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Old Walcountians RFC
Old Walcountians Rugby Football Club is an open rugby union club based in Woodmansterne, Surrey. They currently play in London 3 South West division following promotion (as league winners) from Surrey 1 division at the end of the 2019/20 season.

Overview
Old Walcountians currently have three senior men’s teams. In addition, there is an Under-21 XV and an Under-18 XV which plays during the breaks in term time for schools and universities and a Veterans XV which has occasional fixtures.

Honours
Surrey League 1 champions 2020 Surrey Shield winners 2009, 2019 Surrey Under-21 Plate winners 2014 Surrey Colts Cup winners 1985 (shared), 1988, 1989 Combined London Old Boys Merit Table, South Thames Division winners 1984 Need 2nd XV honours!!!!!

History
Old Walcountians RFC was formed in 1932 by former pupils of Wallington County Grammar School. They played their home matches in Beddington Park until the club disbanded on the outbreak of the Second World War. Upon the resumption of rugby in 1946, Old Walcountians moved to their first permanent ground at Nicholas Road, Beddington and were to remain there until 1965. The club’s playing strength grew rapidly and, by the mid-1950s, they were one of London’s leading Old Boys sides. Old Walcountians were unbeaten in the 1958-59 season, a feat that has never been repeated since. The 1960s was a less successful decade for Old Walcountians on the playing front but, during this decade, they made three important moves that were critical for the future of the club. In 1965, they moved to their current ground at Clock House, Woodmansterne with a clubhouse/bar constructed by the players. The following year, they appointed their first playing coach and in 1971, the club was opened to players who had not attended Wallington County Grammar School.

The boost in playing membership enabled Old Walcountians to put out five senior teams every Saturday in the 1970s and 1980s and the club regained its status as one of London’s leading Old Boys sides. Highlights of this period include an outstanding season in 1977-78 when they won 27 matches and scored over 800 points, being runners-up in the Surrey Cup in 1979, defeating London Irish in the same competition in 1984, winning the South Thames Division of the Combined London Old Boys Merit Table in 1984 and the Colts XV winning the Surrey Colts Cup in 1985, 1988 and 1989.

After narrowly missing promotion to London 2 South in 1992, Old Walcountians entered challenging times as recruitment dried up, and they suffered two relegations and further demotion through a League restructure so, by 2005, they were playing in Surrey 3 division. Being able to field five teams was a memory – by the early 2000s, this was down to two. But Old Walcountians resolved to fight back rather than go under. The club committee structure was revised with an executive team giving the club more focus and dynamism and the decline was reversed. Promotions in 2006 and 2009 saw Old Walcountians back in Surrey League 1 and, in the same year, the club won its first silverware by winning the Surrey Shield. A minor setback when the club was relegated to Surrey League 2 in 2014 was quickly reversed as players from a highly successful Under-21 XV started filtering through to the 1st XV and Old Walcountians returned to Surrey League 1 in 2017 as runners-up. They consolidated on this success by winning the Surrey Shield for a second time in 2019 and returning to London 3 South West after a 22-year gap by securing promotion as champions of Surrey 1 in 2020.

Playing honours
To-date, no member of Old Walcountians has represented England at Senior level. The only Old Walcountian to win full international honours is Gordon Fellows who represented Finland in 2004. Ian Skinner was capped by England Colts in 1979 Alan Kouba represented Surrey in the County Championship in 1978 Steve Moriarty played for Cambridge University in the 1980 Varsity Match Wililam 'Bill Fuller' played for ??? Stan South was a member of the England Under-20 team that won the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The following members of Old Walcountians have gone on to play first class rugby: * Nigel Pescod (Harlequins) * Steve Moriarty (Harlequins) * Ian Skinner (Rosslyn Park and Richmond) * Mark Vatcher (Hull Ionians and Reading) * Bill Fuller (Leicester Tigers, West Hartlepool and Bedford Blues) * Ollie Beales (Hull Ionians) * William Fuller (West Hartlepool) * Simon Hunt (Perpignan) * Stan South (Harlequins, Exeter Chiefs, Edinburgh, Brive)

Famous players
Paul Deighton, now Lord Deighton of Carshalton, played between 1975 and 1978. He subsequently became Chief Executive of the London Olympics Organising Committee in 2007 and Economic Secretary to the Treasury in 2012. Gavin Welsh, who played between 2006 and 2010, is now lead singer with the Gus Brown Band. Phil Dinsdale, who played between 1995 and 2000, is a professional comedian.