Club Membership
Empowering Your Club. Protecting Your Players.
Affiliating your club or university with the Wales Touch Association (WTA) provides essential insurance protection, tournament sanctioning, and dedicated support to help your club grow and thrive within the official Touch rugby framework.
What Club Affiliation Includes
1. Comprehensive Insurance & Management Protection
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Extensive club-wide insurance covering Public Liability, Employers Liability, Products Liability, and Professional Indemnity.
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Directors & Officers (Management Liability) cover to protect your committee members and club administrators while running club operations.
2. Competition Sanctioning & Tournament Discounts
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Sanctioned Event Status: Official sanctioning under Federation of International Touch (FIT) rules, ensuring quality assurance and player confidence.
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Preferential Entry Rates: Significant discounts on team entries for official Wales Touch social tournaments, national tournaments, and leagues.
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Event Support: WTA guidance, marketing support, and logistical backing to host your own one-off club days, festivals, or inter-club fixtures.
3. Coaching, Officiating & Development
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Direct access to certified WTA referee panels and coaching staff for your club fixtures.
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Subsidised spaces and priority booking on accredited FIT Level 1 & Level 2 coaching and refereeing courses for your members.
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Club growth support, recruitment resources, and player pathway guidance from WTA development officers.
4. Governance, Quality Assurance & Voice
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Voting Rights: Representation and full voting rights at the WTA Annual General Meeting (AGM) to help shape the national direction of the sport.
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Governance Templates: Ready-to-use club constitution models, safeguarding frameworks, equality policies, and disciplinary guidance.
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National Alignment: Direct backing from our governing body network, including the Wales Sports Association (WSA) and the WRU.
Supporting the Growth of Touch in Wales
The WTA is a community-driven organisation run by dedicated volunteers. Your club affiliation fee directly funds the governance infrastructure, referee mentoring, grassroots initiatives, and competition frameworks that keep Touch rugby growing across every region of Wales.
Affiliation Tiers & Pricing
Standard Club Affiliation — £60 / year
For community, regional, and standalone Touch rugby clubs operating training, leagues, or tournament squads.
University Affiliation — £30 / year
Subsidised annual rate for student-run higher education clubs and university Touch societies.
School Affiliation — Free
For primary and secondary schools introducing Touch rugby through PE curriculum delivery, after-school clubs, or inter-school festivals.
* All club affiliations are valid for 12 consecutive months from the date of registration.