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Sussex Rugby Football Union formed 1883

Sussex Rugby Football Union

We are a 'Constituent Body' (known as a 'CB') of the Rugby Football Union, the ruling authority of the game in England, who devolve to us the responsibility of governing all Rugby Union played in the ancient County of Sussex.

Sussex RFU covers the administrative areas of East and West Sussex, and the City of Brighton and Hove, within the ancient County of Sussex which runs for 90 miles (144 kms) along the South coast of England.

Roll of Honour

Sussex RFU County Presidents since 1926
	Year	\| \|		Year	\| \|		Year
Lord Leconfield	1926-30		R.V. Stanley OBE	1930-32		F.W. Coles	1932-33
G.S. Godfree	1933-34		W.A. Elder	1934-35		E.W. Bowery	1936
J.E. Maxwell-Hislop	1936-37		Rev. J.Alban Davies	1937-38		D. J.W.McK Nicoll	1938-39
J.V. Young	1946-47		G.H. Minton	1947-50		W.A. Gibbs	1950-53
G. Kent	1953-56		J. Lawson CBE	1956-62		R.R. Turner	1962-65
G. de Bruyne OBE	1965-68		E.C.C. Wynter MC	1968-71		G.A. Cornford TD	1971-74
A.E. Parker	1974-77		C.E.M. Lowe	1977-80		J. Shelton	1980-83
E.C.C. Wynter MC	1983-84		J.P. Beilby	1984-85		J.W. Wright	1985-88
D.A. Biggs	1988-91		B.R. Lewis	1991-94		R.A.G. Rogers*	1994-96
G.P. Thompson	1996-98		P.W. Atthis	1998-00		E. Bridges	2000-02
F. Edmonds	2002-04		A. Butcher	2004-06		P.J.A. Sealey	2006-08
R.C. Edmondson	2008-10		Peter Bailey	2010-		* President of the RFU - 2006-7

Life Members of Sussex RFU Life membership is given to those members who have given exceptional service to the County RFU over many years
P.W. Atthis	E. Bridges	A. Butcher	F. Edmonds
J.M. Eley	P.J. Fuller	R. Hayes	C. Hill
B.R. Lewis		C.S. Polson	R.A.G Rogers*
P.J.A. Sealey	G. P. Thompson		*President of the RFU 2006-2007

Patrons of Sussex RFU - contact is maintained by Dereck Wade Tel. 01273 812589 email dereckwade@tesco.com * denotes Centenary Life Members including R. Hall, J.S. Sullivan and T.P. Sullivan
J. Backshall	R.H. Barden		D. Beglan
D.E. Benjamin *	K. Blakiston	J. Bowen	A.H. Bradford
J. Bucksall	A. Budgett	G. Burtenshaw	A. Butcher
M. Campbell	J.M. Carrington	Maj. H.C. Christy	Dr. M. Cockburn
J. Comerford	M. Cook	S.G. Cornford	C.M. Dean
.	R.A. Dray	C.G. Durrant	R.C. Edmondson
J. Edwards	D. Fisher	G.J.L. Gordon	J.K. Gordon
A.A. Grimsdell	A. Groenen	J.G. Hale	J. Heald
G.F. Hepburn	Mrs. A. Holt	R. Hopkins	A.S. James
A. Jenkins	A.D. Johnson	B. Johnson	Lt. Col. R. M. Johnstone
H. Leach	J.R. Knighley	Rev. J. Lambourne	G.T. Lewis
R.J. Lewis	H.R.W. Lewis	I.T. Lewis	P. Lloyd
D. Maconachie	M. Madden	P. Mead	A.McKechnie
R. L. Metcalfe MBE	R. D. Meyer	Dr. H.E. Milligan	A. Mitchell
I.D. Mitchell	M. Norgrove	W. Pritchard	E. Pugh
	E. G. Richardson	M. Richardson	H.A. Riddick
G. Robertson	D. Sainsbury	R.J.F. Seeley	P. Small
R. Taylor	J. Thompson	Ms. G. Thompson	J.H. Tollhurst
D. G. Tree	B.M. Tuck	A.J. Turner	D.M. Tunks
D. Vaughan	B. Vincent	G.R. Walker	B. Wattam
D. Williams MBE.	E. Womersley	G.D. Woodage*	Dr. W.B. Young
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