Grants for Club Leagues 2025 available to Affiliated Clubs
For affiliated clubs starting their club leagues this Autumn 2025, grants are available from the Association.
Clubs who intend to run a local club league between October 1st 2025 and December 31st 2025 can apply for a grant to support their league.
The maximum grant available will be €400.
If the grant scheme is oversubscribed, the grants available maybe be less.
Closing Date for Applications: 31st October 2025
A club’s affiliation fees for the 2025/26 season must be paid before an application is accepted
Click HERE to affiliate your club
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 1st 2025 and December 31st 2025 can apply for a grant to support their league.
The maximum grant available will be €400.
If the grant scheme is oversubscribed, the grants available maybe be less.
- Clubs must have paid their affiliation fees for 2025/26 season (Affiliate online HERE)
- 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 €400
- An excel template (SEE BELOW) 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: 31st October 2025
A club’s affiliation fees for the 2025/26 season must be paid before an application is accepted
Click HERE to affiliate your club
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
