Bredon Star History
Bredon Star was formed in 1991 from a Sunday Pub side. When the Star Inn in Overbury closed, the leading players, Steve Malpass and Neil Evans got together and formed the club.
The Parish council agreed to allow a Portacabin onto the playing field for changing facilities and together with the 2 rugby pitches enabled the club to play rugby matches in the centre of Bredon.
Initially, fielding just one senior team, games moved to being played on a Saturday and were organised against local clubs from around Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
After a couple of years, the club now fielding 2 senior sides, decided to enter League rugby and formally joined the North Midlands Leagues playing in Division 3. Initially, this proved very tough and sometimes the team went to away matches without 15 players. However, in 2001/2002 season Bredon Star won the League Title and then moved into North Midlands 2 South for the 2002/2003 season. They won this Title in the 2004/2005 season and progressed to play in the Midlands Leagues, Division 5 West (South West).
Throughout all this time, the club has utilised the local playing field in Bredon, moving from the Portacabin in the year 2000 to a purpose build changing room block on the same site. The Parish Council built the block and the club fully furnished the interior, from walls, toilets, showers and boilers. The club is very grateful to the parish for giving us the major step forward and to the club members for their magnificent fund raising efforts at that time.
Since 1991 to the end of the 2008/2009 season, the club has always socialised after games at the Royal Oak Pub in Bredon. A succession of Publicans have run the Pub in this time, and they have all served the club very well, always making us most welcome. A big thank you to Mike Hardwick, the Pub owner, for his continued support.
However, for the 2009/2010 season we have now moved into Bredon Village Hall, which backs onto the playing field. Again a big thank you to Bredon Parish Council for purchasing this facility for the Community at large, but in also letting the club be a new tenant and setting up a club room there. The club will now make this it’s home with full use of the Bar and overtime the club will help the hall become a facility that can support all it’s existing commitments/uses, as well as support the Rugby club each Weekend.
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