Beverley RUFC
Full name | Beverley Rugby Union Football Club |
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Union | Rugby Football Union |
Nickname(s) | The Beavers |
Founded | 1959 |
Ground(s) | Beaver Park |
Chairman | Phil Rann |
CEO | Will Cook |
President | Will Cook |
Coach(es) | Dave Price |
Captain(s) | Kingsley okra-overton |
Most caps | 12 |
Top scorer | Alan Gilbert 69 |
League(s) | North 1 East |
2015 | 14th |
Official website | |
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Beverley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club runs two senior sides and a full set of junior teams, which includes a colts team that carries the club.[1] The first XV currently plays in Yorkshire 1.
History
Beverley RUFC was founded in 1959 as Longcroft Old Boys before assuming the club's current name in 1965.[2] The club has played in both the North East and Yorkshire divisions of the club rugby union hierarchy. During the mid-2000s the club won four consecutive promotions, moving from Yorkshire 2 to the national level when the club spent the 2007-08 season in the old National 3 North when that division was at the fourth level of club rugby. However, Beverley has suffered two relegations since then, but after one season in North 1 East, they were promoted as champions and spent two seasons in National League 3 North before being relegated back into North 1 East and the following season into Yorkshire 1.
Honours
- Yorkshire Silver Trophy winners 1974-75
- Humberside Cup winners (2): 1983-84, 1986-87
- Yorkshire Shield winners (3): 1985-86, 1996-97, 2003-04
- Yorkshire Division Two champions: 2003-04
- Yorkshire Division One champions: 2004-05
- North 2 East runners up: 2005-06
- North 1 runners up: 2006-07
- North 1 v Midlands 1 promotion play-off winners: 2006–07
- Yorkshire Cup finalists: 2009
- North Division 1 East champions (2): 1996-97, 2012-13