The Kent Plate is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organised by the Kent Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2001–02 season, with the inaugural winners being Bromley. It is the fourth most important rugby union cup competition in Kent, behind the Kent Cup, Kent Shield and Kent Vase, but ahead of the Kent Salver.
The Kent Plate is currently open to the first teams of club sides based in Kent that have been knocked out of the first round of the Kent Cup and Kent Shield. The format is a knockout cup with a first 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, Vase and Salver finals.
Kent Plate winners Kent Plate Finals Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue 1993–94 Gravesend 1994–95 Brockleians 1995–96 Sidcup 1996–97 Old Colfeians 1997–98 Gravesend 1998–99 Tunbridge Wells 1999-00 Tunbridge Wells 2000–01 Dartfordians 2001–02 Canterbury 2002–03 Sidcup 2003–04 Thanet Wanderers 2004–05 Aylesford Bulls 2005–06 Beckenham 39–17 Old Dunstonian 2006–07 Beckenham 2007–08 Tunbridge Wells 37–7 Beckenham Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2008–09 Deal & Betteshanger The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2009–10 Beckenham 22–5 Canterbury Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, London 2010–11 Thanet Wanderers 58–5 Tunbridge Wells Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2011–12 Tonbridge Juddians 26–18 Medway Priestfields, Rochester, Kent 2012–13 Sevenoaks Old Dunstonian Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent 2013–14 Westcombe Park Medway Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2014–15 Charlton Park 52–16 Thanet Wanderers Tomlin Ground, Cranbrook, Kent 2015–16 Maidstone N/A Old Dunstonians The Jack Williams Memorial Ground, Aylesford, Kent 2016–17 Maidstone 58–14 Aylesford Bulls Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent 2017–18 Westcombe Park 65–0 Thanet Wanderers Footscray Road, New Eltham, London 2018–19
Number of wins Beckenham (3) Tunbridge Wells (3) Gravesend (2) Maidstone (2) Sidcup (2) Thanet Wanderers (2) Westcombe Park (2) Aylesford Bulls (1) Brockleians (1) Canterbury (1) Charlton Park (1) Dartfordians (1) Deal & Betteshanger (1) Old Colfeians (1) Sevenoaks (1) Tonbridge Juddians (1)
Notes
See also Kent RFU Kent Cup Kent Shield Kent Vase Kent Salver English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References
External links Kent RFU