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Ellon RFC

Ellon Rugby are a rugby union side based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.[1]

Ellon Rugby
Full nameEllon Rugby
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
LocationEllon, Scotland
Ground(s)The Meadows, The Deer Park
ChairmanJulie Coutts
Director of RugbyDerek Fraser
Captain(s)Brad Fraser
League(s)Caledonia Division One
2019–20Caledonia Division One, 2nd of 10
Team kit
Official website
www.ellonrugby.org

History

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The team was established in 1977 and play their home games at The Meadows. The club itself has a well established youth and junior section with players ranging from 4 to 18 years regularly playing rugby.

The club has recently rebranded itself as Ellon Rugby.

Past Presidents

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1978-79 - D.W. Orr

1979-80 - C. Smith

1980-81 - K.A.K. Gill

1981-82 - G.P.W. Hall

1982-85 - M.L.Jenkins

1985-88 - A. Park

1988-91 - A.J.G. Patterson

1991-93 - K.D. Wilkinson

1993-94 - C. Henry

1994-95 - R. Porteous

1995-97 - W. Graham

1997-99 - D.P.F. Newman

1999-01 - K.J.F. McDade

2001-02 - H.R. Buchanan

2002-08 - A. Park

2008-10 - S. Park

2010-12 - C. Tennant

2012-15 - R. Porteous

2015-17 - P. Vavangas

2017-17 - J. Addy

2017-20 - G. Heath

2020-22 - A. Gordon

2022-?? - J. Coutts

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Past Captains

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1977-79 - D. Orr

1979-80 - A. Giles

1980-81 - R. Anderson

1981-82 - W. Manly

1982-83 - A. Kidwell

1983-84 - R. Porteous

1984-85 - R. Anderson

1985-86 - A. Block

1986-87 - D. Baxter

1987-89 - C. Henry

1989-90 - W. Cumming

1990-91 - P. Westgarth

1991-92 - C. Henry

1992-94 - D. Fraser

1994-95 - S. Munro

1995-01 - S. Park

2001-03 - N. Hendry

2003-05 - S. Park

2005-08 - R. Kenny

2008-11 - S. Johnston

2011-12 - M. Evans

2012-13 - C. Scott

2013-14 - L. Slaven

2014-15 - N. Fraser

2015-17 - C. Cruickshank

2017-19 - B. Shirron

2019-? - B. Fraser

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Seasons

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For the 2023/24 season, Ellon will compete in Caledonian Div 1. Under 18, Under 16 and Under 15 Youth sides will compete in the inspiresport Boy's National 2 Club Conference, while the Under 14 and Under 13 Youth sides compete in the Tier 1 North Club Conference.

Ellon Golden Oldies side were the 2017 hosts for the 9th Scottish Golden Oldies Festival held on 6 May 2017.

They won the BT Bowl in 2002 and reached the final of the BT Shield in 2006.

2012/13 season

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Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield
Played 22, won 10, lost 12

Ellon lost the final of the RBS Caledonia Shield to Aberdeenshire.

RBS Caledonia League Division 1

Team P W L D Points
Aberdeenshire 18 16 2 0 79
Caithness 18 11 7 0 55
St Andrews Uni 18 9 8 1 49
Gordonians 18 9 9 0 46
Orkney 18 8 10 0 42
Mackie Academy FP 18 8 10 0 42
Strathmore 18 8 9 1 38
Ellon 18 7 11 0 36
Highland 18 7 11 0 33
Hillfoots 18 5 11 2 32

2013/14 season

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Competitions: RBS Caledonia Division 1 & RBS Shield[4]
Played 19, won 5, lost 13, Drawn 1


Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the RBS Shield by Dunfermline.

RBS Caledonia League Division 1

Team P W L D Points
Perthshire 18 14 3 1 72
Dunfermline 18 14 4 0 66
Orkney 18 13 5 0 66
Caithness 18 12 6 0 61
Strathmore 18 7 9 2 43
Morgan Academy FP 18 8 10 0 36
Gordonians 18 6 12 0 35
Mackie Academy FP 18 5 13 0 31
Ellon 18 5 12 1 29
St Andrews 18 4 14 0 13

2014/15 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 1 & BT Shield[5]


Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Glenrothes.

2015/16 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Shield[6]
Played 17, won 4, lost 13
Pretty much a season to start rebuilding the squad with a number of departures after getting relegated from Div 1. More further away travel required than the 1XV had previously been used to with travel to Shetland and Stornoway.
Ellon were knocked out in the first round of the BT Shield by Dunfermline.

BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (North)

Team P W L D Points
Deeside 16 14 2 0 70
Aberdeen Wanderers 16 13 3 0 62
Garioch 16 12 4 0 59
Ross Sutherland 16 11 5 0 51
Moray 16 7 9 0 37
Shetland 16 5 11 0 24
Ellon 16 4 12 0 23
Stornoway 16 3 13 0 17
Lochaber 16 3 13 0 17

2016/17 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Bowl[7]
Played 16, won 9, lost 6
With 12 teams entered into Caledonia Div 2 North, it was decided to split then into two leagues, East and West. Once each league played each other home and away, the top 3 of each will play each other for promotion and the bottom 3 of each will play each other for relegation. Any points earned from the other two from the original league were carried over. Ellon played in the East league the first half of the season.
Ellon eventually withdraw from the BT Bowl in the second round.

BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (East)

Team P W L D Points
Banff 10 9 1 0 45
Garioch 10 9 1 0 45
Aberdeen Grammar 2XV 10 5 4 1 29
Ellon 9 3 6 0 17
Shetland 9 1 7 1 8
Deeside 10 1 9 0 4


BT Caledonia League Division 2 North (Bottom)

Team P W L D Points
Ellon 10 9 1 0 44
Stornoway 10 8 2 0 37
Ross Sutherland 10 5 5 0 24
Deeside 10 4 6 0 20
Shetland 10 3 7 0 17
Lochaber 10 1 9 0 7

2017/18 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 2 (North) & BT Bowl[8]

Played 23, won 17, lost 6

Although eventually finishing 2nd in the league, ended up gaining promotion after no team were relegated from National 3 and the 2nd placed team in Caledonia Div 2 (Midlands) declined a playoff.[9]
Ellon were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Caledonia Bowl against Aberdeen University.

Team P W L D Points
Garioch 17 13 4 0 70
Ellon 18 13 5 0 66
Highland 2XV 16 12 3 1 64
Mackie Academy FP 18 12 6 0 63
Moray 18 10 8 0 53
Ross Sutherland 18 9 8 1 50
Aberdeen Grammar 2XV 17 7 9 1 39
Shetland 15 4 11 0 19
Deeside 17 2 14 1 14
Stornoway 18 2 16 0 11
RAF Lossiemouth 0 0 0 0 0
Aberdeen Uni Medics 0 0 0 0 0

RAF Lossiemouth withdrew from league due to operational reasons.
Aberdeen Uni Medics removed from league for failing to fulfil fixtures.


2018/19 season

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Competitions: Tennent's Caledonia Division 1 & Caledonia Regional Shield[10]

Played 19, won 8, lost 11

Ellon were knocked out in the quarter finals of the Regional Shield by Dunfermline.

Team P W L D Points
Strathmore 16 16 0 0 79
Dunfermline 16 14 2 0 68
Glenrothes 16 11 4 1 58
Grangemouth 16 9 6 1 47
Ellon Rugby 16 7 9 0 39
Hillfoots 16 5 11 0 30
Alloa 16 3 13 0 18
Harris Academy FP 16 3 13 0 4

2019/20 season

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Competitions: Tennent's Caledonia Division 1 & Caledonia Regional Shield[11]

Played 13, Won 9, Lost 4

Season declared null and void in March 2020 due to Covid[12]

Team P W L D Points
Orkney 11 11 0 0 55
Ellon Rugby 13 9 4 0 47
Dunfermline 12 10 2 0 46
Aberdeen Wanderers 12 8 4 0 40
Grangemouth 12 7 5 1 37
Hillfoots 14 5 9 0 20
Blairgowrie 15 4 11 0 18
Garioch 13 1 11 1 10
Alloa 13 2 11 0 5

2020/21 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 1

Season cancelled because of covid.[13]

2021/22 season

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Competitions: Tennent's Caledonia Division 1[14]

Team P W L D Points
Orkney 16 13 3 0 67
Dunfermline 16 13 3 0 60
Ellon Rugby 16 10 5 0 55
Caithness 16 9 7 0 48
Grangemouth 16 7 8 1 43
Hillfoots 16 8 7 0 40
Blairgowrie 16 5 11 0 21
Aberdeen Wanderers 16 4 11 1 17
Glenrothes 16 1 15 0 7

2022/23 season

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Competitions: Tennent's Caledonia Division 1 and National Shield[15]

Played 12, won 8, lost 4

Ellon were knocked out in the second Round of the National Shield by Moray.

Due to National League restructuring, Ellon play Stewartry to see who got promoted. Ellon lost 24-30 in a game played at Burnbrae.[16]

Team P W L D Points
Dunfermline 10 8 2 0 43
Ellon Rugby 10 8 2 0 41
Grangemouth 10 6 3 1 32
Aberdeenshire 10 4 6 0 25
Caithness 10 3 6 1 18
Aberdeen Wanderers 10 0 10 0 -2

Hillfoots disqualified from the league 20/03/23

2023/24 season

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Competitions: BT Caledonia Division 1[17]

Team P W L D Points
Aberdeen Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0
Aberdeenshire 0 0 0 0 0
Caithness 0 0 0 0 0
Ellon Rugby 0 0 0 0 0
Highland 2XV 0 0 0 0 0
Mackie 0 0 0 0 0
Moray 0 0 0 0 0
RAF Lossiemouth 0 0 0 0 0

Top 3 teams from conference will play home and away against midlands conference to decide league positions.

Notable former players

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Scotland internationalists

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The following former Ellon players have represented Scotland at full international level.

Glasgow Warriors players

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The following former Ellon players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level.

References

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  1. ^ "Ellon Rugby SCIO (SC046135)". www.ellonrugby.org.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents". www.ellonrugby.org. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Past Captians". www.ellonrugby.org. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Rugby Fixtures 2013/14".
  5. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2014/15".
  6. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2015/16".
  7. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixture 2016/17".
  8. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2017/18".
  9. ^ Nixon, Jack. "Ellon Rugby back in the big time after Blairgowrie turn down the chance of crucial play-off".
  10. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2018/19".
  11. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2019/20".
  12. ^ dev (31 March 2020). "Scottish 2019/20 season declared null and void". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  13. ^ dev (18 November 2020). "Scottish Rugby confirms 2020/21 competitive season closure". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2012/22".
  15. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2022/23".
  16. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2022/23 National 4 Playoff".
  17. ^ "Scottish Rugby Club Fixtures 2023/24 Caledonia Div1".
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