Touch Rugby Club Network

The simplest way to create a touch rugby club website.

Website advice

Your website should be practical and useful. It needs to quickly provide your visitors with the information that they are looking for.

These are our top tips for creating useful content on your club website.

Training

Where and when do you train? What should players expect from training?

Top tip: Make sure someone is available to welcome new players and introduce them around.

Fees

Is there a membership cost? Do players pay per session?

Top tip: Offer a free trial for 1 or 2 weeks to encourage new players.

Contact info

How can people contact you? Do you have any social media accounts?

Top tip: Create social media accounts and post regular updates

Who's who?

Who runs the sessions? Who are the senior players / leaders?

Top tip: Give new players a buddy on their first night to explain the drills and game rules.

Celebrations

Celebrate the achievements of your players, coaches and referees.

Top tip: Link to affiliate organisation like England Touch or your regional franchise.

Friendships

Successsful teams are built on great friendships

Top tip: Warm up together, warm down together, have some social time after training together.

FAQs

How much will this cost?

You can get started for free!

We know that all touch rugby clubs are run by volunteers with very low budgets so the Touch Rugby Club Network helps you to get started for free.

If you need technical support or a leg up then there may be a charge, but rest assured there are no hidden costs, and we will let you know about any charges before you incur them.

See our pricing section for details

Can I edit my own content?

Yes you can, but you'll need someone that knows HTML, CSS and GIT. Our getting started section has all the information that you need.

Most local sports team websites don't require regular updates, so to keep costs low we use simple static website hosting on free servers.

Where is the website hosted?

The websites are published to GitHub repositories and hosted using GitHub pages (a free offering from GitHub Inc). The websites are hosted on shared servers around the world.

What about GDPR?

No. There is no personally identifiable information is captured about you or any of your players.

What about cookies?

Touch Rugby Club Network does not capture any cookies on any of our websites, but we do use google analytics to check on viewer analytics and statistics.

Can I customise the content?

Yes, you can have any text or images that you would like.

Provided we can host your custom content / widgets within a static website. Get in touch to let us know the details and we'll let you know if it can be done.

Prices

Our prices are transparent

Do it yourself

Free setup / free hosting

Follow our online instructions on how to use our template, adjust the content and colours, and how to host your website.

You'll need to understand HTML, CSS and GIT.

Supported setup

£40 setup / free hosting

We will get you up and running for a small one-off fee.

All we need is your team logo and the details of the content that you want to use.

We'll have your new website up and running within a few days.

Content changes *

from £5

We can make content changes for you for a small fee

We will always provide a quote first so there are no unexpected costs.

* Content changes for club sites are very rare, so we don't provide a content management system. You can make content changes yourself for free using our online guide.

Alternatively we can manage the site content for you. We will always provide a quote first so there are no unexpected costs.