Grants for Club Leagues 2024 available to Affiliated Clubs
For affiliated clubs starting their club leagues this Autumn 2024, grants are available from the Association. This Covid Recovery grants received earlier by our Association from Sport Ireland.
Clubs who intend to run a local club league between October and the end of 2024 can apply for a grant to support their league.
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 7th October 2024
A club’s affiliation fees for the 2024/25 season must be paid before an application is accepted
How to run a club league,
A league is a round robin in which every player plays each other player at least once.
Ideally a league should have a number of divisions depending on the number of players.
Players should be placed in a league according to their skill level. Your club's best players in Division 1.
Six players are an ideal number to have in each division. This mean each player will have 5 matches , one per week over 5 weeks.
You can us promotion and relegation for your next league. This means players get to play more players.
Excel Sheets that can help with your club league:
3 players in each division: sport_tournament_3_teams.xlsx
4 players in each division: sport_tournament_4_teams.xlsx
5 players in each division: sport_tournament_5_teams.xlsx
6 players in each division: sport_tournament_6_teams.xlsx
7 players in each division: sport_tournament_7_teams.xlsx
8 players in each division: sport_tournament_8_teams.xlsx
9 players in each division: sport_tournament_9_teams.xlsx
Clubs who intend to run a local club league between October and the end of 2024 can apply for a grant to support their league.
- The maximum grant available will be €550. If the grant scheme is oversubscribed, the grants available maybe be less.
- Competitions will be leagues – meaning the competition will be run over a few weeks.
- Leagues must be advertised on the club’s Facebook pages as well as progress updates.
- Club ladders, one-day competitions or knock out competitions will not be supported.
- The reason for a league over a few weeks is to get club members playing regularly thus supporting the club and generating income for the sports center.
- The minimum number of players in a league will be 10. For a league of 10 players, the Association will pay a grant of 100€ to the club. For every player after that, the Association will pay 10€ per player to the club as a grant. Maximum grant will be €550
- An excel template will be available to clubs to help run the leagues.
- Clubs with registered players will have an advantage.
- Before grants are paid, clubs will supply their league format on an excel sheet. When the league finishes, the club will provide photos for RAI social media of the winners.
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 7th October 2024
A club’s affiliation fees for the 2024/25 season must be paid before an application is accepted
How to run a club league,
A league is a round robin in which every player plays each other player at least once.
Ideally a league should have a number of divisions depending on the number of players.
Players should be placed in a league according to their skill level. Your club's best players in Division 1.
Six players are an ideal number to have in each division. This mean each player will have 5 matches , one per week over 5 weeks.
You can us promotion and relegation for your next league. This means players get to play more players.
Excel Sheets that can help with your club league:
3 players in each division: sport_tournament_3_teams.xlsx
4 players in each division: sport_tournament_4_teams.xlsx
5 players in each division: sport_tournament_5_teams.xlsx
6 players in each division: sport_tournament_6_teams.xlsx
7 players in each division: sport_tournament_7_teams.xlsx
8 players in each division: sport_tournament_8_teams.xlsx
9 players in each division: sport_tournament_9_teams.xlsx
