Old Bedians Sports Centre is a mixed use sports centre located in East Didsbury, being home to Didsbury Old Bedians RUFC rugby club, Bedians AFC football club and Oisins CLG Gaelic Football club. Old Bedians is located south of

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, on the north bank of the

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. It is the principal

Gaelic games Gaelic games () are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the most popular of the s ...

sports facility in

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and is currently the home grounds of

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and

CLG Oisín Oisín Gaelic Athletic Club () is a Gaelic games club in Manchester which plays Gaelic football at senior and junior level, as well as having a growing under-age structure. Oisín is a member club of the Lancashire GAA County Board, the British G ...

.Site
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.
Old Bedians RUFC
1st XV compete in Lancashire/Chesire 2 of th

while the 2nd XV compete in Division 4 East of the
North West Intermediate Rugby Leagues
playing fixtures on Saturday afternoon and training every Wednesday evening.

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Old Bedians RUFC rugby club
Gaelic games grounds in England Didsbury Sports venues in Manchester Rugby union stadiums in England Football venues in Manchester {{GAA-grounds-stub