BIGGLESWADE
BIGGLESWADE
Biggleswade RUFC was founded in 1949 by members mainly connected with agriculture
who acquired a field which often had animals on. Members of this time still at the Club
say how they learnt to side step by dodging the “cowpats”!
Today is very different with the Club owning a modern
clubhouse with clubroom bar, lounge bar and four
squash courts (lounge bar and some changing/toilet
areas have just been refurbished, following a lot of work
in obtaining a grant). There are three excellent pitches
on this site, one with floodlights, and a further three
rented pitches across the road.
been very pro-active in leading the Club forward both
on and off the field and has set some tough targets to
be achieved. Last season the 1st XV gained promotion
to Midlands 2 (East) with a very young side playing
some fast attractive rugby. However, Matt Trigg the
Head Coach, is well aware that next season will be
much harder and more challenging.
Mike Adams, the groundsman and his helpers work
hard to maintain these pitches in a condition that is
envied by many clubs; only one match was lost last
season to the particularly bad weather, when most clubs
were unable to play for several weeks. The Club is often
asked to host County matches at Youth level.
The Club’s aim is to consolidate its position in this
league with the young side gaining necessary
experience to continue to improve. The 2nd and 3rd
XV’s also had excellent seasons with both being
at the top end of their Merit Tables. Having beaten
Stockwood Park in their league matches the Club lost
to them in an exciting Bedfordshire Cup Final which
Stockwood fully deserved.
Steve Matthews, the Chairman for the last few years
and backed by an experienced top end Committee has
These good playing results have seen a small influx
of players and together with some excellent home
grown talent from the Youth sides hopefully coming
through in the next few years the target set is to reach
Midlands 1 in five years - a hard task.
Mini and Youth Rugby is considered very important
to the Club as the majority of senior players at the
Club have come via this route. In rece nt years several
players have progressed from our Youth sides to
Academies, and to Premiership and Championship
sides.
The Club has also been supplying many players to
Bedfordshire & East Midlands Youth teams. (Owen
George Hay Chartered Accountants first opened
our doors in Biggleswade in the 1930s and we are
very proud of our Bedfordshire heritage and all
that the Biggleswade community has to offer.
We provide a range of local accountancy services,
including taxation, business advice, auditing, management accounts and out-sourced bookkeeping
and payroll and we are also specialists in a range
of industry sectors including agriculture, academy
schools and charities.
No matter what your accounting issue is, George
Hay can find the solution.
2014 marks our 75th anniversary and we are
particularly proud to be a sponsor of Biggleswade
Rugby Club in this, our anniversary year. We wish
them all the very best for the season.
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