Category Archives: Club News

Preston Grasshoppers will  be hosting touch rugby sessions on Moor Park from next Thursday, 14th June at 7pm. Everyone is welcome so whether you have been playing the game for years in the 5th team or have never played before come and join in! Think of it is a great way to stay in shape […]

The Preston Sky Ride is only a few weeks away on Sunday 17th June and the club are hoping to support the event. It is suggested that anybody who takes part in the event wears some form of Preston Grasshoppers clothing so it is easily seen that the club are fully behind the event. If […]

The club have received the following email asking for help from the Preston Pirates BMX club to win £5000 worth of funding. Please take some time to vote and support another Preston based community sports club. VERY IMPORTANT HELP NEEDED RE Preston Pirates BMX club Nicki Todd, the club secretary is continually working to gain […]

This season Preston Grasshoppers’ Community Coach, Kai Burns, has as usual been busy in the local schools and, over February and March organised a Schools’ Development League for year 8 students. Participating schools were: Archbishop Temple, Ashton, Broughton, Corpus Christi and Our Ladies. In a close finish, Archbishop just pipped Broughton to win the tournament. […]

Bar manager Rich Morton is running the following promotion during England’s Euro 2012 campaign. Why not join us at Hoppers and watch the games on the big screen.

Rugby Football Union A Paper for Preston Grasshoppers RFC   Governance and other issues Who we are Preston Grasshoppers was founded in 1869. We play in National League 2 North (Level 4). We have only been out of the National Leagues for one season, gaining promotion the season we were out.

The 1st XV squad returned from their Isle of Man tour yesterday a few weeks after the 4th, 5th and 6th XV party visited the same island. This prompted long time club member and stroller Martin Hothersall to get in touch with some photos from a 1985 tour that the then 4th XV undertook. See […]

When sports mad Kansas business man, Richard Lund, found himself with free time at the end of recent business trip, his English colleagues had no doubt about what he should do. Try out the renowned pre-match Hoppers Hospitality he was told and that’s how he ended up as guest of Tim Jones in a group […]

John Haslam It is with regret that we announce the death of long-term club member John Haslam after a short battle against cancer. John was an active squash member for many years, a great supporter of the First XV and a regular visitor to the bar. The funeral will be held next Tuesday, 15th May at St Andrew’s […]

Bank holiday weekend saw 5 Hoppers of recent years in Premiership action. Steve Diamond at Sale announced a squad that featured 23 England qualified players. This included 4 former Hoppers players with prop Lee Imiolek, flanker Will Bordill, fly half Tommy Bell and wing Tom Brady all starting the game against Harlequins. Sale lost 24-10 to the […]