Kent Plate
SportRugby Union
Instituted1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Number of teams4
CountryEngland
HoldersWestcombe Park (2nd title) (2017–18)
Most titlesBeckenham, Tunbridge Wells (3 titles)
WebsiteKent RFU

The Kent Plate is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001–02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the fourth most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield and Kent Vase, but ahead of the Kent Salver.

The Kent Plate is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Cup and Kent Shield. The format is a knockout cup with a first 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, Vase and Salver finals.[1]

Kent Plate winners

Kent Plate Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
1993–94 Gravesend
1994–95 Brockleians
1995–96 Sidcup
1996–97 Old Colfeians
1997–98 Gravesend
1998–99 Tunbridge Wells
1999-00 Tunbridge Wells
2000–01 Dartfordians
2001–02 Canterbury
2002–03 Sidcup
2003–04 Thanet Wanderers
2004–05 Aylesford Bulls
2005–06[2] Beckenham 39–17 Old Dunstonian
2006–07 Beckenham
2007–08[3] Tunbridge Wells 37–7 Beckenham Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2008–09 Deal & Betteshanger The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2009–10[4] Beckenham 22–5 Canterbury Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London
2010–11[5] Thanet Wanderers 58–5 Tunbridge Wells Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2011–12[6] Tonbridge Juddians 26–18 Medway Priestfields, Rochester, Kent[7]
2012–13[8] Sevenoaks Old Dunstonian Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent
2013–14[9] Westcombe Park Medway Footscray Road, New Eltham, London
2014–15[10] Charlton Park 52–16 Thanet Wanderers Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent
2015–16[11] Maidstone N/A[a 1] Old Dunstonians The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2016–17[12] Maidstone 58–14 Aylesford Bulls Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent[13]
2017–18[14] Westcombe Park 65–0 Thanet Wanderers Footscray Road, New Eltham, London
2018–19

Number of wins

Notes

  1. ^ Maidstone won the 2016 Plate final by default as Old Dunstonians could not raise a team.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kent Vase". Kent RFU. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Beckenham eat Old Ds off the Kent Plate". News Shopper. 1 May 2006.
  3. ^ "Old Gs take Kent Vase title". Kent Online. 13 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Beckenham 22–5 Canterbury". Evening Times. 27 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Tunbridge Wells v Thanet Wanderers". Sports Images. 1 May 2011.
  6. ^ "History". Tonbridge Juddians RFC. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Finals Day for the Kent Cup & Plate, Vase & Salver" (PDF). Cranbrook RFC. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  8. ^ "KENT FINALS DAY – RESULTS". Old Dunstonian RFC (Pitchero). 21 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Kent Plate Final at Footscray RFC – This Sunday". Westcombe Park RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Park win Kent Plate". Charlton Park RFC. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Bulls bounce back in final". 6 May 2016 – via PressReader.
  12. ^ "Aylesford Bulls 14–58 Maidstone". Kent Sports News. 1 May 2017.
  13. ^ "The Bulls on the Bus…". Aylesford Bulls. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Combe finish the season with silverware". Westcombe Park RFC (Pitchero). 29 May 2018.

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