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Bradford & Bingley RFC
Full nameBradford and Bingley Rugby Football Club
UnionYorkshire RFU
Nickname(s)Bees
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
LocationBingley, West Yorkshire, England
Ground(s)Wagon Lane (Capacity: 4,000)
ChairmanTim Robinson
Coach(es)Anthony Posa, Hugh Gumbs..
Captain(s)Tom Booth
Top scorerTom Cummins (28)
League(s)North 1 East
2017/1810th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/bradfordandbingleyrfc/

Bradford & Bingley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Bingley, West Yorkshire. The club runs four senior sides, including a veterans side, and eleven junior teams.[1] The first XV plays in North 1 East.

Bumble Bee Barbarians

Bradford & Bingley RFC is home of the Bumble Bee Barbarians, England's first mixed ability rugby team. Founded in 2009 by a determined young man with Cerebral Palsy and Learning Difficulties the team now has over 30 players. In August 2015 the first ever mixed ability World Cup tournament with take place at their home ground at Wagon Lane

History

The club was formed in 1982 following a merger between Bingley RFC and Bradford RFC.[2]

Club honours

Notes

  1. ^ Includes 2 titles when North 1 East and North 1 West were merged into one division known as North Division 2.

References

  1. ^ Pickin, Benji (2012-09-23). "Club website home page". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  2. ^ "Club website history page". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.