Glenrothes RFC
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| Full name | Glenrothes Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | Scottish Rugby Union | |
| Founded | 1965 | |
| Location | Glenrothes, Scotland | |
| Ground(s) | Carleton Park | |
| League(s) | Caledonia Division One | |
| 2019–20 | Caledonia Division One, 6th of 10 | |
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| Official website | ||
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Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a rugby union club based in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.
History
[edit]Founded in 1965, the club recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.
Glenrothes currently competes in Caledonia Regional League Division One.[1]
Glenrothes Sevens
[edit]The club run the Glenrothes Sevens tournament.[2]
New Town Sevens
[edit]This Sevens tournament was peripatetic around the new towns of Scotland:- East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine. The town's rugby clubs of East Kilbride RFC, Glenrothes RFC, Cumbernauld RFC, Livingston RFC and Irvine RFC would play in a Sevens tournament to become the New Town Sevens Champions and the Scottish New Towns Cup.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Glenrothes Sevens[2]
- Champions: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995
- Strathmore Sevens[4]
- Champions: 1977
- New Towns Sevens[5]
- Champions: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
- Dumbarton Sevens[6]
- Champions: 1991
- Waid Academy F.P. Sevens[7]
- Champions: 1976, 1979, 1987
- Alloa Sevens[8]
- Champions: 1991
- Midlands District Sevens[9]
- Champions: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
- Kirkcaldy Sevens[10]
- Champions: 1978, 1979, 1983
- Howe of Fife Sevens[11]
- Champions: 1976, 1978, 2000
Notable former players
[edit]British and Irish Lions
[edit]
Scotland internationalists
[edit]Caledonia Reds players
[edit]Edinburgh Rugby players
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BT Caledonia League Division 1 Fixtures & Results". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Glenrothes Sevens". 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "New Towns Sevens". 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Strathmore Sevens". 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "New Towns Sevens". 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Dumbarton Sevens". 10 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Waid Academy F.P. Sevens". 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Alloa Sevens". 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Midlands District Sevens". 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Kirkcaldy Sevens". 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Howe of Fife Sevens". 7 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Celebrating 50 years of Glenrothes Rugby Club". Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- Bibliography
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
External links
[edit]- Club website Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Glenrothes RFC on Facebook
- Glenrothes RFC on Twitter
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