All sports clubs survive thanks to the hard work of an army of volunteers, and Blackheath Rugby is no exception. Do you know someone who works hard to make sure rugby is played every week? Or is there a volunteer who goes that extra mile to help the Club outside of the playing? Nominate your volunteer of the year now …
Just over six weeks to go until our ‘One Club One Day’ event, and this is the first of the weekly updates we’ll be giving you, each with some details of what’s being planned. Starting at 14:00 (note the updated time), and going on until midnight, the day will start off downstairs, with a BBQ (children eat for free, adults …
Sunday 10th December saw Blackheath Women travelling down to Hove for their 7th match of the season. In very wet weather, the conditions of the pitch got the approval of the officials. Kick off went ahead with Blackheath receiving. However, the sheer level of mud on the pitch proved difficult from the start and lead to a scrum to Blackheath. …
Women’s match report vs Hampstead at The Utilita – 19thNovember 2023 Despite their formidable mauls and swift Fijian offloads, Blackheath Women missed victory at the Utilita. Strong gusts transformed the drizzle into piercing rain, making the lineouts even more challenging. FT: 17-40 Merely a minute into the match, Hampstead earned a penalty within Blackheath’s twenty-two, swiftly adding the first three …
One of the medium term objectives set by the Executive Committee, is to increase the number of home-grown players in the First team squad. This season, we have seen Finley O’Sullivan break into the squad, and Alex Witchell recently passed 25 appearances for the First team. Both of these players started at Blackheath in the Minis and progressed through the …
News for those of you hoping to see some game time at home this weekend – the Club XV match on Saturday has been postponed. Blackheath Women are playing Hampstead on Sunday at The Utilita, so please come along and support them! #blackheathrugby #blackheathfc #club #clubxv
Another hotly contested match took place last Sunday away at Barnes RFC. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be for our team, with the final whistle blowing at 27-25. We kicked off to Barnes on a sunny autumnal afternoon. The quick Barnes team was first to score in the corner but didn’t convert. A Blackheath jackal, quick free-flow play and …
The Club were very pleased to see Blackheath Women 1st XV play their first match of the new season back at Rectory Field on Sunday: Rectory Field was where Blackheath Women’s rugby began over 30 years ago. The team contained a lot of new faces and took some time to gel, but played some high quality and very entertaining rugby. …
Blackheath Women had their first game of the 23/24 season on Sunday 8 October against Medway, at Rectory Field. It was a hotly contested battle between the two teams on a very warm autumnal afternoon. Medway were first to score, but did not make the conversion. Blackheath Women were still in the game, however Medway ran in their second try …
