Hamburg rugby club have been playing in the first Bundesliga (north) division since the 2012/13 season. Hamburg's women's team has also been successful. St. Pauli's women's team, founded in 1989, has won eight championships since 1995. More than 20 national players have since emerged from this team. In addition, the club is the only club in Germany to establish an U16 girls' team. Combined with FC St. Pauli (with around 600 members), Hamburg rugby is home to Germany's largest rugby club. In 2006 the club reached another milestone: Hamburg rugby club gained the sole rights of use of the Hamburg Rugby Arena. With the deal of the rugby arena finalized, the Hamburg rugby organization, along with its affiliated clubs, went on to organize the athletic and administrative processes in the arena on Saarlandstraße in Hamburg Stadtpark. After further negotiations with the city of Hamburg, Hamburg rugby club was pleased to announce that the rugby pitch in Barmwisch, Hamburg- Bramfeld and the training ground 'Am Bären' at the Südring in Hamburg's Stadtpark was available for its members use. After more than 44 years, the Hamburg Rugby organization set up a national match between Germany and Sweden on 6 April 2013, giving more than 3,500 spectators a glimpse of the potential successes of German rugby. In the same year there was an international youth meeting in Israel between the U18 selection of the Hamburg rugby club and the Kibbutz Yizre'el Rugby Club, which the Hamburg senate subsidized. Likewise, the senate was more than happy to support the men's and youth team's visits to Hansestadt in 2005, 2008 and 2012. Organization and Structure Members The club had approximately 1180 members across 10 different teams. (2015) Committee 1. President: Klaus Merkle, Hamburg Exiles RFC 2. President: Ralph Paukstat, FC St Pauli 3. Club Secretary: Horst Jahnke, Old Boys Hamburg 4. Treasurer: Aiko Böhm, Hamburg Exiles RFC 5. Youth Officer: Marco Schünemann, FC St Pauli 6. Coach: Friedrich Michau, FC St Pauli 7. Team manager: Dietmar Scharmann, Hamburger Rugby-Club 8. Representative for women's rugby: Sabine Schubert, FC St Pauli 9. Public relations: Timo Linck, Hamburg Exiles RFC Record Rugby Union 7's League Events Holiday Activities for Children Hamburg's rugby organization has been coordinating a rugby holiday camp in Hamburg StadtPark since 2011 as part of Hansestadt's holiday campaign. During the 2014 summer holidays, over 70 children took part. Some representatives of Hamburg rugby club were