Photos courtesy of Harish Chavda www.dingleimages.com A close match will often hinge on one key moment. In this instance it came in the 72nd minute as Moseley’s Ben Palmer chipped and chased through the centre of the field. As he and Blackheath’s Freddie Owen went in pursuit, the unfortunate fly-half fell awkwardly damaging his lower right leg. The referee, who …
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Jack Kay, who died at his home in Somerset on Friday 3rd September 2021, aged 79. Jack was an award winning Sports Photographer for the Daily Express who covered major sporting events around the world, including several Olympic Games, as well as photographing many global personalities. From …
Basic errors, and a penalty count of 14-7 against, cost Blackheath heavily in a game where they had ample opportunity to nail an opening-day win, two fumbles on the goal-line in the first period and two lost lineouts in the second denying them. In contrast, Cinderford’s set-piece was solid in both departments and allowed them to control large periods of …
Match Squad for tomorrows match away at Moseley
A tight finish with Blackheath coming close to snatching a win that seemed highly unlikely after 45 minutes. To that point Chinnor had been dominant, and had they kicked some of the numerous first half penalties the hosts conceded, would doubtless been further advanced than the 19-0 lead they held. As it was, Max Clementson crashed over on 24 minutes …
Unfortunately, at very short notice, Rosslyn Park have cancelled the return match tomorrow night. We do have a cellar full of beer to be drunk so would love to see you at Well Hall tomorrow regardless!
We were delighted to welcome Sky Sports to Blackheath last week, to film our members announcing the squad for the first test. If you would like to view the video which was shown on Sky Sports and on their social media channels, click the Facebook link below. Blackheath Announce Lions Test Squad The producer, Clare asked this message to be …
A random email to Blackheath Chairman, Rory O’Sullivan resulted in a unique meeting of All Black legend and former Blackheath player, John Gallagher, with a senior representative of New Zealand Rugby at Well Hall last week. Local resident – and hopefully soon to be new Club member – Rob Sewell contacted Rory to ask if he could host a business …
Join us for a three course lunch prior to one (or all!) of the three Lions V South Africa Tests. You can book either a seat or full table of ten by emailing events@blackheathrugby.co.uk or, members can book online via the member’s website. £29 for members and £32 for non-members. We shall of course be showing all of the Lions …
We are delighted to announce that Ed Taylor has been selected as Captain for the coming season. With the new 2021/22 season upon us we have been discussing, reviewing and considering who would take over from Markus Burcham as Captain of Blackheath 1st XV. It was already a difficult task but then a couple of players that were in the …
