Category Archives: Club News

On Saturday we welcome Harrison Drury to Lightfoot Green as our main match sponsor for the 1st XV game with Broadstreet. ”Harrison Drury are award-winning solicitors with a unique approach that centres on making it possible for our clients. We look at every situation with a client hat on. We listen, we understand and we […]

The video below was shot and edited by club member John Potter. John is a cameraman and video editor by profession and kindly offered to put the following video together. Themed around the phrase ‘Once a Hopper, Always a Hopper’ we believe that John has beautifully captured the soul of our club and what makes it […]

Hoppers 250 Club – August Winners 1st Prize £60 – Paul Carroll 2nd Prize £30 – Les Harrison 3rd Prize £15 – Mike Bailey 4th Prize £10 – Catherine Forshaw These are the lucky winners of the July Draw which was made at the last Lunch Club event. All funds raised will continue to be […]

The club has now received its allocation of tickets for the Twickenham fixtures listed at the bottom of this post. Applications for tickets are now invited from all club members for the six Nations home internationals. Applications should be received by 30th September 2014 together with full payment. In the event of over subscription Vice […]

The 2014-15 season represents the 145th anniversary of Preston Grasshoppers being formed. To celebrate the club has put together a bumper weekend of rugby to mark the occasion. Starting on Friday 24th October the 2nd XV will host Fylde under floodlights in the Bateman BMW Premier League. Entry to the game is free, there will […]

A shortage in tall rugby players has prompted Preston Grasshoppers to launch a recruitment drive to attract potential team members that will be 6ft 4ins or over. The initiative called ‘When I’m 6ft 4ins, aims to bring in potential players to compete for second row forward position with club’s first and second teams. Gareth Dyer, […]

As the Christmas season approaches many of you will be planning and booking your Christmas celebrations. Whether it’s an office party or a gathering of friends and family, we would like to cater for you here at Lightfoot Green. Christmas Party On Friday December 5th we will be hosting a Christmas Party Night with a 3 […]

Pre-Season Gathers Pace. New Gym Facility already providing a return on investment. With the first pre-season fixtures taking place this weekend, the senior squad have been working hard throughout the summer in preparation for the new season. A revised approach under new Head Coach Garth Dew and his coaching team has been well received and as […]

Those that have visited the website recently or follow us on social media will be aware that on Saturday club stalwart Russ Flynn completed his Land’s End to John O’Groats Challenge. This involved running and cycling a distance of 958 miles whilst ascending a total of 46,576ft of hills and mountains in just 13 days. Russ has […]

Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets set to go on sale On September 12th tickets to RWC 2015 will go on sale and up to one million tickets will be made available to 48 matches taking place all over England and Cardiff. Demand for tickets is expected to be extremely high with prices starting from just […]