Terms of Use: Website Guidelines and User Policies

Acceptance of Website Terms

By using Melrose7S, you accept these Terms of Use as they stand on the day you visit the site.

That sounds formal, because it is. In practice, it means a simple thing: if you read the archives, check fixtures, browse match results, follow event guidance, or use any contact form on this site, you agree to use the website in a fair and lawful way.

What this covers

These terms apply to the public pages on Melrose7S, including historical features, tournament notes, team information, event guidance, results pages, and related editorial content. They also apply when you share information with us through the site, such as a message sent through Contact Us.

If you do not agree with these terms, please stop using the website. No hard feelings. Terms pages are not match programmes; they are here to set the ground rules before anyone needs them.

Use of Historical Archives and Content

Melrose7S carries a historical weight that deserves careful handling. Match records, past tournament notes, player references, team pages, and venue stories are part of a living rugby tradition, not loose material to be stripped and reused without thought.

Permitted personal use

You may read, print, and share links to public website pages for personal, educational, or non-commercial reference. Supporters do this all the time: a former player checks a result, a family member traces a tournament appearance, or a club volunteer points younger players toward the roots of sevens rugby.

Please link to the original page rather than copying whole sections elsewhere. A link keeps the context intact and helps readers find later corrections or updates.

Reuse that needs permission

Do not reproduce substantial parts of our text, page structure, archive entries, images, or compiled records for commercial use without written permission. That includes guidebooks, merchandise, paid newsletters, database products, training materials, or promotional campaigns.

Short quotations are usually fine when they are clearly credited and used in a fair way. Full-page copying is not.

Accuracy of archive material

Historical records can carry spelling variations, old club names, incomplete source trails, or details passed down through programmes and local memory. We work carefully, but we do not promise every archive item is complete or error-free.

If you spot something that looks wrong, tell us through Contact Us. The best corrections usually come with a programme scan, match report, club note, or a clear explanation of the source.

Event Information and Ticketing Disclaimers

Event information on Melrose7S is published to help visitors plan, not to replace the latest instructions from organisers, ticketing partners, stewards, transport providers, or venue staff.

Check details close to the day

Rugby events live in the real world. Weather shifts, kickoff times move, access routes change, and operational decisions can be made late. Before travelling, check the latest event guidance, ticket messages, and official notices.

Where this site lists dates, schedules, gates, facilities, teams, or running orders, treat them as current at the time of publication unless the page says otherwise.

Tickets, entry, and availability

Ticket availability, pricing, refunds, seating, age rules, accessibility arrangements, and admission decisions may be controlled by third parties or by the event organiser. Melrose7S is not responsible for a ticketing platform error, payment issue, cancelled order, or entry decision that sits outside our direct control.

Keep your confirmation email. Bring the ticket format requested. If a steward gives an instruction at the venue, follow it.

User Conduct and Community Guidelines

Rugby history attracts strong views. That is part of the fun. Still, anyone using Melrose7S must keep their conduct respectful, lawful, and suitable for a community that includes families, volunteers, former players, current players, historians, and travelling supporters.

Expected behaviour

• Use the site without trying to damage, overload, scrape, or disrupt it.
• Do not submit false, abusive, defamatory, threatening, obscene, or discriminatory material.
• Do not impersonate another person, club, organiser, sponsor, or official body.
• Do not upload or send material that infringes copyright, privacy rights, or another person’s rights.
• Do not use website forms to send spam, malware, sales pitches, or automated messages.

When we may step in

We may remove, decline, edit, or not publish user-submitted material if it creates legal risk, harms the tone of the site, or distracts from the purpose of Melrose7S. We may also block access where someone misuses the site.

That is not about shutting down honest disagreement. A correction to a result, a challenge to a date, or a different memory of a match is welcome when it is made in good faith. Personal attacks are not.

Limitations of Liability and Governing Law

Melrose7S provides this website on an “as available” basis. We try to keep it useful, accurate, and accessible, but we cannot promise uninterrupted access or a completely error-free record.

Website reliance

You use the site at your own risk. We are not liable for losses arising from your use of, or inability to use, the website except where the law says liability cannot be excluded or limited.

This includes reliance on archive content, event notes, third-party links, ticketing references, travel information, or user-submitted material. If a decision matters financially, legally, medically, or operationally, check the source directly before acting.

Third-party services

The site may refer to third-party platforms, venues, teams, transport services, payment providers, or media sources. Those services run under their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, security, availability, or decisions.

Governing law

These terms are intended to be read under the laws that apply to the operation of Melrose7S and the events it describes, unless a separate written agreement or event-specific notice says otherwise. If a dispute arises, please contact us first so the issue can be reviewed plainly and quickly.

Policy Updates and Contact Information

Terms pages should not gather dust. We may update these Terms of Use when the website changes, when event arrangements change, or when a practical issue shows that a rule needs clearer wording.

How updates work

When we change this page, the updated version applies from the time it appears on the site. For everyday visitors, the sensible habit is simple: check this page again if you are relying on website content for publication, event planning, ticketing decisions, or formal historical reference.

We do not usually announce small wording edits. Larger changes may be flagged where appropriate.

Related policies

For information about how personal data is handled, read our Privacy Policy. That page sits alongside these terms but deals with privacy, data use, and related choices rather than general website conduct.

Contact us

If you have a question about these terms, want to request permission to reuse content, need to report a suspected error, or wish to raise an access issue, please use Contact Us.

Clear messages help. Tell us which page you mean, what the issue is, and any source material you have. It saves time and gives the archive the careful treatment it deserves.