Maidenhead Rugby Football Club is an

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team based in

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. The club run four senior teams. The first XV play in

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, following their promotion from

South West 1 East South West 1 East is an English, level six, rugby union league in south and south-west England; mainly Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucester, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Wiltshire. Originally a single ...

in 2017. The second XV play in

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, the third XV play in Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 South and the fourth XV play in Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 North. The club also runs a veterans side, a ladies team and the full range of junior sides.

History

Maidenhead RFC was formed in February 1922. The club was placed in South West 1 when the national league system was introduced in 1987 and apart from one season in National League 4 (1989–90) the club has been in either SW1 or SW2 until promotion to National League 3 South in 2009–10. The club was only in that league for one season but returned to National 3 South West in 2012.Club website History page
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Honours

1st team: * South West Division 1 East champions (4): 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2016–17 3rd team: * Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 South champions: 2008–09

References

External links

Official club website
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