Membership at Madras Rugby Club

Here is your guide for becoming a member of this fantastic club!

Membership Form
Please complete the membership form if you wish to take out a membership at Madras Rugby Club for the 2023/2024 season. The form can be completed in a number of ways.
1) You can complete the form electronically here.
2) You can download it from this page, complete it and email it back to us at: membership.madras@gmail.com
3) Paper copies will be available in the clubhouse. Please complete the form and pop it into the designated place in the clubhouse.
Once your membership form has been received, your payment request will be issued.
Please note, only one form needs to be completed per family.

Membership fees
The fees for the year are given below.

Membership category and annual subscription fee
Madrascals £75
SLM Blues £75
Family Membership* £200
Adult Male player £120
Adult non-player (social membership) £30
Madras Ladies £30
Active Coach (Social Membership) No charge
* The family membership is available to cover multiple individual memberships across children and adults providing a £200 cap on the total annual subscription cost for a family.

Paying your Membership Fee
There are several ways to pay your membership. Our preference would be for you to pay on SPOND, we will be able to issue a payment request on the system and track payment. You can also pay by cash or card at the bar (when the clubhouse bar is open) or by bank transfer or standing order if you wish to pay in instalments.

Bank payment details: Madras College FPRFC; Sort-code 80-09-55; Account No 00567720

SPOND
All club notices go out to all members through the main Madras Rugby SPOND page (FGLES). SLM Blues have a separate group (ZKCJP).
Please sign up to SPOND initially (www.https://www.spond.com/) and then join a group using the codes provided.
The main Madras Rugby SPOND page has numerous sub-groups. Members are asked to join the group and request to be added into the relevant sub-group (Seniors, Madras Ladies and all Madrascals age groups).
All match and training related plans are communicated within the sub-group, so please make sure you are in the right group and please mark attendance as relevant in a timely way as it really helps our coaches with their plans. Please ensure player details are added onto the players SPOND profile including any key medical information for the coaches to be aware of and their SCRUMS number.
SPOND group codes:
For Madras Seniors, Madras Ladies and Madrascals join using group code: FGLES
For SLM Blues join using group code: ZKCJP

Communication from the club and other membership requirements:
As members of this fantastic club, we are keen to keep you up to date with all the action!
On occasions during the year, the club committee will issue an update via email (using the email address given in your membership form), however, more regular communication will take place through the following:

Website
General section updates and club news will be published on this website which you are encouraged to join especially if you would like to receive news updates directly into your inbox.

Facebook
You are encouraged to join your specific age group facebook groups which are private groups providing you with team updates throughout the season. We also put information on the Madras, SLM Blues and Madrascals facebook pages. Here are the links for the various facebook pages:
Madras Facebook page
SLM Blues Facebook page
Madrascals Facebook page

Scrums
For all players, your membership with the club is only complete once you have joined or updated your details on SCRUMS, the Scottish Rugby Player Management System. You only have to join SCRUMS once, but details must be updated each season. You should also add your unique SCRUMs number onto your SPOND profile.
You can join or renew your SCRUMS membership here.

Code of Conduct
We respectfully ask all members of the club to read and adhere to the Code of Conduct.
These codes of conduct are designed to help us create a safe, engaging, and energetic environment at Madras Rugby. By understanding the part we all play in this process, we can better look to instil appropriate behaviours to facilitate growth and learning. The sections in the attached Code of Conduct document highlight overarching themes expected from a club level, followed with specifics relating to each individual group.
The Code of Conduct for Madras Rugby can be found here

Child Protection Policy
In line with Scottish Rugby Union guidelines, Madras Rugby Club is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children and young people in its care. Madras Rugby recognises the responsibility to promote safe practice and to protect children and young people from harm, abuse and exploitation. Their welfare is paramount and all players under the age of 18, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, socio-economic status, religious belief and/or sexual identity have the right to protection from all forms of harm and abuse.
The Child Protection Policy can be found on our website and accessed here.

Fixtures for the 2023/24 season
The teams would very much appreciate support from across the membership this season. Fixtures for the various sections can be found on our global fixture list that will be released on our website shortly.