Welcome to Gear Up Rugby. As part of an exciting year in Women's sport, we’re providing vital funding for grassroots rugby clubs across the UK in order to help the girls’ sport thrive.
Protyre Autocare has teamed up with Continental tyres to develop Gear Up Rugby - an initiative to empower local U12 to U18 girls’ rugby clubs. By providing funding for essential resources and opportunities, we’re aiming to get more girls into rugby.
Do you know a grassroots girls’ rugby team that would benefit from funding? Nominate your local club to help us level up access to the game.
We’re on a mission to Gear Up Rugby for the next generation. Read on to learn how you can join us on this journey.
What can we help you with?
Nominations close 31st October 2025
What is Gear Up Rugby?
Gear Up Rugby is designed to give girls’ rugby clubs (U12–U18) the funding they need to improve access to the sport. We’ve created a fund that we’re sharing with grassroots clubs across the country and we’ve joined forces with rugby legend Ugo Monye to spread the word.
This funding can be used for a range of activities, from buying new equipment, kit and supporting travel expenses, to delivering community outreach to develop the girls’ sport. Plus, the fund increases for every Continental Tyre sold at Protyre Autocare before 31st October 2025. So, by supporting us, you’ll be helping more clubs to excel!
Gear Up Rugby is a movement built on community, teamwork, and the belief that every girl deserves the chance to play. Together, we can make rugby stronger, more inclusive, and accessible to all.
Join us in inspiring the future of the game.
Don't miss out, apply for funding for your girls’ rugby club and nominate a local club today. Applications for Gear Up Rugby funding is open until 31st October 2025.
Why are we supporting Girls’ Rugby?
Girls’ rugby is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide - with girl’s grassroots participation growing 9.3% each year. Yet despite this surge in interest, many girls grassroots clubs face challenges in providing the facilities, kit, and coaching needed to keep pace with demand. Through Gear Up Rugby, our funding to local clubs will provide vital support to help more girls enjoy playing rugby and access grassroots sport.
Why not become a champion of girls’ rugby and nominate your local grassroots rugby club so we can Gear Up Rugby!
Be a champion of local sport and help us to get more girls out on the pitch.
No matter how small your funding request, we want to hear about it
Gear Up Rugby can provide funding for whatever your local club needs!
• Essential kit: rugby balls, cones, tackle pads, bibs and more
• Coaching and development: coaching qualifications, first aid training and referee courses
• Player support: kits, boots, gum shields and travel to matches
• Community engagement: taster sessions, open days and other local rugby initiatives
Our rugby funding is flexible, so your club can request support based on its own specific needs.
At Protyre Autocare, we’re all about the journey – whether that’s behind the wheel or out on the field. We pride ourselves on being central to the local communities we operate in, providing expert advice and keeping our customers on the move.
Our ‘here to help’ commitment extends well beyond our garages. In fact, we consider ourselves to be community champions.
By day, our teams on the ground use their expertise to keep our customers safe on the road.
By night, they put themselves at the heart of communities through a wealth of activities charity fundraising, volunteering with local organisations and their love of local sport through coaching.
Rugby is built on community, which is why we’re proud to support the Gear Up Rugby campaign and help make a positive impact that goes far beyond keeping out customers safe on the road.
At Continental Tyres, we do more than just support from the sidelines, we help make real difference in the communities where the game begins. As a proud partner of England Rugby, Continental Tyres has long championed the values of teamwork, resilience, and determination, which are just as important off the pitch as they are on it.
Through Gear Up Rugby, Continental Tyres is helping to break down barriers for local girls’ rugby clubs by ensuring they have access to the resources they need to flourish as young players. Every club funded is another opportunity for young players to discover the joy of rugby, build their confidence, and feel part of something bigger.
By partnering with Protyre Autocare, Continental Tyres is also turning everyday tyre purchases into positive change, with a percentage from every sale going directly into the Gear Up Rugby fund. Together, we are proving that small actions, multiplied across communities, can create a lasting impact for the future of girls’ rugby.
Grassroots Rugby is the first stepping stone to the elite game of Rugby. It is the heart and soul of the sport, where anyone can join in and play. From young children learning to play rugby for the first time, to adults looking to stay healthy, active and have fun.
Rugby at the grassroots level often refers to the local, community-based level of the sport, where amateur clubs and amazing volunteers foster a friendly environment to hopefully inspire the next generation.
It is vitally important that this entry level of Rugby is properly funded and supported to ensure the game can continue to grow, while making sure everyone feels welcome and included. The Gear Up Rugby campaign is a great opportunity to grow the grassroots game and get girls participating in the sport.
Nominate Your Local Club! Help your local U12–U18 girls’ rugby club get funding to support coaching, kit, and community activities. Simply fill in the form below with the club’s details to enter the Gear Up Rugby fund.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you absolutely can! If you don’t know a local rugby club, you can still support Gear Up Rugby. For every Continental tyre sold before midnight on 31st October, the campaign fund increases.
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If you have any questions or queries about the campaign, submission process or maybe a specific question about the Gear up Rugby fund?
Please contact customerrelations@protyre.co.uk
Once submissions close, our expert panel - featuring Ugo Monye (former rugby union international), representatives from Continental Tyre Group and Protyre Autocare, as well as an independent judge—will select the clubs that will receive Gear Up Rugby funding. Funding will be awarded to clubs based on their need.
For consumers
By participating in the Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and any other requirements set out in the promotional material. Keep a copy for your records.
Promoters: Continental Tyre Group, Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL and Protyre Autocare, Micheldever Station, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 3AP. No correspondence to these addresses please.
Promotional Period
Qualifying sales and fund entries will be accepted from 00:01 8th September 2025 to 23:59 31st October 2025.
Prize fund
2. When any consumer purchases any Continental car, van or 4x4 tyre from a participating Protyre Autocare retail outlet or via the Protyre Autocare website (www.protyre.co.uk) during the Promotional Period, Continental Tyre Group will contribute £1 for each tyre purchased to the Continental Gear Up Rugby prize fund.
Continental Gear Up Rugby
Eligibility
3. Continental Gear Up to Rugby is a fund create by Continental Tyres to support the development of under 18 female rugby, through providing funding to support their activities for example coaching, facilities, equipment or kit. More information may be found on the fund website www.gearuprugby.co.uk
4. Open to all affiliated amateur rugby clubs registered with the England, Wales or Scotland rugby football unions (RFU, WFU, SRU) and who have female teams from under 12 to under 18. Only one team is required in the age range.
5. There is no purchase requirement for affiliated amateur rugby clubs to enter this promotion.
6. Maximum of 1 entry per rugby club. Maximum of 1 prize per rugby club.
How to enter
7. Entries must be made on behalf of a qualifying rugby club. Qualifying rugby clubs must complete the online submission form at www.gearuprugby.co.uk during the Promotional Period. Information required includes full name, email address, contact phone number, role of the rugby club, rugby club details, age group and a written submission. There is a maximum of a 500 word submission.
8. Entries will be judged on the impact on participation and experience (100%)
9. By entering your data you agree that your data will be shared by the Promoters with its associated agencies for the execution of this promotion. Any photograph and video included in the funding submission may be used by the Promoter, see term 18.
10. No responsibility can be taken for submissions which are lost, delayed, corrupted, damaged, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered for any technical, delivery or other reason
Prize
11. There are a maximum of 100 prizes available in total, which will consist of a minimum supporting grant of £250. Grants will be paid directly to the rugby club via a BACS transfer.
12. No alternative prize will be provided in whole or in part, except that in the event of circumstances outside of its control, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute a similar prize of equal or greater value.
Winner selection
13. All entries received during the Promotional Period will be judged based on the criteria set out in clause 7 on or before the 14th November 2025. The judging panel’s decision is final.
14. The expert judging panel will consist of Ugo Monye an ex rugby union international, representatives from Continental Tyre Group and Protyre Autocare plus an independent judge.
Winner Notification
15. Winners will be contacted via the email address provided on the submission form within 7 days of judging and will have 14 days to confirm the details of the grant awarded. In order to claim their prize winners must provide proof of ID, rugby club certification evidence, proof of their association to the rugby club and the bank details for the grant to be paid into.
16. In the event that a winner does not respond within 14 days, reject their prize or are ineligible, another winner be selected from the next runner up based on judging. The process will repeat until an eligible winner is able to claim the prize.
17. Entrants are encouraged to monitor their email account during this time in case they are the winner.
18. Winners may be required to take part in reasonable publicity and promotional activity organised by the Promoters including providing photographs, quotes, and participation in Pr and social media content. By accepting a prize, winners agree to the use of their name, image, and any statements made for such purposes.
Prize Fulfilment
Prizes will be delivered by BACS bank transfer within 28 days of valid prize claim and the completion of the verification process.
General
19. If the winner does not qualify as a valid entrant, then an alternative winner will be selected instead.
20. When entering the competition, you acknowledge that your entry, name and email details will have been made available to the Promoter. All personal data will be held and be used by the Promoter in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policies.
21. The prize will only be awarded directly to the winners. The Promoter will not be liable for any cancellations, alterations or modifications to the promotion as detailed above or the prizes for any reason which falls outside its reasonable control.
22. The Promoter reserves the right to verify all entries and the winners and to refuse to award a prize or withdraw prize entitlement and/or refuse further participation in the promotion and disqualify the participant where there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a breach of these terms and conditions or any instructions forming part of this promotions entry requirements or otherwise where a participant has gained unfair advantage in participating in the promotion or won using fraudulent means. The Promoter will be the final arbiter in any decisions and these will be binding.
23. In the event of circumstances outside the reasonable control of the Promoter, or otherwise where fraud, abuse, and/or an error (human or computer) affects or could affect the proper operation of this promotion or the awarding of prizes, and only where circumstances make this unavoidable, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the promotion or these terms and conditions, at any stage, but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment.
24. The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense or damage which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this promotion or accepting or using the prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (including personal injury, death and fraud) in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law.
25. By participating in the promotion the entrants herby grant the Promoter, and assigns the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to photograph and video the participant and assigns the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use, re-use, publish, re-publish, publicly display, perform, transmit, exhibit, and reproduce by name, country of origin, statements, photographs, or other visual representations or likeness, in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other material, including without limitation, text, photographs, or images, in any medium including, but not limited to the internet and other electronic media, and for any purposes, including but not limited to advertising, publicity, promotion, and trade, throughout the UK and rest of world without restriction as to manner, frequency, or duration of usage or any other purpose whatsoever in connection with the sale and marketing of the promoter's products.
26. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the competition or accepting the prize. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude the liability of the promoter Limited for death or personal injury as a result of its negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
27. Full names and counties of winners will be available on request for a period of 3 months following the closing date by sending an email to winners@stream-ltd.com. By participating in the promotion you agree to your data being handled in this manner.
28. The promoter's decision is final regarding the selection of the winners.
29. The Promoter will only use the personal details supplied for the administration of the promotion and for no other purpose, unless we have your consent. The Promoter will process entrants personal data in accordance with its Data Protection Notice at Data Protection Notice | Continental tyres (continental-tyres.co.uk). Entry data will be stored for three months after the close of the Promotional Period before deletion. You can request access to your personal details, or have any inaccuracies rectified, by sending an email to customerrelations@protyre.co.uk]. By participating in this promotion, you agree to the use of your personal data as described here.
30. Entries that do not comply with these terms and conditions, or where entrants are found to be abusing the promotion in any way, will result in the disqualification of all relevant entries.
31. The Promoter’s decision is final in relation to all promotional matters.
32. Any question concerning the legal interpretation of the rules will be based on English law and the Courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.