Kent Vase
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The Kent Vase is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001-02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the third most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup and Kent Shield but ahead of the Kent Plate and Kent Salver.
The Kent Vase is open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that play in tier 9 (Shepherd Neame Kent 1) and tier 10 (Shepherd Neame Kent 2) of the English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with a first round, second round, third round, semi-finals and a final, typically to be held at a pre-determined ground at the end of April on the same date and venue as the Cup, Shield, Plate and Salver finals. Teams that are knocked out of the first round complete for the Kent Salver.
The current holders of the Kent Vase are Whitstable RFC who on the 28 April, 2024 beat Brockleians 25-14 in the final at Canterbury Rugby Club.[citation needed]
Kent Vase winners
| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Vase Finals | ||||
| Kent Vase Finals | ||||
| 2001-02 | Bromley | |||
| 2002-03 | Whitstable | Old Elthamians | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent | |
| 2003-04 | Old Elthamians | |||
| 2004-05 | Dover | |||
| 2005-06 | Beccehamian | Old Gravesendians | ||
| 2006-07 | Old Gravesendians | |||
| 2007-08 | Old Gravesendians | 20-12 | Medway | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |
| 2008-09 | Medway | Old Gravesendians | The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent | |
| 2009-10 | Lordswood | 19-18 | Cranbrook | Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London |
| 2010-11 | Sheppey | 53-14 | Southwark Lancers | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |
| 2011-12 | Gillingham Anchorians | 20-9 | Dartfordians | Priestfields, Rochester, Kent |
| 2012-13 | Beccehamian | 37-17 | Old Gravesendians | Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent |
| 2013-14 | Cranbrook | 28-26 | Old Williamsonian | Footscray Road, New Eltham, London |
| 2014-15 | Cranbrook | 17-10 | Beccehamian | Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent |
| 2015-16 | Snowdown Colliery | 31-5 | Beccehamian | The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent |
| 2016-17 | Beccehamian | 84-0 | King's College Hospital | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |
| 2017-18 | Beccehamian | 48-22 | Cranbrook | Footscray Road, New Eltham, London |
| 2018-19 | ||||
| 2022-23 | Old Gravesendians | 37-33 | Faversham | Cranbrook RFC, Cranbrook, Kent |
| 2023-24 | Whitstable | 25-14 | Brocklians | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent |
Number of wins
- Beccehamian (4)
- Old Gravesendians (3)
- Cranbrook (2)
- Whitstable (2)
- Bromley (1)
- Dover (1)
- Gillingham Anchorians (1)
- Lordswood (1)
- Medway (1)
- Old Elthamians (1)
- Sheppey (1)
- Snowdown Colliery (1)