Cartha Queens Park RFC
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The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union
side based in Glasgow
in Scotland
. The club was founded in 1906 and play their home games at Dumbreck and are currently in Premiership Division Three. The club runs four adult XVs catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17. The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 2 level.
Former CQPRFC players include the Victoria Cross
winner James Youll Turnbull
and current Glasgow Warriors
and Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson
.
Cartha Queen's Park play host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament. The first rugby sevens
tournament took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break the Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and in has been played in all the subsequent years. This was the forerunner of the successful Glasgow Sevens Tournament that has been held at Dumbreck since 1935 and which takes place this year on Saturday 15 May 2010.
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...
side based in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The club was founded in 1906 and play their home games at Dumbreck and are currently in Premiership Division Three. The club runs four adult XVs catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17. The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 2 level.
Former CQPRFC players include the Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
winner James Youll Turnbull
James Youll Turnbull
James Youll Turnbull VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
and current Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of two professional rugby union teams in Scotland, Edinburgh being the other. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12 and their home ground is Firhill Stadium, also the home of Partick Thistle Football Club.-History:Glasgow Rugby were created to...
and Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson
Ruaridh Jackson
Ruaridh James Howard Jackson is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays professional rugby for Glasgow Warriors....
.
Cartha Queen's Park play host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament. The first 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 took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break the Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and in has been played in all the subsequent years. This was the forerunner of the successful Glasgow Sevens Tournament that has been held at Dumbreck since 1935 and which takes place this year on Saturday 15 May 2010.