Imperial Medicals RFC is a highly successful and thriving rugby club, with all standards of rugby being catered for – from purely social to elite. The unity and team spirit that exists amongst all of our players and supporters, together with the unique “medicals” rugby atmosphere gives all of our members an unparalleled experience, both on, and off the field.At Imperial Medicals we are very proud of our illustrious history. We have fielded a number of full internationals, produced a number of professional players and have recently had members represent England Students.

Being a university club we play fixtures on Wednesdays, and our first team are currently competing at the highest level in the BUCS Premiership. On Saturdays we are an open club and we welcome anyone from any profession, or background to come and play for us and enjoy the atmosphere of the club.

Our main fixtures of the year are the UH cup final and the JPR Williams Cup. The UH cup is the oldest rugby competition in the world, predating the Calcutta cup. We have dominated this competition is recent years winning in 9 out of the past 10 years. As a club we are also unbeaten in our annual varsity matches against Imperial College, a 10 year record we hope to continue.

As with any successful club the social life of IMRFC is a big part of what makes the club special; we thoroughly enjoy ourselves off the pitch. One of the highlights of the year is the annual Club Dinner held at the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall. During this splendid evening we award our Cockburn and Ian Kenyon Scholarships to both new and old members.

We are a club that loves to tour. Every year we travel to another part of the UK for our Schools’ Tour, where we welcome our new members to the club. On arrival back in London the annual Inter-year match takes place at Teddington, where, amongst other things we witness the 1st years take on the 2nd years in front of a large crowd. The half-time girls food fight is stuff of legend. We also have an annual tour to Cornwall; which has been enjoyed for over 80 years, and is the oldest continuous tour in the world! Here we play 3 competitive matches against local sides whilst also enjoying the glorious South-West of England.

At the time of writing we are preparing for an International tour to the west of Canada. 40 intrepid tourists will be hoping to conquer the best that Canada has to offer. One of the highlights will be playing in the international Calgary stampede festival, which will be watched by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

Imperial Medicals RFC is looking forward to another immensely enjoyable and successful season in 2011-12; new members are very welcome, and will certainly not be disappointed.

We have two training sessions a week at Teddington (minibuses are provided) on Monday and Thursday nights. Feel free to get in touch.

Club Captain: Joseph Pick

Treasurer: Jonathan Simon

Secretary: Hugh Crawford-Smith