Cartha Queens Park RFC

Cartha Queens Park
Full name	Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club
Union	Scottish Rugby Union
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Ground(s)	Dumbreck (Capacity 2,000)
President	Andrew Wilson
Coach(es)	Peter Lavery, Wayne Evans, Kenny Brown, Jack Reid, Dan Tams
Captain(s)	Stewart Hamilton
League(s)	Men: Scottish National League Division One; Women: Scottish Womens National One
2021–22	Men: Scottish National League Division One, 11th of 12; Women: Scottish Womens Premiership, 6th of 6
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.carthaqp.co.uk

The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1974, after the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. They play their home games at Dumbreck. The men's side are currently in Scottish National League Division One, the women's side are currently in the Scottish Womens National One.^[1]

History edit

Cartha Athletic Club was founded in 1889. The 'athletic' club played a number of sports: Cricket, Athletics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey... the association was hence named Cartha. The rugby union section was established in 1906. In 1974 Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. merged to form the present day rugby union club.

The club runs four adult XVs catering for all abilities and levels of experience. At Dumbreck there is an impressive youth section catering for over 200 local children aged 5 to 17.^[2] The club also has a senior women's side currently competing in the Scottish Women's Premier League at Premier 1 level.^[1]

Current 1st XV Squad edit

2022-23 Season

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Fraser Paul	Hooker	Scotland
Mark Barrowman	Prop	Scotland
Zander Kelman	Prop	Scotland
Graham Williamson	Lock	Scotland
Pete Barton	Lock	Ireland
Ethan Paterson	Lock	Scotland
Calum Dickson	Flanker	Scotland
Ryan Howie	Flanker	Scotland
Chris Wicks	Flanker	England
Grant Harman	Flanker	Scotland
Miler Stewart	Flanker	Scotland
Michael Robertson	Number 8	Scotland

Player	Position	Union
Joe Ross	Scrum-half	Scotland
Pat Nicol	Scrum-half	Scotland
Wayne Burrows	Fly-half	Ireland
Liam Howieson	Centre	Scotland
Ewan Campbell	Centre	Scotland
Alex Boyle	Centre	Scotland
Ryan Flett	Centre	Scotland
Josh McPhail	Wing	Scotland
Sam Harrison	Wing	England
Tony Lopez	Wing	Trinidad and Tobago
Tony Nyangweso	Wing	Uganda
Darren Knox	Fullback	Scotland
Graeme Docherty	Fullback	Scotland

Notable former players edit

Former CQPRFC players include current Glasgow Warriors and Scotland stand-off Ruaridh Jackson.

Glasgow City Sevens edit

Cartha Queen's Park play host to the Glasgow City Sevens tournament at Dumbreck. This was originally known as the Cartha Sevens. The first rugby sevens tournament took place in April 1935 and continued for the following two years. After a break, for the Second World War period, the Cartha Sevens were reintroduced in 1950 and has then been played in all the subsequent years. On the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. in 1974 the tournament became known as the Cartha Queens Park Sevens. The Cartha Queens Park tournament was renamed to the Glasgow City Sevens Tournament in 2005.