Category Archives: Club News

Please see the message below from fantastic club sponsors The County Group regarding their Club Connect scheme. Use our Club Connect scheme and help fund the Grasshoppers for every policy taken out….. The County Group are delighted to be entering the 3rd year of sponsorship of Preston Grasshoppers and the partnership continues to go from […]

This weekend’s match sponsors are Hosokawa Micron Ltd, a member of the Hosokawa Micron Group, a world leader in providing process solutions in the fields of powder and particle and blown film technologies. Hosokawa Micron is a specialist engineering company delivering a total engineering solution in powder processing equipment and systems and is a recognised leader […]

Following a review of rugby operations at the club with a view to planning for the 2017/18 season, there will be some changes to the Rugby Management and Coaching Staff at the end of the current season. Current Director of Rugby, Alan Holmes, and current Head Coach, Garth Dew, will be relinquishing their roles at […]

The ‘1869’ Club Committee are planning a coach to the 1st team away match at Sheffield Tigers on Sat 11th Mar 2017. This of course is a crucial match for the 1st team and I know they would appreciate our support.  A good turnout will be required for this coach to run due to the distance and […]

The Main Match sponsor for this Saturday’s game v Leicester Lions is one of the Club’s main sponsors, the Marcus Worthington Group, who have had a long association with Grasshoppers and were the contractors responsible for the development of the extended Dooley Suite and addition of the Wiseman Room in 1999. Established over the last three decades […]

Friday night saw the Annual Sportsman’s Dinner in aid of the Mini/Junior rugby section, the event was again well supported with over 200 people attending. MC Malcolm Lord and Special Guest speaker, England World Cup Winner, Neil Back entertained the audience. Neil also presented the Knee High to a Grasshopper Awards to five Junior players […]

This weekend’s match sponsors are our brewery suppliers Marstons Beer Company, part of one of the country’s top pub businesses and the leading brewer of premium cask and bottled beers. They operate five breweries producing over 60 of the country’s best loved ales at sites in: Burton on Trent (Marston’s), Oxfordshire (Wychwood & Brakspear), Cumbria (Jennings), […]

This weekend we welcome Affinity Packaging as the main match sponsor. Chris Dew, director of the company and father of current head coach Garth Dew, told us a little bit about the business and his thoughts on the game. 1. Who are Affinity Packaging and what services and products do you offer? Affinity Packaging is […]

This Saturday Shona from behind the bar will be having her hair cut live in the Dooley Suite to raise money for the project detailed below. If you can support this cause then that would be fantastic. Shona said; ”In March 2017 I will be taking part in a three month placement in Nicaragua. I will […]

On the 16th January 2017, Preston Grasshoppers welcomed England Rugby head coach Eddie Jones to Lightfoot Green to officially launch the RFU’s artificial grass pitch. If you missed the event then check out the highlights video by Sun Dry. The event drew a large crowd of members, sponsors and the general public, and was covered by […]