Category Archives: Club News

Today saw the end of our final week for age 6-13 rugby camps until our World Cup rugby camp which starts on 24th of August and runs for the full week. This week took a similar theme to last week with rugby games in the morning and team activities during the afternoon. Rugby paintball and […]

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have regrettably had to cancel the next 2 weeks of Summer Camps for ages 14-18 that were due to be Strength and Conditioning Boot Camps. We are however still going to run days on Wednesday 12th August and Wednesday 19th August which will be open to ages 6-16. […]

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be showing all of England’s World Cup warm-up games live at Lightfoot Green. Details of the three games can be seen below. The fixtures should act as a taster ahead of the World Cup as we hope to establish Lightfoot Green as the place to watch the tournament in […]

The Club AGM was held on Thursday 16th July in the clubhouse at Lightfoot Green. The minutes of the meeting are available below as a download. Thank you to secretary Graham Cox for taking the minutes. All existing officers and committee members were re-elected as no new nominations were put forward. AGM Minutes 2015

Over the next three weeks we will be bringing you a new feature to the website which will eventually sit on its own page called ‘All-time Stats’. In this first week we’ll be looking at the players who have made the most league appearances for Preston Grasshoppers 1st XV since records began back in 1987. […]

Friday 19th June saw Hoppers Summer Ball resurrected as the Midsummer Nights Dream Charity Ball with just shy of 200 in attendance at Lightfoot Green. Funds raised on the evening were donated to Christies with Graham Harris and James Mawdsley as guests of honour. Graham and James have both recently undergone treatment for cancer at […]

Last weekend saw Preston Grasshoppers hold its first ever beer festival, HopFest, which ran from Friday to Sunday. The festival proved to be a huge success with over 1,200 people attending across the weekend. The weekend started at 12 noon on Friday with over 250 guests from local businesses meeting to form the Hopper Business […]

The club regret to announce the death of long-time Life Member, ex-First Team Captain, and ex Committee Man in many capacities Bert Shepherd. Bert’s wife Kath who was also a massive contributor to the Hoppers died seven years ago and we extend our condolences on Bert’s death to their daughter Jill. Bert’s funeral will take […]

Hoppers 250 Club – June Winners 1st Prize £60 – Peter Ashcroft 2nd Prize £30 – George Erdozain 3rd Prize £10 – A.E. Cooper 4th Prize £10 – John Leigh The Monthly Draw was made at the recent June Lunch Club. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishment and maintenance of both […]

This coming weekend sees Preston Grasshoppers host its first ever beer festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival will feature real ales, craft ales and ciders from around the region and beyond! For a full list of the ales and ciders which will be featured at the festival please see our Beers and Ciders pages. […]