Cartha Queens Park RFC

The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1974, after the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P.. They play their home games at Dumbreck and are currently in Scottish National League Division One, the 2nd tier of Scottish club rugby.[1]

Cartha Queens Park
Full nameCartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1974 (1974)
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Ground(s)Dumbreck (Capacity 2,000)
PresidentEdward Crozier
Coach(es)Thomas Davidson Matt Clarke
Captain(s)Wayne Burrows
League(s)Scottish National League Division One
2018–19Scottish National League Division One, 10th of 12
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.carthaqp.co.uk

History

Cartha Athletic Club was founded in 1889. The 'athletic' club played a number of sports: Cricket, Athletics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey... the association was henced named Cartha. The rugby union section was established in 1906. In 1974 Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. merged to form the present day rugby union club.

The club runs four adult XVs catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17.[2] The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 1 level.[1]

Current 1st XV Squad
2019-20 Season
Forwards Backs
Marcus Goodwin Prop Bosco Lafon Scrum Half
Mark Barrowman Prop Lachie Stout Scrum Half
Zander Kelman Prop Joe Ross Scrum Half
Fraser Paul Hooker Pat Nicol Scrum Half
Juan Phyfer Prop Wayne Burrows Fly Half
Luca Alessandri Prop Liam Howieson Centre
Michael Nellaney Lock Ewan Campbell Centre
Graham Williamson Lock Alex Boyle Centre
Pete Barton Lock Thomas Pourcharet Centre
Ethan Paterson Lock Ryan Flett Centre
Calum Dickson Flanker Thibault Pin Wing
Ryan Howie Flanker Josh McPhail Wing
Chris Wicks Flanker Sam Harrison Wing
Grant Harman Flanker Tony Lopez Wing
Miler Stewart Flanker Tony Nyangweso Wing
Michael Robertson No 8 Darren Knox Fullback
Graeme Docherty Fullback

Notable Former Players

Former CQPRFC players include current Glasgow Warriors and Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson.

Glasgow City Sevens

Cartha Queen's Park play host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament at Dumbreck. This was originally known as the Cartha Sevens. The first rugby sevens tournament took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break, for the Second World War period, the Cartha Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and has then been played in all the subsequent years. On the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. in 1974 the tournament became known as the Cartha Queens Park Sevens. The Cartha Queens Park tournament was renamed to the Glasgow City Sevens Tournament in 2005.

Honours

Men
    • Champion BTNational 2 2016/17
  • Glasgow City Sevens
    • Champions (3): 1980, 1981, 1983
  • Glasgow University Sevens
    • Champions: 1984, 1985
  • Helensburgh Sevens
    • Champions: 1983, 1984
  • Lenzie Sevens
    • Champions: 1985, 1988
  • Old Aloysians Sevens
    • Champions: 1976
  • Moray Sevens
    • Champions: 1994

Women
  • Mull Sevens[3]
    • Champions: 2009, 2010, 2011

References
  1. "Fixtures and results". Scottish Rugby Union.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Mull Sevens". 8 June 2019.
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