Esher Cardinals 31-39 Club XV After a couple of barren Saturdays following that most entertaining 14 try draw at Barnes, the Club XV were back in league action away to Esher Cardinals. The game played in cold and damp conditions throughout, kicked off an hour before the first team match and playing against a slight slope, Blackheath were quick …
Esher 22 Blackheath 64 A comfortable win in the end for Blackheath, but not without a concerning first 10 mins where the Well Hall-based side seemed to have been unable to shrug off the hangover of the prior week’s result. When the final whistle blew, the home side might feel somewhat aggrieved to have been struck by so many attritional injuries …
The game between the teams sitting fifth and sixth in National League One had one question to be answered: could Blackheath halt the momentum of Plymouth Albion on a six match unbeaten run? The first ten minutes set the scene for the rest of the dull, dank and drizzly afternoon with exchanges of penalties and lineouts for each side. A …
Bandits Extra XV v Bromley 3s 1st February 2025 The men’s social section was able to field two sides for the first time in almost a decade, and the ‘Bandits Extra XV’ welcomed Bromley 3s to the Utilita. A new-look Bandits side featuring two debutants as well as a couple of old friends managed to string together a cohesive …
Bandits vs Old Elthamians 2nd XV, 1 February 2025 The two undefeated leading sides in the Kent Metropolitan league met on Saturday at the Utilita, in what has the potential to be the league-deciding fixture. The day was immensely significant for Blackheath’s social section for two reasons: Bandits and OEs 2nd team have both been scoring heavily in the league …
Going into this game with Blackheath a point ahead of Barnes at the top of the table a win would maintain the status quo for both sides. On a sunny and still afternoon in southwest London, Blackheath were out of the blocks quickly and from broken play opened the scoring with an excellent try from number 8 McLaren Crawford whose …
A tight first period between the fifth- and seventh-placed teams in National League One, but a devastating second from Blackheath, the Club demonstrating huge intensity after the break and scoring four tries in a 20-minute spell to leave the visitors in tatters. Jake Hennessey went across after collecting Tom Ffitch’s long pass out wide, before the same pair got involved …
The A4G pitch at The Rock in Priory Lane ensured this game was never in doubt despite the freeze, and the good-sized crowd who braved the bitter cold were rewarded with a terrific contest between the sides sitting fourth and fifth in National League One. The match would be as tight as the final tally would suggest, with Blackheath holding …
As ever, the annual Anthony Fitzgerald Cup was a huge success. For a change, the Weather Gods were on our side and all that the players and officials had to deal with was a bit of fog, rather than the usual sub zero temperatures and/or horizontal rain. The game itself was a huge tribute to both teams who, despite not …
A fine second half performance from Blackheath giving them to back-to-back home wins to maintain fifth place in National League One prior to the Christmas break, but kept honest by a Stortford side who never gave up and pushed hard to the end. On a damp, blustery December afternoon, Tom Ffitch gave Blackheath a three-point start for not rolling, but …
