Heath RUFC is located between Halifax and Huddersfield and the club can trace their club history back to 1927 when Heath Grammar School changed from playing Association Football to Rugby Union. The club was then known as Heath Old Boys.
In 1935 the Club Treasurer, Rex Fry, managed to obtain, for the Club, the lease of Corporation-owned land at West Vale. Changing facilities were in a pub, the Bridge Inn. There was a large communal bath built into an outhouse with hot water from an electric water heater.
The Club’s Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1952 with a Reunion Dinner at the White Swan Hotel. and in the same season, the Club hosted the first local 7-a-side tournament for the Sutcliffe Cup.
In 1955 the Club was disbanded due to lack of support but reformed in 1956.
1963 witnessed the building of the new changing rooms at a cost of £600. The playing results for that season were dire with only 3 victories and two draws from 35 matches.
The 1966/67 Season saw much improved results with 29 wins out of 35 games losing in the semi-final of the Shield and the fourth round of the Cup. The club won the Bramley Sevens and reached the semi-finals of both the Sutcliffe Cup and the Bridlington Sevens.
Work commenced in the summer of 1971 on the long-awaited new Clubhouse at an estimated cost of £2250. The opening game was against Roundhay.
In 1974 Heath fielded three teams and the facilities were becoming too small. Yorkshire Water became the freeholder of the land and a new 28-year lease was negotiated with plans drawn up for additional changing and bar facilities and the creation of a new pitch at a cost of £20,000.
The ‘Old Boys’ part of the club name was dropped in 1975 and in 1976 the new extensions to the facilities were opened by former British Lion, John Spencer.
The Golden Jubilee season, of 1979, culminated with winning the Yorkshire Silver Trophy.
At the end of the 2022/2023 season, Heath finished second in the North East 1 League.

By Brian Forshaw, Club Historian