CLUB CAPTAINS Our Club Captains are there for you. They are the link between you, the playing community and the management. Or as one Co-Club Captain puts it, they are ‘The undercover driving force disguised as functional alcoholic players who bleed heliotrope’  The other suggest their role includes ‘Handing out pints, Drinking pints, Shoulder to cry on, Cry on people’s shoulders’.  In reality, in addition to the above, they act as a rep for players, making new players welcome; making sure your voices are heard; supporting with pastoral issues; representing the club externally and ..read more

ASSISTANT COACH Belsize Park RFC is looking for an energetic, professional Assistant Coach(s) wanting to support the growth and development of Belsize Park RFC’s Women’s Section at an exciting time for a growing club! Job Title: Assistant Coach/s (Voluntary) Reporting to: Head of Women’s Rugby, Belsize Park RFC Time Commitment: 3-4hr per week, plus weekend game days of 4hrs. Location: London (some travel required for game days) Job Purpose To support Belsize Park’s Head of Women’s Rugby and the wider women’s coaching team in preparing for the new season, taking responsibility for owning and ..read more

RUNNING FOR CORAM Last month, seven BRILLIANT Belsizers, Chris, Eduard, Helena, James, Rusty, Starky & Yani, ran the 2023  London Marathon in aid of our Charity Partner, Coram, to helped raise a massive £41,321! Coram is a specialist group of children’s charities dedicated to all children, but particularly those who have little or no support around them. This fundraising effort from our members and the wider #TeamCoram, will help the charity continue their important work and create better chances for children, now and forever. A HUGE well done to our runners, and thank you eve ..read more

CHARITY PARTNERSHIP Belsize Park are delighted to officially announce their partnership with Coram. Coram is a specialist group of children’s charities dedicated to all children, but particularly those who have little or no support around them. Joanne Landucci, Community and Events Manager at Coram said: ‘We are overjoyed to be working in partnership with Belsize Park Rugby Club and look forward to the coming months to raise vital funds and awareness for Coram’. Coram was established as The Foundling Hospital in London by Thomas Coram in 1739 as a home for babies whose mothers were unab ..read more

MARVELLOUS MOUSTACHES Movember is an international, annual event to raise awareness of men’s health issues, namely prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s mental health and suicide prevention. Across the globe throughout November men grow out their moustaches, to raise awareness and funds for all the dads, brothers, sons and mates in our lives. This year, the Belsize Men have done us all proud in an extraordinary effort of growing their moustaches and raising over £2,300! Huge congrats to this marvellous moustache growing! The cause means a great deal to every member of Belsize, an ..read more

BRIAN EAST 1940 – 2022  Belsize Park RFC is very sad to report the death of Brian East, one of its most revered and long-standing Members.  Brian joined the Club in 1974 and his avowed delight in Administration soon led to his appointment as Secretary, a post he continued to hold for over 10 years. He continued to serve on the Committee in various roles until 2004 when he was promoted to Middlesex County Secretary and, in due course, he became President of Middlesex RFU in 2010. He remains the only Member of humble Belsize Park RFC to have achieved such prominence in what is st ..read more

The England Women’s Red Roses continue to demonstrate the growth and power of women’s rugby on the global stage. The Women’s Rugby World Cup final was played just a couple of weeks ago in front of a world-record crowd of 42,579 at Eden Park, New Zealand’s National Stadium, and the England team just narrowly missed out on raising the trophy. But the impact of their amazing tournament will be felt for years to come! They have made England proud and inspired a generation of young girls and women to pick up the sport. At a grassroots level, the growth of women’s rugby is tangible and Belsize is a ..read more

Welcome to our inaugural Belsize Blog post. We’ll use this to keep you updated on club news, stories from players, team content and much more. If you’ve got an idea for a post get in touch with our new Head of Marketing, Becca Hone.  For the inaugural post, I wanted to share my vision for the rugby at Belsize having taken on the DoR over the summer. I’m fortunate to be building on an incredible platform set by Zach and others. However, elsewhere things are less rosy with clubs shrinking around us amid the challenges facing the game post COVID.   Three months into the role and I’m con ..read more

At Belsize Park RFC, the mental and physical wellbeing of our players is of paramount importance. As we approach preseason training, we will be working closely with England Rugby’s COVID-19 guidance to determine the appropriate way forward to maintain the safety of our players. The RFU has announced three possible windows for our 1st XV season to begin (10th October, 28th November and 6th February) and three possible models for the league structure depending on the resulting length of the season that each start date affords. The windows for 12 team merit leagues are later (21st November, 16th ..read more

We are looking for coaches, with various levels of experience for the coming season. We are looking for several coaches across our 7 men’s and one women’s sides. If you want to join an ambitious, fun and growing coaching team, then please click here get in touch with our Director of Rugby.   ..read more