playing strength is some 80-players, and there are upwards of 450 Mini, Youth and Colt playing members. Parents, and non-playing members, including Vice-Presidents, (who are a vital part of our club), make up the rest of the membership which overall, represents a true cross-section of our community.

 

Aspirations

With membership and crowd attendances rising, we have ambitious plans to continue to develop the infrastructure at the club and grow our teams.

Naturally, we want to support our sponsors and build them in to our club on a strategic level — allowing all of our partners to benefit from our ever-improving facilities, expanding audience and our community involvement.

Club exposure:

Media reach - total annual impressions: ( 526,896 )
Type: 
Facebook
Value: 
230,400
Type: 
Twitter
Value: 
200,448
Type: 
Instagram
Value: 
96,048

Club information

Club Type: 
Union
Level: 
Amateur
Region: 
England
Founded: 
1927
Club Colours: 
Red and Green
Gender: 
Both
Number of Pitches: 
1 - 2
Membership size: 
100 - 250

Teams

Number of Players: 
50 - 100
Male
Senior (4)
Youth (5)
Mini (7)
Female
Youth (2)
Mini (2)
Age Band: 
All Working Age Adults
Under 18
Social demographics: 
A - Upper middle class
B - Middle class
C1 - Lower middle class
C2 - Skilled working class
D - Working class
E - Those at lowest level of subsistence

Facilities

Balcony
Bar
Car Park
Catering Facilities - External
Catering Facilities - Internal
Changing Rooms - Female
Changing Rooms - Male
Changing Rooms - Officials
Connectivity (wifi)
Events Liaison
In-house Sponsorship / Commercial Team
Own Ground - Leasehold
Pitch Side Hoarding
Pitches
Players Room
Roadside Signage
Scoreboard
Showers
Signage
Storage
Tea / Dining Room
Toilets
Venue Hire