Union Rugby Football Union Region South West England President Rich Berry Coach Simon Hunt | Nickname(s) OBs Chairman James Trezona Founded 1915 | |
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Full name Old Bristolians Rugby Football Club League Tribute Western Counties North Grounds Old Bristolians Sports Club, Failand | ||
Old Bristolians Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club founded in 1915 and based in Failand, Bristol. The Club's first team plays its rugby in Tribute Western Counties North.
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They are a member of the Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination, an organisation which promotes junior rugby union in the city of Bristol.
History
Old Bristolians is the Rugby Club associated with Bristol Grammar School (BGS), but now predominantly is made up of players and members who are not BGS alumni.
In 2009/2010 OBs won and were promoted from Gloucester 1, and also won the Bristol Combination Cup. In 2011-12 OBs then were promoted from Gloucester Premier to Tribute Western Counties North, again winning the Combination Cup, and finished mid-table in 2013 to 2015.
OBs second team won their league in 2009-10, and again in 2011 and currently plays in Tribute Somerset 2 North.
OBs Third team is in Tribute Somerset 3 North.
Bristol Grammar School (BGS) was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries, where previously a large proportion of England's education had occurred. The school motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "From Thorns Grapes", is a play upon the names of the school founders Robert and Nicholas Thorne.
Club officials
President : Rich Berry
Chairman : James Trezona
Hon Secretary : Ben Bagnell
Hon Treasurer : Neil Davies
Ladies' Rugby : Aimee Kelly
Director of Rugby Simon Hunt (rugby union)
Club honours
Bristol Combination Cup winners: 2010
Gloucester 1 League champions: 2010
Gloucester Premier League Champions 2012
Bristol Combination Cup winners: 2012