PRESIDENT’S XV
NOMINATION FORM
President’s XV Award Category: Student Players
Rugby Organisation Name: Nottingham Casuals RFC
Constituent Body: Notts, Lincs and Derbys NLD
Rugby Organisation Type:
 Club (adult only)
x Club (adult + up to 5 junior teams)
 School
 College
 Constituent Body
 Referee Society
 Club (adult + >5 junior teams)
 University
 Other
Rugby Facilities:
 Has use of pitches only
x Has use of club house, changing rooms &  Has use of pitches and changing
pitches
rooms only
Nominator’s Name: Oliver Mott
Position within club: Club Captain and CCC
Contact details:
Telephone number(s): 07788243296
Email address: [email protected]
In no more than 500 words, provide details of the project and why you think this project
should be recognised. Models of good practice are published to benefit the whole game, so please
include details of...
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What did your team of volunteers do to qualify for this President’s XV Award category?
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Why did the club elect to go down this particular path?
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Was there an individual who instigated the project or played a major role in driving it forward?
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What were the most important factors which delivered your success?
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What were the key elements you had to overcome?
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How were the rest of the club involved and how did they support the project?
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What advantages to rugby and the club were delivered by the project (e.g. more players, more
matches, better quality experience, more sustainable etc)?
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How you are building on your success to make sure it is delivers continuing benefits?
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Do you have up to two photographs to illustrate your nomination and the people involved?
The Nottingham Casuals club has made great strides in engaging with the local population of
students, where Nottingham has over 40,000. In previous years the club has succeeded in attracting
a few students to the club through the use of word of mouth.
However, this year has seen the club utilise a number of other ways to communicate the
opportunities the club has to offer, and in particular the University of Nottingham which is less then
2 miles away from the club site.
Firstly the club’s volunteers ensured they provided promotional items such as flyers and posters for
the Fresher's Fair and these were also posted up in the many halls on campus. The next stage of this
recruitment campaign was to showcase the club at the University's Club Evening where NCRFC
volunteers were able to speak to players. Then came the most notable intervention. We utilised
Facebook to create an advert. This is normally taken advantage of by businesses to target certain
audiences, but provided the rugby club with the opportunity to target a rugby population within the
University. So with a few criteria in place to ensure the advert targeted Facebook pages of rugby
players in the University of Nottingham, the club was able to advertise to 4000 students, which
enticed 192 students to click on the advert to take them to the NCRFC FB Page where there were
further details of 'Come & TRY Us Evenings being held. Along with the above advert, the club
provided a mini-bus to go around the campus halls of residences to collect and return players. Food
was provided for partipating players also.
In addition to this the club has further developed its relationship with the Nottingham Medics team
who now train along side the club, although they play in the Local Leagues.
Despite this, the relation has been enhanced where players involved with the Medics who are not
selected to play on a Saturday afternoon for the Medics XV are provided the opportunity to play in
the Casuals teams, so no one misses out!
In addition to this the club has further developed its relationship with the Nottingham Medics team
who now train along side the club, although they play in the Local Leagues. Despite this, the
relation has been enhanced where players involved with the Medics who are not selected to play on a
Saturday afternoon for the Medics XV are provided the opportunity to play in the Casuals teams, so
no one misses out!
Casuals also hosts each year the British University Medics 7's tournament attended by up to 20
Medics rugby sides from across the country. The following day the club's volunteers turn out once
more to host the University of Nottingham Halls of Residence 7's tournament. This is attended by up
to 15 sides from the University's intramural sports association.
In addition to rugby, NCRFC entertains students playing Korfball at their annual tournament in the
summer and has hosted the University of Nottingham Ultimate Frisbee Club for training and
matches.
Nottingham University Medics having won the Medics tournament hosted at Nottingham Casuals.
The Medics are also the home club having a sharing agreement with Casuals for training and
matches.
Casuals 4ths courtesy of the player recruitment campaign. Students in harmony at Casuals