The Annual General Meeting, due to be held on 01 July 2025, has been moved to 08 July 2025 due to unforeseen circumstances. A full Notice of Meeting will be sent to members in due course.
Steve Pilbeam
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 …
Peter Bullock
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. …
Stradwick up for the hat-trick
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 …
Top marks for the two Toms!
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 …
Walking Rugby at the Club
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 …
Balders and Stradwick picked for the Barbarians
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 …
Thank you, Dr Thompson!
As always at the end of the season, we say goodbye to players deciding it’s time to hang up their boots, but we don’t often say goodbye to someone who’s hanging up a stethoscope. After almost a quarter of a century with Blackheath Rugby, Dr Alan Thompson is retiring, and we would like to thank him for his dedication to …
Early bird Membership 2025-26
The Club is pleased to offer an Early Bird membership offer this year in our main membership categories. Starting today and ending on 1st July, we are offering savings on this coming season’s membership rates as follows: Category Full Price Early Bird Saving (£) Saving (%) Adult £275 £240 £35 12.7% Adult with One Youth £275 £240 £35 12.7% Adult with Two Youths …
Isabella’s graduation!
The Blackheath Women’s fixture on Sunday 20 April was a memorable one for many reasons, but it will go down in Club history as the day that Isabella Ballantyne become the first female player to play through the age grades and then run on to the pitch with the senior Women. The game against Hackney saw Isabella surrounded by the …