Harrogate RUFC

Ground: Claro Road
League: National league 2 north
Admission: Free
Score: Harrogate 28-21 Kendal
Programme: yes £1
Attendance: 202
Capacity: 1, 165
Seated: 500
Covered: 500
Town/City: Harrogate
Opposition: Kendal
Date: 13.2.10
Club shop: Contact club
Floodlights: no
Step: 4

This season could be their last at Claro Road so I wanted to make sure I got to Harrogate Rugby club.
If you go up the A6040 North East bound to the roundabout at the end, you’re spoilt for choice for grounds.
Go right and you’ll go to Harrogate Town fc. Go forward and you’ll go to Harrogate Railway fc. Or in this case go left for Harrogate RUFC.
Going well at the top of the National league 2 north Harrogate welcomed Kendal to Claro road.
There is a gate in the middle of the fence which is a makeshift turnstile. I got in for free and picked up a programme for £1 which is full of ads with an 8 page insert for each match.

It was freezing and raining at the beginning of the match so I went and sat in the towering Grandstand. This seats about 500 fans with wooden benches.
Opposite this is the clubhouse and hard standing
To the left is more hard standing and a stall that sells hot drinks.
Too the right is marshy grass standing.
The pitch is fully railed as well.
Strangely there are no floodlights on this pitch but there are some on the 2nd and 3rd XV pitches.
A crowd of just over 200 gathered to watch Harrogate beat Kendal 28-21.
This is a fascinating Rugby ground and the club currently needs £250, 000 to keep their Claro Road ground.

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