Club de Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada
Encyclopedia
Club de Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, or simply CRAI is a rugby union
and field hockey
club, located in Santo Tomé, Santa Fe
Province. CRAI is a member of the Unión Santafesina de Rugby
and currently plays in the Torneo del Litoral
.
One of Santa Fe's youngest clubs, CRAI reached the final of the Torneo del Litoral
in 2007. Club's main rival is Santa Fe Rugby Club
.
of the Engineers Regiment of Santo Tomé were told by the military authorities they could no longer play rugby on the premises of the regiment for safety reasons. They met again a year later, in the Ateneo Inmaculada social club, and decided to found the Club de Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada on October 22, 1974.
The club was donated 1,5 hectare of land, located near the Buenos Aires-Santa Fe motorway, by a rich family close to the club and started building rugby pitches and a club house. Until this donation was efectivised, CRAI moved to different fields to play its home games: Club Excursionista, Regimiento 12 and El Quilla were some of them, so the club was nicknamed El Gitano (The Gypsy), because of the character of nomad that those people have.
In 1973 a group of girls started to practise field hockey at the club. Two years later the CRAI opened a section for this sport and the different categories are incorporated to the club.
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...
and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
club, located in Santo Tomé, Santa Fe
Santo Tomé, Santa Fe
Santo Tomé is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located only 9 km from the capital city . It has a population of about 58,000 inhabitants and estimated at 80,000 inhabitants based on population growth rate provided by the INDEC, and is classified as a second-category...
Province. CRAI is a member of the Unión Santafesina de Rugby
Unión Santafesina de Rugby
The Unión Santafesina de Rugby is the governing body for rugby union in Santa Fe Province in Argentina.-History:In 1949 the Unión de Rugby del Río Paraná was founded. Its role was to represent and organise competitions for clubs from both Santa Fe and Entre Ríos provinces.Due to different point of...
and currently plays in the Torneo del Litoral
Torneo del Litoral
The Torneo del Litoral is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year....
.
One of Santa Fe's youngest clubs, CRAI reached the final of the Torneo del Litoral
Torneo del Litoral
The Torneo del Litoral is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and is one of several regional competitions held in Argentina every year....
in 2007. Club's main rival is Santa Fe Rugby Club
Santa Fe Rugby Club
Santa Fe Rugby Club is a rugby union club in Santa Fe, Argentina. The club was only founded in 1986 but has become one of the best in the Unión Santafesina de Rugby in recent years....
.
History
In 1973, conscriptsConscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
of the Engineers Regiment of Santo Tomé were told by the military authorities they could no longer play rugby on the premises of the regiment for safety reasons. They met again a year later, in the Ateneo Inmaculada social club, and decided to found the Club de Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada on October 22, 1974.
The club was donated 1,5 hectare of land, located near the Buenos Aires-Santa Fe motorway, by a rich family close to the club and started building rugby pitches and a club house. Until this donation was efectivised, CRAI moved to different fields to play its home games: Club Excursionista, Regimiento 12 and El Quilla were some of them, so the club was nicknamed El Gitano (The Gypsy), because of the character of nomad that those people have.
In 1973 a group of girls started to practise field hockey at the club. Two years later the CRAI opened a section for this sport and the different categories are incorporated to the club.