Old Elthamians

Old Elthamians
Full name Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club
Union Kent RFU
Founded 1911 (1911)
Location Eltham, Greenwich, London, England
Ground(s) College Meadow (Capacity: 1,600)
Chairman Nick Burne
President Graham Ralph
Captain(s) Hamish Barton
Top scorer Dominic Lespierre (try) Tom White (points)
League(s) National League 1
2017–18 6th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldelthamians/

Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Mottingham in London. They currently play in the third tier of English club rugby, having won promotion from National League 2 South in 2017. Old Elthamians was formed in 1911 and currently run four senior teams and a full range of junior teams.[1][2] In 2014–15 the club moved ground from the Foxbury to Queen Mary Sports Ground in Chislehurst, where they were resident for just two seasons before moving to their current home of College Meadow (owned by Eltham College) in Mottingham, for the 2016-17 season.[3][4] Old Elthamians had their first home game at College Meadow on 17 September 2016, defeating visitors Clifton 46 - 19 in front of 420 spectators.[5]

On 25 March 2017 Old Elthamians, riding high in National League 2 South, achieved a club record win 97–7 against bottom club Exmouth, a tally that included 15 tries.[6] They finished second that season, qualifying for a promotion play-off against the runner-up from National League 2 North. On 6 May 2017 Old Elthamians travelled to take on Sale at Heywood Road, winning a close game 19–14 to claim promotion to the 2017–18 National League 1; the highest level in the club's history.[7] The 2016–17 season also saw Dominic Lespierre score 36 league tries to break the previous best of 32 set by Renford Bennet.[8]

On 16 December 2017 Old Elthamians beat Blackheath 32-7 in front of a club record crowd of 1,653 at College Meadow, in what was the first league meeting between the two sides in 106 years despite both being based in south London.[9]

Honours

Club Records

  • Largest win: 97 - 7
Versus Exmouth at College Meadow on 25 March 2017
  • Highest attendance: 1,653
Versus Blackheath at College Meadow on 16 December 2017
  • Most tries in a season: 36
Guyana Dominic Lespierre (2016-17)

Current standings

2018–19 National League 1 Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Caldy8602215189264129
2Old Elthamians8512254215395128
3Blackheath8602200146543027
4Rotherham Titans8503250189615227
5Rosslyn Park8503216201155126
6Chinnor8413188177114325
7Ampthill8404227173545324
8Sale FC841323823804123
9Darlington Mowden Park8404221227-66123
10Plymouth Albion840415715343322
11Cinderford8404185200-153322
12Cambridge8314177191-142319
13Bishop's Stortford8305215164513318
14Esher8305148214-662216
15Birmingham Moseley8107197264-673512
16Loughborough Students8107168315-147318
  • 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: 20 October 2018
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page
  3. ↑ "Club prepares for Super Saturday at College Meadow". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "College Meadow - How to find us". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "National League 2 South". The RUGBYPaper (418). Rugby Paper Ltd. 18 September 2016. pp. 32–33 & 41.
  6. ↑ "National League 2 South". The RUGBYPaper (445). Rugby Paper Ltd. 25 March 2017. p. 34.
  7. ↑ "National League 2 play-off". The RUGBYPaper (451). Rugby Paper Ltd. 7 May 2017. p. 28.
  8. ↑ "Lespierre - 'It's been a team effort all season'". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 8 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "National League 1". The RUGBYPaper (483). 17 December 2017. pp. 30–31 & 39.


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