Given the awful weather for much of the week leading up to this match you might have wondered what kind of fare the good crowd at The Utilita might have expected. That the weather was warm, dry and sunny with little breeze helped both sides to serve up a bit of a treat. A 12 try match with both sides …
The Blackheath Rugby 1st XV travels to Devon tomorrow to play Plymouth Albion KO 15:00, and the Club XV are at home against Ampthill 1881 XV, KO 14:00. Here are your squads. FIRST XV 15 HENNESSEY, Jake 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 TUCKER, Shae 12 BURCHAM, Markus (VC) 11 FIELDING, Leo 10 DALRYMPLE, Matt 9 DALY, Jack 1 HOLLAND, Archie 2 …
We may have had the World Cup to keep us entertained over the last couple of weekends, but who’s missing the real rugby? After a couple of rest weekends, rugby’s back! On Saturday 4 November, in Round 8 of National One, the 1st XV take to the road to play Plymouth Albion at Brickfields Recreation Ground, kicking off at 15:00 …
Get your diaries out for ‘The Big Match’ against Richmond on 11 November Blackheath and Richmond have a long and rich history, and both were founding members of the Rugby Football Union. On 4 December 1870, Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times suggesting that “those who play the rugby-type game should …
Blackheath Rugby takes to the road tomorrow with a double header at Chinnor. Details of the ground can be found further down the page. Here are your squads: 1st XV 15 DALRYMPLE, Matt 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 HENNESSEY, Jake 12 HILL, Sam (VC) 11 ARMSTRONG, Matt 10 FFITCH, Tom 9 DALY, Jack 1 DAVIS, Will 2 WALLIKER, Ollie 3 OWLETT, …
Round seven of National One, and we’re away to Chinnor. We hope to see a lot of you making the journey to Oxfordshire to watch the match, which kicks off at 15:00, but if you aren’t going to Rectory Pavilion we can highly recommend our Twitter/X feed @blackheath_1858, as our Tweeter Extraordinaire will be giving you updates as they happen. …
We have a double header at The Utilita tomorrow with the 1st XV playing Cinderford and the Club XV up against Barnes 2s. Tickets are £15, and can be bought on the gate or in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Thank you to our match day sponsors, Kicking Goat. Both the 1st XV and Club XV are kicking off at 14:30 and …
On to round six of National One, and we’re welcoming Cinderford through the gates on Saturday, with the 1st XV kicking off at 14:30. The Club XV will also be playing at home, with a 14:30 KO against Barnes 2s. Tickets can be bought on the gate, or online in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Don’t forget that we will have have …
On to round four of National One, and we’re welcoming DMP through the gates on Saturday, with the 1st XV kicking off at 15:00. The Club XV will also be playing at home, with a 13:00 KO against Richmond 2s. Tickets can be bought on the gate, or online in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Don’t forget that we will have have …
Our opposition, Wimbledon, called off on Tuesday night but the Club XV were pleased to pick up an away fixture at Bournville, a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury’s chocolate factory, and interestingly where the sale of alcohol was prohibited. With an early start travelling with the …
