ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION

PARKING- Parking will be off site, but only 75 yards up the road. Please promote this to you parents and other coaches. There will be signs and marshals on the day to direct you to parking. This is for a number of reasons, mainly not to agitate our neighbours, but also it will keep your cars safe and free from damage.

• Parking is FREE, so please use it rather than parking on the road.
• I also recommend car sharing to make life as easy as possible for all.

All vehicles and their contents are parked entirely at the owner’s risk and Ilkeston Rugby Football Club accepts no responsibility for any loss, damage or theft, however it may occur.

ENTRANCE ON THE DAY
As I’m sure everyone understands, festivals like ours are put on to promote rugby but also raise much needed funds for community clubs like ours. This means unsurprisingly, there is a gate charge for all non-playing visitors.

To be clear we charge an entrance fee for non-playing visitors of £3 for Adults (18+ years) whilst we do not charge for parking.
This is the same for coaches, referees, spectators, parents etc.
As we have the volunteers on the car park and entrance, the rules are clear to them, so please join in and don’t give them a hard time. Can you pass this onto your parents, prior notice to them does help.

KICK OFF - All matches start from 10am please make sure you are there in plenty of time. It will take time to park etc. PLEASE REMEMBER THE CLOCKS CHANGE SUNDAY TOO!!

TOILETS - are in the new changing rooms building and clubhouse.

PITCHES - Please do not walk across any marked pitches, this includes marked full sized pitches that the age grade pitches have been laid out on. Parents and supporters are not allowed on marked pitches and must stay out of the roped off areas. We thank you for your understanding in keeping wear down on all playing surfaces.

PHOTOGRAPHY - As everyone literally now caries a camera, Ilkeston RUFC policy is to allow parents and spectators to photograph matches. Any team that has a player who cannot be photographed must make this clear to the organisers upon arrival, so that appropriate steps can be taken by the organisers.

FIRST AID - This is based in the Physio room in the changing rooms building. Our services are there to support the existing first aid cover that all participating clubs are expected to bring with them.

REFEREES AND REFEREEING The referees are all volunteers supplied by the competing clubs. We thank all the referees for their time and ask that you respect their decisions. The referee’s decision is final - this is not football.