The Terraces are an artificially created area of flat land made just before the start of the Second World War by levelling part of the valley sides on the southern boundary of the town.

In the club's first season they were allocated one pitch by the town council, located at the most exposed, western, corner of the ground.

As the last remaining playing fields within the town this caused a furore amongst Sherborne residents and the problem persisted for nine years and directly influencing a change in the law.

In 2002, after pressure from Sherborne residents, the then Secretary of State for Education, Charles Clarke, changed the rules such that first use of any money from the sale of a school playing field must be re-invested in improvements of outdoor facilities nearby.

Following a couple of fortuitous meetings and discussions in The Digby Tap Public House, a group of players were put together by Alan Fall, Doug Hamilton and Tom Kelly in the second half of the 1979–80 season to play some friendly fixtures against the second or third teams of local sides, always playing away from home (as there was no home pitch) and wearing an assortment of mismatched jerseys.

In addition, the New Zealand national team had recently had tours to the UK in 1978, 1979 and 1980 winning 34 of 36 games and the Sherborne players wanted to emulate their style of play and this success.

Unfortunately for Sherborne, although Monro had taken the game to New Zealand, he was never at school in the town; he had actually been a pupil at Christ's College in Finchley near London.

Further playing links were established about ten weeks later when, on the evening of Tuesday, 13 December 2011, a Sherborne Invitation XV of under-18's players who either live, go to school or play rugby in the town was selected to take on a touring team from the Anglican Church Grammar School, Australia (known as Churchie).

A minibus of players and their wives/girlfriends travelled to Sherborne's original twin town in France, Granville, to play in their annual seven-a-side tournament.

The trip became an annual event and was continued for at least the next ten years, Sherborne won the Granville Sevens cup in 1990/91.

The floods that month in Sudan that caused a two-day delay in departure, staying at a hotel near Heathrow Airport, and a six-hour layover at an inundated Khartoum Airport (the only dry part of the city) surrounded by locals seeking refuge while the plane had one of its jet engines repaired.

Landing in Los Angeles they played a tournament at the Finlander Rugby Club before travelling to San Diego as guests of Old Aztecs RFC.

The junior section of the club has organised end of season trips to other parts of the UK, Europe and even Africa and the Americas.