Paying Membership

St Peter’s RFC is a members club. We are open to all who wish to participate and support the ethos of the club which is based on fair play and competitiveness.

These are the reasons why we insist on Club membership and some examples of how your fees are spent (the list is not exhaustive):

Your Club was established in 1886. Membership fees are integral to maintaining the fine traditions and exceptional facilities that make up your Club.
Paying your membership makes you a ‘member’ and shareholder (1 share) of St. Peter’s Rugby Football Club Limited.
Members have voting rights at the Club’s AGM.
Our members can play, watch, coach and/or referee – enjoying rugby at all levels.
Members benefit from qualified coaches and referees who share their knowledge freely.
If you want to become a coach, referee, or first-aider your qualifications are paid for.
The Club pays the WRU referee’s expenses so that we can play and enjoy our rugby.
Entry to various festivals and competitions.
Players (including the opposition), coaches and referees receive free food after their matches.
Members receive a discount on drinks on the production of their electronic Membership Card.
Members benefit from an army of volunteers whose time is given freely to keep the Club running.
A warm and welcoming Clubhouse, probably the best in Cardiff and one of the best in Wales.
Wages for bar, kitchen and cleaning staff.
All utility bills associated with running a Club of this size (Electricity, gas, water rates, Council tax and rates, VAT, etc need to be paid whether we play or not).
Capital costs of the Clubhouse from the build, maintenance and upkeep.
Hire of Clubhouse and Facilities at preferential rates.
Large screen Sky TV’s.
Two great pitches, training areas with one under floodlights – playing and training equipment.
Pitch maintenance including seed, fertiliser and a tractor and mower diesel.
Fantastic volunteer ground staff.
The playing kit is regularly renewed, washed and ready on match day.
3 Senior sides, a youth team and mini and junior rugby – Pebbles (Under 6) through to Under 16.
WRU compulsory player registration.
First Aid kits for all our teams.
A Club Shop where you can purchase all your rugby kit at reduced prices.
End-of-season presentation awards and trophies.
A thriving social scene, lifelong friendships and the opportunity to network.
Access to International Tickets.

Did You Know?

We are almost 140 years old this year. Check out the Captain’s Boards to see the numbers who gave all they could to put us where we are today. That will not change with your buy-in.
In the three trading years (pre-pandemic) heat, light, power, wages, insurance, pitch upkeep, building maintenance, beer and food purchases, coaching and physio cost in excess of £110,000 per year. That was £9,000 a month whether we play rugby or not. Look at this in another way: £110,000 is the equivalent of four members earning circa £35,000 per year each and giving all of that (after tax and NI) to the Club to pay our bills. That is the scale of the challenge we faced. Since then we are all familiar with the rocketing cost of utilities and we are not immune to these. We now need circa £130,000 per year to cover our overheads.
The only way we can meet these costs is from membership fees, sponsorship, WRU grant (£17,000 on average per annum), hire of facilities and beer sales. Despite the challenges of being closed for 12 months during the pandemic the hard graft from your unpaid Committee meant that when we emerged from this we were still on a sound financial footing with our focus firmly on the future and not on the past. This has continued through to today. It is important to remember that we have no mortgage, bank loans or brewery loans, unlike most clubs. Sheer hard work and dedication with your support have made this possible.
We are all Rocks and we all care about staying Rocks. We cannot do this without you. The Mini and Junior sections are leading the way in paying their membership fees and everyone using the facilities regularly must be a Member. This is a basic principle and we risk losing nearly 140 years of proud history if we fail to deliver this. Are you up for this? We are.

Rocks Committee 2023