Hampshire Bowl

Hampshire Bowl
Sport Rugby Union
Instituted 1999 (1999)
Number of teams 9
Country  England
Holders Trojans (2nd title) (2016-17)
Most titles Sandown & Shanklin (3 titles)
Website Hampshire RFU

The Hampshire Bowl is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Hampshire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1999-99 season, with the inaugural winners being Romsey. It is the second important rugby union cup competition in Hampshire, behind the Hampshire Cup but ahead of the Hampshire Plate. When it was introduced in 1999 the Bowl initially replaced the Plate competition, which was itself re-instated several years later for the 2003-04 season.

The Hampshire Bowl is currently open to club sides based in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, who play between tier 8 (London 3 South West) and tier 9 (Hampshire 1) of the English rugby union league system, although sometimes teams from outside the league structure are invited to take part. The format is a knockout cup with a preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at the home ground of one of the finalists between March-May.[1]

Hampshire Bowl winners

Hampshire Bowl Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
1999-00 Romsey 33-9 Millbrook Lordshill Recreational Ground, Southampton, Hampshire[2]
2000-01[3] Sandown & Shanklin 38-8 Fordingbridge The Fairway Ground, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2001-02[4] Guernsey 27-10 Millbrook Lordshill Recreational Ground, Southampton, Hampshire[5]
2002-03[6] Les Quennevais 41-29 New Milton & District Ashley Sports Ground, New Milton, Hampshire
2003-04[7] Tottonians 25-17 Guernsey Water Lane, Totton and Eling, Hampshire
2004-05 Alton 16-8 Petersfield Anstey Park, Alton, Hampshire[8]
2005-06[9] Petersfield 18-17 U.S. Portsmouth
2006-07 Petersfield 27-13 Ellingham & Ringwood
2007-08[10] Ellingham & Ringwood 28-20 Petersfield Picket Post, Ringwood, Hampshire
2008-09[11] Trojans 21-0 Sandown & Shanklin The Fairway Ground, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2009-10[12] Gosport & Fareham 21-13 Sandown & Shanklin Gosport Park, Gosport, Hampshire
2010-11[13] Sandown & Shanklin 59-7 Petersfield Penn's Place, Petersfield, Hampshire
2011-12[14] Sandown & Shanklin 50-5 Fordingbridge The Fairway Ground, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2012-13 No competition
2013-14[15] Eastleigh 44-6 Ellingham & Ringwood Raymond Brown Memorial Ground, Ringwood, Hampshire
2014-15[16] Andover 28-10 Southampton University Medics Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire[17]
2015-16 Eastleigh 20-8 Trojans Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire[18]
2016-17[19] Trojans 14-13 Eastleigh Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire[1]
2017-18

    [20]

    Number of wins

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 "Gales HSB Hampshire Bowl 2016-17". Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
    2. ↑ "Alton produce another shock". Southern Daily Echo. 6 March 2000.
    3. ↑ "Sandown profit from mistakes to lift first ever county trophy". Southern Daily Echo. 26 March 2001.
    4. ↑ "Millbrook bottle it on the big stage!". Southern Daily Echo. 4 March 2002.
    5. ↑ "Millbrook want to be third time lucky". Southern Daily Echo. 1 March 2002.
    6. ↑ "Quennevais claim Hampshire bowl". Southern Daily Echo. 24 March 2003.
    7. ↑ "Rugby: Silverware at last for super-fit Tottonians". Southern Daily Echo. 23 March 2004.
    8. ↑ "Final is shape of things to come". Southern Daily Echo. 15 April 2005.
    9. ↑ "Petersfield steal in to win Hampshire Bowl". Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
    10. ↑ "Late rally sees Ellingham lift bowl". Southern Daily Echo. 20 March 2008.
    11. ↑ "Hurricanes undone by Trojans". Isle of Wight County Press. 17 April 2009.
    12. ↑ "Hurries lose out in tight final". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 28 March 2010.
    13. ↑ "Hurricane hits Petersfield". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 16 April 2011.
    14. ↑ "Hurricanes’ Hampshire Joy". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 27 April 2012.
    15. ↑ "Eastleigh are Bowl-ed over". Southern Daily Echo. 28 April 2014.
    16. ↑ "Andover 28 Southampton University Medics 10". Southern Daily Echo. 28 April 2015.
    17. ↑ "Gales HSB Hampshire Bowl Final today!". Andover RFC (Facebook). 19 April 2015.
    18. ↑ "Match Reports". Eastleigh Rugby. 1 May 2016.
    19. ↑ "Hampshire Bowl Final". Hampshire RFU. 22 April 2017.
    20. ↑ "HAMPSHIRE CLUB COMPETITIONS RESULTS 1970 TO DATE" (PDF). Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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