# Kent Vase

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{{short description|English rugby union competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby league football competition
| name           = Kent Vase
| logo           = 
| sport          = Rugby Union 
| founded        ={{Start date and age|2001}}
| country        = {{ENG}}
| teams          = 21
| champion       = [Sittingbourne](/source/Sittingbourne_RUFC) (1st title)
| season         = 2025-26
| most_champs    = [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC)
| count          = 4
|  website       = [http://www.kent-rugby.org/ Kent RFU]
}}

The '''Kent Vase''' is an annual [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) knock-out club competition organized by the [Kent Rugby Football Union](/source/Kent_Rugby_Football_Union).  It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley.  It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in [Kent](/source/Kent), behind the [Kent Cup](/source/Kent_Cup) and [Kent Shield](/source/Kent_Shield) but ahead of the [Kent Plate](/source/Kent_Plate) and [Kent Salver](/source/Kent_Salver).

The Kent Vase is open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 9 ([Shepherd Neame Kent 1](/source/Shepherd_Neame_Kent_1)) and tier 10 ([Shepherd Neame Kent 2](/source/Shepherd_Neame_Kent_2)) of the [English rugby union league system](/source/English_rugby_union_system).  The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, third round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Plate and Salver finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kent-rugby.org/competitions/club-rugby/kent-vase/|title=Kent Vase|publisher=Kent RFU|accessdate=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619050751/http://www.kent-rugby.org/competitions/club-rugby/kent-vase/|archive-date=19 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Teams that are knocked out of the first round complete for the [Kent Salver](/source/Kent_Salver).

The current holders of the Kent Vase are Sittingbourne RFC who on the 3rd May 2026 beat Cliffe Crusaders 37-12 in the final at Canterbury Rugby Club.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

==Kent Vase winners==
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| style="border:0;"|'''Kent Vase Finals'''
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! Season
! Winner
! Score
! Runners–up
! Venue
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| 2001-02 || [Bromley](/source/Bromley_RFC) || || ||
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| 2002-03<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/sport/final-test-for-whitstables-rugg-a8475/|title=Final test for Whitstable's rugger men|publisher=Kent Online|date=8 May 2003 }}</ref> || [Whitstable](/source/Whitstable_RFC) || || [Old Elthamians](/source/Old_Elthamians) || [Merton Lane](/source/Canterbury_RFC), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), [Kent](/source/Kent) 
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| 2003-04 || [Old Elthamians](/source/Old_Elthamians) || || ||
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| 2004-05 || [Dover](/source/Dover_RFC) || || ||
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| 2005-06<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldgravesendiansrfc/news/beccehamian-rfc-15-old-gravesendians-rfc-39-214275.html|title=Beccehamian RFC 15 - Old Gravesendians RFC 39|publisher=Old Gravesendians RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2006 }}</ref> || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) ||
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| 2006-07 || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) || || ||
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| 2007-08<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/sport/old-gs-take-kent-vase-title-a38077/|title=Old Gs take Kent Vase title|publisher=Kent Online|date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) || 20-12 || [Medway](/source/Medway_RFC) || [Merton Lane](/source/Canterbury_RFC), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), [Kent](/source/Kent)
|-
| 2008-09<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/old-gravesendians-beat-sittingbo-a98228/|title=Old Gravesendians beat Sittingbourne to book place in Kent Vase final|publisher=Kent Online|date=5 May 2009 }}</ref> || [Medway](/source/Medway_RFC) || || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) || The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, [Aylesford](/source/Aylesford), [Kent](/source/Kent)
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| 2009-10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/sport/gs-clinch-kent-cup-and-lordswood-win-vase-1-1062053|title=Gs clinch Kent Cup and Lordswood win Vase|publisher=Kent News|date=27 April 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> || [Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_RFC) || 19-18 || [Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook_RFC) || [Foxbury Avenue](/source/Old_Elthamians), [Chislehurst](/source/Chislehurst), [London](/source/London)
|-
| 2010-11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sheppeyrfc/teams/15066/match-centre/0-601362|title=Sheppey 53 – 14 Southwark Lancers|publisher=Sheppey RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2011 }}</ref> || [Sheppey](/source/Sheppey_RFC) || 53-14 || [Southwark Lancers](/source/Southwark_Lancers_RFC) || [Merton Lane](/source/Canterbury_RFC), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), [Kent](/source/Kent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sheppeyrfc/news/information-for-sunday-1st-may-kent-vase-final-301480.html|title=Information for Sunday 1st May - Kent Vase Final|publisher=Sheppey RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref>
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| 2011-12<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dartfordians/teams/354/match-centre/0-1110938|title=Dartfordians RFC vs. Gillingham Anchorians|publisher=Dartfordians RFC (Pitchero)|date=29 April 2012 }}</ref> || [Gillingham Anchorians](/source/Gillingham_Anchorians_RFC) || 20-9 || [Dartfordians](/source/Dartfordians_RFC) || Priestfields, [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_Kent), [Kent](/source/Kent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranbrookrugby.com/UserFiles/file/Finals%20Day.pdf|title=Finals Day for the Kent Cup & Plate, Vase & Salver|publisher=Cranbrook RFC|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| 2012-13<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-1704919|title=Beccehamian vs. Old Gravesendians|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=28 April 2013 }}</ref> || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || 37-17 || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) || Canterbury Road, [Ashford](/source/Ashford%2C_Kent), [Kent](/source/Kent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odrfc.co.uk/news/kent-finals-day-results-934238.html|title=KENT FINALS DAY - RESULTS|publisher=Old Dunstonian RFC (Pitchero)|date=21 June 2013 }}</ref> 
|-
| 2013-14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kent-messenger-maidstone/20140502/283326110360624|title=Vase success despite late drama|via=[PressReader](/source/PressReader)|date=2 May 2014 }}</ref> || [Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook_RFC) || 28-26 || [Old Williamsonian](/source/Old_Williamsonian_RFC) || [Footscray Road](/source/Footscray_RUFC), [New Eltham](/source/New_Eltham), [London](/source/London)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranbrookrugby.com/cranbrook_rugby_kent/file/s1.php?season=2013|title=Showing old season: 2013 - 2014|publisher=Cranbrook Rugby Club|accessdate=23 June 2017 }}</ref>
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| 2014-15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-2890198|title=Cranbrook Kent Vase Final vs. Beccehamian RFC|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=26 April 2015 }}</ref> || [Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook_RFC) || 17-10 || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || Tomlin Ground, [Cranbrook, Kent](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Kent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/news/1st-team-in-the-kent-vase-final-1416664.html|title=1st Team in the Kent Vase Final|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| 2015-16<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/snowdowncollierywelfarerfc/teams/20030/match-centre/0-3322614|title=1st XV v Beccahamiams RFC|publisher=Snowdown Colliery RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2016 }}</ref> || [Snowdown Colliery](/source/Snowdown_Colliery_RFC) || 31-5 || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, [Aylesford](/source/Aylesford), [Kent](/source/Kent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-3313765|title=Snowdown Colliery RFC (Kent Vase Final) vs. Beccehamian RFC|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=1 May 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| 2016-17<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/news/kent-vase-champions-1795018.html|title=Kent Vase Champions!!|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=19 May 2017 }}</ref> || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || 84-0 || [King's College Hospital](/source/King's_College_Hospital_RFC) || [Merton Lane](/source/Canterbury_RFC), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), [Kent](/source/Kent)
|-
| 2017-18<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beccehamianrfc/teams/16052/match-centre/0-3767198|title=A Resounding Win in Kent Vase Final|publisher=Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero)|date=29 April 2018 }}</ref> || [Beccehamian](/source/Beccehamian_RFC) || 48-22 || [Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook_RFC) || [Footscray Road](/source/Footscray_RUFC), [New Eltham](/source/New_Eltham), [London](/source/London)  
|-
| 2018-19 ||
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| 2022-23 || [Old Gravesendians](/source/Old_Gravesendians_RFC) || 37-33 || [Faversham](/source/Faversham_RFC) || [Cranbrook RFC](/source/Cranbrook_RFC), [Cranbrook, Kent](/source/Cranbrook%2C_Kent)
|-
|2023-24
|Whitstable 
|25-14
|Brockleians 
|[Merton Lane](/source/Canterbury_RFC), [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), [Kent](/source/Kent)
|-
|2024-25
|Brockleians
|25-24
|Cliffe Crusaders
|Aylesford Bulls RFC
|-
|2025-26
|Sittingbourne
|37-12
|Cliffe Crusaders
|Canterbury Rugby Club
|}

==Number of wins==
*Beccehamian (4)
*Old Gravesendians (3)
*[Cranbrook](/source/Cranbrook_RFC) (2)
*Whitstable (2)
*Bromley (1)
*[Dover](/source/Dover_RFC) (1)
*Gillingham Anchorians (1)
*Lordswood (1)
*[Medway](/source/Medway_RFC) (1)
*[Old Elthamians](/source/Old_Elthamians) (1)
*Sheppey (1)
*Snowdown Colliery (1)
*Sittingbourne (1)

==See also==
* [Kent RFU](/source/Kent_Rugby_Football_Union)
* [Kent Cup](/source/Kent_Cup)
* [Kent Shield](/source/Kent_Shield)
* [Kent Plate](/source/Kent_Plate)
* [Kent Salver](/source/Kent_Salver)
* [English rugby union system](/source/English_rugby_union_system)
* [Rugby union in England](/source/Rugby_union_in_England)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.kent-rugby.org/ Kent RFU]

{{Rugby union in England}}

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