The Bandits league game was called off at the weekend as the opposition was unable to field a side, as the struggles of grassroots rugby but a home friendly was hastily arranged with Belsize Park. Belsize, like Club, seems to be one of the few clubs with strong adult playing numbers as it was their 5th XV, with a smattering …
Bandits Extra XV v Bromley 3s 1st February 2025 The men’s social section was able to field two sides for the first time in almost a decade, and the ‘Bandits Extra XV’ welcomed Bromley 3s to the Utilita. A new-look Bandits side featuring two debutants as well as a couple of old friends managed to string together a cohesive …
Bandits vs Old Elthamians 2nd XV, 1 February 2025 The two undefeated leading sides in the Kent Metropolitan league met on Saturday at the Utilita, in what has the potential to be the league-deciding fixture. The day was immensely significant for Blackheath’s social section for two reasons: Bandits and OEs 2nd team have both been scoring heavily in the league …
It was an exciting weekend for the Men’s section on several fronts, not least the fact that two sides were put out on the same day, as the Bandits were at home to Guys Hospital RFC and the Buccaneers (the Club Vets team) were away to Beckenham Vets. This is an achievement because although the Men’s section is growing in …
Natuonal League Rugby featured Blackheath this week, and interviewed James Shanahan and Russell Ticehurst. To watch the show, click on this link https://youtu.be/ILFlc5duLzE, and details from their social media page can be seen below. _______________________ 🎦 National League Rugby Preview Show | Round 16 After the big freeze impacted our full return, we are back in business this week …
Due to personal circumstances with the factory manufacturing our heritage shirts, there has been a delay to our order, meaning we are likely receive the shirts around mid-January. This gives us an extended period to catch any extra orders, and we will be accepting requests up to 30 November. Details of how to order and pay are on the website …
On Saturday the Bandits were on the road again, this time to play Bromley 3s who sat second in the league at the time. In a testament to both teams bucking the trend of declining numbers across grassroots rugby, they both agreed to have a seven man bench, as opposed to the league standard of three. Given the strong winds, …
Fri 08 Nov: Sidcup 3s 19-34 Blackheath Bandits The Bandits got the weekends rugby underway on Friday night as they made the short trip down the road to play Sidcup 3s. The hosts are well known to the Bandits and are in the league above the Clubs social side. The fixture came about because both teams had a rest weekend …
On Wednesday evening, Tim Brindle was presented with the 2023/24 ‘Volunteer of the Year – Playing Management’ award. Tim wasn’t able to attend the end of season dinner in May, and so we were delighted that Nik Dinning could give him this award at the Bandit’s recent training session. Andy Lock explains why Tim deserves the recognition, below. For those …
The Bandits got their season underway with a resounding win at home against Gravesend 3s in front of a fair sized crowd of the Club faithful who’d come down to support Blackheath’s social players. Perhaps reflecting the broad church that is social rugby, it was literally a game of two halves. Club started the game with what they thought their …
