The Club social side completed the league double over Medway on Saturday at Well Hall, winning 28-15 in conditions which made this game one for the purists. Intermittent showers on top of earlier rain made the going heavy and handling tricky, increasing the pressure on a Blackheath pack with some familiar faces in unfamiliar positions. Matt Jones made his …
Two tries in the third quarter turned this game in favour of the visitors, and gave the West Midlanders a much-needed boost after five successive defeats at the end of 2021. The wet and windy conditions inevitably played their part in the pattern of this contest, with Moseley bombing the Blackheath defence during the opening salvos, but Ollie Claxton in …
Photos courtesy of Edmund Boyden A fine match in tricky, greasy, conditions, with Sale taking maximum points from a sixth successive win to keep up their interest at the top of National League One, while Blackheath have to content themselves with an eighth losing bonus point of the campaign, courtesy of a Freddie Gabbitass penalty on the final whistle. ‘A …
Medway 3rd (Dev) XV vs Blackheath 3rd XV 4 December 2021 The Bandits ran out 7-34 winners on Saturday, against a Medway side sitting third in the table with three wins from their seven games so far. With so many games cancelled or rescheduled for the Club 3s, and points for other teams crying off not having been attributed, the Bandits …
Photos courtesy of Tim Pitfield The best performance of the season to date by far. Against the side who started the day fourth in National League One, and the only team to have beaten leaders Rosslyn Park, who themselves put Blackheath to the sword a fortnight ago, the Club controlled much of this contest before digging deep to hold off …
Photos courtesy of Claire Jeffrey A game dominated from start to finish by Blackheath, but only made secure in the final six minutes. To that point the game remained on a knife-edge, with a stubborn Stortford defence holding the Club at bay, until first Freddie Gabbitass, followed soon after by Jake Hennessey, stepped up to strike from long range and …
Photos courtesy of Claire Jeffrey Fitter, faster, stronger – on this showing, Rosslyn Park are a class above any of the opposition Blackheath have faced to date. On this mild November evening, the Roehampton side ran in nine tries, five before the interval, demonstrating throughout an ability to strike from anywhere, roaring through the slightest defensive chink with skill and …
Photos courtesy of Claire Jeffrey A vastly improved performance from Blackheath saw the Club cross the goal-line six times to claim maximum points from their first-ever league meeting with Taunton, and record only their third victory of the season to date. Not that the omens looked favourable early on. Two scrum penalties, and missed tackles, enabled Titans’ left-wing Shai Bonnick …
Yet another tight climax, and yet again Blackheath finding themselves on the wrong end of the final scoreline. In the 76th minute, Steve Leonard had peeled off the side of a maul to crash over the goal-line, giving the Club the lead for the first time in the contest, Sam Evans striking a decent conversion to extend the advantage to …
Photos courtesy of Claire Jeffrey After five successive defeats to start their season, Albion made it two wins on the bounce, the Devonians emerging victorious in this closely fought contest. In a game played at high tempo and featuring nine tries, Blackheath had left it late to move into the narrowest of leads, only for hooker Jamie Salter to cross …
