As the September fast approaches, our first home pre-season games of 2023-24 are tomorrow, Saturday 12 August, and we’ve got a double header with Barnes. Don’t forget to bring your 2022-23 membership card or show your 2023-24 membership confirmation email on the gate – £5 entrance fee for non-members. The TVs will also be on, so you can watch the …
Welcome back to National 1 rugby for the 2023/24 season. This season, like all of those before, will be an exciting one for the Club as we return to some old familiar clubs and meet some old friends. In the playing squad we have seen a couple of retirements over the summer, and some players have chosen to stay at …
At the Blackheath Rugby AGM on 4 July 2023, Dr Alan Thompson announced his retirement as President of Blackheath FC and introduced his successor, Rory O’Sullivan, who previously held the position of Chairman. Rory joined the club as a Colt, has played in every men’s club side (captaining a number of teams) and has also coached through the Minis and …
Blackheath Rugby introduces a new monthly ‘Quiz and Games’ night, the first being on Tuesday 12 September. Join us for a quiz, Hoy Bingo and a raffle, whilst raising money for CRY. Entry fee is £5 per person (please bring cash), which includes all of the above. The evening kicks off promptly at 20:00, so please come along from 19:30, …
Pre-season friendlies will inevitably be of more use to coaches, players and officials than the casual observer, and that will apply more than ever in advance of a campaign dominated by discussion of the controversial new tackle law affecting domestic rugby at Level Three and below. Sure enough, this match was punctuated by numerous high tackle calls, as well as …
And so here we are, the first Pre-Season game of 2023-24 is tomorrow, Saturday 12 August, and we’re off to Burry St Edmunds. We’re taking a big squad along, and are playing the match over three 30 min thirds, so game time for a lot of players. The full squad is listed below, with the first fifteen players listed being …
Who’s looking forward to the pre-season games? We’ve got three great games lined up – after our first game, which is away at Bury St Edmunds on 12 August, we will be at home for the following two and are hoping to see a good crowd for both of them: Saturday 19 August – KO 15:00 v Barnes Friday 25 …
Blackheath Rugby is delighted to announce a partnership with Zeeon, a news, content and insights company, who will be providing the platform for our new digital programme in the 2023-24 season. Speaking about the new partnership, James Fleming, Chairman of Blackheath Rugby, says “More and more rugby clubs are moving towards a digital based match day programme and we are …
Theo Dan and Val Rapava-Ruskin, who played for Club Minis and Juniors sections, have both been named in Steve Borthwick’s World Cup training squad. In ‘Talking Rugby Union’, Tim Harmer speaks about the inclusion of Theo Dan, who Tim helped develop during his junior days at Blackheath Rugby, between 2006 and 2016. Referring to the time when Theo was …
The Bandits are the social side of Blackheath Rugby – this season they will be playing in the Kent Metropolitan Leagues, and they welcome players of all levels, regardless of experience. As a social team they include players wanting to learn the game, those wanting just to play with mates, and those aiming to develop and progress to higher teams: …
