Cartha Queens Park RFC

Cartha Queens Park

Full name	Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1974;51 years ago (1974)
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Ground(s)	Dumbreck (Capacity 2,000)
President	Andrew Wilson
Coach(es)	Peter Lavery, Wayne Evans, Kenny Brown, Jack Reid, Dan Tams
Captain(s)	Stewart Hamilton
League(s)	Men:  Scottish National League Division Four  Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership
2024–25	Men:  Scottish National League Division Three, 9th of 9 (relegated)  Women:  Scottish Womens Premiership, 6th of 8
Team kit
Official website
www.carthaqp.co.uk

The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1974, after the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. They play their home games at Dumbreck. The women's 1st XV are currently in the Scottish Womens Premiership, the men's 1st XV are currently in Scottish National League Division Three.

History

Cartha Athletic Club was founded in 1889. The 'athletic' club played a number of sports: Cricket, Athletics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey... the association was hence named Cartha. The rugby union section was established in 1906. In 1974 Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. merged to form the present day rugby union club.

The club runs four adult XVs for men and women catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17. ^[1] The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 1 level. ^[2]

Current Mens 1st XV Squad

2022-23 Season

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Fraser Paul Hooker Scotland Mark Barrowman Prop Scotland Zander Kelman Prop Scotland Graham Williamson Lock Scotland Pete Barton Lock Ireland Ethan Paterson Lock Scotland Calum Dickson Flanker Scotland Ryan Howie Flanker Scotland Chris Wicks Flanker England Grant Harman Flanker Scotland Miler Stewart Flanker Scotland Michael Robertson Number 8 Scotland

Player Position Union Joe Ross Scrum-half Scotland Pat Nicol Scrum-half Scotland Wayne Burrows Fly-half Ireland Liam Howieson Centre Scotland Ewan Campbell Centre Scotland Alex Boyle Centre Scotland Ryan Flett Centre Scotland Josh McPhail Wing Scotland Sam Harrison Wing England Tony Lopez Wing Trinidad and Tobago Tony Nyangweso Wing Uganda Darren Knox Fullback Scotland Graeme Docherty Fullback Scotland

Notable former players

• Christine Belisle - Scotland and Loughborough Lightning
• Ruaridh Jackson - Scotland and Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow City Sevens

Cartha Queen's Park previously played host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament at Dumbreck. This was originally known as the Cartha Sevens. The first rugby sevens tournament took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break, for the Second World War period, the Cartha Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and has then been played in all the subsequent years. On the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. in 1974 the tournament became known as the Cartha Queens Park Sevens. The Cartha Queens Park tournament was renamed to the Glasgow City Sevens Tournament in 2005.

Honours

Men

• BT National League 2
  • Champions: 2016-17
• Glasgow City Sevens
  • Champions (3): 1980, 1981, 1983
• Glasgow University Sevens
  • Champions: 1984, 1985
• Helensburgh Sevens
  • Champions: 1983, 1984
• Lenzie Sevens
  • Champions: 1985, 1988
• Old Aloysians Sevens
  • Champions: 1976
• Moray Sevens
  • Champions: 1994

Women

• Mull Sevens ^[3]
  • Champions: 2009, 2010, 2011

References

1. "Cartha Queens Park Rugby Club - Youth & Minis Rugby". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
2. "Fixtures and results". Scottish Rugby Union.
3. "Mull Sevens". 8 June 2019.

External links

• Official website