Ulster Bank RugbyForce, an initiative which provides rugby clubs with support to renovate their club and upgrade their facilities, has announced Westport RFC in Mayo as one of five winners of a support package worth €5,000.
Westport RFC is at the heart of the community and has a 20 mile catchment area. The club is utilised by children, both girls and boys, as well as adults. As part of the Ulster Bank RugbyForce event, the club will be making improvements to the kitchen, electrics, and locks on the windows and doors, installing a row of fold down seats to the stands for OAPs and wheelchair users, tiling the female bathroom, improving the pathway to pitches, and repairing the club sign. These works will be carried out by club volunteers on Saturday August 17.
Now it in its third year, Ulster Bank continues to show its dedication to rugby through partnership with the IRFU as the Official Community Rugby Partner. Ulster Bank RugbyForce encourages rugby supporters, their friends and families, to give something back to their local community and rugby club by volunteering to undertake renovations to clubhouses and grounds. The first 50 clubs which registered for the initiative also received €250 towards their Ulster Bank RugbyForce event.
