Teignmouth R.F.C.

Teignmouth RFC
Full name Teignmouth Rugby Football Club
Union Devon RFU
Founded 1874 (1874)
Location Teignmouth, Devon, England
Ground(s) Bitton Park Sports Ground
Chairman Russell Sowden
President Jeff Webber
Coach(es) Marc Dibble/Colin Aldworth
Captain(s) Pete Parsons
League(s) Tribute South West 1 West
2016–17 10th

Teignmouth R.F.C is a rugby union club based in Teignmouth, Devon, England

Teignmouth RFC was officially formed in January 1874 and have played at Bitton Park Sports Ground since 1904, with the exception of the 1906–07 and 1982–83 seasons. Teignmouth runs two senior men's sides, a colts team, a women's senior team and a thriving junior section for both girls and boys.

1987 onwardst

When league rugby was launched in England for the 1987–88 season, Teignmouth were placed in the Cornwall & Devon league, where they remained for thirteen years.

The 2000–01 season was a bad year for Teignmouth Rugby Football Club. December 2000 saw the club closed down and put into administration due to an unpaid VAT bill. With the club facing closure a rescue package was launched with members raising enough money to buy the club out of administration. In a season badly affected by the foot and mouth crisis, which saw a number of games unplayed, Teignmouth finished mid-table but, due to the effects of relegation in higher divisions, Teignmouth were relegated to Devon League 1.

Teignmouth were only to spend one season in the lower division, finishing second and meeting the runner-up of Cornwall League 1, Mount's Bay, at their Penzance ground. Teignmouth won a hotly contested match, 17–14 to achieve promotion. Teignmouth once again found themselves relegated to Devon 1 in 2005–06. Teignmouth dominated the division and bounced straight back up as 2006–07 league champions.

The 2012–13 season was a successful one for Teignmouth; they comfortably won the Tribute Cornwall/Devon league and gained promotion to the Tribute Western Counties West league (the 7th tier of English rugby union league system). At the time, this was the highest level the club had ever competed at. The 2013–14 season saw Teignmouth finish second and reach a promotion play-off in their first season. Consecutive promotions proved to be a step too far, however, as they lost the play-off to Drybrook. The following year Teignmouth secured promotion to Tribute South West 1 West as 2014–15 league champions. To cap a memorable season, they also won the Devon Intermediate Cup, with victory against Kingsbridge.

The 2015–16 season saw Teignmouth reach their highest league position of 10th in South West 1 West.

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "DRFU Handbook 2011-12" (PDF). Devon RFU. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. "The Devon Intermediate Cup Results 2014-15". Devon RFU. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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