Cirencester Rugby Club

🏉 Cirencester Rugby Football Club AGM 2026 🏉

📅 Friday 10th July 2026
🕖 7:00pm
📍 CRFC Clubhouse

All members are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting as we review the 2025/26 season, look ahead to 2026/27, and elect the club committee for the coming year.

Several key committee positions are currently vacant, including:
🔹 Chairman
🔹 Vice Chairman
🔹 Treasurer

Nominations are welcomed for all committee roles, including those currently held. Applications should be submitted in writing to our Honorary Club Secretary, Sharon Owen, by 30th June 2026 at:
📧 [email protected]

This is your opportunity to have a say in the future of the club and help shape the next season.

We look forward to seeing as many members as possible on the evening. If you are unable to attend and wish to send your apologies, please contact Sharon using the email above.

🏆President’s night🏆

Last month saw our annual President’s night take place, which celebrates the players, coaches and club members as well as the season just gone 🏉

A great night was had, with delicious food, a highly entertaining Simon Shaw as our guest speaker, and drinks in full flow!🍻🥂💃🏻

Huge congratulations to everyone who won an award, and cheers to a great season for CRFC!👏🏼🌟

Roll on next season!!🔴⚫️

🏆Award winners:
- Doug Cooper - Most improved player
- Miller Bunce - 1XV top try scorer
- Alfie Davies - 2XV top try scorer
- Ollie Brown - Young player of the year
- Oli Newman - Captains tankard
- Archie Mould - Coaches player
- Sean Loveridge - 2XV players player
- Archie Mould - 1XV players player
- Nick Theakston - President’s shield
- Jon Poulton - Clubman of the year

Sadly, a few weeks ago, we lost a dear friend 🕊️

Alan Patrick Tindale MBE 19th March 1967 ~ 17th April 2026

We’ve lost a friend, a mentor… and, let’s be honest, one of the best blokes you could hope to meet. Al had time for everyone. Always. Even when you didn’t deserve it. Especially then. He gave advice. Good advice. Usually followed by ruthless banter that reminded you not to get too confident. He had a gift for lifting people up — and taking them down a peg straight after. Perfect balance.

Rugby wasn’t just a hobby for Al. It was basically in his bloodstream. Pitch, sideline, changing room — he owned them all. Loudly. He called the plays. He set the standards. And somehow, you actually wanted to live up to them.

He tackled life like he tackled everything else — straight on, no fuss, no fear, no backing out. We’ll remember the mud. The bruises. The questionable decisions after the final whistle. And Al, right in the middle of it all — probably leading the stories and definitely winning the arguments. Win or lose didn’t matter. Though, to be fair, he had strong opinions on both. He was loyal, passionate, and always there for his team.

Then he became a referee — which felt like a natural progression for someone who loved telling people what they were doing wrong. Whistle in hand, authority unlocked. He took it seriously, though. Especially with the minis and juniors.

Teaching them the game, encouraging them, and no doubt quietly wondering why they weren’t running his plays properly. He mentored the next generation the same way he led us — with passion, patience, and just enough cheek to keep everyone grounded. Win or lose didn’t matter. Though if you asked him, losing usually involved “interesting decisions from the ref.”

Funny, that.

Al leaves a massive gap. The kind you can’t fill. Leader, mate, legend — no title required. You followed him because you wanted to. Simple as that.
And if we’re honest, most of us still would.
Our thoughts are with Paula and the family.
They’ve lost the most. And we’re all feeling it with them.

RIP Rugby Brother

🔴⚫️💫

FINAL TIME!!!

🗓️Saturday 9th May
⏰15:30
📍Cirencester

Introducing your Minchinhampton IXV to face in the final of the combination cup.
We are being hosted throughout the day by for full day of rugby so come on down and show your support!

Congratulations to our 2nd XV who won the Bill Adam’s Trophy last night with a brilliant 45-7 win over Wootton RFC. Thanks to for hosting a brilliant night of community rugby.

Well done men! A proud night for the club⚫️🔴⚫️🔴

When our superstar Women’s Captain met World Cup winner and superstar 🤩

Thank you and for hosting such a fantastic event in support of .mark, showcasing the Cotswold Lionesses and inviting our .official U10s and U11s to be a part of it 💚

🏉The CIA Cup!!🏉

Looking forward to the long weekend? What better way to start it than with great rugby at The Whiteway with World Cup winner 🤩

Join our friends at CIA for a feast of fixtures from the U10s and U11s, followed by a fantastic Cotswold Lionnesses performance 💃🏻💪🏼

KO 6:30pm, with this event also supporting .mark, a charity formed in memory of Maddy Lawrence that supports the mental health of young women through rugby 💓

One hell of an evening to look forward to, get down to the The Whiteway on Friday night!💥💫🏉🔴⚫️