Colwyn Bay RFC

Colwyn Bay RFC
Full name Colwyn Bay Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) The Seahorses
Founded 1923
Location Colwyn Bay, Wales
Ground(s) Brookfield
President Elwyn Thomas
Coach(es) Mark Earl
League(s) WRU Division One North
2009-10 7th[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.colwynbayrugby.co.uk

Colwyn Bay Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Bae Colwyn) is a rugby union team from the town of Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Colwyn Bay RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. [2]

The club has a long history with rugby played before 1900, though the first officially recorded match was in 1923 against a Chester XV. The club's early history is interwound with that of Rydal School who laid the foundations and supplied early players of the club. Colwyn Bay RFC's most famous player, Wilfred Wooller, is often credited with playing only for Rydal School and his Colwyn Bay games ignored.

In 2008, Colwyn Bay were losing finalist against Ruthin in the North Wales Cup.[3]

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ WRU official site
  2. ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3877085.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  3. ^ Ruthin beat Colwyn Bay in cup final dailypost.co.uk May 27, 2008
  4. ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp474, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
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