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Grantchester Road is a rugby stadium in Club History
Currently named Volac Park, as part of a sponsorship deal, it has also been known as Wests Renault Park. The ground has been improved as the club has risen up the leagues, adding drainage systems to all six pitches, match standard floodlighting to 1½ pitches. The main upstairs extension was finished in December 2005.
Grantchester Road is a rugby stadium in Cambridge
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, England. Situated on Grantchester Road, off Barton Road in the southwest of Cambridge, it is the home ground of Cambridge R.U.F.C.
Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club or CRUFC ('The Blood & Sand') is a rugby union club representing the city of Cambridge, England. Formed in 1923 the club currently competes in the third tier of the English rugby union system, National Leag ...
, and is also used by University of Cambridge
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Rugby League Club.
The stadium was built around 1949 and holds around 1250 spectators including 200 seated in the clubhouse grandstand.Currently named Volac Park, as part of a sponsorship deal, it has also been known as Wests Renault Park. The ground has been improved as the club has risen up the leagues, adding drainage systems to all six pitches, match standard floodlighting to 1½ pitches. The main upstairs extension was finished in December 2005.
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