Biggleswade Rugby Club
| Full name | Biggleswade Rugby Union Football Club & Associated Clubs |
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| Nickname(s) | Biggy |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Location | Biggleswade, BedfordshireEngland |
| Ground(s) | Langford Road Biggleswade, SG18 9RA |
| League(s) | Midlands 3 East (South) |
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Biggleswade Rugby Club is a Rugby club based in Biggleswade, England. The club was founded in 1949 and is affiliated to the RFU and East Midlands Rugby Union.
Youth teams play in the Saracens Herts & Middlesex Leagues and the club is an official partner club of Saracens. The Mini section, known as 'Biggy Minis' have teams from U6 through to U12 while the Youth section runs teams from U14s to U18s.
Biggleswade U13s won their division in the league and were crowned County Champions in April 2013, going on the win the H & M League again in 2014 as U14s and moving in the Saracens H & M division 2.
The Club colours are Blue with a Red band. The club runs up to four senior sides including Vets, with Mini, and Youth sides.
Having won two promotions in 2 seasons, the First XV slipped back to Midlands 3 East (South)for the 2013-2014 season following a poor first half to the season, from which the team never recovered, however a storming season in 2013/14 saw them promoted as league champions back to Midlands 2 East (South)with just 2 losses all season!
The 'Biggleswade Development' team won the Greene King Premiere Cup in April 2013 and joined the Herts and Middlesex Merit Table 4 for the 2013-2014 season gaining promotion and also lifting the H & M Knockout Cup at their first attempt. The Third XV also competed in the Herts and Middlesex Merit Table 7 for the 2013/14 season finishing 3rd in the table.
Probably the first golden age for the club was in the late 1980s when, along with other accolades were winners of East Midlands One, then in 1989/90 winners of the East Midlands/Leicester League and the Beds County Cup 1991 and finalists in the East Midlands cup 1991. The First XV was then a young team bolstered by a number of former top flight players who turned out for Biggy.
For the 2014/15 season the senior squad coach Matt 'Stavros' Trigg with Stephen 'Tidy' Howells and Peter Bean concentrating on the Development Team, Captains are Jimmy Caulfield (First XV) and Kyle Loan (Development XV)
The clubhouse has a bar, lounge and four squash courts, the club have six full pitches plus Minis pitches and big training area. The club owned their facilities and 3 pitches (clubhouse side) outright and rent a parcel of land known as Sheepwalk where there are 3 further full size pitches. All facilities are available for hire .
Youth players from the club are currently at Elite player development centres with Northampton Saints and Saracens with former Youth players in the RFU Championship with Charlie Beech at Yorkshire Carnegie and Glyn Hughes at Wasps.
The club were awarded a £38K Sport England Inspired Facilities grant in 2014 which has been used to totally refurbish the Lounge Bar adding new flooring, furnishings, TVs, bar area and the gents rugby toilets. This is the first phase of a programme to upgrade the club facilities.
In September 2008 the club won the England Rugby / O2 Community Connections Competition for its work for the local community, giving twenty players from the club the chance to train with the England squad.[1]
Club Honours
- Midlands 3 East (South) champions: 2013-14