As is widely known, this Association enthusiastically supports the retention of the Hazelwood Centre and its facilities for the benefit of the community whether for sport or leisure, see also notice published here on 21st December 2025.

The following update on the Hazelwood Centre has been forwarded to LOSRA by the London Irish Amateur Rugby Football Club (LIARFC) and we are pleased to reproduce it here:
 
It has been over two and a half years since the London Irish Professional rugby club regrettably ceased trading and the site was put into administration. But despite this the site has gone from strength to strength and transformed into a community hub for sports and social events.

It remains the home of the London Irish Amateur Rugby Club, with teams for boys and girls from 5 to 18, 3 adult men’s teams and the highly successful women’s team, currently riding high in the Championship, the second tier of the women’s game. They also run a local business network that meets once a month on a Tuesday evening connecting local businesses both within the club base and externally. 
 
But since the demise of the professional team, community usage has increased exponentially both from a sporting and social perspective. 
 
From a community sporting perspective: Hazelwood now hosts soccer training with NPL and Brentford Football Club’s community programme. It also hosts Gaelic football and hurling with its own resident club Gael London (adult and children) and acts as a training centre for the adult county team London GAA who compete in the All-Ireland Championships. The venue is also used by several schools, including Bishop Wand for their ACE rugby programme, Hawkdale primary school for their sports days, Halliford, St Paul’s and St George’s for rugby games and Surrey County for their cross country events with many local schools attending. 
 
The 300th Park Run at Hazelwood recently took place and they are always looking for more participants to enjoy the exercise (run or walk) and the excellent coffee every Saturday with the run/walk starting at 9am. 
 
From a social perspective, the Sunbury Parkinson Society (Sparkies) regularly meets, Hazelwood also hosts quiz and comedy nights plus a large number of parties, weddings, celebrations and other private functions. 
 
The site also remains as a training centre for professional sports, largely during the working day, with an elite gym run by Arete and from a Rugby perspective has seen England’s Women (The Roses), GB7’s, Canada Women (before the World Cup final), Fiji as well as various England age group teams, England A and indeed the England Referees all training at Hazelwood. It also enjoys visits from the England Lacrosse team.

Recently the London Broncos Rugby league team has adopted Hazelwood as its training base in their bid to get promoted back into the Super League. Hazelwood is now a fairly unique training ground supporting 4 codes of football with Soccer, Rugby Union, Rugby League and Gaelic.
 
Hazelwood is a thriving community asset and if you are looking for a venue for a party or celebration, want to participate in any of the sporting activities or fancy coming and supporting the rugby just reach out. There is even a wild sauna in the grounds now!