This Cardiff Rugby Digital Archive is a collection of memories, mementoes, reminiscences and records. Bringing Cardiff's unique rugby heritage to life, it aims to capture, preserve, celebrate and share over 141 years of history.
The Archive contains a record of each item of rugby memorabilia owned by Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues together with items that are either on loan or in private collections. It also provides a summary of results and reports from each season from 1876, and copies of programmes from famous and lesser-known matches. Most memorabilia owned by the club are currently in safe storage, but our ultimate aim is to have all this on public display at Cardiff Arms Park. In the longer-term, the archive will be expanded to include player and supporter oral histories, educational materials, and much more.
Cardiff RFC: Viv Jones, Gabe Servini, Brian Bennett, Ian Tabor
Cardiff Athletic Club: Abigail Gibbins
Cardiff Blues: Richard Holland, Hannah Davies, Mike Brown
Welsh Rugby Union: Peter Owens
Cardiff University: Aliza Taft, Amanda Garratt, Alyssa Singh
We are especially indebted to Cardiff Athletic Club for its generous funding of preservation and storage equipment and to Cardiff Blues for insuring the collection.
The trust aims to:
The Archive contains a record of each item of rugby memorabilia owned by Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues together with items that are either on loan or in private collections. It also provides a summary of results and reports from each season from 1876, and copies of programmes from famous and lesser-known matches. Most memorabilia owned by the club are currently in safe storage, but our ultimate aim is to have all this on public display at Cardiff Arms Park. In the longer-term, the archive will be expanded to include player and supporter oral histories, educational materials, and much more.
Acknowledgements
CF10 Arms Park Rugby Trust wishes to thank the following for their support of this project:
Trust Members: Simon Baker, Sal Carter, Andy Baker, Neil Harries, Gareth Brown, Huw Jones and David AllenCardiff RFC: Viv Jones, Gabe Servini, Brian Bennett, Ian Tabor
Cardiff Athletic Club: Abigail Gibbins
Cardiff Blues: Richard Holland, Hannah Davies, Mike Brown
Welsh Rugby Union: Peter Owens
Cardiff University: Aliza Taft, Amanda Garratt, Alyssa Singh
We are especially indebted to Cardiff Athletic Club for its generous funding of preservation and storage equipment and to Cardiff Blues for insuring the collection.
Who Are CF10 Arms Park Rugby Trust?
The CF10 Rugby trust is a democratic and representative forum open to all supporters of Cardiff rugby.The trust aims to:
- ensure that the voice of all supporters is clearly heard whenever major decisions are being made at Cardiff Arms Park.
- encourage the involvement of supporters, including younger supporters, in the activities of the trust.
- achieve the greatest possible supporter influence in the running and ownership of the club.
- provide a means of organising small shareholder involvement in order to maximise its impact.
- act as a critical friend to Cardiff Blues Ltd. and its associate sides, supporting innovation when appropriate and challenging views and opinions when these conflict with the views of members.
- ensure that the heritage of Cardiff rugby is accurately and carefully preserved and that the collection of heritage materials is a continuous and valued process from here on.
- ensure that the future developments at Arms Park fully reflect the heritage of the club including the retention of ‘Cardiff’ in the professional team name and to resist any attempts to dilute its prominence.
- ensure that the future Arms Park remains first and foremost a rugby stadium and that the experience of attending rugby at Cardiff is something that all supporters value.
- work with other supporter organisations for the betterment of Cardiff rugby