Tug of War Ireland is committed to ensuring good governance across our sport and has put together this guide to provide guidance to clubs which we hope will be of assistance at club level.

At Government level, the National Sports Policy 2018–2027 (which among other targets) specifically requires the adoption by all funded sports bodies of The Governance Code which is the Code advocated by Sport Ireland to be adopted by all sport’s National Governing bodies.  At Board level we have confirmed our compliance with the Code to Sport Ireland.

We hope this guide can assist all clubs to embrace governance at club level and help clubs have a better understanding of how good governance can be implemented.  Many clubs have already put good governance practices in place, and we encourage all clubs to continue to make improvements at all levels. Governance practices are there to protect you and your club and to have a clear set of principles and policies to follow when issues arise.

It is important that your club committee consider governance in how you operate and ideally have individual/s within the club that can help the club keep improving in this area. we suggest you could consider setting up a subcommittee to support the main committee with this work.

If you require any assistance, please do contact us at secretary@tugofwarireland.com