Crieff and Strathearn RFC
| Full name | Crieff and Strathearn Rugby Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 | |
| Location | Crieff, Scotland | |
| Ground(s) | King George V Playing Fields | |
| League(s) | Caledonia Midlands Three | |
| 2023/24 | 1st (Champions) | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
Crieff and Strathearn RFC is a rugby union club based in Crieff, Scotland. The Men's team currently plays in Caledonia Midlands Three.
History
[edit]There was previously rugby at Crieff. At the end of the 19th century there was a club known as St. Michael's Guild Rugby Club from around 1889 which then became Crieff rugby club.[1]
This side went defunct but there was another attempt to create a Crieff rugby club, based around ex-players of the Crieff Academy around 1896.[1]
From the 1920s there was another Crieff club based on ex-Morrisons Academy players. Known as the Morrisonian club or Morrison Academy F.P., the club played to at least the mid-1930s and it seems likely it did not survive the Second World War.[2]
The present club was founded in 1972, and the club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022.[3]
In the 2012/13 season, they celebrated their first ever league title as a club. Winning the Caledonia Regional League 4 and going unbeaten throughout the campaign.[4] Their second league title would come in the 2023/24 season in the league above, as Crieff & Strathearn won 13 of their 14 games and finished 11 points clear at the top of the table.[5]
Sides
[edit]The club runs a men's and women's side and a minis side (Primary 1–7).[6]
The men train on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7.00pm to 8:30pm, the minis train on Saturday morning from 9am.[6]
Sevens tournament
[edit]The club runs the Crieff Sevens. The teams compete for the Robin McNeil Cup.[7]
Honours
[edit]Men's
[edit]- Caledonia Midlands Region league Division 3
- Champions (1) 2023/24
- Caledonia Midlands Region league Division 4
- Champions (1) 2012/13
- Crieff Sevens[7]
- Champions (1): 1986
References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18961023/068/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19351022/116/0008 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby: Crieff and Strathearn celebrates 40 years". Daily Record. November 9, 2012.
- ^ "Crieff are champions after win in Dundee". Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures and Results 2023/24". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Teams | Crieff & Strathearn Rugby Club". Crieff Rugby.
- ^ a b "Crieff Sevens". June 7, 2019.