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Derek Stark (born 13 April 1966 in Kilmarnock) is a Scottish former international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Wing positions〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Archive : Statistics - EPCR - Official Website )〕 Stark grew up in Kilmarnock playing rugby with Kilmarnock RFC and working in his parents hotel there, The Foxbar Hotel. He represented Glasgow District at U21 as well as 7s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search )〕 As a teenager he moved south to England to study a catering course in Woking at the Tante Marie Culinary Academy. While he was there he played amateur rugby for Guildford & Godalming RFC and Chobham RFC. From rugby union, Stark tried his hand at being a sprinter, He could run 100 metres in 10.6 seconds.〔 On seeing the top Caribbean athletes run slightly quicker, Stark moved back into rugby playing for Boroughmuir RFC. Stark played for Ayr RFC〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ayr RFC )〕 and was again picked for Glasgow District. He was part of Glasgow District's famous 1989-90 side which went unbeaten all season, winning that year's Scottish Inter-District Championship outright.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Underdog tag spurred on our Glasgow title team, says Derek Stark )〕 On the amateur provincial Glasgow District's move into professionalism in 1996 as Glasgow Rugby - now Glasgow Warriors - Stark signed a professional contract with the Glasgow side. The move came at a time when Stark was considering a move to play for West Hartlepool RFC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SRU face up to the stark reality )〕 He notably scored a try on his international Scotland debut in 1993.〔 Stark played for Melrose RFC He played half a game for Melrose; one of the ten club sides that he played for.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Stark on west coast rugby )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SCOTTISH CUP )〕 He went on to play for amateur side Glasgow Hawks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Athletics Rugby and Ed Crozier )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gordon MacKay - Glasgow Accies Rugby Club )〕 Stark again played for Boroughmuir RFC.〔 and won the BT Cellnet Cup with them in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boroughmuir lift cup )〕 Stark played for Scotland U21,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search )〕 Scotland Club XV, Scotland B,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shade is the only bright spot for Glasgow rugby )〕 Scotland A and Scotland as well as Scotland 7s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Stark - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum )〕 For a short period, Stark - along with international teammates Rowen Shepherd and Gregor Townsend - owned a bar in Edinburgh's Grassmarket area. The bar was aptly named The Three Quarters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FUNERAL FURY; Pub chiefs ignore rugby star's plea after brother's death. )〕 Alongside track star Brian Whittle he was a co-director at PB events. ==References== 〔 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「Derek Stark (rugby union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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