Category Archives: Club News
Nick Atack
Preston Grasshoppers RFC is saddened to hear of the death of Nick Atack who passed away on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Nick was a well known name in the North West dance community and ran Dancers with his wife Carol from 1979 until his retirement in 2013. For the last 10 years Dancers […]
Boxing Day 2014 – Maclolm Alden
Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to announce that the Boxing Day 2014 Testimonial Match has been awarded to Malcolm Alden. Malcolm has recently stepped down as Club President after 4 years in the role and is a well known face at Lightfoot Green. He has been involved at Hoppers for many a year and is […]
Bonfire Night Spectacular
Wednesday evening saw another sell out spectacular at Preston Grasshoppers Bonfire Night and Fireworks Display. Photographer Paul Melling who runs Paul Melling Photography was in attendance and took some truly remarkable photos which he has given us permission to use here. Hoppers General Manager Richard Ellis was delighted with the way the evening went, “It is a […]
Thwaites Sponsor Chester Game
On Saturday we welcome Daniel Thwaites Brewery to Lightfoot Green as our main match sponsor for the 1st XV game with Chester. Ahead of the game we caught up with regional sales director and former Hoppers 1st XV captain Steve Kerry to have a chat. Steve also had a long spell as a professional in […]
Senior Teams Round Up
With the season now 2 months old it seems an appropriate time to round up how our senior teams are getting on at Lightfoot Green. National League 2 North The 1st XV have made an inconsistent start to the season with 4 wins from 9 games. A dominant performance against Leicester Lions on the clubs […]
250 Club October Winners
Hoppers 250 Club – October Winners 1st Prize £60 – Sue Hutchins 2nd Prize £30 – Les Harrison 3rd Prize £15 – John Leigh 4th Prize £10 – John Leigh These are the lucky winners of the October Draw which was made at the last Lunch Club event. All funds raised will continue to be […]
Pauline Grayson
It is with sadness and regret that we announce the death of Pauline Grayson at the weekend. Pauline’s son is former Preston Grasshoppers, Waterloo, Northampton and England Fly-Half Paul Grayson. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday 4th November, 2.00pm at Hollinshead Church, Hollinshead St, Chorley, PR7 1EP. We would like to express our deepest […]
Tampering with the Locks
The 1st XV has seen a new combination in the engine room this season with new signing Reece Tomlinson packing down alongside vice-captain Ally Murray. Video Analyst Matt Coleridge sat them down last week to find out how they are getting on.
Men/Women of the Match from 145th Anniversary
With all 7 senior teams from the club playing at Lightfoot Green over the weekend it was decided to award a man or woman of the match from every team. Below is each player pictured with Dave Kay from IBM who presented sponsored the match and presented the awards.
145th Birthday
The above advert appeared 145 years ago on the 30th of October in the Preston Herald newspaper. Who “the insects” played on that day was not recorded, neither in the Minute Book or the Local Newspapers, but was probably a game of two sides made up by the Members. Winkley Meadow was along the side […]