Contact Us
Major (Retired) Geordie Wright-Rivers
REMERHQ-CorpsSportsSec@mod.uk
T. 01249 894525
A contact list for individual sports can be found to the left – click to download the PDF file.
The REME Sports Association was formed in 1948 with the object of organising certain sporting and recreational activities on a Corps basis and was there to give financial and administrative help and advice on sports matters whenever needed. A central committee was established to administer Sports Association affairs; to regulate general policy and be the managing trustees of all funds and property of The Sports Association. The REME Sports Association was registered as a charity in March 1966 and linked to The REME Benevolent Fund in February 1980; when The REME Charity was formed in 2016 The REME Benevolent Fund and its linked charities were formally linked. Key dates of The REME Sports Association are detailed below:
The REME Charity spends approximately one third of its annual budget on the REME Sports’ Association. The aims are to:
The REME Charity currently provides support to 40 different sports and disciplines and boasts numerous international competitors, world champions and record holders. Each sport receives an annual grant from The REME Charity which is managed by the committee members of each sport additionally there are a number of rules that provide funding to sports men and women that do not fall under the individual sports committees. These are:
Major (Retired) Geordie Wright-Rivers
REMERHQ-CorpsSportsSec@mod.uk
T. 01249 894525
A contact list for individual sports can be found to the left – click to download the PDF file.