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Alnwick RFC is an amateur rugby union club based in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland in north-east England. The club play in North 1 East, a level six league in the English rugby union system and are the most northerly rugby union club in English league rugby, (Berwick like their football team play in the Scottish rugby union system).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Berwick RFC )〕 Alnwick remain a strictly amateur club with all players paying annual and weekly match subscriptions. Alnwick regularly field four senior sides, all of which play competitive league and cup rugby. The club also has a junior section running teams from under 7's through to under 18's and a girls section.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alnwick RFC Junior )〕 ==League history== The 1987–88 season saw the formation of rugby union leagues in England〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=English Premiership )〕 which placed Alnwick in level six then known as North East 2. They remained in that league until the 2002–03 season when they were relegated to Durham & Northumberland 1. The winners of Durham & Northumberland 1 are automatically promoted, with the second placed team going in to a play-off promtion game against the second place team from Yorkshire 1. The 2003–04 campaign saw Alnwick finish in second place, meaning they faced Pontefract RFC in the play-off for promotion. The game saw Alnwick claw back a 10-18 deficit to claim a thrilling 25-18 victory, Alan Moses' late 40-yard drop goal and a last gasp try from Jon Snaith sealed the victory and promotion back into North East 2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alnwick Rugby Club gain promotion )〕 They remained at this level for two seasons until the 2005–06 season when they were relegated back to Durham & Northumberland 1 after finishing the campaign in 10th position. After a four season rebuilding period in Durham & Northumberland 1 Alnwick produced a young team, captained by the prolific try scoring wing Andrew Shell. The 2010–11 season saw the club finish in third position in Durham & Northumberland 1. The following campaign saw Alnwick go one better and finish in 2nd place,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Durham/Northumberland 1 )〕 and face Keighley RUFC who finished 2nd in Yorkshire 1 in a play-off for promotion. Alnwick went in to half time with a 16–3 lead. The second half saw Keighley fight back to win 18–16 and seal promotion to the restructured level 6 league North 1 East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alnwick 16 Keighley 18 )〕 In 2013 Alnwick were promoted to North 1 East. They clinched promotion by finishing as champions of Durham & Northumberland 1 with a 10–28 victory against Medicals RFC in the final game of the season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Champions! )〕 The 2013/14 season resulted in Alnwick finishing the campaign in 11th position and narrowly avoiding relegation back to Durham & Northumberland 1 on the final day of the season. This was the first time since Northern and Team Northumbria in the 2010/2011 season, that a newly promoted club from Durham & Northumberland 1 had avoided relegation from North 1 East. Alnwicks 2014/15 season, the second back at level six resulted in a creditable 7th-place finish. The 2014/15 campaign proved to be more comfortable for Alnwick in comparison to the 2013/14 relegation battle with more games being won than lost, some notable performances and a terrific victory against recent National League club and Northumberland neighbors Percy Park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alnwick avenge their loss at greensfields )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alnwick RFC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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