Bishop's Stortford RFC

Bishop's Stortford
Full name Bishop's Stortford Rugby Football Club
Union Hertfordshire RFU
Founded 1920 (1920)
Location Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Ground(s) Silver Leys (Capacity: 1,600)
Chairman Colin Tilley
President Perry Oliver
Coach(es) Andy Long
Captain(s) Sam Winter
League(s) National League 1
2017–18 8th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/bishopsstortfordrfc/

Bishop's Stortford is an English rugby union team based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The club runs five senior mens sides, a ladies team, O2 Touch rugby section and the full range of mini and junior teams, from under-6's to under-18's.[1] The first XV were promoted to the third tier of the English rugby union system, National League 1 for the first time in season 2017–18.

History

Bishop's Stortford Rugby Football Club was formed in 1920 and has played at its current location at Silver Leys since 1928. When the league system was introduced in 1987 the club was placed in the London 3 tier and won promotion to London 2 North. However, it took fifteen attempts to win promotion to London 1 in 2003. The club earned promotion to National League 2 South in April 2013.[1] Four years later they gained another promotion winning the National League 2 South on 22 April 2017 after beating Exmouth 60–7 away, and reaching the highest level in the club's history.[2] On 30 April 2017 the club recorded its record attendance, with 1,664 for the final league match of the season,

Honours

1st team:

2nd team (Blues):

Colts

  • Hertfordshire Colts Cup winners (12): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
  • National Colts Cup winners (2): 2006, 2013
  • National Colts Plate winners: 2011

[1]

Current standings

2018–19 National League 1 Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Old Elthamians7502234195395126
2Caldy7502188167213124
3Sale FC741221520784123
4Chinnor7403168157114323
5Blackheath7502170120502022
6Rotherham Titans7403205174314222
7Cinderford7403175146293322
8Darlington Mowden Park740319418865122
9Rosslyn Park740318517874121
10Ampthill7304173163104319
11Cambridge7313155164-92218
12Plymouth Albion730413413403318
13Bishop's Stortford7304196141553217
14Esher7304133169-362216
15Birmingham Moseley7106171234-633411
16Loughborough Students7007129288-159213
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 13 October 2018
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Club website history page
  2. ↑ "Bishop's Stortford Rugby Club are promoted after Exmouth victory". Hertfordshire Mercury. 22 April 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.