Denbigh Rugby Club must rank as one of the best clubs in North Wales.  The facilities are modern and the changing rooms and kitchen were recently built.  The car perk is fully hardened being newly laid September 2007.

Clwb Rygbi Dinbych 1st team are currently in the Asda League 4 North division.  You can see the full details of the leagues on the WRU website.  Just click on the WRU Icon below.

If you wish to play for any of the teams, please contact the club as new players are always welcome.

If you wish to help promote CRD through sponsorship, please contact the club secretary.  We are happy to advertise your company on the club pitch sponsors boards and programmes. 

A Brief History of the Mini Juniors Section of Clwb Rygbi Dinbych 1979 - 2001

The idea of a Minis section being formed at Clwb Rygbi Dinbych came from the late Mr D. L. Phillips in 1979. He was also one of the founders of the senior club in 1977 and, after whom, our playing fields were named – ‘Caeau Les Phillips’. His son, Tegid, is the present Senior Coach at the club. And so the seed was sown for, what was a club with over 150 junior members from six years of age to sixteen, ably supported by WRU qualified coaches.

This was not always the case, as between 1982 and 1984, the minis struggled because of a lack of interest from the home and the likes of Jeff Jenkins and Terry Bryer had to struggle on without too much support. However, the club grew stronger each year from 1984, with many players during that period achieving county and North Wales representative honours at junior level. Towards the end of this period, two girls were chosen for the Welsh Girls’ under 16s team.

In the present (2006-2007) first team squad of the senior club are players who were involved, when younger, in the mini-junior set-up some as far back as 1984, for example, the captain and vice captain Sion Edwards and Tony Jones. They, with Iwan Roberts, Trystan Rowlands, Rhodri Sellers and Gareth Roberts have developed over the years to be good enough to play for the North Wales Senior team. Iwan Roberts also gained caps for playing for the Welsh Districts team against countries such as Holland and Germany. Others in the present first team squad and who played for the minis are Iwan Edwards, Tino Rizzi, David Haycock, Geraint Madoc Jones, Jamie Winning, Alan Waterfield, Noel Spillane, Dion Howatson, Alex Garvey, Daniel Jones, Gareth Hargraves, Osian Williams, John Winning, Wil Jones, Llion Jones and Llion Edwards. The present 2^nd team captain Alwyn Williams was a faithful member of the minis.

In the decade 1990 to 2000, the club went on many tours, mainly to West and South Wales, playing in Dinefwr, the Amman, Towy and Gwendraeth Valleys, Whitland, Lampeter and Swansea. In 1997, a team played in the Wicklow Festival in Ireland and in 1999, the club took two teams to Morley and Blyth in N.E. England. Clubs from other parts of Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland have also toured here. One of the most successful teams produced by the club was the under 14s team of 1997-98, which went unbeaten throughout the season and won the North Wales League title as well as the North Wales Cup. They were coached by Jim Garvey and the director of the Summer School (1995-2006) Keith Hulse.

In recognition of the development structure at junior level, the club, in 2000, was granted the inaugural Clwb Cymru Elite status, one of only 22 in the whole of Wales.

Coaches from the club, over the years, have visited feeder primary school to offer coaching. In the early years, the best schools for supporting the mini-juniors were Tremeirchion, Prion and Twm o’r Nant.

Since its formation, the club has been indebted for the support received from the senior club and especially from the late Mr D Leslie Phillips and after that Mr Jeff Jenkins.

Moreover the mini-juniors could not have developed as it did without the ready advice and encouragement received from the North Wales Development Officer Mr Austin Thomas and  the three Denbighshire WRU Development Officers in post over that period.