Category Archives: Club News

Hoppers 250 Club – November Winners 1st Prize £60 – Jim Moore 2nd Prize £30 – Jim Moore 3rd Prize £15 – Mike Bailey 4th Prize £10 – Dorothy Fletcher These are the lucky winners of the November Draw which was made at the last Lunch Club event. All funds raised will continue to be […]

Regulars at Lightfoot Green will have noticed the return of a familiar face to the club in recent months. James Mawdsley has been helping 1st XV Strength and Conditioning Coaches Dave Perry and Alex Zavallis-Roebuck put the players through their paces. James, a former Mini/Junior at the club who has played 1st XV rugby in recent years, has been […]

Kai Burns will be delivering a ‘Keeping Your Boots On’ session in the Dooley Suite on Thursday 27th November at 9PM. ‘Keeping Your Boots On’ is a campaign to encourage players to keep their boots on and take their experience of rugby into coaching and refereeing, as England Rugby try to increase the number of […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC has teamed up with kit provider Kukri to launch a new online shop. http://www.teamshopbuilder.co.uk/prestongrasshoppersrfc Stock items, embroidered with a Hoppers logo are available with an approximate 4 week lead time. 1st XV replica shirts can be ordered too and also have a 4 week lead time. Orders placed this week will be delivered before […]

Former Preston Grasshoppers Mini/Junior Mike Haley starts again for Sale Sharks against Harlequins tomorrow in what will be his fifth appearance of the season. The game is being shown on BT Sport with kick off at 7.45PM. We will have the game live in the Wainwright Bar with food available to buy so get down […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is saddened to hear of the death of Nick Atack who passed away on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Nick was a well known name in the North West dance community and ran Dancers with his wife Carol from 1979 until his retirement in 2013. For the last 10 years Dancers […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to announce that the Boxing Day 2014 Testimonial Match has been awarded to Malcolm Alden. Malcolm has recently stepped down as Club President after 4 years in the role and is a well known face at Lightfoot Green. He has been involved at Hoppers for many a year and is […]

Wednesday evening saw another sell out spectacular at Preston Grasshoppers Bonfire Night and Fireworks Display. Photographer Paul Melling who runs Paul Melling Photography was in attendance and took some truly remarkable photos which he has given us permission to use here. Hoppers General Manager Richard Ellis was delighted with the way the evening went, “It is a […]

On Saturday we welcome Daniel Thwaites Brewery to Lightfoot Green as our main match sponsor for the 1st XV game with Chester. Ahead of the game we caught up with regional sales director and former Hoppers 1st XV captain Steve Kerry to have a chat. Steve also had a long spell as a professional in […]

With the season now 2 months old it seems an appropriate time to round up how our senior teams are getting on at Lightfoot Green. National League 2 North The 1st XV have made an inconsistent start to the season with 4 wins from 9 games. A dominant performance against Leicester Lions on the clubs […]