Aberystwyth RFC

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Aberystwyth RFC
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Full nameAberystwyth Rugby Football Club
Union Welsh Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Blue Bears
Founded1947
Location Aberystwyth, Wales
Ground(s)Plascrug, SY23 1HL
ChairmanEmlyn Jones
PresidentRaymond Evans
Coach(es)Iestyn Thomas and Ifan Thomas
Captain(s)Charles Thomas
League(s) WRU Division One West
2023-245th [1]
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Official website
www.aberystwythrfc.co.uk

Aberystwyth Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Aberystwyth, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and a feeder club for the Scarlets regional side. [2]

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Rugby had been played in Aberystwyth since the late 19th century [3] when the local college founded a rugby team. Aberystwyth Rugby Club was founded in 1947 [4] and the first game was against an Aberystwyth College second team. The club gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union in May, 1954 which allowed future competitive matches. The team's clubhouse was founded with help of a ten-year interest-free loan from the WRU in 1960. This original clubhouse burned down and was reconstructed in the 1970s.

Teams

The club has 500 members, including adults and children. They have two adult teams, one youth team, and 10 teams for children up to age 16. [5]

The first team plays in Division 1 West of the Welsh Rugby Union. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ WRU official site Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Smith (1980) p. 67
  4. ↑ 'Smith (1980), p. 331
  5. ↑ "copi archif". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ↑ http://www.aberystwythrfc.mywru.co.uk/teams/260/1st-team

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