Salcombe RFC
Pitches
To many, Salcombe Rugby Club has always meant Twomeads — our home on the hill, the place where generations have played, cheered, and gathered. Post war Twomeads had a 17 feet from goal line to goal line difference and 10 foot difference from touch line to touchline (imagine playing on slope similar to St Dunstand Road. Post war the levelling of the ground and introduction of over 2000 tonnes of sand from Millbay make it the pitch we have today. But our story stretches far beyond that familiar patch of turf. Over more than a century, Salcombe teams have run out on multiple grounds, each one a chapter in the club’s evolving history.
Pitches used by SRFC
1. East Portlemouth - behind the church
2. Halfway Field - owned by Maryknowle Farm before WW1 and Peter Bell after WW1 - now part of Churchill Farm - used for more than one period
3. Paddlers Field - at top of Batson Hill - walled. Owned by 'Paddler' Hannaford
4. The Berry
5. Motherhill Field - opposite Paddlers Field - iron fenced. Post WW2.
6. Second Path Field - opposite Motherhill Field - across path towards stile.
7. Malborough - now cricket field - second team early 1970s.
8. Twomeads - 1924 to present day
- with a break for WW2 where it was used as a military camp and later POW camp. Given back to club following major ground levelling in 1951.
9. The Hockey Club - The club also uses the old hockey club pitch as training pitch and for junior matches.
It is located across from the Berry on St Dunstans Road.
Re-purpose Twomeads
Pictures below show construction of camp and reinstatement of ground following levelling and removal of concrete bases.
