The Public School Wanderers Club is a sports club in the United Kingdom that was formed in 1940 by Charles Burton , a Fleet Street journalist . It was formed to provide cricket and rugby for public schoolboys during their school holidays, but with difficulties arising from World War II the Club started to provide games for servicemen as well. During the period of hostilities the Club provided over a thousand games of cricket and rugby for servicemen from all parts of the British Commonwealth .
15-617: The Glengarth Sevens was an annual 7 a-side rugby union tournament held at Davenport Rugby Club . The first Glengarth Sevens was held in 1967 at Headlands Road, home of Davenport Rugby Club. Its celebrated its 21st anniversary in 1987 which was to be the last Glengarth Sevens held at Davenport rugby club. In June 1966 the North East Cheshire Society for Mentally Handicapped Children opened their day care centre at 'Glengarth' in Station Road, Marple, Stockport. As
30-469: A full complement of Internationals also. Bath was the first non-invitation club to have been able to field a fully international side since Newport RFC did so in 1902. The modern era has required the Wanderers to refocus their fixture list to reflect the realities of modern professional rugby, taking into account the contractual obligations that players now have with their clubs. Clubs still benefit from
45-574: A number of the children who attended lived in Bramhall , a Bramhall sub-committee of the society was formed with one of its main objectives being fundraising. It was thought best to organise events which would be annual to raise regular income. At the time, a member of the Bramhall sub-Committee, Michael Hodgson, was Captain of Davenport Rugby Club. The club was approached through, then President Norman Harris, by George Jackson and Michael Hodgson with
60-665: The Middlesex Sevens , represented England at the Monte Carlo Sevens in 1987, 1988 and winning in 1989. They were finalists at the 1988 Hong Kong Sevens and won the London Sevens as well as the 1996 Safari Sevens in Nairobi , Kenya . A notable event in the history of the Wanderers occurred in the 1988 – 89 season when it fielded a team comprising 15 internationals against a Bath XV consisting of
75-1396: The Public School Wanderers , who won it 4 times. Famous memories include legendary British and Irish Lions Captain, Willie John McBride running onto the Davenport 1st XV pitch with a lion cub from Longleat . Main Event 1967 - David Watkins Seven 1968 - Loughborough University 1969 - Croeso '69 1970 - Loughborough University 1971 - Orrell 1972 - Orrell 1973 - Public School Wanderers 1974 - Orrell 1975 - Orrell 1976 - Orrell 1977 - Sale 1978 - Welsh Select Seven 1979 - Public School Wanderers 1980 - Orrell 1981 - Orrell 1982 - Blackheath 1983 - Public School Wanderers 1984 - Public School Wanderers 1985 - Orrell 1986 - Waterloo Davenport Plate 1967 - St. Helens 1968 - Sale 1969 - Wilmslow 1970 - Wilmslow 1971 - Middlesbrough 1972 - St. Helens 1973 - Lymm 1974 - Manchester 1975 - Wakefield 1976 - Fylde 1977 - Wilmslow 1978 - Anti-Assassins 1979 - Orrell 1980 - Public School Wanderers 1981 - Public School Wanderers 1982 - Public School Wanderers 1983 - Blackheath 1984 - Selkirk 1985 - Sale 1986 - Harlequins Stockport Rugby Club are recreating
90-510: The Glengarth Sevens a national success and a very highly respected seven a side rugby tournament. The 21 years of the Glengarth Sevens raised more than £60,000. Many famous teams and players entered the Glengarth Sevens. Players like David Watkins, Andy Irvine , Les Cusworth , Phil Bennett , Peter Winterbottom , Steve Smith , Fran Cotton and many others; teams like Orrell, who won the competition 8 times and guest sides such as
105-573: The Glengarth sevens atmosphere in June 2012 with the first ever 'Stockport 7s'. Over the weekend of the 2 and 3 June there will be a Men's tournament, where the Glengarth Cup and Davenport Plate will be presented, and a Women's tournament. There will also be a beer festival and live music and evening entertainment. Just like the first Glengarth tournament in 1967, a committee has been formed and
120-544: The Wanderers in over 5,000 matches. The Wanderers have played "international" fixtures against Belgium , Germany , Netherlands , Italy , Kenya and New Zealand , they have also toured Bermuda , Canada, East Africa , South Africa , Uruguay , United States and most European countries. They even took over the British Lions' cancelled fixtures in Zimbabwe in 1982. They have been finalists on two occasions at
135-487: The church affiliated public schools. The club motto is In concordia floreamus which is Latin for In friendship we flourish . The rugby team play regional fixtures, celebration games, provide teams to play in developing rugby countries and engage in other rugby missionary activities. They play the 15-a-side version of the game though it is in 7-a-side rugby tournaments that the Wanderers have made their reputation. Since its inception, over 2000 players have represented
150-526: The memories are flooding back. More information is available at stockport7s.com Stockport R.U.F.C Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 227535407 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:48:07 GMT Public School Wanderers After
165-537: The more relaxed games that the Wanderers offer and use them to test players returning from injury or to allow younger players to demonstrate their talents. Nomadic by tradition, the club continues to play representative matches and to tour developing rugby countries, true to their roots – a combination of youth and experience. Though the club has evolved to match the developments in the sport, it still measures its success not by victories but by its established tradition of playing entertaining rugby. Any club wishing to invite
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#1732783687112180-411: The properstioion of organising an annual seven a side rugby competition. George had a ready made carrot to dangle in that he said he could get David Watkins , then of Newport RFC and the 'Prince of all Sevens Players' to bring a side for the first tournament. It was decided to form a joint committee to organise the event and so the 'Glengarth Sevens' was born. England Rugby International, Eric Evans
195-521: The setting sun). The club crest contains five charges , a book (representing scholarship and the schools from which the original players were drawn), the lion of Cambridge University RFC , the crown of Oxford University RFC , the Rod of Asclepius representing the United Hospitals RFC and an escallop which has connotations of pilgrimage in heraldry . There is also a Bishop's Mitre for
210-458: The war the Club became open, though still by invitation only; a player is invited to become a Wanderer because they are a credit to their sport (be it cricket or rugby) and will enter into the spirit of maintaining the high standards of play and conduct achieved by generations of preceding club members. The club colours are red (representing the morning sky), green (for the playing field) and pink (of
225-528: Was invited to become President and remained throughout providing continuous encouragement, inspiration and leadership. The England players of his era rated Eric as the finest Captain they had played under and the team went on to win the Grand Slam in 1957 and Triple Crown in 1958. The tournament was very fortunate to have a number of dedicated sponsors but the most valuable contribution was made by Davenport Rugby Club and its members who worked so hard to make
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