Category Archives: Club News
Lancashire Community Club of the Year
On Friday night the 2014 Lancashire Sports Awards took place at the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool with 8 awards up for grabs. The club was nominated in the Community Club of the Year category after winning the same award at the Preston Sports Awards last year. John Powell had won the ‘Service to Sport’ award […]
Lancashire Sports Awards
Preston Grasshoppers RFC head to the 2014 Lancashire Sports Awards in Blackpool on Friday night after being nominated for the Community Club of the Year. The nomination comes as a result of the club winning the same award at the Preston Sports Awards last year, hence the awards being called the 2014 Lancashire Sports Awards. The […]
Sportsman’s Dinner
Mini/Junior Sportsman’s Dinner Date: 13 February 2015 Time: 7:00pm Location: Clubhouse ONLY ONE TABLE LEFT – CONTACT HUGH DUCKWORTH FOR YOUR TICKETS ASAP The annual Sportsmans dinner will be held on Friday 13th February this year. This event is the main fund raising event for the Mini/Junior rugby section. The event also celebrates those […]
250 Club December
Hoppers 250 Club – December Winners 1st Prize £60 – Les Anson 2nd Prize £30 – Mike Forshaw 3rd Prize £15 – Audrey Ashworth 4th Prize £10 – Les Harrison Four 1869 Club Members swept the board as winners of the delayed December Draw which was made in the Dooley Suite after last Saturday’s game […]
Digital Archives Updated
Since October 2013 club archivist and historian Mike Forshaw has been working tirelessly in conjunction with a member of the Preston Digital Archive to catalog and as many of the clubs old photographs, press clippings and documents as possible. Items are continually being added to the collection which can be viewed in full at the […]
Dean Puplett Appeal Update
Preston Grasshoppers RFC has to date helped The Dean Puplett Appeal by raising £2,674.64. The latest addition to the total is money collected by the two boys at the recent ‘Brasshoppers’ event and the collection pots in the Bar areas. Dean’s family thanks everyone who has made donations, the ‘Collectors’ and appreciates all the amounts given at www.justgiving.com/DeanPuplettAppeal.
Top 5 Stories of 2014
With 2014 drawing to a close we thought we’d take this opportunity to look back at the year on the website and bring you the most popular stories from the year. 5. Hull Preview (991 views) – 1st September At number 5 is the preview of the opening game of the 2014/15 season which saw […]
Christmas Opening Hours
The Wainwright Bar opening times over Christmas and New Year are as follows. Wed 24th Christmas Eve Noon – 11.30pm Thu 25th Christmas Day Noon – 3pm Friday 26th Boxing Day Noon – Midnight Sat 27th Noon – 12.30am Sun 28th Noon – 10.30pm Mon 29th 4pm – 11pm Tue 30th 4pm – 11pm Wed […]
Malcolm Alden’s Ultimate XV
Ahead of his testimonial on Boxing Day we have asked Malcolm to put together an ‘Ultimate XV’ of players he has played with and coached in his time at Preston Grasshoppers. The words below are written by Malcolm. 1) Brent Horton – Around 5’8″ (in real money) whichever way one viewed him. An unmovable limpet, […]
Preston Brasshoppers Carols
‘Preston Brasshoppers’ return by popular demand on Saturday and will be performing Christmas Carols in the bar following the 1st XV game with Otley. The ‘Brasshoppers’ are made up of Hoppers members and it’s reported that they have met in secret to rehearse ahead of Saturday but this has yet to be confirmed. They will be […]