About the Founder - Rod Mountford
Family life in Australia slowed things down for a while before eventually relocating to the UK in 2012. It wasn’t long before I found my way to the picturesque Glenpark, home of Greenock Cricket Club. One thing led to another and suddenly, in my 40s, I was in my whites and out of my depth. Over 50 First XI games and a Premiership later, the slow but inevitable slide onto the committee was complete and I now serve as Vice-President.
Underlying all of this was a childhood filled with whatever sport happened to be on that week: cricket, football (or “soccer”), baseball, golf, tennis, hockey, swimming, basketball. What I lacked in natural talent I made up for with passion, determination, and the sort of commitment only a kid fuelled by sport can muster. I loved it all.
Professionally, I spent a large portion of my career in consumer products, running successful businesses in both Australia and the UK, before an unexpected goose-step into the wonderful world of information technology.
For the past 10 years, I’ve been advising and supporting start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs on strategy, change management, operational efficiencies, and the adoption of complex software systems.
Somewhere on this journey between a boardroom meeting and a boundary rope, a simple truth emerged: the clubs that matter most, the ones where kids fall in love with sport, where volunteers give up their time, where community actually happens, rarely get access to the support they deserve. Which brings me to this point with a fairly humble ambition. To give grassroots clubs the professional communications, social media presence, sponsorship strategy, and funding support they need but don't have the time, expertise, or budget to pursue.
Not to corporatise them. Not to bleed them dry. Not to strip away their character. But to help them tell their story in a way that truly resonates with their community.
I bring a blend of lived experience: the player who’s been belted in a ruck on three continents, the club volunteer picking up litter, the cricket tragic and the consultant who understands strategy, structure, and sustainable systems.
If your club wants to level-up your communications, find new sponsors, strengthen community engagement or simply lighten the load on the people who already do too much, Tight5 is here to help.
If you spend enough time around sport, you learn things you never quite expected to. How to read a change-room. How to laugh at yourself before anyone else gets the chance. How sweet it is to win against the odds — and how to draw positives from a loss, especially the ones that stay with you longer than they should.
My sporting journey has been long (much longer than I expected), rarely elegant, but always enthusiastic. I played over 100 games in Sydney’s Premier Rugby competition with the powerhouse clubs Eastwood and Gordon, before heading to the USA for a season playing what can only be described as chaotic version of the game. From there it was onwards to London, where I had the privilege of pulling on the colours of Blackheath, so steeped in history and so iconic that it’s simply known as “The Club.”
About the Founder - Rod Mountford
If you spend enough time around sport, you learn things you never quite expected to. How to read a change-room. How to laugh at yourself before anyone else gets the chance. How sweet it is to win against the odds — and how to draw positives from a loss, especially the ones that stay with you longer than they should.
My sporting journey has been long (much longer than I expected), rarely elegant, but always enthusiastic. I played over 100 games in Sydney’s Premier Rugby competition with the powerhouse clubs Eastwood and Gordon, before heading to the USA for a season playing what can only be described as chaotic version of the game. From there it was onwards to London, where I had the privilege of pulling on the colours of Blackheath, so steeped in history and so iconic that it’s simply known as “The Club.”
Family life in Australia slowed things down for a while before eventually relocating to the UK in 2012. It wasn’t long before I found my way to the picturesque Glenpark, home of Greenock Cricket Club. One thing led to another and suddenly, in my 40s, I was in my whites and out of my depth. Over 50 First XI games and a Premiership later, the slow but inevitable slide onto the committee was complete and I now serve as Vice-President.
Underlying all of this was a childhood filled with whatever sport happened to be on that week: cricket, football (or “soccer”), baseball, golf, tennis, hockey, swimming, basketball. What I lacked in natural talent I made up for with passion, determination, and the sort of commitment only a kid fuelled by sport can muster. I loved it all.
Professionally, I spent a large portion of my career in consumer products, running successful businesses in both Australia and the UK, before an unexpected goose-step into the wonderful world of information technology.
For the past 10 years, I’ve been advising and supporting start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs on strategy, change management, operational efficiencies, and the adoption of complex software systems.
Somewhere on this journey between a boardroom meeting and a boundary rope, a simple truth emerged: the clubs that matter most, the ones where kids fall in love with sport, where volunteers give up their time, where community actually happens, rarely get access to the support they deserve. Which brings me to this point with a fairly humble ambition. To give grassroots clubs the professional communications, social media presence, sponsorship strategy, and funding support they need but don't have the time, expertise, or budget to pursue.
Not to corporatise them. Not to bleed them dry. Not to strip away their character. But to help them tell their story in a way that truly resonates with their community.
I bring a blend of lived experience: the player who’s been belted in a ruck on three continents, the club volunteer picking up litter, the cricket tragic and the consultant who understands strategy, structure, and sustainable systems.
If your club wants to level-up your communications, find new sponsors, strengthen community engagement or simply lighten the load on the people who already do too much, Tight5 is here to help.