Billericay Rugby Football Club
| Full name | Billericay Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Bees, Black & Golds |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Ground | Willowbrook, Stock Road, Billericay |
| Capacity | 1000's |
| Chairman | Neil Jarvis |
| League | Essex 1 |
| 2013-14 | Essex Canterbury Jack 1 1st place |
Billericay Rugby Football Club is a rugby football club based in Billericay. The club runs 3 teams on a Saturday with the first XV competing in Essex 1. To support the club's long term ambitions and sustainability the club is building a youth section and welcome youngsters to come along and take up the game with us. These ambitions are set out within the Whole Club Development Plan, available to any member or interested party upon request.
For the new 2013-14 season Billericay RFC is coached by the former Southend player David Hyett and Essex youth county coach Andy Goldsmith and led off the field by the returning chairman Andy Beck.
Off the field the club is led by President Keith Young and Chairman Neil Jarvis and together with the rest of the committee organise various events throughout the season. The most popular being their own rugby sevens tournament. Held on the last weekend of April, it is open to twelve invited teams and is played out alongside the weekend Beer Festival and BBQ. The teams play for the Cup, Shield and Plate competitions.
Billericay Rugby Football Club (BRFC) was formed in late 1959 by members of the St Johns Cricket Club with whom BRFC still share the Willowbrook Sports Ground. BRFCs first full fixture took place in February 1960 versus a Brentwood XV and since then the club has built steadily, maintaining an enjoyable but highly competitive outlook both on and off the pitch.
On 17 April 1999, the rugby club became the first Eastern Counties side to play in a cup final at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham. Billericay took on Silhillians of the Midlands and won 19-3 through a try by John Bailey and the boot of player/coach Kevin Harman. Billericay were supported by approx. 10,000 people on finals day. Billericay amazingly repeated this feat in 2007 and played Hartpury College, a feeder club to Premiership side Gloucester, in a final at Twickenham on 12 May 2007. Losing 75-12 and becoming the only team to score more than 6 points against them all season.
The following excerpts are taken from letters written to current President (Keith Young) to help build his opening speech at our 50th Anniversary celebration which took place in May 2009. The clubs origins give the reader a clear indication of the nostalgia and warmth with which each and every BRFC member, past and present, regards a very special club.
A Short history of Billericay Rugby Football Club - by A. J. Noquet.
I moved to Billericay in the autumn of 1960. I was then 40 years old and promised my wife not to play any more rugby having played for Upper Clapton and Old Tottonians for some 14 years. My promise was soon broken as I met Bill Thorne in the Crown Pub one evening and he told me the club had just been formed and that my experience of small clubs was badly needed. Flattery gets you anywhere!
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