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EQUITY POLICY

The Club is committed to promoting the principles of sports equity amongst all members:

All participants in the sport of rugby football will be given equal opportunity irrespective of their gender, age, creed, colour, disability, ethnic origin, marital status, race, religious persuasion, or sexual orientation. The Club fully supports this principle and is committed to satisfying these principles in all its activities.

Sports equity is defined as:

"Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to redress them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society."

Closely linked to sports equity is the principle of fair play, defined as:

"Fair play is much more than playing within the rules. It incorporates the concepts of friendship, respecting others and always playing within the right spirit. Fair play is defined as a way of thinking, not just a way of behaving. It incorporates issues concerned with the elimination of cheating, gamesmanship, doping, violence, exploitation, unequal opportunities, excessive commercialisation and corruption." (European code of sports ethics, 1992)

All Rugby clubs have a responsibility to promote sports equity and equality of opportunity. Here are some simple, specific examples of how equal opportunities can be brought into the everyday running of the club:

• promoting mini rugby to girls and boys

• assessing the improvements needed to the clubhouse to allow disabled access

• ensuring resources are distributed fairly to all sections of the club

• dealing with discrimination, sexual or racial abuse immediately and seriously.

E-Mail  web@trojansrugby.co.uk or phone the Club on 023 8061 2400 (Bar) 023 8061 3068 (Admin)      

This page last updated:  14 January, 2013