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Hampstead
H
ampstead Rugby Club is one of the oldest clubs in the world, but has only been active in its current form for just
over 50 years. Originally the Hampstead Heathens Sports Club was founded in 1863 and was the birthplace for
other notable clubs, such as Harlequins, Wasps and Rosslyn Park.
There was a ‘temporary dissolution’ of the club at the start
of the First World War and stayed dormant until 1967, when
Mike Flynn and friends got together and re-formed the club.
Over the last 11 years the club has transformed further with
the inclusion of Ladies, Juniors and Men’s Vets rugby. It is
now one of the largest community clubs in London.
The ladies team is one of the fastest growing in London and has
two teams in competitive leagues. The first team came third in
Championship South East 2 and the second team came second
in NC SEE 2 and were also runners up in Middlesex’s Griffin
Cup. After a solid season, the ladies have high expectations for
next season and will be honing their skills on the 7s circuit this
summer and on tour to Italy.
In 2010 Hampstead launched the Juniors section. From an
initial 20 kids turning out from a taster session, and now
have teams all the way from U7s through to U17s, have
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