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The Scottish Club Youth Competitions conference structures established for the 2015–16 season group clubs based on the development structures they have in place, the volume of teams they operate and results over recent seasons. The fixture programmes arranged by Scottish Rugby will guarantee blocks of 'club v club' fixtures in the autumn phase of the season.

History

In December 2013 Scottish Rugby launched its strategic initiative ‘Youth Rugby – A strategy for Schools’. Former Scotland rugby coach Frank Hadden conducted the review for Scottish Rugby.

In recent years youth rugby has had many changes in competition structure mainly based on the needs and wants of participating teams, some teams have thrived, some teams have struggled but change has been a constant and it is obvious that the current structure continues to be affected by; withdrawal of teams from leagues, weather, lack of competitive fixtures for some teams, a disjointed approach to fixturing, a reluctance by some to play on a regular basis. There is no doubt that the structure for youth rugby has reached a point where a radical change in approach is required to bring stability to our game.

The President’s Conference

2015 The President's Conference Team Location Ayr Ayr Boroughmuir Edinburgh Currie Edinburgh Highland Inverness Stirling County Stirling West of Scotland FC Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire Teams fielded: U18 U16 S3 (U15) S2 (U14) S1 (U13)

AyrBoroughmuir CurrieHighlandStirlingWestScottish Club Youth Competitions (Scotland)

Central Belt Conferences

Green Conference

2015 Green Conference Team Location Biggar Biggar, South Lanarkshire Dumfries Saints Dumfries Dunfermline Dunfermline Falkirk Falkirk GHA Glasgow Hamilton Hamilton Whitecraigs Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire Teams fielded: U18 U16 S3 (U15) S2 (U14) S1 (U13)

DumfriesDunfermline FalkirkScottish Club Youth Competitions (Scotland) BiggarHamiltonWhitecraigsGHAScottish Club Youth Competitions (South Lanarkshire)

Brown Conference

2015 Brown Conference Team Location Allan Glens Glasgow Cumnock Cumnock, East Ayrshire Dalziel Motherwell East Kilbride East Kilbride Greenock Wanderers Greenock Livingston Livingston Teams fielded: U18 U16 S3 (U15) S2 (U14) S1 (U13)

Cumnock DalzielGreenockLivingstonScottish Club Youth Competitions (Scotland) Allan Glen'sEast KilbrideScottish Club Youth Competitions (Glasgow council area)

Caledonia Conferences

2015 Caledonia Conference (Red) Team Location Aberdeen Grammar Aberdeen Deeside / Wanderers Aberdeen Ellon Ellon, Aberdeenshire Gordonstoun School Elgin, Moray Mackie Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire Perthshire Perth Teams fielded: U18 U16 S3 (U15) S2 (U14) S1 (U13)

Aberdeen DeesideEllonPerthshireMackieGordonstounScottish Club Youth Competitions (Scotland)

2015 Caledonia North Conference Team Location Orkney Orkney Huntly/Moray Elgin, Moray Ross Sutherland Invergordon, Highlands and Islands Stornoway Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Caithness Caithness, Highlands and Islands Garioch Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Teams fielded: U18 U16 S3 (U15) S1/S2 (U14)

OrkneyHuntly/MorayRoss SutherlandStornowayCaithnessGariochScottish Club Youth Competitions (Scotland)

References

1. "Fixtures & Results (Schools & Youth)". scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
2. ^ http://www.scottishrugbyforum.org/wp-content/wps-content/forum/735/795/1_sr_clubyouth_updateapril2015.pdf
3. "Onus on Scottish Rugby to stop gold spoon from devouring schools scene". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

• Rugby union competitions in Scotland