Hampshire Bowl (rugby union)
Sport | Rugby Union |
---|---|
Instituted | 1999 |
Number of teams | 9 |
Country | England |
Holders | Trojans (2nd title) (2016-17) |
Most titles | Sandown & Shanklin (3 titles) |
Website | Hampshire RFU |
The Hampshire Bowl is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Hampshire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1999-99 season, with the inaugural winners being Romsey. It is the second important rugby union cup competition in Hampshire, behind the Hampshire Cup but ahead of the Hampshire Plate. When it was introduced in 1999 the Bowl initially replaced the Plate competition, which was itself re-instated several years later for the 2003-04 season.
The Hampshire Bowl is currently open to club sides based in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, who play between tier 8 (London 3 South West) and tier 9 (Hampshire 1) of the English rugby union league system, although sometimes teams from outside the league structure are invited to take part. The format is a knockout cup with a preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at the home ground of one of the finalists between March-May.[1]
Hampshire Bowl winners
Number of wins
- Sandown & Shanklin (3)
- Eastleigh (2)
- Petersfield (2)
- Trojans (2)
- Alton (1)
- Andover (1)
- Ellingham & Ringwood (1)
- Gosport & Fareham (1)
- Guernsey (1)
- Les Quennevais (1)
- Romsey (1)
- Tottonians (1)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gales HSB Hampshire Bowl 2016-17". Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Alton produce another shock". Southern Daily Echo. 6 March 2000.
- ^ "Sandown profit from mistakes to lift first ever county trophy". Southern Daily Echo. 26 March 2001.
- ^ "Millbrook bottle it on the big stage!". Southern Daily Echo. 4 March 2002.
- ^ "Millbrook want to be third time lucky". Southern Daily Echo. 1 March 2002.
- ^ "Quennevais claim Hampshire bowl". Southern Daily Echo. 24 March 2003.
- ^ "Rugby: Silverware at last for super-fit Tottonians". Southern Daily Echo. 23 March 2004.
- ^ "Final is shape of things to come". Southern Daily Echo. 15 April 2005.
- ^ "Petersfield steal in to win Hampshire Bowl". Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Late rally sees Ellingham lift bowl". Southern Daily Echo. 20 March 2008.
- ^ "Hurricanes undone by Trojans". Isle of Wight County Press. 17 April 2009.
- ^ "Hurries lose out in tight final". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Hurricane hits Petersfield". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 16 April 2011.
- ^ "Hurricanes' Hampshire Joy". Sandown & Shanklin RFC (Pitchero). 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Eastleigh are Bowl-ed over". Southern Daily Echo. 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Andover 28 Southampton University Medics 10". Southern Daily Echo. 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Gales HSB Hampshire Bowl Final today!". Andover RFC (Facebook). 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Match Reports". Eastleigh Rugby. 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Hampshire Bowl Final". Hampshire RFU. 22 April 2017.
- ^ "HAMPSHIRE CLUB COMPETITIONS RESULTS 1970 TO DATE" (PDF). Hampshire RFU. Retrieved 23 May 2017.