Bryncethin Playing Field and Pavilion
Bryncethin RFC was founded in 1890 and has senior, youth, under-16, three mini teams, a ladies touch rugby team and a mixed age, sex, and ability team. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and presently play in the WRU Division Five South Central. The pavilion was originally built in 1952.
The Club was awarded a 35-year lease in October 2018. Bryncethin RFC has transformed the dilapidated pavilion at Bryncethin Playing Fields into a community hub.
The work included an extension, an additional second storey and car park. The new building included changing rooms, kitchens, an IT suite, a meeting room, a large hall and patio doors onto a balcony. The building element of the project cost £550k, with BCBC providing funding of £110K from the CAT Fund and £56K via S.106 monies.
The balance of funding was received from Welsh Government (Community Facilities Programme and Rural Development Fund), the National Lottery (People and Places Fund) and the Welsh Rugby Union.
The project was designed by the Vice-Chair, Mr. Phil Jones, a retired chartered surveyor. BCBC provided a total of £110K and the Club obtained further external funding from the Rural Communities Development Fund, Communities Facilities Fund and Welsh Church Act.
The building now houses a nursery five days a week, as well as fitness classes, IT classes, a community café and a youth club.