Who’s looking forward to the start of the season?! Blackheath travel (by coach, due to the train strikes…!) to Taunton for their first league game of the 2023-24 season. For those of you going to Taunton, here are some useful details. For those of you staying at home, our Tweeter Extraordinaire is back from her summer break and will be …
Thank you to our amazing volunteer army who came to Well Hall on Saturday and helped to get the site prepared for the start of the season. Great to see new people turning up to meet other members and supporters (it wasn’t just for the free beer and pizza, honestly!!). Like all clubs, Blackheath Rugby is able to survive because …
A competitive first period, followed by a somewhat lopsided second, in this final dress-rehearsal prior to the 2023/24 season start next Saturday. Canterbury opened the scoring on three minutes with a move down the left flank, but as the Blackheath forwards began to make inroads, Archie Holland burst away to level for the hosts. As the pressure built, the penalty …
There’s more pre-season rugby on offer this evening with Blackheath XV playing Canterbury at 20:00 — 30 of our 1st XV and Club XV players will be on the field over the 80 mins game, so it will be a good time for you to see the extended team on the pitch. Entry is free for members on production of your …
Richard Brinsley Sheridan: 3 Dec 1945-12 Aug 2023 The President is sad to report that we have lost one of our rugby family. A loyal servant to his country, with 9 years as an officer in the Royal Artillery followed by 22 years in the Metropolitan Police, Richard loved the Club and was hooked at his first game against Orrell …
A definite improvement on the somewhat uninspiring, stop-start, performance at Bury St Edmunds a week previously, Blackheath running in five tries against two from the visitors from Surrey, to complete a comfortable win. Amongst the scores, a hat-trick for Shae Tucker, the New Zealander and former Cornish Pirate producing an excellent display at outside-centre, and complementing some neat passages of …
WATCH AT WELL HALL With the 2023 Rugby World Cup almost here, we thought you’d like to see the opening times of the bar – the matches will be shown on the TVs at Well Hall. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Simon Boulter. MATCH KO TIME OPENING TIME Comments SEPTEMBER Fri 08 FRA v NZL …
As the September fast approaches, our first home pre-season games of 2023-24 are tomorrow, Saturday 12 August, and we’ve got a double header with Barnes. Don’t forget to bring your 2022-23 membership card or show your 2023-24 membership confirmation email on the gate – £5 entrance fee for non-members. The TVs will also be on, so you can watch the …
Welcome back to National 1 rugby for the 2023/24 season. This season, like all of those before, will be an exciting one for the Club as we return to some old familiar clubs and meet some old friends. In the playing squad we have seen a couple of retirements over the summer, and some players have chosen to stay at …
At the Blackheath Rugby AGM on 4 July 2023, Dr Alan Thompson announced his retirement as President of Blackheath FC and introduced his successor, Rory O’Sullivan, who previously held the position of Chairman. Rory joined the club as a Colt, has played in every men’s club side (captaining a number of teams) and has also coached through the Minis and …
