Gympie Rugby Union Club
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| Full name | Gympie Hammers Rugby Union Football Club |
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| Union | Queensland Rugby Union |
| Branch | Sunshine Coast Rugby Union |
| Region | Gympie, Queensland |
| Ground(s) | Albert Park |
| League(s) | Sunshine Coast Rugby Union |
Gympie Hammers Rugby Union Club is a rugby union football club based located in Gympie, Queensland. The club currently play in the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union's Sunshine Coast Cup.[1][2][3][4]
History
[edit]The Gympie club was one of the clubs to contest the 1982 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union competition. Formed in 1980 and briefly folded in 2009
Gympie Hammers Rugby Union Club re-joined the Sunshine Coast competition in 2014 and has been going strong since. Their junior numbers as of 2022 are in excess of 250 players, with both a men's and women's Rugby teams competing on a senior level [5][1][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eumundi back in senior rugby, Caloundra too good for Gympie, Reds rescheduled". Around the Gtounds. PattmanSport. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "2022 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Season Launch". YouTube. PattmanSport. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Toms, Doug (28 July 2020). "Rugby spirit not dampened by wet". Noosa Today. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Singh, Bec (29 January 2022). "Fresh blood for Gympie Hammers". Gympie Today. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Wood, Tom (10 August 2017). "Rugby bounced back after a 60-year break". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Gillett, Patrick (4 June 2020). "Rugby is back on the Sunshine Coast". PattmanSport. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Return of the Dragons – Full story". Around the Grounds. PattmanSport. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XVI, no. 856. Queensland, Australia. 26 March 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 1 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.