YC&AC WELCOMES NEW RUGBY PLAYERS
If you are looking for a great rugby experience, you should really check out the YC&AC in Yokohama …..
- One of the oldest ‘open’ rugby clubs in the world – founded 1866
- Oldest rugby club in Asia
- All regular matches played on our own ground near Yamate station in Yokohama -probably Japan’s oldest continuously used ground (opened 1914)
- Played first ever match involving a Japanese team – Keio Uni (1901)
- Organizer of Japan’s oldest sevens tournament: YC&AC Sevens (from 1958)
- Organizer of Japan’s oldest over 35s tournament (from 1987)
- Current holder of Interport Rugby Shield (Japan’s oldest trophy)
- International tours in last 40 years have included almost every country in the Far East, Australia & NZ, South America, and Zimbabwe
- Current key foreign opponents are Crusaders (Gareth MacFadyen Cup), Tokyo Gaijin and All France
- Beautiful facilities including bars and open dining facilities
- Dedicated after-match “Sports bar” within yards of pitch (singing rugby songs permitted)
- Opportunities to also play tennis, soccer, hockey, cricket, tennis, lawn bowls, squash, billiards, darts and to use the swimming pool if full member – many members play multiple sports – sometimes back to back!
- Good facilities for on-site after-match functions
- Jacuzzi and sauna in the team changing room
Enquiries and request for free trial:
Convenor: Michael Brooke (Michael.brooke@japancapital.com)
Captain: Tristan Clarke (triscl@icloud.com)
