Kendal Rugby Union Football Club

Kendal Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Kendal, Cumbria. The first XV currently plays in North 1 East, a level six league in the English league system, following the club's relegation from North Premier (and subsequent level-transfer) at the end of the 2018-19 season.

Kendal
Full nameKendal Rugby Union Football Club
UnionCumbria RU
Founded1905 (1905)
LocationKendal, Cumbria, England
Ground(s)Mint Bridge Stadium (Capacity: 3,500 (258 seats))
ChairmanStephen Green
PresidentMike Bowerbank
Coach(es)Steve Whitehead
League(s)North 1 East
2019–205th
Official website
www.kendal-rugby.com

History

Kendal RUFC was formed in 1905. moving to their present ground at Mint Bridge in 1927. The club found success in the decades before league rugby was introduced in 1987 and the club was placed in North One. By the turn of the century they were in National Division Two, finishing in fourth place in their first season in the third tier of English rugby. In 2002–03 they were relegated for the first time in the club's history and have subsequently dropped down two further levels.[1]

Ground

Originally based at Maude's Meadow until 1906, Kendal moved to Mint Bridge off Shap Road in 1927.[1] The original Mint Bridge had a capacity of 3,000 (including 300 in the stand) - which was the attendance achieved in 1999 when Kendal lost 20-25 to London Scottish in the fourth round of the Tetley's Bitter Cup.[2] They would remain at the old Mint Bridge up until the end of the 2016-17 season when they sold the land to Sainsbury's for the construction of a supermarket. The money from the sale would enable Kendal to build a new ground (retaining the Mint Bridge name) just up the road. It would cost up to £11 million - a figure that included a £3.5 million club-house - and development would officially begin in July 2016, undertaken by local construction group Pinington.[3] The ground was completed in time for the 2017-18 season, with the first game taking place against Preston Grasshoppers on 30 September 2017 - a 19-25 defeat in front of a crowd of over 1,000 supporters.[4][5]

The new Mint Bridge Stadium has a 4G pitch with electronic scoreboard alongside the club-house/stand, with additional facilities including a function room, kitchen, cafe, children's play area and memorial garden.[6][7] Capacity at the ground allows for up to 3,000 standing pitch side, along with 258 seats in the stand and space for 200 on the club-house balcony, bringing total capacity to approximately 3,500.

Honours

1st team:

2nd team:

Notes
  1. Westmorland & Furness Cup honours includes 9 wins by a Kendal 'A' team.
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See also

References
  1. "Club History". Kendal RUFC. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. "Two tries for ex-Eden player as 3,000 watch Kendal test Exiles". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 16 January 1999.
  3. "Work starts on Kendal Rugby Club's new £11m ground". The Westmorland Gazette. 9 July 2016.
  4. "Out Powered - but only just !". Kendal RUFC. 30 September 2017.
  5. "Nat 2 Crowds". Rolling Maul. 3 October 2017.
  6. "New Ground Tidbits!". The Kendal RUFC. 26 June 2017.
  7. "PICTURE GALLERY: First look around Kendal RUFC's ground". The Westmorland Gazette. 22 September 2017.
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