Steve Pilbeam has died peacefully at the age of 84. Steve was educated at East Ham Grammar School (along with Fran Cotton and Tony Kennett), and played rugby for Old Easthamians later called East London. He also played at a higher level in the amateur game for Blackheath (where he played alongside Frank McCarthy) and Wasps. Further afield, Steve toured …
We’re all looking forward to the new season, but before we completely say goodbye to the old one, we’d like to thank those players that have been such an important part of the Club in 2024-25. Tom Baldwin, Markus Burcham, Oli Burgess, George Daly, Jack Daly, Mike Etete, Tom Everard, Leo Fielding, Paul Schroter, Auguy Slowik and Ollie Walliker — …
Blackheath Rugby offers its sympathies to the families and friends of Peter Bullock. Peter attended school in Stowe and then took a course of study at Watford College of Technology. Before joining Blackheath FC he played scrum-half for Northampton and had the honour of representing the North Midlands against Argentina on 7th October 1978. Peter was an excellent all-round sportsman. …
The Club have an exciting, new voluntary position available to work across all the sections of the Club as Social and Events Manager. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to work across all sections of the Club, bringing players, families, and members together through a diverse calendar of events. The Social and Events Manager will lead on planning, coordinating, and …
Kent begin the defence of their County Championship crown this Saturday as they host Hampshire at Broad Walk, home of Charlton Park RFC. Tom Stradwick (head coach) and Taff Gwilliam (director of rugby) have once again assembled a strong squad from Kent’s top sides who will not only look to retain the title, but make it a hat-trick of victories …
The Women headed out to Ibiza Beach Rugby tournament for this year’s tour, named “Tour Story”. Slowly people arrived throughout the course of Friday for a day to chill by the pool before the opening party. Saturday was tournament day, and with some sore heads, the women headed for the beach. Our first game vs Saint Josep. The Club came …
Congratulations to Tom Baldwin and Tom Stradwick, who were part of the winning Barbarians FC match against Glasgow Academicals today, final score 78-31. The boys were presented their shirts by Brian Ashton and John Spencer. We’re very proud of them on the their selection for the Barbarians, adding to their Kent County and England Counties shirts and, of course, over …
We are ready to launch Walking Rugby! Are you? We will be holding our first session at Utilita on Monday 19 May — be there at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. No previous skills needed, we provide all the equipment (a ball) just come along in comfortable clothing, trainers and perhaps some money for a drink in the bar …
As a reminder, Tom Stradwick and Tom Baldwin have been picked to be in the Barbarian FC squad for the game tomorrow, Saturday 10 May, kicking off at 14:00 – we’re incredibly proud of them both and wish them the best of luck. The historic touring club will take to the field against Glasgow Academicals RFC to entertain supporters and …
Congratulations to Jordan Burns who was named Scrum Half of the season in The Rugby Paper’s National One Dream Team 2024-25, and to Billy Harding for being mentioned in the same team at Hooker. “Burns was an ever-present this season, playing in all 26 matches and scoring an impressive 11 tries – including the memorable brace of tries in the …
