Our performance squad partners are people who are willing to help us raise some extra funding for our performance squads: women and men. We hope this will appeal to many of our players and families. Becoming a Performance Squad Partner involves signing up to a gift of £9 per month (or a single annual payment of £108), preferably gift-aided.

We will account separately as to the use of the revenue raised from our Performance Squad Partners and report as to how we are using it. We need and will use the revenue generated from Performance Squad Partners for initiatives which support (equally) our women’s and men’s performance squads (1st and 2nd teams). We are a fully amateur club, with CASC status, and we do not and will not pay players to play for our club. But there are many expenses involved in running performance squads and giving them the best chance of success.

The sorts of further initiative which this would be supporting could be things like:

• additional specialist coaching e.g. strength & conditioning
• extra physio treatment and equipment
• recovery (eg. ice-bath) equipment
• video recording and video analysis equipment
• travel and accommodation costs for away matches and indoor tournaments
• additional training equipment
• new training and playing kit
• additional costs of hosted events or special trips

Our pledge to our Performance Squad Partners is that they will receive (if they wish):

• regular information from the club about first team activities
• named recognition in the clubroom at Oaklands, on the club’s website and in the club handbook
• named recognition in every 1st XI home matchday programme
• report as to how the revenue was spent on performance squad initiatives
• invitation to special club events and to sit with the first teams at match teas

“At the top level, margins are so fine and preparation is everything. We look forward to working with our Partners, and showing them how they are instrumental in the performance squads achieving their potential.”
Andy Halliday & Hannah Macleod, 1st Team Head Coaches; Dawn Forshaw & John Garner, 1st Team Managers, 2014

If you would like to become a performance squad partner, or have any questions about the scheme, please contact the CEO.