Terms And Conditions Of Sale

ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ITEMS SOLD BY RUGBY CONNECTIONS UK LTD ARE DETAILED BELOW

1 - SHOP ITEM TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Specifically for merchandise sold. See separate terms and conditions for sponsorship, hospitality packages which includes gala dinner packages and team packages)

All orders are accepted under these terms and conditions and are governed by English law under the jurisdiction of English courts. No other terms shall apply unless specifically agreed in writing by Rugby Connections UK Ltd. Customer's statutory rights are not affected.

Definitions

For the purposes of this contract Rugby Connections UK Ltd shall be known as ‘RCUK’ and any purchaser shall be known as 'the customer'. 'Working day(s)' are all days other than Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in the United Kingdom.
Contract

A contract shall exist between RCUK and the customer only after RCUK has sent an email confirmation if an invoice has been requested, confirming receipt of the customer's order or the customer’s credit card payment has been successfully processed, whichever of the two occurs first.
Insurance

Packages to non-UK destinations are NOT insured against loss or damage unless you specifically ask us to insure them AND there is an insured service available to your country. If you do not request insurance then your order is not insured against loss and/or damage and is sent at your own risk. Please ask us about the availability and cost of insurance. We are sorry but we cannot reimburse customers for items lost in the post outside the UK unless they are insured.
Payment

We can accept payment by any of the following methods:-
1. UK cheques. Please note that all cheques should be made payable to Rugby Connections UK Ltd.
2. UK Postal Orders. UK postal orders should be made out to Rugby Connections UK Ltd. Please note that we cannot accept foreign postal orders.
3. Non UK Postal Money Orders & International Money Orders (IMO.s). We can only accept these if they are drawn on a UK bank and are in Pounds Sterling. "Drawn On a UK Bank" means that the Money Order / IMO has the address of a UK bank printed on either the front or the rear. Any cheque received from outside the UK without a UK address is unacceptable, and will be returned to you.
4. Credit/Debit Card. We accept credit cards (Visa/MasterCard) and debit cards (Switch/Visa Delta/Solo). We do not accept American Express or Diners Club. For credit/debit card orders we require your card number, expiry date, home phone number and name and address details, either with your order, or once we have sent confirmation of items that we have in stock, and the total cost. We reserve the right to ask the customer for a copy of their credit card and/or credit card statement (or similar identification document) to verify that they are the card holder.
We do not recommend that you send cash since it may become lost in the post. If you have to send cash then send it via registered post.
Pricing and Availability

The prices and availability of goods are subject to change without notice. If any item ordered is unavailable at the price listed, RCUK will notify the customer of the change and will not process the order until written or emailed acceptance of the revised order has been received from the customer. Please note that prices listed do not include postage and packing. Postage and packing rates vary depending on the weight and size of the items. We will quote you postage and packing at the time you place your order.
Privacy Policy

RCUK are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 to process your order. All customers' personal information will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and will not be disclosed to any third party.
Delivery

RCUK will deliver the goods ordered to the delivery address that the customer has supplied. The customer warrants that he/she has provided accurate and up-to-date contact information including postal address and, if available, telephone number and email address. RCUK will make all reasonable endeavours to dispatch orders within five working days but in some circumstances this is not possible. RCUK will notify the customer if we are unable to despatch any order within thirty days. Delivery is said to have taken place once the carrier has delivered the goods to the UK delivery address supplied by the customer or ten working days after dispatch to a non-UK delivery address. RCUK abides to all custom rules and regulations. RCUK does not devalue the cost of goods for customs purposes. RCUK will not be held liable for any product confiscated by customs. RCUK does not pay for international duty taxes and any incurred taxes will be charged back to the customer. The customer is liable for any fees incurred by shipments refused by the recipient or returned as a result of non-collection or an error made by a local non-UK post office.
Lost Goods

On those rare occasions where a package has gone missing in the post we may be able to put in a claim with the post office. To enable us to do this, you must notify us by telephone, fax or email as soon as you suspect that a package has gone missing, no later than three weeks after the despatch date (UK) or eight weeks after the despatch date for overseas parcels. If you notify us any later than these dates and we are unable to make a claim, then we will not be able to compensate you for loss of the goods. In the case of lost orders shipped outside the UK, the following applies:-
1. No claim will be made for a lost shipment until a twelve-week waiting period has elapsed to allow for possible delays
2. RCUK reserves the right to offer only replacement product and not financial reimbursement in the event of a lost shipment deemed worthy of reimbursement.
3. RCUK will only reimburse lost shipments outside the UK if sent via an insured service (which must be requested at the point of ordering).
Cancellation/Returns

If the goods supplied are faulty or different to those ordered by the customer, they can, at their own expense, return them to RCUK in their original condition within seven working days from receipt and RCUK will issue a full refund for the price paid for the item(s). Written or emailed notice of cancellation must be made to RCUK’s customer care department to enquiries@rugbyconnections.com .Notice of cancellation cannot be made by telephone. Once notice of cancellation has been received by RCUK, ownership reverts to RCUK and all goods must be returned at the customer's expense. Upon receipt of the cancelled items, RCUK shall refund the customer's credit card or send a cheque (whichever is applicable) for the value of the goods. RCUK will make all reasonable endeavours to refund the customer within thirty days from receipt of the cancelled items. If you have to return something to us, please contact us before you do so. We do not accept liability whatsoever for items returned to us unless you have been in contact with us first and we have accepted your reason for return of the item(s) and the items are packed to the same standard that they were dispatched to you. If items are returned to us that are subsequently damaged or lost, we do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage. You should send any authorized item by an insured service. We will replace faulty items only if we receive notification within ten working days of receipt of the items and they are returned to us within ten working days of said notification. These conditions do not affect your statutory rights if you are a UK citizen.
Invalidity Of Terms And Conditions

If for any reason any part of these Terms and Conditions is unenforceable, the validity of the remainder shall not be affected.

2 Terms & Conditions for Hospitality Packages provided by Rugby Connections UK Limited

1 Interpretation

In these terms and conditions, the following words shall have the following meanings: Conditions means the terms and conditions of sale set out in this document;
Contract means a legally binding contract for the purchase of a Hospitality Package made in accordance with Condition 2 of the Conditions;
Company means Rugby Connections UK Limited;
Customer means the purchaser of the Hospitality Package; Event means the event to which the Hospitality Package relates, namely the RCUK Charity Rugby Sevens, which shall take place on September 10, 2009; Schedule means the information concerning particular Hospitality Packages available at the Event and attached hereto as Schedule A (Hospitality Only Packages), Schedule B (Gala Dinner Only Packages) and Schedule C (Combined Hospitality and Gala Dinner Packages), respectively; Hospitality Package means the Hospitality package to be sold to the Customer by the Company, containing security passes (if applicable) and/or ground access tickets;
Price means the price of the Hospitality Package detailed on the Company’s invoice or as otherwise notified by the Company in writing; Venue means the location where the Event is to be staged, namely The Athletic Ground, Richmond, London, TW9 2SS.

1.1 The headings in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation. 1.2 Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of a statue shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re‐enacted or extended at the relevant time.

1.3 Where the context dictates in these Conditions, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and any gender includes the other gender.
1.4 The Schedules to these Conditions shall form part of and be construed in accordance with these Conditions.

2 Application of Conditions

2.1 By submitting a booking request for a Hospitality Package to the Company by email, telephone, fax or post, or through our website, the Customer shall be offering to enter into a Contract. The Company reserves the right to reject any booking request and a Contract shall only be formed once the Company sends express confirmation of a booking request to the Customer by a subsequent email or other written communication.
2.2 These Conditions shall apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions. 2.3 Subject to Condition 3.1 of these Conditions, no variation of the Contract shall be binding unless agreed in writing by an authorised representative of the Company.

2.4 The Company’s employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Hospitality Package unless confirmed by the Company in writing. In entering into the Contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such representations which are not confirmed in writing. This Condition shall not exclude any liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation.

2.5 Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any Schedule or other sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by the Company shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Company.

3 Variation
Whilst every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that the Hospitality Package is in accordance with the details as set out on the Schedule, the Company reserves the right in the Company’s absolute discretion to make any changes to the Hospitality Package which do not in the opinion of the Company materially affect the quality of the Hospitality Package.

4 Price

4.1 The Company reserves the right, by giving written notice to the Customer at any time before delivery of the Hospitality Package, to increase the Price to reflect any increase in cost of the Hospitality Package to the Company including but not limited to any cost incurred by the Company without fault of the Company since the issue of the Schedule and/or invoice.

4.2 The Price shall be exclusive of value added tax which shall be paid by the Customer.

5 Terms of Payment

5.1 An invoice requesting payment of the full amount of the Price will be sent by the Company to the Customer once a Contract has arisen pursuant to Condition 2.1 above and the Customer shall pay the the Price in full (including any additional amount added after the Price was initially quoted to the Customer pursuant to Condition 4.1) no later than 30 days after the date of the invoice (time for payment being of the essence). Any late payment shall incur interest at the rate stipulated in Condition 5.3 (c) below.

5.2 Any additional fees or charges for any additional goods or services provided by or on behalf of the Company for the Customer at the Event at the Customer’s request which are not included in the Hospitality Package shall be paid for in full by the Customer by an authorised credit card; such fees or charges may, alternatively, be invoiced to the Customer, if agreed in advance with RCUK.

5.3 If the Customer gives the Company notice in writing of its intention to cancel the Contract then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract and suspend provision of the Hospitality Package and any further Hospitality Packages to the customer and; (a) where cancellation takes place within 28 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 25% cancellation fee; or
(b) where cancellation takes place within 21 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 50% cancellation fee; or (c) where cancellation takes place within 14 days of the Event, the Customer shall be and shall remain liable to the Company for the Price in full and shall not be entitled to a refund of any Price paid and the Company shall be permitted to charge the Customer interest (both before and after any judgment) on any part of the Price unpaid at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on a daily basis above the Barclays Bank PLC’s base rate from time to time, until payment of the Price is made in full.

6 Delivery

6.1 Delivery of the Hospitality Package shall be deemed to be made on the earliest occurrence of either; delivery of the Hospitality Package by the Company to the Customer, or delivery of the Hospitality Package by the Company to a third party carrier for delivery to the Customer.

6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Hospitality Package are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Hospitality Package however caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by an authorised representative of the Company in writing.

7 Risk and Property

7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Hospitality Package shall pass to the Customer: (a) at the time of posting, if the Hospitality Package is to be posted by the Company to the Customer; or (b) at the time of the Company handing the Hospitality Package to a third party, if the Hospitality Package is to be delivered by a third party carrier.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Hospitality Package, or any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Hospitality Package shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in cash or cleared funds the payment in full of the Price and all other sums due to the Company from the Customer.

7.3 Until such time as property in the Hospitality Package passes to the Customer, the Customer shall hold the Hospitality Package as the Company’s fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Hospitality Package properly stored, protected, insured and identified as the Company’s property.

7.4 Until such time as property in the Hospitality Package passes to the Customer, the Company shall be entitled at any time to require the Customer to deliver the Hospitality Package to the Company and if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Customer or any third party where the Hospitality Package is stored to repossess the Hospitality Package.

7.5 All Hospitality Packages are non‐transferable and the Customer shall not be entitled to sell or to pledge or in any way transfer, or charge by way of security for any indebtedness any Hospitality Package.

8 Warranties & Liabilities
8.1 The Company will provide the Event using all reasonable skill and care. Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions, all other warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.2 The Event is subject to cancellation at the Company’s discretion. If the Event is cancelled, the Company shall credit the Customer with any sum paid by the Customer as soon as reasonably practical. The Company shall not be liable for any additional loss or damage resulting from such cancellation.
8.3 The Company reserves the right to cancel, suspend or vary the operation of the Contract if events occur which are outside the reasonable control of the Company and the Company shall not be liable for any breach of contract, nor for any loss or damage, resulting from such an event.
8.4 The Company makes no representation that any individual player or participant shall appear at the Event.
8.5 The Company has no control over the operation of the Venue and accepts no liability for any acts or omissions on the part of persons operating the Venue or their servants, agents, employees or sub‐contractors.
8.6 Any complaints concerning the Hospitality Package must be notified to the Company in writing promptly after the Event.

9 Limitation of Liability

9.2 Nothing in this Condition 9 shall operate to exclude liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company.

10 Customer Default

10.1 The Company may without prejudice to any rights or remedies which it may have against the Customer defer or cancel the Contract if: (a) the Customer commits a material breach of any of its obligations under the Contract which is not capable of remedy; or (b) the Customer has committed a material breach of any of its obligations under the Contract which is capable of remedy but which has not been remedied within a period of 10 days following receipt of written notice to do so; or (c) the Customer enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors, or if an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for its winding up (except for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction as a solvent company) or if a petition is presented to court, or if a receiver, manager, administrative receiver or administrator is appointed in respect of the whole or any part of the other party’s undertaking or assets; or (d) the Customer (if in business) ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business; or (e) the Customer (if an individual) is made bankrupt; or
(f ) the Customer fails to pay the Price in full by September 4, 2009 following the issue of an invoice requesting payment of the Price.

11 Indemnity

The Customer shall indemnify the Company in full against and hold the Company harmless from all claims, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses (including but not limited to legal expenses) demands and judgments awarded against or incurred or paid by the Company as a result of or in connection with any and all acts or omissions of the Customer, its guests, employees, agents or subcontractors including but not limited to acts or omissions at the Event and any damage caused to the Venue by the Customer or its guests.

12 Venue Conditions and Miscellaneous Conditions

12.1 The Customer is responsible for its guests and will procure that its guests comply with these Conditions (where relevant) and with any rules, regulations and directions set down by the Company, and/or the Venue owner.
12.2 The Customer will not resell or otherwise transfer any part of a Hospitality Package.

12.3 The Customer will not use any or part of a Hospitality Package for any commercial, promotional or charitable purposes without the Company’s prior written consent, but the Company reserves the right to use any intellectual property or analogous rights used and/or existing in relation to any Hospitality Package, for the post‐Event publicity and marketing purposes of the Company.

12.4 The Customer will not display any signage, promotional material or other such items anywhere at the Venue without the Company’s prior written consent.
12.5 The Customer shall be responsible for ensuring the good and orderly behaviour of its guests whilst at the Venue and shall ensure that any person behaving in an unruly or abusive manner shall leave the Venue if requested to do so by the Company and/or the authorised staff of the Venue owner.

12.6 As a minimum, smart casual attire is required in the facilities at the Venue and the Company reserves the right to refuse admission to any person wearing inappropriate items of clothing and/or footwear or to require any such person to leave the Venue.
12.7 The Company accepts no responsibility for personal possessions brought into the Venue by the Customer or its guests.
12.8 The Customer shall be responsible for providing RCUK with notice of the Customer’s particular requirements in relation to the Hospitality Package (including but not limited to the Customer’s menu choice at the Gala Dinner) in a timely manner, but in no event later than August 27, 2009.

13 General

13.1 The Contract is personal to the Customer and the Customer shall not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer to any other person any of its rights or sub‐contract any of its obligations under the Contract. The Company shall be entitled to assign or sub‐contract any of its rights, benefits and interests in or under the Contract to third parties.

13.2 Notices shall be deemed to be served on delivery when delivered by hand, on receipt of a printout confirming due transmission when transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile, or 5 days after mailing if sent by mail, provided the postage is properly paid and such notice is correctly addressed to the respective party at the address made known by each party prior to entering into the Contract. If a party changes its address for notification purposes, then it shall give the other party written notice of the new address and the date on which it shall become effective.

13.3 No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract or these Conditions by the Customer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

13.4 Nothing in the Contract or these Conditions shall constitute or be construed as constituting a partnership or joint venture between the Company and the Customer or shall authorise either party to enter into contractual relationships or incur obligations on behalf of the other party.

13.5 An entity which is not a party to the Contract has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract or these Conditions.

13.6 If any provision of these Conditions or the Contract is found by any competent authority or a court of law to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Conditions and the Contract shall continue in full force and effect.

13.7 These Conditions and the Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, and the Customer agrees to submit to the non‐exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

3 - Terms & Conditions for Team Packages provided by Rugby Connections UK Limited

1 Interpretation

In these terms and conditions, the following words shall have the following meanings:

Conditions means the terms and conditions of sale set out in this document;
Contract means a legally binding contract for the purchase of a Team Package made in accordance with Condition 2 of the Conditions;

Company means Rugby Connections UK Limited; Customer or Team means the purchaser of the Team Package, being a company wishing to enter a team in the Event; Event means the event to which the Team Package relates, namely the RCUK Charity Rugby Sevens, which shall take place on September 10, 2009; Schedule means the information concerning particular Team Packages available at the Event and attached hereto as Schedule A (Contact Team Packages), Schedule B (Touch Team Packages) and Schedule C (Combined Contact and Touch Team Packages), respectively; Team Package means the Team package to be sold to the Customer by the Company, containing security passes (if applicable) and/or ground access tickets;

Price means the price of the Team Package detailed on the Company’s invoice or as otherwise notified by the Company in writing; Venue means the location where the Event is to be staged, namely The Athletic Ground, Richmond, London, TW9 2SS.

2 Application of Conditions

2.1 By submitting a booking request for a Team Package to the Company by email, telephone, fax or post, or through our website, the Customer shall be offering to enter into a Contract. The Company reserves the right to reject any booking request and a Contract shall only be formed once the Company sends express confirmation of a booking request to the Customer by a subsequent email or other written communication.
2.2 These Conditions shall apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions. 2.3 Subject to Condition 3.1 of these Conditions, no variation of the Contract shall be binding unless agreed in writing by an authorised representative of the Company.

2.4 The Company’s employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Team Package unless confirmed by the Company in writing. In entering into the Contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such representations which are not confirmed in writing. This Condition shall not exclude any liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation.

3 Variation
Whilst every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that the Team Package is in accordance with the details as set out on the Schedule, the Company reserves the right in the Company’s absolute discretion to make any changes to the Team Package which do not in the opinion of the Company materially affect the quality of the Team Package.

4 Price

4.1 The Company reserves the right, by giving written notice to the Customer at any time before delivery of the Team Package, to increase the Price to reflect any increase in cost of the Team Package to the Company including but not limited to any cost incurred by the Company without fault of the Company since the issue of the Schedule and/or invoice.

4.2 The Price shall be exclusive of value added tax which shall be paid by the Customer.

5 Terms of Payment

5.2 Any additional fees or charges for any additional goods or services provided by or on behalf of the Company for the Customer at the Event at the Customer’s request which are not included in the Team Package shall be paid for in full by the Customer by an authorised credit card; such fees or charges may, alternatively, be invoiced to the Customer, if agreed in advance with RCUK.

5.3 If the Customer gives the Company notice in writing of its intention to cancel the Contract then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract and suspend provision of the Team Package and any further Team Packages to the customer and; (a) where cancellation takes place within 28 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 25% cancellation fee; or
(b) where cancellation takes place within 21 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 50% cancellation fee; or
(c) where cancellation takes place within 14 days of the Event, the Customer shall be and shall remain liable to the Company for the Price in full and shall not be entitled to a refund of any Price paid and the Company shall be permitted to charge the Customer interest (both before and after any judgment) on any part of the Price unpaid at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on a daily basis above the Barclays Bank PLC’s base rate from time to time, until payment of the Price is made in full.

6 Delivery

6.1 Delivery of the Team Package shall be deemed to be made on the earliest occurrence of either; delivery of the Team Package by the Company to the Customer, or delivery of the Team Package by the Company to a third party carrier for delivery to the Customer.

6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Team Package are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Team Package however caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by an authorised representative of the Company in writing.

7 Risk and Property

7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Team Package shall pass to the Customer: (a) at the time of posting, if the Team Package is to be posted by the Company to the Customer; or (b) at the time of the Company handing the Team Package to a third party, if the Team Package is to be delivered by a third party carrier.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Team Package, or any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Team Package shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in cash or cleared funds the payment in full of the Price and all other sums due to the Company from the Customer.

7.3 Until such time as property in the Team Package passes to the Customer, the Customer shall hold the Team Package as the Company’s fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Team Package properly stored, protected, insured and identified as the Company’s property.

7.4 Until such time as property in the Team Package passes to the Customer, the Company shall be entitled at any time to require the Customer to deliver the Team Package to the Company and if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Customer or any third party where the Team Package is stored to repossess the Team Package.

7.5 All Team Packages are non‐transferable and the Customer shall not be entitled to sell or to pledge or in any way transfer, or charge by way of security for any indebtedness any Team Package.

8 Warranties & Liabilities
8.1 The Company will provide the Event using all reasonable skill and care. Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions, all other warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.2 The Event is subject to cancellation at the Company’s discretion. If the Event is cancelled, the Company shall credit the Customer with any sum paid by the Customer as soon as reasonably practical. The Company shall not be liable for any additional loss or damage resulting from such cancellation.
8.3 The Company reserves the right to cancel, suspend or vary the operation of the Contract if events occur which are outside the reasonable control of the Company and the Company shall not be liable for any breach of contract, nor for any loss or damage, resulting from such an event.
8.4 The Company makes no representation that any individual player or participant shall appear at the Event.
8.5 The Company has no control over the operation of the Venue and accepts no liability for any acts or omissions on the part of persons operating the Venue or their servants, agents, employees or sub‐contractors.
8.6 Any complaints concerning the Team Package must be notified to the Company in writing promptly after the Event.

9 Limitation of Liability

9.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Schedule or these Conditions, the Company shall not be liable to the Customer for any indirect or consequential loss or damage (including, without limitation, loss of revenue, loss of profits or loss of anticipated savings) arising out of or in connection with the performance or any breach of the Contract and the maximum liability of the Company to the Customer in aggregate for any and all claims made against the Company in contract, tort or otherwise under or in connection with the subject matter of the Contract shall not exceed the total Price paid for the Team Package by the Customer to the Company in respect of the Contract. Without limiting any of the provisions in this Condition 9.1, compensation for playing injuries sustained by any of the Team’s players will be covered by the RFU’s Standard Event/Tournament Insurance [click www.rcuk7s.com/insurance for details], provided that the relevant paperwork has been completed at least two weeks prior to the Event.
9.2 Nothing in this Condition 9 shall operate to exclude liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company.

10 Customer Default

11 Indemnity

12 Venue Conditions and Miscellaneous Conditions

12.1 The Team is responsible for its players and will procure that its players comply with these Conditions (where relevant) and the Team and its players shall comply with any rules, regulations and directions set down by, (and any decisions of), the Company, the Venue owner, and any referee or official at the Event.
12.2 The Customer will not resell or otherwise transfer any part of a Team Package.

12.3 The Customer will not use any or part of a Team Package for any commercial, promotional or charitable purposes without the Company’s prior written consent, but the Company reserves the right to use any intellectual property or analogous rights used and/or existing in relation to any Team Package and the Customer grants the Company a non‐exclusive royalty‐free licence to use any intellectual property or analogous rights in anything used by the Customer in connection with any Team Package, in each case for the post‐Event publicity and marketing purposes of the Company. 12.4 The Customer will not display any signage, promotional material or other such items anywhere at the Venue without the Company’s prior written consent.
12.5 The Customer shall be responsible for ensuring the good and orderly behaviour of its players whilst at the Venue and shall ensure that any player behaving in an unruly or abusive manner shall leave the Venue if requested to do so by the Company and/or the authorised staff of the Venue owner.
12.6 The Team must submit the following information to the Company in a timely manner but in no event later than close of business on September 4, 2009. : (a)The Team’s company name; (b)The Team’s company address and postcode; (c) The email address of the Team captain; (d) The first and last name of each player; (e) The date of birth and gender of each player; (f) The Team’s kit design in the Team’s colours and the Team’s company logo; (g) Each player’s shirt and shorts sizes for the Team’s kit; (h) A delivery address and a remittance address for the Company’s invoice; and (i) The Team captain’s mobile phone number (in order to facilitate the co‐ordination of training sessions, if the Team wishes to bid for pre‐Event Contact Sevens training with a coach).
12.7 The Team must ensure that each of its players attends the Event wearing correct regulation footwear and a gumshield.
12.8 If the Team wishes to enter the Contact Sevens tournament, the Team may bid for up to three specialist sevens players to form part of the Team. Once the sevens specialist(s) have been allocated to the Team by the Company, no request for any sevens specialist to switch teams will be considered.
12.9 If the Team wishes to enter the Contact Sevens tournament, the Team may bid for pre‐Event training with a coach; if the Team does not wish to bid for pre –Event coaching, the Team must make a £500.00 donation to the Demelza Hospice Care for Children ‘Coach for a Coach’ appeal.

13 General

13.3 No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract or these Conditions by the Customer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

13.5 An entity which is not a party to the Contract has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract or these Conditions.

4 - Terms & Conditions for Sponsorship Packages provided by Rugby Connections UK Limited

1 Interpretation

In these terms and conditions, the following words shall have the following meanings: Conditions means the terms and conditions of sale set out in this document;
Contract means a legally binding contract for the purchase of a Sponsorship Package made in accordance with Condition 2 of the Conditions;
Company means Rugby Connections UK Limited;
Customer means the purchaser of the Sponsorship Package; Event means the event to which the Sponsorship Package relates, namely the RCUK Charity Rugby Sevens, which shall take place on September 10, 2009; Schedule means the information concerning particular Sponsorship Packages available at the Event and attached hereto as Schedule A (Touch Tournament Packages) and Schedule B (Contact Tournament Packages), respectively; Sponsorship Package means the sponsorship package to be sold to the Customer by the Company, containing security passes (if applicable) and/or ground access tickets;
Price means the price of the Sponsorship Package detailed on the Company’s invoice or as otherwise notified by the Company in writing; Venue means the location where the Event is to be staged, namely The Athletic Ground, Richmond, London, TW9 2SS.

2 Application of Conditions

2.1 By submitting a booking request for a Sponsorship Package to the Company by email, telephone, fax or post, or through our website, the Customer shall be offering to enter into a Contract. The Company reserves the right to reject any booking request and a Contract shall only be formed once the Company sends express confirmation of a booking request to the Customer by a subsequent email or other written communication.
2.2 These Conditions shall apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions. 2.3 Subject to Condition 3.1 of these Conditions, no variation of the Contract shall be binding unless agreed in writing by an authorised representative of the Company.

2.4 The Company’s employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Sponsorship Package unless confirmed by the Company in writing. In entering into the Contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on any such representations which are not confirmed in writing. This Condition shall not exclude any liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation.

3 Variation
Whilst every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that the Sponsorship Package is in accordance with the details as set out on the Schedule, the Company reserves the right in the Company’s absolute discretion to make any changes to the Sponsorship Package which do not in the opinion of the Company materially affect the quality of the Sponsorship Package.

4 Price

4.1 The Company reserves the right, by giving written notice to the Customer at any time before delivery of the Sponsorship Package, to increase the Price to reflect any increase in cost of the Sponsorship Package to the Company including but not limited to any cost incurred by the Company without fault of the Company since the issue of the Schedule and/or invoice.

4.2 The Price shall be exclusive of value added tax which shall be paid by the Customer.

5 Terms of Payment

5.1 An invoice requesting payment of the full amount of the Price will be sent by the Company to the Customer once a Contract has arisen pursuant to Condition 2.1 above and the Customer shall pay the the Price in full (including any additional amount added after the Price was initially quoted to the Customer pursuant to Condition 4.1) no later than 7 days after the date of the invoice (time for payment being of the essence). Any late payment shall incur interest at the rate stipulated in Condition 5.3 (c) below.

5.2 Any additional fees or charges for any additional goods or services provided by or on behalf of the Company for the Customer at the Event at the Customer’s request which are not included in the Sponsorship Package shall be paid for in full by the Customer by an authorised credit card.

5.3 If the Customer gives the Company notice in writing of its intention to cancel the Contract then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract and suspend provision of the Sponsorship Package and any further Sponsorship Packages to the customer and; (a) where cancellation takes place within 28 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 25% cancellation fee; or
(b) where cancellation takes place within 21 days of the Event, the Company shall refund to the Customer any Price paid less a 50% cancellation fee; or
(c) where cancellation takes place within 14 days of the Event, the Customer shall be and shall remain liable to the Company for the Price in full and shall not be entitled to a refund of any Price paid and the Company shall be permitted to charge the Customer interest (both before and after any judgment) on any part of the Price unpaid at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on a daily basis above the Barclays Bank PLC’s base rate from time to time, until payment of the Price is made in full.

6 Delivery

6.1 Delivery of the Sponsorship Package shall be deemed to be made on the earliest occurrence of either; delivery of the Sponsorship Package by the Company to the Customer, or delivery of the Sponsorship Package by the Company to a third party carrier for delivery to the Customer.

6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Sponsorship Package are approximate only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Sponsorship Package however caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by an authorised representative of the Company in writing.

7 Risk and Property

7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Sponsorship Package shall pass to the Customer: (a) at the time of posting, if the Sponsorship Package are to be posted by the Company to the Customer; or (b) at the time of the Company handing the Sponsorship Package to a third party, if the Sponsorship Package are to be delivered by a third party carrier.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Sponsorship Package, or any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Sponsorship Package shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in cash or cleared funds the payment in full of the Price and all other sums due to the Company from the Customer.

7.3 Until such time as property in the Sponsorship Package passes to the Customer, the Customer shall hold the Sponsorship Package as the Company’s fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the Sponsorship Package properly stored, protected, insured and identified as the Company’s property. 7.4 Until such time as property in the Sponsorship Package passes to the Customer, the Company shall be entitled at any time to require the Customer to deliver the Sponsorship Package to the Company and if the Customer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Customer or any third party where the Sponsorship Package is stored to repossess the Sponsorship Package.

7.5 All Sponsorship Packages are non‐transferable and the Customer shall not be entitled to sell or to pledge or in any way transfer, or charge by way of security for any indebtedness any Sponsorship Package.

8 Warranties & Liabilities
8.1 The Company will provide the Event using all reasonable skill and care. Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions, all other warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.2 The Event is subject to cancellation at the Company’s discretion. If the Event is cancelled, the Company shall credit the Customer with any sum paid by the Customer as soon as reasonably practical. The Company shall not be liable for any additional loss or damage resulting from such cancellation.
8.3 The Company reserves the right to cancel, suspend or vary the operation of the Contract if events occur which are outside the reasonable control of the Company and the Company shall not be liable for any breach of contract, nor for any loss or damage, resulting from such an event.
8.4 The Company makes no representation that any individual player or participant shall appear at the Event.
8.5 The Company has no control over the operation of the Venue and accepts no liability for any acts or omissions on the part of persons operating the Venue or their servants, agents, employees or sub‐contractors.
8.6 Any complaints concerning the Sponsorship Package must be notified to the Company in writing promptly after the Event.

9 Limitation of Liability

9.2 Nothing in this Condition 9 shall operate to exclude liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company.

10 Customer Default

11 Indemnity

12 Venue Conditions

12.3 The Customer will not use any or part of a Sponsorship Package for any commercial, promotional or charitable purposes without the Company’s prior written consent, but the Customer grants the Company a non‐exclusive royalty‐free licence to use any intellectual property or analogous rights in anything used by the Customer in connection with any Sponsorship Package, for the post‐Event publicity and marketing purposes of the Company.

12.4 The Customer will not display any signage, promotional material or other such items anywhere at the Venue without the Company’s prior written consent, save to the extent that the display of any such items is included in the Customer’s Sponsorship Package.

12.5 The Customer shall be responsible for ensuring the good and orderly behaviour of its guests whilst at the Venue and shall ensure that any person behaving in an unruly or abusive manner shall leave the Venue if requested to do so by the Company and/or the authorised staff of the Venue owner.

12.6 As a minimum, smart casual attire is required in the facilities at the Venue and the Company
reserves the right to refuse admission to any person wearing inappropriate items of clothing and/or footwear or to require any such person to leave the Venue.
12.7 The Company accepts no responsibility for personal possessions brought into the Venue by the Customer or its guests.
12.8 If the Customer’s Sponsorship Package includes any Event advertising, the Customer shall be responsible for providing RCUK with all artwork to be included in any advertisement (including but not limited to any corporate logo which is to be used) in the format prescribed on Schedule A or B (as appropriate) in a timely manner, but in no event later than August 27, 2009.

13 General

13.3 No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract or these Conditions by the Customer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

13.5 An entity which is not a party to the Contract has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract or these Conditions.

For more information or to sign up a team email or call us on 01344 860861

Your Basket:

Event Sponsor:

Event Organiser:

Benefiting Charity:

In Association with:

Terms And Conditions Of Sale

Your Basket:

Event Sponsor:

Event Organiser:

Benefiting Charity:

In Association with:

Team Login

Terms And Conditions Of Sale