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Bradford and Bingley RFC

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Nickname(s)
  
Bees

Captain(s)
  
Brett Mitchell

League
  
Yorkshire 1

Founded
  
1982

Chairman
  
Martin Whitcombe

Union
  
Rugby Football Union

Ground
  
Wagon Lane

Chairperson
  
Martin Whitcombe

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Full name
  
Bradford and Bingley Rugby Football Club

Coach(es)
  
Martin Whitcombe Ali MacDonald Ben Greaves

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. The first XV plays in Yorkshire 1 following relegation from North 1 East the previous season, their 2nd relegation in as many years.

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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 Bradford RFC and Bingley RFC.

Club Honours

  • RFU Intermediate Cup Winners 2004
  • North Division 2 East champions (2): 1998-99, 2002-03
  • North Division 1 champions: 2003-04
  • National League 3 North champions: 2005-06
  • Yorkshire 1 champions: 2015-16
  • References

    Bradford & Bingley RFC Wikipedia