Lewes RFC
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{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = Lewes
| fullname = Lewes Rugby Football Club
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| location = Lewes, East Sussex
| countryflag = England
| founded = {{Start date and age|1930}}
| ground = Stanley Turner Ground
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| president =
| chairman = Paddy Henshaw
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| league = Sussex 1
| season = 2019–20
| position = 7th
| url = http://www.lewesrugby.com
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Lewes Rugby Football Club, was founded in 1930 and runs several rugby teams at various ages and competitive levels, including two senior men's sides, with the 1st XV currently playing in the Sussex 1 (level 9 of the English rugby union system) following their relegation from London 3 South East at the end of the 2018–19 season. Additional the club operates two senior women's sides, with the Ladies 1st XV currently playing in the Championship 2 South East league.
View images of Lewes RFC[https://www.flickr.com/photos/28769178@N05/ Images of Lewes RFC] Flickr. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
Lewes RFC's home ground is the Stanley Turner Ground, Lewes.[http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s245/st131193.htm Sussex RFU 125th Anniversary Celebration] rugbynetwork.net. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
In 2008 the club working in partnership with Lewes District Council and the Sussex Rugby Football Union offered young people in the area the chance to learn and take part in Tag rugby as a means to increasing the profile of the sport in the area.[http://www.lewes.gov.uk/council/11587.asp Lewes DC] Retrieved 18 February 2009. {{Dead link|date=April 2016}}
Club honours
Men's
- London 3 South East champions: 1996–97
- London 2 (south-east v south-west) promotion playoff winners: 2003–04
- Sussex Spitfire 1 champions: 2015–16
Women's
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.lewesrfc.org.uk/ Club website]
See also
{{Rugby Union in Sussex}}
Category:Rugby union teams in England
Category:Rugby union in East Sussex
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