SRFC Athletic Development Centre

The Shed

Known as The Shed,  Stewartry Rugby Athletic Development Centre was built in 2017 after work between the club, Scottish Rugby, sportscotland and sponsors Robinsons Scotland Ltd.

In 2014, Robinsons approached the club offering to provide a new building, originally for storage. It was decided this could be turned into a state-of-the-art fitness and conditioning suite with proper dressing rooms, replacing the existing weight room in an old freight container. At the same time, Scottish Rugby and SportScotland announced that funding was available for clubs to develop sustainable assets and the club was awarded £38,687 by both organisations toward the cost of the project.

Numerous hurdles and delays were overcome to create the facility which has a modern gym, dressing rooms big enough for a team and a wet room for disabled members.

Glasgow Warriors offered advice, ensuring the gym is full of all the right equipment.

The plan was for the gym to be open to members of the wider community who will be able to join the club.