Glenrothes RFC
Rugby team
| Full name | Glenrothes Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | Scottish Rugby Union | |
| Founded | 1965; 59 years ago (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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Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a rugby union club based in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.
History
Founded in 1965, the club recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.
Glenrothes currently competes in Caledonia Regional League Division One.[1]
Glenrothes Sevens
The club run the Glenrothes Sevens tournament.[2]
New Town Sevens
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
- 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
British and Irish Lions
Iain Paxton[12]
Scotland internationalists
Caledonia Reds players
- Dave McIvor
- Jonathan Goldie
Edinburgh Rugby players
- Sean Crombie
- Dave Young
See also
- Dunfermline RFC
- Howe of Fife RFC
- Kirkcaldy RFC
References
- ^ "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
- Club website Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Glenrothes RFC on Facebook
- Glenrothes RFC on X
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Rugby union in Fife
- Midlands District Rugby Union
- Dunfermline RFC
- Glenrothes RFC
- Madras
- Rosyth Sharks
- Waid Academy FPRFC
- University of St Andrews RFC
- Fife College RFC
- Glenrothes Sevens
- Howe of Fife Sevens
- Kirkcaldy Sevens
- St. Andrews University Sevens
- Waid Academy F.P. Sevens
- Dalgety Bay
- Police Scotland Fife
- West Fife
- Cupar RFC
- Newport RFC
- Beveridge Park
- Carleton Park
- Duffus Park
- McKane Park
- Rosyth Park
- Station Park
- University Park
- Waid Park
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