Cooke RFC

Cooke Rugby Football Club, and Ladies' Hockey Club

Cooke RFC
Address Shawsbridge Sports Complex, Miltown Road
Belfast
BT8 4XP
Ground Capacity 1,300 (300 balcony)[1]
Phone 028 9069 3051
Email clubhouse@cookerugby.com
President 2014 - CurrentKen Gibson
Sports Rugby Union, Ladies Hockey, Ladies Rugby, Cricket
BranchUlster
Location Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Founded1910
History Ground Share Between Cooke RFC and Instonians Sports Club.
Club Colours Black and White
Other Names N/A
Affiliation Cooke Ladies Hockey Club.

Cooke Rugby Football Club, which was founded in 1910, is the oldest junior rugby club in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They currently field 3 Senior Men's teams, the 1st XV playing in Qualifying 1, and a successful Women's team, which competes in the Women's All-Ireland League. It owes its origins to the members of a Bible class in the Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church in the Ballynafeigh area. It was originally based at Upper Galwally until 1991 and the first clubhouse was a small black wooden hut. The club then moved to its present modern clubhouse and grounds of 36 acres (150,000 m2) at Shaws Bridge, Belfast.

Cooke had a cricket club which merged with elements within the cricket section of Belfast Harlequins associated with the former Collegians Cricket Club in 1998 and plays as Cooke Collegians.

Honours

Rugby

References
  1. "SHAMROCK BOWL XXIII". Irish American Football League. 9 August 2009.

External reference

Sources: Belfast Newsletter, The Belfast Telegraph.

Cooke Rugby Club


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