High Wycombe RFC

High Wycombe

Full name	High Wycombe Rugby Football Club
Union	Buckinghamshire Rugby Football Union
Founded	1929;96 years ago (1929) [1]
Location	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Ground(s)	Kingsmead Road
League(s)	Counties 1 Southern North
2022–23	10th
Official website
highwycomberfc.rfu.club

High Wycombe Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The first XV currently play in Counties 1 Southern North and the club also operates a second team, third team, a vets side, a colts side and a women's team along with junior sides. ^[2]

History

The club was formed in January 1929 when the present Club was founded as the Old Wycombiensians by a group of old boys from The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe ^[3] . The club's youth section was formed in 1973. ^[4]

When the league system was established in 1987, High Wycombe was placed in South West Division One, then the fifth tier of league rugby. After finishing as runners-up in the first two seasons of league rugby, ^[5] the club won promotion to Courage Clubs 4 South for the 1991/92 season. The 1993 restructure saw the club placed in Courage League Division 5 South and played in that division throughout its three season existence. However, when they were placed back in National 4 South, they were immediately relegated ^[6] and were relegated again the following season. ^[7] Since then they have moved between South West 1 East and Southern Counties North, having been promoted and relegated three times.

Honours

• South West Division One champions: 1990–91 ^[8]
• Southern Counties North champions (3): 2002–03, ^[9] 2004–05, ^[10] 2014–15 ^[11]

References

1. Official club website
2. Club website team list
3. "HWRUFC History".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Youth Section History".
5. Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988–89 (17th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 123–139. ISBN   0-356-15884-5.
6. "Courage League - Division 4 1996/97". The Rugby Archive. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
7. "Final League Tables, 1997–98". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
8. Williams, Tony; Mitchell, Bill, eds. (1992). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991–92 (4th ed.). Taunton: Football Directories. ISBN   1-869833-15-5.
9. "2002-03 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
10. "2004-05 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
11. "2014-15 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

External links

• Official club website