Wadebridge Camels RFC is a

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club based in

Wadebridge Wadebridge (; kw, Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel upstream from Padstow.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The permanent popul ...

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which has been in existence since 1955. They play at Molesworth Field.

History

Wadebridge played in the

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, for four seasons having won promotion from the

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by beating

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runners-up

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by 25 points to 21 at the end of the 2009–10 season. In what proved to be a very successful season for the Camels, Wadebridge followed up their promotion by winning the Skinners Cornwall Cup final for the second time in three years by beating defending champions St Ives by 26 points to 21. The Camels currently play in Tribute Western Counties West a level seven league in the

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2008–09 EDF Energy National Trophy

The Camels qualified for the competition by winning the Cornwall cup. The club was unfortunately knocked out in the third round by

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Season summary

Honours

* Cornwall Clubs Cup winners (6): 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1992–93, 2000–01 * Cornwall League 1 champions: 1988–89 * Cornwall Cup winners (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2018–19 * Cornwall 1 v Devon 1 promotion playoff winners: 2000–01 * Tribute Western Counties (north v west) promotion playoff winners: 2009–10

England Counties Squad

* Zac Cinnamond – England Counties (U20) tour to

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, May 2013.

Notes

References

External links

www.WadebridgeCamelsRFC.co.uk
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