Glenrothes

Full name	Glenrothes Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Location	Glenrothes, Scotland
Ground(s)	Carleton Park
League(s)	Caledonia Division One
2019–20	Caledonia Division One, 6th of 10
Team kit
Official website
glenrothesrugby.co.uk

Glenrothes RFC or "The Glens" are a rugby union club based in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Home matches are played at Carleton Park, Glenrothes.

History

Founded in 1965, the club recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Glenrothes currently competes in Caledonia Regional League Division One.^[1]

Glenrothes Sevens

The club run the Glenrothes Sevens tournament.^[2]

New Town Sevens

This Sevens tournament was peripatetic around the new towns of Scotland:- East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine. The town's rugby clubs of East Kilbride RFC, Glenrothes RFC, Cumbernauld RFC, Livingston RFC and Irvine RFC would play in a Sevens tournament to become the New Town Sevens Champions and the Scottish New Towns Cup.^[3]

Honours

• Glenrothes Sevens^[2]
  • Champions: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995
• Strathmore Sevens^[4]
  • Champions: 1977
• New Towns Sevens^[5]
  • Champions: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978
• Dumbarton Sevens^[6]
  • Champions: 1991
• Waid Academy F.P. Sevens^[7]
  • Champions: 1976, 1979, 1987
• Alloa Sevens^[8]
  • Champions: 1991
• Midlands District Sevens^[9]
  • Champions: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
• Kirkcaldy Sevens^[10]
  • Champions: 1978, 1979, 1983
• Howe of Fife Sevens^[11]
  • Champions: 1976, 1978, 2000

Notable former players

British and Irish Lions

• Iain Paxton^[12]

Scotland internationalists

• Dave McIvor^[12]
• Iain Paxton^[12]

Caledonia Reds players

• Dave McIvor
• Jonathan Goldie

Edinburgh Rugby players

• Sean Crombie
• Dave Young