After 174 games, James Catt (the much respected hard man of Blackheath Rugby) played for the last time yesterday, hanging up his boots after first wearing Club colours in the 2008/09 season. Catty’s strength of play on the pitch is hugely admired by his team mates: “A top bloke, and one of the hardest rugby players I know,” says Tom …
Photos courtesy of Deborah Lloyd Eighty-three points and twelve tries, in this National League Two East finale, all played out in front of a good-sized crowd enjoying a fine spring afternoon at this picturesque venue overlooked by Box Hill. For Blackheath it rounded off a season, which has not only seen them regain the position in National League One they …
On Tuesday 18th April a Special General Meeting of members took place at Well Hall. The proposal from the Executive Committee to buy the freehold of Well Hall was unanimously approved by over 70 members who attended the meeting and more than 20 members who submitted proxy votes in support. The second proposal to amend the Rules of the Club …
Eight tries for Blackheath who signed off their 2022/23 National League Two East season at Well Hall in fine style with this performance against the side who started the day in third place in the table. Also, impressively, it ensured the Club maintained their perfect home record, with thirteen from thirteen bonus point wins, and a fitting prelude to the …
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Farewell, Freddie In 2018, Graham Cox wrote a piece for Blackheath Rugby on a young man who was coming to the end of his university education, and who had been playing in Club colours since 7 February 2015 (his debut, a 24-24 draw against Richmond). In that article Freddie Owen, the player Coxy was writing about, said “I’ve no clear …
Perhaps there was a touch of inevitability about this result, an element of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’, Blackheath having concluded the National League Two East title a week earlier. However, not so comprehensively have the Club been so out-thought and out-gunned this season as they were dumped back down to earth in an untidy mess on this grey, breezy …
Photos courtesy of Deborah Lloyd A day of landmarks for Blackheath. The Club’s biggest-ever away win (surpassing the 24-85 win at Waterloo in 2009), matching the 94-points and 14 tries scored against the same opposition at Well Hall in November. Four tries for Jake Lloyd, taking the wing beyond 100 scores in Club colours, but most significantly of all, a …
