- Bay Area Pelicans
Rugby team
teamname = Bay Area Pelicans
imagesize = 200px
fullname = Bay Area Pelican Rugby Football Club
nickname = Pelicans
union =USA Rugby
country
url = www.pelicanrugby.com
founded = 1977
ground =Sawgrass Park
capacity = 10,000
president = flagicon|South Africa Craig Chalmers
coach = flagicon|Australia Greg Cooper
league = [http://www.floridarugbyunion.com/ Florida Rugby Union]The Bay Area Pelicans Rugby Football Club (RFC) is a men's rugby club in the
Tampa Bay Area . The team was founded in St. Petersburg,Florida in1977 .The club has over 80 active members participating in various capacities – whether as team members playing games each week, as Old Boys/Alumni playing competitive tournaments and participating in social events, or as supporters enjoying games, social events and volunteer activities.
The team consists of non-professional players and is sanctioned by USA Rugby to compete in men's Division II. The Pelicans have won the Florida Cup several times (the last in 2004), and competed in the USA Rugby national championships on many occasions.
External links
* [http://www.pelicanrugby.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.pelicanu19rugby.com/ Pelican U19's]
* [http://www.floridarugbyunion.com/ Florida Rugby Union]
* [http://www.usarugbysouth.com USA Rugby South]
* [http://www.usarugby.org USA Rugby]
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