{"id":377,"date":"2026-07-16T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/?p=377"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:21:14","slug":"host-your-guests-at-our-annual-rugby-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/2026\/07\/16\/host-your-guests-at-our-annual-rugby-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Host your guests at our annual rugby match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">As part of the University of Bath's 60th anniversary celebrations, we're planning a special evening of rugby at the Recreation Ground, featuring a double-header with our Women's 1st team followed by our Men's 1st team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We're inviting departments, research groups, centres and professional services teams to express their interest in booking a hospitality box to host guests. Whether you'd like to thank your staff, strengthen relationships with research partners, welcome notable alumni or engage local stakeholders, this is a fantastic opportunity to bring people together in a unique setting.<\/p>\n<h3>What's included?<\/h3>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>Booking a hospitality box is free.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The University will cover <strong>50% of the meal cost<\/strong> for your guests.<\/li>\n<li>Your team will cover the remaining <strong>50% of the meal cost<\/strong> (typically around <strong>\u00a320 per person<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>You can choose either to provide drinks for your guests or for them to access a <strong>paid for bar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">At this stage, we not have a confirmed date for the event - <strong>likely mid to late October, possibly 21st.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We'll confirm the final date, match timings and catering costs as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h3>Register your interest<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We're currently collecting expressions of interest so we can gauge demand for hospitality boxes. If you'd like to host a box, please get in touch to register your interest, and we'll get back to you as soon as the event details are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to celebrating the University's 60th anniversary with you at the rugby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the University of Bath's 60th anniversary celebrations, we're planning a special evening of rugby at the Recreation Ground, featuring a double-header with our Women's 1st team followed by our Men's 1st team. We're inviting departments, research groups,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-events","category-local-and-civic-engagement","category-staff-and-student-community-opportunities"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2026\/07\/330fa430-c603-11f0-9c13-f920cfeeae8d.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd4PCw-65","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}