Kent Vase

The Kent Vase is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup and Kent Shield but ahead of the Kent Plate and Kent Salver.

Kent Vase
SportRugby Union
Instituted2001 (2001)
Number of teams21
Country England
HoldersBeccehamian (4th title) (2017-18)
Most titlesBeccehamian (4 titles)
WebsiteKent RFU

The Kent Vase is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 9 (Shepherd Neame Kent 1) and tier 10 (Shepherd Neame Kent 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, third round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Plate and Salver finals.[1] Teams that are knocked out of the first round complete for the Kent Salver.

The current holders of the Kent Vase are Old Gravesendians RFC who on 30th April, 2023 beat Faversham RFC 37-33 in the final at Cranbrook Rugby Club. The Kent Vase is proudly on display behind the bar in the Old Gravesendians club house, where it props up some folders because “Old Gs are massive” (Hood, J. 2023).

Kent Vase winners
Kent Vase Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue
2001-02Bromley
2002-03[2]WhitstableOld ElthamiansMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2003-04Old Elthamians
2004-05Dover
2005-06[3]BeccehamianOld Gravesendians
2006-07Old Gravesendians
2007-08[4]Old Gravesendians20-12MedwayMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2008-09[5]MedwayOld GravesendiansThe Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent
2009-10[6]Lordswood19-18CranbrookFoxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London
2010-11[7]Sheppey53-14Southwark LancersMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent[8]
2011-12[9]Gillingham Anchorians20-9DartfordiansPriestfields, Rochester, Kent[10]
2012-13[11]Beccehamian37-17Old GravesendiansCanterbury Road, Ashford, Kent[12]
2013-14[13]Cranbrook28-26Old WilliamsonianFootscray Road, New Eltham, London[14]
2014-15[15]Cranbrook17-10BeccehamianTomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent[16]
2015-16[17]Snowdown Colliery31-5BeccehamianThe Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent[18]
2016-17[19]Beccehamian84-0King's College HospitalMerton Lane, Canterbury, Kent
2017-18[20]Beccehamian48-22CranbrookFootscray Road, New Eltham, London
2018-19
2022-23Old Gravesendians37-33FavershamCranbrook RFC, Cranbrook, Kent

Number of wins
  • Beccehamian (4)
  • Old Gravesendians (3)
  • Cranbrook (2)
  • Bromley (1)
  • Dover (1)
  • Gillingham Anchorians (1)
  • Lordswood (1)
  • Medway
  • Old Elthamians (1)
  • Sheppey (1)
  • Snowdown Colliery (1)
  • Whitstable (1)

See also

References
  1. "Kent Vase". Kent RFU. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. "Final test for Whitstable's rugger men". Kent Online. 8 May 2003.
  3. "Beccehamian RFC 15 - Old Gravesendians RFC 39". Old Gravesendians RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 22 June 2006.
  4. "Old Gs take Kent Vase title". Kent Online. 13 May 2008.
  5. "Old Gravesendians beat Sittingbourne to book place in Kent Vase final". Kent Online. 5 May 2009.
  6. "Gs clinch Kent Cup and Lordswood win Vase". Kent News. 27 April 2010.
  7. "Sheppey 53 – 14 Southwark Lancers". Sheppey RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2011.
  8. "Information for Sunday 1st May - Kent Vase Final". Sheppey RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. "Dartfordians RFC vs. Gillingham Anchorians". Dartfordians RFC (Pitchero). 29 April 2012.
  10. "Finals Day for the Kent Cup & Plate, Vase & Salver" (PDF). Cranbrook RFC. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. "Beccehamian vs. Old Gravesendians". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). 28 April 2013.
  12. "KENT FINALS DAY - RESULTS". Old Dunstonian RFC (Pitchero). 21 June 2013.
  13. "Vase success despite late drama". 2 May 2014 – via PressReader.
  14. "Showing old season: 2013 - 2014". Cranbrook Rugby Club. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  15. "Cranbrook Kent Vase Final vs. Beccehamian RFC". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). 26 April 2015.
  16. "1st Team in the Kent Vase Final". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  17. "1st XV v Beccahamiams RFC". Snowdown Colliery RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2016.
  18. "Snowdown Colliery RFC (Kent Vase Final) vs. Beccehamian RFC". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2016.
  19. "Kent Vase Champions!!". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). 19 May 2017.
  20. "A Resounding Win in Kent Vase Final". Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero). 29 April 2018.
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