Silhillians RUFC

Hello and welcome to the official SNAP Sponsorship profile of Silhillians RUFC.

We're delighted to announce that we’ve now partnered with SNAP Sponsorship and we’re looking for sponsors who are excited about affiliating themselves with a successful grassroots rugby club in Warwickshire. Originally an ‘Old Boys’ school team, we’re now a community club with a long history and big ambitions.

We strive to craft a partnership with our sponsors that meets their specific objectives, whether that be community gifting, social responsibility (CSR), direct sales or brand building.

Whatever your motivation, find out more below. Thank you for visiting our profile. Please be aware that invoices will be sent per annum.

Why Sponsor Us?

In order to survive and to continually improve our facilities for the local community, the club relies on sponsorship from local businesses – and this is where we would like to work alongside you.

Increased brand awareness, raising the profile of your business in our community

Do you want to raise the profile of your business or organisation? Silhillians RUFC is keen to develop new relationships with businesses who can offer beneficial products and services to our local community.

Sponsoring us will raise the profile of your business and benefit you in the following ways: 

• Exposure to hundreds in the local area and players and spectators from visiting teams 
• Publicity in local papers 
• Increased brand awareness on our website and social media accounts
• Satisfaction from giving back to the community 
• You’re supporting a much-needed local amenity which brings enjoyment to many. 

All revenue raised is returned to the club to improve facilities for our players and spectators who are passionate about rugby and Silhillians RUFC.

Engage with our many members and capitalise on our strong social media following

Silhillians RUFC is in the heart of community with links to a sizeable audience base surrounding the club. In addition to our large membership and extensive supporter network, Silhillians RUFC understands the importance and power of the internet and social media. We therefore use our website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to promote our club, fixtures and sponsors to a total following of over 3000 people.

We’re an extremely social club who pride themselves on being warm, friendly and family-orientated. We regularly host events throughout the year and we’d be happy to host a sponsored networking event if desired.

Silhillians RUFC has an array of sponsorship opportunities which can be tailored to meet your objectives. Through sponsorship, our club will promote your company in a wide variety of ways enriching the profile of your business in our community. 

Get involved in grassroots sport and remove economic barriers making sport affordable, accessible and inclusive for all

Sponsorship of a grassroots sport delivers a much higher return on investment than traditional advertising. This is because sponsorship allows your business to become directly involved in activities that are highly valued by local consumers.

Silhillians RUFC is proud of its strong bonds with the community and enjoys supporting and engaging with local initiatives. Consumers are known to form strong positive associations with sponsors who support the development of grassroots sport and also contribute to the local area and by directly supporting us, you’re helping to remove economic barriers — making rugby affordable, accessible and inclusive for all in the community.

Contact us now to find out more and explore what Silhillians RUFC can offer you!

The Club Today

Who are we? Watch our introductory video here.

Silhillians RUFC or ‘The Sils’ as we’re more commonly known, lies at the heart of our community and now has more members than ever before. We have over 400 mini and junior girls and boys from 5-18 years old; a squad of over 50 senior mens players and more than 30 registered ladies playing for our Sirens team.

We are located at the Memorial Ground in Copt Heath near Solihull. Although the site is skirted to the south and east by rural land, it’s only 150 yards from the M42 motorway and the easy access has made Silhillians a popular fixture for touring teams or as a pre-season friendly.

We share our Memorial Clubhouse with the Old Silhillians Association (OSA) – the ‘old boys' club of Solihull School. The building houses a gymnasium, squash courts, changing facilities, a rifle range, a function room, a members' bar and administration offices for the rugby club and OSA.

Our club is governed by The Committee. Members are comprised of stalwarts of the club and current players and within the club it is considered an honour to serve or have served on The Committee.

Although the club is now open to those who are not former pupils of Solihull School, the link between the school and rugby club is still strong and many Old Silhillians represent Silhillians RUFC.

We continue to improve and add to our facilities to keep up with the demand of our members and the wider community and we’re currently crowdfunding to raise much needed funds for refurbishments and to improve disabled access to the pitch and clubhouse, but we also rely heavily on sponsorship for the day-to-day running of the club.

The Sils is a family-orientated and friendly club with strong traditions as a result of our long history and we’re passionate about giving back to our members and our local community.

History of Our Club

As part of our recent 90th Anniversary Celebrations in the 2022/23 season we were funded by  The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players to create a documentary about the history of Silhillians RUFC. There is no better way to get a feel for who we are and where we have come from than these following videos.

Episode 1, The Beginning https://youtu.be/3OREDj4y_RU?si=7R7q0Id_r40R0O1z

Episode 2, The Gentleman’s Game https://youtu.be/WetFxoHVz28?si=4EixPeokTtvDXQnL

Episode 3, Remembering the Greats https://youtu.be/MNtij9bqkc4?si=BdiOToKPIKxUozbm

Episode 4, Hometown Glory https://youtu.be/QQSd6WQAFkY?si=FgVh2bLXktFP0-zZ

Episode 5, Bloodline https://youtu.be/RsJ4yBfiC1w?si=bKoA7HiDU5VGMu-q

Episode 6, The Siren’s Call https://youtu.be/yO9KyNtLQ2g?si=Nkb2hp-iPGm7X5gk

Aspirations

Our overriding aspiration is to be the most successful amateur club in the Midlands. We have recently been promoted to Regional 1 Midlands so believe we are some way to achieving that goal.

With membership and crowd attendances rising, we have ambitious plans to continue to develop the infrastructure at the club and grow our teams.

Naturally, we want to support our sponsors and build them in to our club on a strategic level — allowing all of our partners to benefit from our ever-improving facilities, expanding audience and our community involvement.