Dudley Kingswinford

Dudley Kingswinford R.F.C
Full name	Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club
Union	North Midlands RFU
Founded	1920; 102 years ago
Location	Kingswinford, England
Ground(s)	Heathbrook (Capacity: 2,260 (260 seats))
Chairman	Jonathan Knowles
President	Ken Crane
Captain(s)	Stefan Shillingford
League(s)	Midlands 1 West
2019–20	Champions (promoted to Midlands Premier)
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Official website
	www.pitchero.com/clubs/dudleykingswinfordrugbyclub/

Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club based in Kingswinford in the West Midlands. The club currently plays in the sixth tier of English club rugby, participating in Midlands 1 West . The club runs seven senior sides, a ladies team and a full range of junior sides.^[1]

Early history[]

The club was founded in May 1920. Known in its early years as the Bean Football Club, the name Dudley Kingswinford was adopted in 1927. After playing at several ground the club moved to its current premises in 1962.^[2]

Ground[]

Dudley Kingswinford play home games at Heathbrook, located on the western outskirts of Wall Heath, Kingswinford. The ground is most accessible by car with the nearest train station being Stourbridge Town railway station, over 5 miles away. The ground has 4 full size pitches (1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XV and training), along with 5 pitches for youth rugby (under-9 to under-13).^[3]

The ground capacity for the 1st XV pitch is approximately 2,260, with 260 seated in the main stand and an estimated 2,000 standing pitch side including on the grass banks and by the club-house.^[4]

Current standings[]

Dudley Kingswinford were demoted from National League 2 North at the end of the 2013–14 season and will play in National League 3 Midlands from 2014–15. They are currently in Midlands 1 West following a further relegation. During the 2016-17 season they finished 4th overall in Midlands 1 West They have now been promoted back to Midlands Premier at the end of the 2019-20 season.