The gymnastics teacher Benigno Rodríguez Jurado, also a CUBA player and father of Arturo (who would win a gold medal for Argentina in 1928), taught the rugby union rules to a group of young enthusiasts. This is considered the beginning of Club Universitario de La Plata as a rugby union club.[3][4]
In 1959 the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires donated lands to Club Universitario in order to build club's facilities. Those lands were located in Manuel B. Gonnet, in La Plata Partido. During the decade of the 1970s Universitario added a children's division to its rugby categories.
The club would be promoted and relegated to lower divisions during the 1980s and 1990s, even reaching the first division in 1996 although Universitario did not last too much time in that level. In 2004 Universitario achieved its second promotion to first division although the team would be soon relegated to the second division, Torneo de la URBA Grupo II[2]
In 2013, Universitario promoted to first division to play the 2014 season.[5]
Facilitiesedit
The club has three different facilities where several sports are practised, they are:
Deportiva: located in Manuel Gonnet, basketball, field hockey, paddle tennis, rugby union, volleyball and swimming can be practised there.
Náutica: In Ensenada, with services area for sailing ships, it hosted the practise of basketball, beach volleyball, bowls, rolling skate, swimming, tejo and tennis (clay court).
Social: In La Plata, where the club is headquartered. Volleyball, gymnastics, fencing, judo, yoga can be practised there. There are also dance rooms.
^Universitario de La Plata vive su sueño más allá de los resultados, La Nación, 18 May 2014
^"Universitario sigue de fiesta", El Día, 1 Oct 2013
External linksedit
Official website
December 02, 2023
club, universitario, plata, argentine, sports, club, headquartered, plata, buenos, aires, province, universitario, hosts, practise, wide, range, sports, activities, that, includes, basketball, beach, volleyball, bowls, fencing, field, hockey, gymnastics, judo,. Club Universitario de La Plata is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Plata Buenos Aires Province Universitario hosts the practise of a wide range of sports and activities that includes basketball beach volleyball bowls fencing field hockey gymnastics judo paddle tennis rugby union roller skating rowing swimming tejo tennis volleyball water polo and yoga Universitario LP Full nameClub Universitario de La PlataUnionURBAFounded3 March 1937 86 years ago 1937 03 03 1 RegionLa Plata Partido BA 1 Ground s 14 and 501 Manuel B GonnetChairmanAlberto E Darhanpe 1 Coach es Walter GuerraLeague s Primera A20178 Team kitOfficial websiteclubuniversitario wbr org wbr arThe rugby union senior squad currently plays in Primera Division A the second division of the Union de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system while the field hockey teams are affiliated to the Buenos Aires Hockey Association AHBA Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe first rugby team was formed about 1926 but Universitario would not be affiliated to Argentine Rugby Union until 1928 after having been recommended by Club Universitario de Buenos Aires CUBA and Club Atletico San Isidro which served as sponsors 2 The gymnastics teacher Benigno Rodriguez Jurado also a CUBA player and father of Arturo who would win a gold medal for Argentina in 1928 taught the rugby union rules to a group of young enthusiasts This is considered the beginning of Club Universitario de La Plata as a rugby union club 3 4 In 1959 the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires donated lands to Club Universitario in order to build club s facilities Those lands were located in Manuel B Gonnet in La Plata Partido During the decade of the 1970s Universitario added a children s division to its rugby categories The club would be promoted and relegated to lower divisions during the 1980s and 1990s even reaching the first division in 1996 although Universitario did not last too much time in that level In 2004 Universitario achieved its second promotion to first division although the team would be soon relegated to the second division Torneo de la URBA Grupo II 2 In 2013 Universitario promoted to first division to play the 2014 season 5 Facilities editThe club has three different facilities where several sports are practised they are Deportiva located in Manuel Gonnet basketball field hockey paddle tennis rugby union volleyball and swimming can be practised there Nautica In Ensenada with services area for sailing ships it hosted the practise of basketball beach volleyball bowls rolling skate swimming tejo and tennis clay court Social In La Plata where the club is headquartered Volleyball gymnastics fencing judo yoga can be practised there There are also dance rooms References edit a b c Universitario de La Plata on URBA website a b Historia Archived 2016 02 08 at the Wayback Machine on Universitario Rugby website El Dia newspaper of La Plata 17 Aug 1928 Universitario de La Plata vive su sueno mas alla de los resultados La Nacion 18 May 2014 Universitario sigue de fiesta El Dia 1 Oct 2013External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Club Universitario de La Plata amp oldid 1175576662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
