At this year’s Senior Teams Club Presentation Night one member shouted, ‘We are a family’, and he was correct. Oxford R.F.C. founded in 1909 is run as a traditional, community club with family values in mind. We are an ambitious club on and off the pitch but we hold dear the modern day values of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Commitment and Sportsmanship.
The club is managed by volunteers who are working as a Team towards providing first class facilities for the membership and guests.
In this age of social media when comments can be made so quickly it is so important that it is embedded in the culture of O.R.F.C a healthy, mutual Respect for each other and the opposition.
Oxford Rugby Club is a welcoming and enjoyable club. Everyone at Oxford recognises that being involved in the club as a volunteer or as a player is that person’s hobby, and unless they get Enjoyment from their hobby they will not stay. We work hard on retaining people at Oxford.
Like so many clubs Oxford tries to instil a sense of Discipline and Commitment on and off the field of play. For many this type of structure is greatly needed and for others it is a challenge but necessary in team sports.
Oxford Rugby Club embraces the traditional values of Sportsmanship whether in victory or defeat. We hold high expectations of our members in terms of behaviour, tolerance and inclusivity. Everyone is welcomed at Oxford who embrace the ethos of the club
John Brodley
Chair O.R.F.C.
Oxford Rugby Club Ltd is run by a Management Committee of volunteers:
As a group they are responsible for all Playing, Asset and Buildings Management, Grounds and Coordinating Events. The hope is that resulting vacant positions such a Junior representative will be filled by co-opting members to the committee.
Each member will manage their area of responsibility in their own way, some with a sub-committee and others individually. They all report back at a monthly meeting. Please contact your committee member for specific issues or for more general matters email [email protected].
For information regarding Mini and Junior Rugby at Oxford Rugby Club please email: [email protected] and your request will be passed to the appropriate person/coach in the club.
Chairman (John Brodley [email protected]) – oversees the overall running of the club.
Administrator (Indi Brodley [email protected]) – responsible for the overall administration of the club dealing with matters from the R.F.U. or from local residents.
Finance Officer (Alison Berry [email protected]) – the one who keeps the finances in order through the use of Xero as an accounting tool and Epos as a bar management system.
Data Officer (Kevin Honner [email protected]) – responsible for all matters pertaining to the G.M.S.web system with particular responsibility for membership.
Bar Chair (Mary Bagnall [email protected]) – responsible for the club house and all matters connected to the bar and catering.
Director of Rugby (Wayne Rushen [email protected]) – responsible for all Senior playing.
President (Tony Tyrer [email protected]) – an honorary position proposed by the committee to someone who is able to represent the club at official and social functions.
For information regarding Mini and Junior Rugby at Oxford Rugby Club please email: [email protected] and your request will be passed to the appropriate person/coach in the club.
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The seed to Oxfordshire’s oldest Rugby Union club was sown at the Annual Dinner of the Berkshire Wanderers (now Reading RFC) in February 1909. In speeches it was thought that a club in Oxford would be an excellent thing and during the evening it was stated that Reading was the only town in three joining counties that had the pluck to run a Rugby team! This was met with cries of “Shame to Oxford!”
A few months later in June 1909 a notice appeared in the Oxford Times announcing a meeting at the Clarendon Hotel in Cornmarket Street held to inaugurate the formation of a Rugby Football Club for Oxford and district. The Chairman was none other than Alfred St George Hamersley who had played for England in the first ever International rugby match, against Scotland in 1871, and had captained the side in 1874. The meeting decided that the title of the club should be “Oxfordshire Nomads Rugby Union Football Club”.
One of fascinating names to be involved in the early Organising Committee was that of Ronnie Poulton, later to become Poulton-Palmer the renowned English International, who, as a young man, was studying at Balliol College. The Committee decided on rules and other matters and, for no particular reason, the club colours were suggested as green, white and black.
Alfred St George Hamersley was elected as the Club’s first President.
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