DING'S CRUSADERS RUGBY CLUB TRY TO TACKLE THE QUESTION OF SPONSORSHIP

Dings Crusaders Rugby Football Club play in the South West Counties Division 2 league, based at their Landseer Avenue ground in the Lockleaze area of Bristol. The club has an interesting history. In the nineteenth century, the "Dings" was a notorious slum area in Bristol between Temple Meads and Barton Hill. Indeed, it provided many of the most enthusiastic rioters in the Bristol riots of 1831, we are told by the club's website (currently being re-designed). The Shaftesbury Crusade was a Christian Mission in the Dings, and encouraged sporting activities. In 1897, H. W. Rudge founded and established the Dings Crusaders as a part of the Dings Boys Club. Over the years, the club has won accumulated a number of honours in the Bristol and district area. Richard Skuse, prop forward for Zurich Premiership side Bristol Shoguns started his playing career with the club. The club is now looking for sponsorship support.   Contact: James Luck. Tel.: 07980 742989. Other contact details in our Sport: rugby section.     © uksponsorship.com Ltd. 2003 E&OE