Forrester RFC

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Forrester

Full name	Forrester Rugby Football Club
Founded	1964
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ground(s)	Broomhouse
League	National League Division 2
2006–07	2nd in Div 3
Official website
www.forrester-rfc.com

Forrester RFC is a rugby union football club in the Scottish Rugby Union, located at Broomhouse Road in Edinburgh and play in the Scottish Hydro Electric National League Division Two.

[edit] History

Forrester Former Pupils Rugby Football Club and Sports Association was founded in 1964, by a number of ex-pupils of Forrester High School and members of the local community.

There followed 10 years of team and spirit building, normally in the confines of the Dorlin Hotel, St. John's Road, Edinburgh. The Club participated in the [Edinburgh and District League] and found success in a number of Sevens tournaments including the now defunct Edinburgh and District trophy, in 1976.

The Clubhouse, situated in the grounds of Forrester High School, was opened in September 1977. In 1987 the existing structure was extended to include changing rooms and showers in addition to other facilities, not least of which was the addition of a small bar.

Having been pipped at the post for three successive years, the Club finally won the [Edinburgh District League] in 1986 gaining promotion to Division 6 of the National League in 1990. After reorganisation they found themselves in the BT Division 5 (East) Regional League at the start of season 1999/2000. They finished runners up to Irvine that year but, finally, won promotion to BT Division 4 by beating Hawick YM 13 - 12 in the final game of season 2000/2001.

The Committee were instrumental in setting up the River Series Cup (later the Alloa Series Trophy) in association with Boroughmuir RFC, which for ten years provided Cup competition in Scotland, and provided the springboard for the SRU Tennents cup competition and ultimately the BT Cellnet Cup. It was perhaps fitting that in the last year of this competition, the Castlemaine XXXX cup was won by Forrester in the gala event.

The Club now stands at a cross-roads, with a massive Youth development programme and ambitious plans for the development of facilities to nurture the talent and enhance the playing standards throughout the area. Although never a "closed" Club, "Former pupils" was dropped from the Club title at the end of season 2000/2001.