Whitby Rugby Club is a rugby club located on White Leys Road in Whitby and is the heart of the community. The club runs rugby teams and these are of junior and senior levels and welcomes everyone. The rugby club and its teams are run by volunteers who are sometimes seen and sometimes not seen but work very hard behind the scenes. The rugby club has two senior men teams and in the junior rugby section there is 100 players from the age of 4 to 17. The club is used for other occasions other than rugby, these are events are family fun days, annual firework display (the largest in Whitby), christenings, weddings, funerals, camping events, commercial hiring and festivals. As well as normal day to day up keep, once a year the club operates a maintenance and club spruce up, this is run by volunteers who aim to make the club the best it can be.