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MALONE RFC BENEFIT FROM GRANTS
WINDFALL OF £90,000
The refurbished facilities are now fully
operational, allowing the club’s members and
the wider community to benefit from them.
Malone secured grant funding from the
Biffa Award totalling £42,000 to completely
refurbish the shower areas and also secured
£48,000 from the Alpha Programme for work
to be undertaken in the club’s changing
rooms and toilets. The funding has completely
transformed the condition and usability of
the facilities, creating a sustainable club
that can appropriately cater for its current
and ever growing user base including rugby
participation (120 minis, four youth teams, five
adult teams and girls and women’s rugby)
and community engagement.
Malone RFC Chairman, Patrick Baird,
commented: “We are delighted that the
Biffa Award and the Alpha Programme have
provided essential monetary support for the
realisation of this project. As a club, we are
committed to the growth and sustainability
of rugby union, building community
development initiatives and creating a
welcoming space that is suitable for the entire
community to benefit from. We are certain
that this project will support the continued
development of our sporting activities within
the community.
Malone RFC has recently completed refurbishment work to its
clubhouse at Gibson Park as a result of grant funding.
“Whilst the funding was essential for the
work carried out, it couldn’t have taken
place without the many hours of voluntary
work that was put in by members of
the club, especially my fellow executive
members Mark Dowds and Roger Wort,
who worked tirelessly alongside myself to
ensure the project was a success.”
IRFU (Ulster Branch) Domestic Rugby
Committee Chairman, John Boyd said:
“Rugby union in Ulster would not be the
same without the hard work and dedication
of the hundreds of volunteers involved
at all levels of club rugby. I would like to
congratulate Malone RFC and the hard
working volunteers involved in this project
and wish the club every success with its
new facilities.”
For further information on funding
opportunities for you club, please
contact: DAVID JOHNSTON (Club &
Community Development Officer)
Tel: 028 9049 3111 (ext 257) or email: