Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a

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club based in

Glenrothes Glenrothes (; , ; sco, Glenrothes; gd, Gleann Rathais) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south of Dundee. The town had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making i ...

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. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.

History

Founded in 1965, the club recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. Glenrothes currently competes in Caledonia Regional League Division One.

Glenrothes Sevens

The club run the Glenrothes Sevens tournament.

New Town Sevens

This Sevens tournament was peripatetic around the new towns of Scotland:- East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine. The town's rugby clubs of

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, Glenrothes RFC,

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would play in a Sevens tournament to become the New Town Sevens Champions and the Scottish New Towns Cup.

Honours

* Glenrothes Sevens ** Champions: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995 * Strathmore Sevens ** Champions: 1977 * New Towns Sevens ** Champions: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 * Dumbarton Sevens ** Champions: 1991 * Waid Academy F.P. Sevens ** Champions: 1976, 1979, 1987 * Alloa Sevens ** Champions: 1991 * Midlands District Sevens ** Champions: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982 * Kirkcaldy Sevens ** Champions: 1978, 1979, 1983 * Howe of Fife Sevens ** Champions: 1976, 1978, 2000

Notable former players

British and Irish Lions

* Iain Paxton

Scotland internationalists

* Dave McIvor * Iain Paxton

Caledonia Reds players

* Dave McIvor * Jonathan Goldie

Edinburgh Rugby players

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* Dave Young

References

;Bibliography # Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; )

External links

Club website
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