Category Archives: Club News

The Hoppers Community Lottery has been running for a few years now and it has recently helped to fund essential new kitchen equipment. Members can enter for as little as £0.50 per week and can set up a direct debit to pay, or speak to Sean Jackson on match days. 50% of the weekly income is […]

If some of you are suffering from a case of the Hopfest blues, fear not, we can now announce our next beer-tastic event for you to look forward to – Hoptoberfest 2017! On the 7th October we will be hosting the traditional Bierkeller styled event for the second year running, with world class beers, fantastic […]

Hopfest 2017 wouldn’t have been possible without the fantastic work of all the volunteers, and the club is very grateful to everyone who gave up their time to help out. Hoppers relies on the good will of members to help at such events, which provide essential revenue that the club requires to operate successfully. At […]

Following HopFest the club has a limited amount of surplus cask ale in stock and this is available to members to buy by the barrel if you have a party or event over the next few weeks. Available in 9 gallon barrels, they are ready to serve as they are Marstons Fast Cask range. They […]

Around 2000 people enjoyed a fantastic weekend of drinks, entertainment and sunshine at Hopfest 2017, with the event proving to be a big hit with members and the public alike. The popular Hoppers Business Network ‘Friday afternoon session’ kicked the event off and was well attended as always by Preston’s business community. What better way to network […]

Here’s the final update on progress of work on the Minis pitches as part of the Pitch Improvement Programme. Following the earlier work to rotovate, top up and level the pitches, the contractors completed final preparations prior to seeding the playing surface.  The opportunity has been taken to provide an area of hard-standing at the […]

The Hoppers Summer Ball took place last Friday evening and was a huge success, raising £1580 for Billy Woof following his horrific injury in April. A packed clubhouse enjoyed the British Lions themed black tie event which included a 5 course meal, fantastic entertainment by Daniel Sings, and dancing until the early hours. The prize draw helped […]

We write to you all to express our gratitude with regard to the funds you have raised for Dean Puplett’s Journey, since 2012. Since then, with a vast amount of help, similar to that by yourselves, we have raised £170,000 for treatment should it be needed for Dean in the future. However we feel that […]

At the Special General Meeting on Thursday 15th June, 45 members attended to consider the proposal to dispose of land fronting Lightfoot Lane and to consider a potential disposal of land to the rear of Lingala. A detailed presentation was made on behalf of the Management Committee which was followed by a number of questions […]

The 15th June is Britain’s first annual national beer day, so what better time to bring you the news that a new cask ale will make it’s debut at Hopfest 2017? Farm Yard Ales is a quirky little beer factory situated on a family farm in Rural Lancashire, and after years of hard work and preparation they […]