Langholm RFC
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Langholm Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team founded in 1871. They play their home games at Milntown, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway.
The team currently play in the East Regional League Division One [1]
Langholm Sevens
The Langholm Sevens tournament is hosted by the club. It held around the end of April each year and is part of the Borders Sevens Circuit. The tournament first started in 1908.[2]
Notable former players
- Tom Scott, Template:Nrut and president of the Scottish Football Union from 1918 to 1920[3]
- Billy Steele, 23 caps for Template:Nrut,[4] 1969.British and Irish Lions 1974 South Africa
- Ernie Michie, Template:Nrut, British and Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C.[5]
- Christy Elliot, 1958
- Donald Scott, 1950
- Tommy Elliot, 1968
- Chuck Muir, 1997 Scottish Football Union International Referee
- Ally Ratcliffe (née Little), 2000 & Scottish Football Union Hall of Fame Inductee 2021
- Jilly McCord, 2004
- Lisa Thomson, 2017
Honours
- Scottish Unofficial Championship
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Border League
- Champions (1): 1958-59
- Langholm Sevens
- Champions (1): 1959
- Kelso Sevens
- Champions (1): 1953
- Hawick Sevens
- Champions (1): 1899
- Gala Sevens
- Champions (2): 1951, 1955
- Earlston Sevens
- Champions (1): 1954
- Selkirk Sevens
- Champions (2): 1949, 1958
- Ardrossan Sevens[6]
- Champions (2): 1963, 1968
See also
References
Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 Template:ISBN)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, Template:ISBN)
- McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London Template:ISBN)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; Template:ISBN)
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