Old Wheatleyans RFC or Old Wheats is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

club based in

Coundon, Coventry Coundon is a predominantly residential suburb in north-west Coventry, West Midlands, England. Along with neighbouring Keresley, it was originally a village in the Warwickshire countryside, but by the 1930s had been incorporated into the city ...

. It was formed by former pupils of

Bablake School Bablake School is a co-educational Independent school (United Kingdom), independent day school located in Coventry, England and founded in 1344 by Isabella of France, widow of Edward II of England, Edward II, making it List of the oldest scho ...

who continue to supply a large proportion of the current playing strength. The club practices and plays its home games at the Bablake Playing Fields. It shares these facilities with

Christ The King Football Club Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

and other clubs. The club gained promotion to Midlands 4 West South division in the penultimate game of the season 2010–2011 against local rivals Coventrians. In the following season, 2011–2012, the club finished first and its back-to-back promotions saw it elevated to Midlands 3 West South. In 2012, the club also won the Midland Junior Vase beating Bloxwich 11–3 in the final, before being narrowly beaten in the national semi-final by Baildon RFC, who went on to win the national final.

Club honours

Midlands 4 West (South) Midlands 4 West (South) is a level 9 English Rugby Union league and level 4 of the English Rugby Union Midland Division, Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region including club ...

champions: 2011-12 * RFU Midlands Junior Vase champions: 2011-12

References

External links

Official site
English rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1928 Sport in Coventry 1928 establishments in England {{england-rugbyunion-team-stub