# Cranbrook RFC
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{{Short description|English rugby union club, based in Cranbrook, Kent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = Cranbrook RFC
| image = File:Cranbrook RFC logo.svg
| nickname =
| union = [Kent RFU](/source/Kent_Rugby_Football_Union)
| location = [Cranbrook, Kent](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Kent), England
| countryflag = England
| fullname = Cranbrook Rugby Football Club
| founded = {{start date and age|1958}}
| ground = Tomlin Ground
| capacity =
| chairman =
| president =
| coach =
| captain =
| league = [Counties 1 Kent](/source/Counties_1_Kent)
| season = 2024–25
| position = 11th
| url =
}}
'''Cranbrook Rugby Football Club''' is an English [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) club in [Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Kent), [Kent](/source/Kent), England. They were founded in 1958 and play in [London 3 South East](/source/London_3_South_East) having recently been promoted as runners up from [Kent 1](/source/Shepherd_Neame_Kent_1).[{{cite web|first=Luke |last=Cawdell |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/sport/let-this-help-to-bring-a-smile-in-times-of-stress-and-strains-225128/ |title=Tonbridge Juddians, Ashford, Folkestone and Cranbrook rugby clubs have their promotion confirmed by the RFU |publisher=Kent Messenger |date=2020-04-04 |access-date=2020-05-01}}]
== History ==
Though rugby had been recorded as being played in Cranbrook in the 1930s,[{{cite web|url=https://www.crowboroughrugby.com/a/history-of-the-club-40333.html |title=A history of the club |publisher=Crowborough RFC |access-date=2020-05-01}}] Cranbrook RFC in their current form were founded in 1958. They were founded by Mike McMinnies after taking part in a rugby match between students of [Cranbrook School](/source/Cranbrook_School%2C_Kent) and some former Cranbrook School pupils in 1957.[{{cite web |url=https://www.kent-rugby.org/news/mike-mcminnies-passing-of-a-vice-president-of-kent-county-rfu/ |title=Mike McMinnies: Passing of a vice-president of Kent County RFU |publisher=Kent RFU |access-date=2020-05-01}}] The club play at the Tomlin Ground which was planned to undergo a £1.69 million redevelopment in 2019.[{{cite web |url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/cranbrook-raise-cash-for-clubhouse |title=Cranbrook raise cash for clubhouse |publisher=Rugby Football Union |access-date=2020-05-01}}]
Cranbrook won the [Kent Vase](/source/Kent_Vase) in 2014[{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kent-messenger-maidstone/20140502/283326110360624 |title=Vase Success despite late drama |publisher=Kent Messenger |via=Pressreader |date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2020-05-01}}] and retained it the next year.[{{cite web |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-2890198 |title=Cranbrook Kent Vase final |publisher=Becchamian RFC |access-date=2020-05-01}}] In 2019, Cranbrook hosted a training camp run by [Premiership Rugby](/source/Premiership_Rugby) team [Harlequins](/source/Harlequin_F.C.). This was subject to a mistaken report issued by the ''[Midweek Herald](/source/Midweek_Herald)'' newspaper which mistakenly claimed it was being run in [Cranbrook, Devon](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Devon), some {{convert|200|miles}} away, rather than at Cranbrook RFC.[{{cite news|last=Walker |first=James |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/devon-weekly-apologises-after-running-front-page-story-about-event-in-kent/ |title=Devon weekly apologises after running front page story about event in Kent |publisher=Press Gazette |access-date=2020-05-01}}] During the 2019–20 season, the club reached the regional final of the [RFU Junior Vase](/source/RFU_Junior_Vase) but lost to Hendon at the home of Premiership [Saracens](/source/Saracens_F.C.), [Allianz Park](/source/Allianz_Park).[{{cite web|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/sport/rugby/hendon-27-cranbrook-22-1-6569418 |title=Hendon claim 'greatest victory' in London & South East final of RFU Junior Vase |publisher=Hampstead Highgate Express |access-date=2020-05-01}}] In the league, they won promotion from [Shepherd Neame Kent 1](/source/Shepherd_Neame_Kent_1) to London 3 South East after the [COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom) cancelled the season but Cranbrook earned promotion under the [Rugby Football Union](/source/Rugby_Football_Union)'s best playing record formula.[{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/how-ruaridh-mcconnochie-arrived-with-england-via-sevens-tragedy-and-new-zealand-rdfvcq6q5 |title=How Ruaridh McConnochie arrived with England, via sevens, tragedy and New Zealand |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |date=2019-09-04 |access-date=2020-05-01}}{{subscription required}}] [Nathan Earle](/source/Nathan_Earle_(rugby_union)) also played for Cranbrook before joining Saracens and playing for England.[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rugbyworld.com/in-the-mag/hotshots/hotshots-saracens-winger-nathan-earle-40585 |title=Saracens winger Nathan Earle |publisher=Rugby World |access-date=2020-05-01}}]
==Honours==
*[Kent 3](/source/Kent_3) champions: 1992–93
*[Kent 1](/source/Kent_1) champions (2): 1996–97, 2013–14
*[Kent Salver](/source/Kent_Salver) winners: 2011–12
*[Kent Vase](/source/Kent_Vase) winners (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
Category:Rugby union teams in Kent
Category:Cranbrook, Kent
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1958
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