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Drumchapel RFC
Drumchapel RFC was an early twentieth-century East Dunbartonshire-based rugby union club; the town – after being annexed in 1938 – now resides in Glasgow. History Sporting beginnings In the early nineteenth century, the New Kilpatrick district of Drumchapel was traditionally geared towards farming and mining. The most common sport played was the farmers' ploughing match; other sports only getting formally played at the annual agricultural shows. The population was spread between the village, the Peel Glen mining rows, the hamlet of Townhead and the ancient baronies of Garscadden and Drumry. This rural idyll changed with the introduction of a railway station to Drumchapel in 1891. Almost immediately afterwards Drumchapel became sought-after as a commuter village to Glasgow. It was still regarded as 'a pretty place' for day trips and its population rapidly grew. Sports like rugby union, football, golf and tennis took over from the ploughing matches. Drumchapel FC were hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Straddling the border between historic Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and the third-highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. Glasgow's major cultural institutions – the Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera – enjoy international reputations. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambuslang RFC
Cambuslang RFC is a rugby union side based in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The team was established in 1903. They play their home games at Coats Park. They currently play in . History On 7 August 1903, a meeting was held under the Presidency of the late H. Shepherd, Esq., at which it was decided to form a Rugby Club at Cambuslang. The Club commenced playing at Greenlees Farm, and under the guidance of Mr. Shepherd and the benevolent auspices of the late Dr. T. D. Laird, its Honorary President, went from strength to strength until the beginning of the 1914–1918 War. During this period, the Club progressed to the extent of running two teams and of raising funds and building a small Clubhouse. During the same period, there was in existence, the Cambuslang Cricket Club, which was then under the wing of the late J. S. Paul, esq. For some time the two Clubs worked together, but owing to the difficulty of finding a field which the farmer did not require in the summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lismore RFC
Lismore RFC is a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were founded in 1901.Official site: History , retrieved 26 February 2010 The men's side play in the , the women's side play in . History Lismore's foundation dates back to 1901, when the Royal High School FP club was based at in the east of Edinburgh. Some of the players felt that they were being excluded from RHSFP's team, so started their own club, named after Lismore Crescent nearby. The club moved around several times, locating to |
Kelvinside Academicals
Kelvinside Academicals is a former rugby union team that played their home games at Balgray Playing Fields, Glasgow, Scotland. The team was founded in 1888 by former pupils of the Kelvinside Academy. The team no longer exists. In 1982 it merged with Glasgow HSFP - the rugby team of another school; the High School of Glasgow - to form a rugby club called Glasgow High Kelvinside. In 1997, the 1st XV of Glasgow High Kelvinside merged with the 1st XV of Glasgow Academicals to form Glasgow Hawks. Both GHK and Academicals survived the merger as individual clubs and now compete in SRU National League 2 - 2 divisions below Hawks. In 2018 Glasgow Hawks relocated to Balgray from Old Anniesland to play their games there in the Tennent's Premiership as part of a new partnership with Kelvinside Academy. Hawks now train at Craigholme School's Sports Complex in Pollok Park. History Founded in 1888, Kelvinside Academy Former Pupils formed a rugby club. Throughout the 1890s they were note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenock Wanderers RFC
Greenock Wanderers R.F.C. is a rugby union club based in Greenock, Scotland. The men's 1st XV side currently compete in the ; the women's side currently compete in the . History Greenock Wanderers Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest clubs in Scotland, one of its earliest constituents been formed in 1873 as The Wanderers. The Wanderers started off as a rugby union side, but in 1877 they decided to play association football for the 1877–78 season. The club was struggling with membership numbers and it was no doubt easier to field 11 players for association football for the season than the 15 required for rugby union. Merger The Wanderers club remained low on members in 1878; but it did have a 'good field' in Drums Park. It precipitated a merger with Greenock West End; a rugby union club in the town, with many members but no home. The new club took on the colours of Greenock West End: black, red and yellow. A vote was taken on this: and the 50 or so members of West End out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow HSFP
Glasgow HSFP are a former rugby union team that played their home games at Glasgow, Scotland. The team was founded in 1884 by former pupils of the High School of Glasgow. The team no longer exists. In 1982 it merged with the Kelvinside Academicals RFC, Kelvinside Academicals - the rugby team of another school; the Kelvinside Academy - to form a rugby club called Glasgow High Kelvinside. In 1997, Glasgow High Kelvinside merged with Glasgow Academicals RFC, Glasgow Academicals to form Glasgow Hawks RFC, Glasgow Hawks. Both GHK and Academicals survived the merger as spin-offs from the Hawks. History Founded in 1884, Glasgow High School Former Pupils formed a rugby club. They played on a ground on the opposite side of Crow Road in Anniesland, Glasgow to the present pitches. Their first match was played against the 1st Lanark Volunteers. The club played at various locations in the Anniesland area until the early years of the Twentieth Century. The club became an open club in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen GSFP RFC
Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end. Honours *Scottish National League Division Two **Champions (1): 1983-84 * Aberdeen University Sevens **Champions: 1894 * Aberdeen Sevens ** Champions: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963 * Banff Sevens ** Champions: 1993, 1995 * Ellon Sevens ** Champions: 1981, 1996 * Garioch Sevens ** Champions: 1979 * Highland Sevens ** Champions: 1950, 1955, 1986, 1988, 1995 * Howe of Fife Sevens ** Champions: 1969 * Mackie Academy F.P. Sevens ** Champions: 1977, 1982, 1986 * Moray Sevens ** Champions: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1993, 1995 * Orkney Sevens ** Champions: 1999, 2000 Notable players * Donny Innes * William Dallas "Dally" Allardice, 1947 to 1949 (8 caps) * E.T.S Michie, the first University of Aberdeen Lions player in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Anniesland
Old Anniesland is a rugby union ground in Glasgow, Scotland, with a capacity of approximately 3,500.. It is the home of Glasgow Hawks, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership. It is also used by Glasgow High Kelvinside. History Originally home to Glasgow Academicals in 1883, the playing fields were bought by Glasgow HSFP in 1919. Location It is situated just off Crow Road in Anniesland, in the west of Glasgow. Uses Home to Glasgow Hawks, it also hosts matches by Glasgow High Kelvinside. It is sometimes used to host Scotland Club XV matches. There is a main pitch for competitive games, and several other rugby pitches for play and training, some floodlit and one with Astroturf. Gym facilities are also available to club members. Shinty Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow University RFC
Glasgow University Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The men's side play in the university league; the women's side play in the . History GURFC was formed in 1869 and is one of the university's oldest student groups, predating the Glasgow University Sports Association (GUSA), to which it is now affiliated. The team plays in black and gold, the colours of the university. The club is a founding member of the Scottish Rugby Union and has fielded thirteen full internationalists, including Jack Tosh. In a remarkably successful 2016/17 season the 1st XV finished 1st in BUCS Scottish 1A as well as winning the BUCS Trophy. The 2nd XV finished 4th in BUCS Scottish 2A as well as reaching the final of the Scottish Conference Cup. The 3rd XV narrowly missed out on promotion coming 2nd in BUCS Scottish 4A. The club also had 7 representatives in the Scottish Students squad who defeated the Scotland U19s in February. Involved in multiple c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of Scotland F
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartha RFC
Cartha RFC was a twentieth-century Glasgow-based rugby union club. The club merged with Queens Park F.P. to form Cartha Queens Park in 1974. History The rugby club grew out of a Cartha Athletic Club which started in 1889. The athletic club branched out into various sports among them:- football (1891), hockey (1890), cricket (1891) and tennis. Formation of the rugby club By 1906 a rugby club had formed. It was admitted to the SRU in 1908. Ground The club initially played its matches at Dumbreck. Merger The two southside clubs of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. were struggling by the end of the 1973–74 season. Cartha was mid-table in the Division 5 West league; whilst Queens Park F.P. finished bottom with the fate of relegation hanging over them. So for the following season 1974-75 the two clubs decided to merge to try and strengthen their position. Cartha Sevens The club began its own Sevens tournament in 1935, then known as the Cartha Sevens. It continued after the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayr RFC
Ayr Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club. Its professional men's side currently plays as Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6 competition; and its women's side play in the . The club also runs a "Club XV" which competes in the Tennent's National League 1, a 2nd XV "Ayr-Millbrae", which plays in the SRU West Reserve League Division 1, and various age group teams, from age 4, up to age 18. The Bulls are one of six franchises playing in the new Super6 competition and has a 35-strong playing squad, which includes loose-head prop Gordon Reid, who was in the Scotland squad at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and has joined Ayr, his first club, from London Irish. The team is based in Ayr in Scotland, and plays at Millbrae, Alloway. Current squad Table Millbrae Millbrae is a rugby ground used by Ayr for both training and practice. It has two full size rugby fields, one overlooked by a grandstand, and a clubhouse, which is used mainly for changing rooms, the function room and the bar. Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
