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Prince Of Wales Country Club
Prince of Wales Country Club is a Chilean sports and recreation club founded in 1925, taking its name from the then Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who opened the club. Originally it was located in Tobalaba and is now situated in Francisco Bilbao Avenue. The club provides multiple sports facilities including golf, rugby union, field hockey, tennis, football, squash and padel. It also has gymnasia, fitness classes and hosts cultural and social events. A cricket ground is also located there with a capacity for 800 spectators. The cricket ground has hosted touring sides such as the MCC. The Prince of Wales Country Club rugby team holds seven titles of the National Championship of Chile, two of which were tied. Their first win was in 1948, the inaugural season of the championship, and they won it seven times between then and 1971. They won it again after 43 years, beating Craighouse Old Boys in the National Final of 2015. The rugby ground has hosted international matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ian Campbell (rugby Union)
Ian Campbell (15 May 1928 – 11 November 2022) was a Chilean rugby union footballer, of Scottish descent. He played as a fly-half and a centre. He is considered one of the best Chilean rugby players of all time, and was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2012. Early life His father, Colin Campbell, was a Scottish-born emigrant, businessman, and amateur football player, who had played for Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ... in the 1910 South American Championship. Career Campbell followed in the rugby footsteps of his older brother Donald Campbell (rugby player), Donald Campbell, a Chile international who had been killed in action in 1944 while serving with the Royal Air Force. The younger Campbell began playing rugby at the Saint Peter's School, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |