Club XV title winners after 42-42 score-fest with Richmond Vikings Some exciting news to share with you all! The Blackheath Club XV has triumphed in their league, securing the two points needed on Saturday with an exciting 42-42 draw against Richmond Vikings. They are the winners of The Shield championship title for the season 2024/5 with a playing record of: …
Bandits 35-51 England Deaf While much of the Club’s attention was on the games in Richmond on Saturday, England men’s and women’s Deaf teams visited Well Hall, where they had been scheduled to play against Wales’s corresponding teams. With Wales unable to fulfil the fixtures, Blackheath were invited to step in. A ‘Barbarians’ Women’s team built around the Club Women, …
Photos: Pamela Kilmister A repeat of the oldest fixture in club rugby is always an event, especially when it’s played a short stroll away from Richmond Green, the venue of the very first meeting between these two clubs in 1864, but this occasion took on a little more significance. For Richmond it was a celebration of their National League One …
Kent Vets Spitfire Shield Final, 13 April 2025 The Buccs claimed a rare piece of silverware on Sunday, winning 38-12 against a combative Vigo side at Maidstone. It was a shaky start, with notional skipper Andy Lock arriving late for kick-off having flown from Budapest that morning, and replacement captain James Pierson dislocating his finger in the first three minutes …
Photos courtesy of Debbie Lloyd A scrappy, error-strewn contest played on a bone-dry Westleigh Park surface, none of which will matter to Leicester Lions who pick up five valuable points to move out of the National League One relegation zone – for the time-being at least. In contrast, for Blackheath, an instantly forgettable afternoon, despite the late try for Jake …
Photos courtesy of Debbie Lloyd A result which moves Blackheath up to fourth place in the National League One table, while at the same time extinguishing any faint hope Rotherham had of stealing the title from current leaders, and likely champions, Richmond. However, more than that for Blackheath, it was a fitting match, played under a bright sunny spring sky, …
The Blackheath Club XV travelled to Chinnor for this rescheduled league game. Played in perfect weather conditions on a firm surface, you could be forgiven for thinking that this was a Basketball score but in a highly entertaining game the Blackheath second team prevailed by just three points in a 17 try contest that ebbed and flowed throughout. On just …
Photo courtesy of Alex Williamson Seven tries from Blackheath at a venue that has seen a fair few sides come unstuck this season. In their first season as high as National League One, Dings Crusaders have found life tough away from home, including a 16-7 loss in the reverse fixture in November, but on their 4G surface at Shaftesbury Park, …
A breathless encounter with an undercurrent of molten lava that threatened to erupt at any moment, but Blackheath holding on to win and consigning Rams to a sixth successive defeat, the Berkshire side having been the early runaway leaders of National League One. The game was played at a frantic pace from the outset and it was Blackheath who struck …
Blackheath vs Hammersmith & Fulham — 9 Mar 2025 A tough day at home for Blackheath Women, turning up with a squad of just 16 players, it was going to be a long 80 minutes. The Club starts with possession but loses it due to a loose pass and a knock-on. The defensive line in midfield isn’t strong enough, and …
