Billericay Rugby Football Club
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Billericay Rugby Football Club is a rugby football
club based in Billericay
. It was formed in 1959, and is affiliated to the RFU and Essex County Rugby Football Union. The club colours are black with gold trim.
On April 17, 1999, the rugby club became the first Eastern Counties side to play in a cup final at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham. Billericay took on Silhillians of the Midlands and won 19-3 through a try by John Bailey and the boot of player/coach Kevin Harman. Billericay were supported by approx. 10,000 people on finals day. The current crop of players have amazingly repeated this feat in 2007 and played Hartpury College, a feeder club to Premiership side Gloucester, in a final at Twickenham on May 12, 2007.
For the new 2008-09 season Billericay will be coached by the former Woodford coach Brian Watts and led on the field by the returning Dave Hyett after a few years away at Southend and Writtle. Dave returned to the club in the summer to take charge of the forwards.
Off the field the club is led by President Keith Young and Chairman Neil Jarvis and together with the rest of the committee organise various events throughout the season.The most popular being their own rugby sevens
tournament. Held on the last weekend of April, it is open to twelve invited teams and is played out alongside the weekend Beer Festival and BBQ. The teams play for the Cup, Shield and Plate competitions.
Honours Include:
Tetley Bitter Vase Winners 1999.
Essex Floodlight Champions 2006
Essex Division 1 Champions 2007
EDF Energy Junior Vase Finalists 2007
NEW! Billericay now run an Under 13's Team which trains on Tuesday nights from 6.30pm for 1 hour. All new enthusiastic kids are welcome! Head Coach = Andy Goldsmith
NEW! For the 2008-09 season Billericay will be trying hard to start an under 6 and under 7's side.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club based in Billericay
Billericay
Billericay is a town and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin, has a population of 40,000, and constitutes a commuter town east of central London. The town has three secondary schools and a variety of open spaces...
. It was formed in 1959, and is affiliated to the RFU and Essex County Rugby Football Union. The club colours are black with gold trim.
On April 17, 1999, the rugby club became the first Eastern Counties side to play in a cup final at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham. Billericay took on Silhillians of the Midlands and won 19-3 through a try by John Bailey and the boot of player/coach Kevin Harman. Billericay were supported by approx. 10,000 people on finals day. The current crop of players have amazingly repeated this feat in 2007 and played Hartpury College, a feeder club to Premiership side Gloucester, in a final at Twickenham on May 12, 2007.
For the new 2008-09 season Billericay will be coached by the former Woodford coach Brian Watts and led on the field by the returning Dave Hyett after a few years away at Southend and Writtle. Dave returned to the club in the summer to take charge of the forwards.
Off the field the club is led by President Keith Young and Chairman Neil Jarvis and together with the rest of the committee organise various events throughout the season.The most popular being their own rugby sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
tournament. Held on the last weekend of April, it is open to twelve invited teams and is played out alongside the weekend Beer Festival and BBQ. The teams play for the Cup, Shield and Plate competitions.
Honours Include:
Tetley Bitter Vase Winners 1999.
Essex Floodlight Champions 2006
Essex Division 1 Champions 2007
EDF Energy Junior Vase Finalists 2007
NEW! Billericay now run an Under 13's Team which trains on Tuesday nights from 6.30pm for 1 hour. All new enthusiastic kids are welcome! Head Coach = Andy Goldsmith
NEW! For the 2008-09 season Billericay will be trying hard to start an under 6 and under 7's side.