With pre-season training starting last night, and as we look towards September, we’re excited to give you the coaching line up that will lead the squad in 2025-26. Familiar faces Vinnie Berrington, Henry Wheadon and Will Davis return, and Tom Stradwick, Head Coach, has added Jon West, David Marshall and Seb Sherwood to the lineup. “I am really excited about …
Welcome to Will and Terrel!
With pre-season just around the corner, we have some more new faces to introduce you to at Blackheath Rugby — Will Burns and Terrel Harry. Previously playing down under for Southern Districts , Will is keen to get started and says “After being overseas for the past three years, joining a club with the history and ambition of Blackheath felt …
Welcome to William, Dylan and Teddy!
Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome William Jameson, Dylan Coetzee, Teddy Gibbons. Coming from Cardiff RFC and Pontypridd RFC, Will is keen to get started and says “I’m really excited to be joining Blackheath, not only because it’s a club with a rich and historic background, but also because, after speaking with Strads, it’s clear there’s a real drive within …
Welcome to Archie, Darragh and Sam!
Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Archie Bourne, Darragh Walsh, Sam Westmacott to the Club. Archie, who’s previous club was Chinnor, says he can’t wait to join “I’m really looking forward to joining and getting stuck into a competitive, ambitious environment with a great group of lads”. Tom Stradwick, Head Coach, is equally enthusiastic “Archie is an extremely powerful ball …
Men’s Section – More than a Game
Friday evening saw the men’s social section out at Blackheath Halls for a production of Grease. The unusual sight of 30 players and partners at a musical was in support of Alex Laurenti, theatre student and player for the section. Laurenti stars as Danny Zuccho in Grease Laurenti, a former Leicester Tigers academy player, won the newcomer of the year …
Welcome to Alex, Charlie and Joji
Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Alex Wainwright, Charlie Briers and Joji Logavatu to the Club. Coming from Loughborough University, Alex is keen to get started and says “I’m excited to be part of a new team, and play for a club with so much history”. Tom Stradwick, Head Coach at Blackheath Rugby, thinks Alex will be a great addition …
Welcome to Archie, Ed and Luke!
Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Archie Smeaton, Ed Scragg, Luke Pollock to the Club. Archie, who’s previous club was Doncaster Knights, says he can’t wait to start “I’m excited to be joining Blackheath, it’s a successful club with an amazing history. I can’t wait to get started and see what we can achieve next season.”. Tom Stradwick is equally …
Welcome to Alex, Ed and Sam!
With pre-season training just around the corner, we are delighted to start introducing some new faces at Blackheath Rugby, starting with Alex Earnshaw, Ed Dunford and Sam Morely, who are all are looking forward to joining the Club. Telling us about Alex, who joins us from Bury St Edmunds, Blackheath Rugby’s Head Coach Tom Stradwick says “We are very excited …
JBK Williams
Blackheath rugby offers its sympathies to the family, in particular his daughter Jessica, and friends of John (JBK) Williams, who died on 10 May 2025. Born on 4 June 1943, John was educated at Milton Abbey school in Dorset from 1957-1962. He was an excellent all round sportsman, but excelling at both cricket and hockey (where he represented the school) …
Thank you, and goodbye!
We’re all looking forward to the new season, but before we completely say goodbye to the old one, we’d like to thank those players that have been such an important part of the Club in 2024-25. Tom Baldwin, Markus Burcham, Oli Burgess, George Daly, Jack Daly, Mike Etete, Tom Everard, Leo Fielding, Paul Schroter, Auguy Slowik and Ollie Walliker — …