Dundee HSFP
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Dundee High Rugby are a rugby union
team that play their home games at the Mayfield Playing Fields, Dundee
, Scotland
.
The team was founded in 1880 by former pupils of the High School of Dundee
, and currently play in the Premiership Division One, having been promoted from Scottish Premiership Division Two as champions at the end of season 2008-2009.
The directions are to Mayfield Playing Fields. Directions to Dalnacraig are the same with the entrance to Dalnacraig being either the main gates to the Cricket Club 200 yards further down and on the other side of Arbroath Road towards town, or the small gate across the road from the sports centre.
Use the Google Maps link to get detailed directions from post code to post code.
Bus and limited car parking is available at Mayfield via the new entrance 100 yards further east along Arbroath Road.
From the North: Forfar Road (A929) to the traffic lights on the Kingsway (A972). Follow the Kingsway to the East (Left from the lights). At the next roundabout take Old Craigie Road(the 4th exit) all the way down until it joins the Arbroath Road (B959). Mayfield Sports Ground is facing you with the gate to the car/bus park 30 yards on the left.
From the West: A85 from Perth. Follow the Kingsway (A972) to the East. At the first roundabout AFTER the double roundabout (approx 5.25 miles from the start of the A972) take Old Craigie Road (the 4th exit) all the way down until it joins the Arbroath Road (B959). Mayfield Sports Ground is facing you with the gate to the car/bus park 30 yards on the left.
From the East: Follow the Arbroath Road (A92/B959) for approx. 2 miles from the Claypotts Junction. Mayfield Sports ground is on your left.
From the South: Tay Bridge (A92). Exit the bridge using the righthand slip road. From the roundabout follow East Dock Street (A92). Stay on the A92 (along Broughty Ferry Road and left at the lights up Greendykes Road). At the first roundabout, turn left up Craigie Avenue. Turn left at the junction with the Arbroath Road (B959) and Mayfield is less than half a mile along on your left.
For Maps showing Dundee High Rugby visit the club's website at http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/
That meeting produced the first office bearers of the club:
1st XV
2nd XV
For a full history of Dundee High Rugby visit the club's website at http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team that play their home games at the Mayfield Playing Fields, Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The team was founded in 1880 by former pupils of the High School of Dundee
High School of Dundee
The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in the city of Dundee, Scotland which provides both primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils...
, and currently play in the Premiership Division One, having been promoted from Scottish Premiership Division Two as champions at the end of season 2008-2009.
Location
Satellite Navigation/Mapping Software users enter post code: DD4 7HSThe directions are to Mayfield Playing Fields. Directions to Dalnacraig are the same with the entrance to Dalnacraig being either the main gates to the Cricket Club 200 yards further down and on the other side of Arbroath Road towards town, or the small gate across the road from the sports centre.
Use the Google Maps link to get detailed directions from post code to post code.
Bus and limited car parking is available at Mayfield via the new entrance 100 yards further east along Arbroath Road.
From the North: Forfar Road (A929) to the traffic lights on the Kingsway (A972). Follow the Kingsway to the East (Left from the lights). At the next roundabout take Old Craigie Road(the 4th exit) all the way down until it joins the Arbroath Road (B959). Mayfield Sports Ground is facing you with the gate to the car/bus park 30 yards on the left.
From the West: A85 from Perth. Follow the Kingsway (A972) to the East. At the first roundabout AFTER the double roundabout (approx 5.25 miles from the start of the A972) take Old Craigie Road (the 4th exit) all the way down until it joins the Arbroath Road (B959). Mayfield Sports Ground is facing you with the gate to the car/bus park 30 yards on the left.
From the East: Follow the Arbroath Road (A92/B959) for approx. 2 miles from the Claypotts Junction. Mayfield Sports ground is on your left.
From the South: Tay Bridge (A92). Exit the bridge using the righthand slip road. From the roundabout follow East Dock Street (A92). Stay on the A92 (along Broughty Ferry Road and left at the lights up Greendykes Road). At the first roundabout, turn left up Craigie Avenue. Turn left at the junction with the Arbroath Road (B959) and Mayfield is less than half a mile along on your left.
For Maps showing Dundee High Rugby visit the club's website at http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/
Beginnings
No doubt inspired by Abertay's Louis Auldjo, Dundee's first international footballer, Dundee High School Former Pupils' Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880 by a group of schoolfriends and rugby afficioandos , David Hynd, David Hutchison and Tom Ferguson, the principals of the affectionately monikered "Maryfield Gang after the scrap of wasteland on which they would play after school". With no sport on the school curriculum in the 19th century, the boys passionately followed local teams Abertay and Red Cross and upon leaving school met in The Victoria coffee house on November 23, 1880 and decided to form their own team.That meeting produced the first office bearers of the club:
1st XV
- Captain: David M Hutchison
- Sub-Captain and Secretary: Thomas C Ferguson
- Treasurer: David Hynd
- Committee: Herbert Bell, James Martin, David Robertson
2nd XV
- Captain: Alexander Hynd
- Sub-Captain: G. Stevenson
- Secretary: William Ross
For a full history of Dundee High Rugby visit the club's website at http://www.dundeehsfprugby.org.uk/
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