Crickhowell
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Crickhowell
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Crickhowell RFC disbanded in 1926 and was reformed in the
Britannia Inn in 1980/81 after a break of 54 years. I have been
involved since the beginning of the club as a player, fixture secretary
and I am now the chairman.
We started off as a pub based team
but with great initial response decided to
form a team to play competitive rugby.
We played in the Gwent, Newport and
Pontypool Premier League for several
years and because of the interest shown
we joined the National leagues with
modest success over the years.
After the disappointment of season
2015/16 when we failed to fulfil our
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fixtures and reluctantly folded it was a
great but challenging task to get a squad
together. To generate some interest with
ex-players and youth we were invited
to Setubal in Portugal to enter their
European City of Sport tournament. We
went with a squad of 24 players, won
the tournament and most of the players
on returning committed to attempt to
reform the club.
My reward and justification has
been to see a young side going unbeaten
last season in the league, winning the
Pontypool and District Cup and beating
some good higher league clubs in the
WRU National Bowl before losing to
Nantgaredig by a slim margin.
The challenge is now to keep the
players I have and recruit to strengthen
our squad for our next challenge in