Category Archives: Club News

Russ Flynn arrived at John O’Groats on Saturday after 958 miles of running and cycling spread over 13 days. Russ was hoping to raise £1,000 for Help For Heroes and at the time of this article on Sunday evening he has so far raised £1227.50 for this great cause. In the video below you can […]

The ever popular Hoppers Rollers Pre-Match Cycle returns on Saturday 30th October. Combining cycling, food, beer and rugby this event always proves a success with those taking part. The plan is to meet at Lightfoot Green at 8.15am for an 8.30am depart. Here’s where to book https://www.pgrfc.co.uk/shop/hoppers-rollers-pre-match-ride-oct-30th-2021/

Russ Flynn is due to arrive in Preston on Saturday, part way through his Land’s End to John O’Groats challenge. In 6 days Russ will have run and cycled approximately 600 km and will have roughly 800km to go. Russ is raising money for Help for Heroes and you can donate at https://www.justgiving.com/Sarah-Flynn3/. For updates on Russ’ progress […]

New PGRFC Community Rugby Coach Phil Mills delivered his first Summer Rugby Camp since his appointment to the CRC role in July. The camp was held over three days from 30th July –1st August at the club’s Lightfoot Green ground and saw around 40 youngsters in attendance. Below Phil provides his thoughts on a fun […]

Preston Grasshoppers and World War One The 4th of August 2014 is the one hundredth anniversary since the beginning of this particularly shocking conflict between Great Britain & Germany. So it’s worth a few words remembering the loss of life together with a sprinkling of good news and decorations reported about just a few of […]

Local insurance brokers County Insurance North West have renewed their innovative ”Club Connect” sponsorship package for the club. For every policy signed via a referral from club members, County make a cashback donation to the club. “Club Connect” is an innovative new scheme that benefits the club whereby we receive donations from County Insurance for every insurance policy […]

Many of these team-mates went to fight in WW1, some returned and some didn’t. The 100th anniversary of Great Britain declaring war on Germany in World War One is approaching on August 4th. Club historian and archivist Mike Forshaw has been hard at work looking back at the Preston Grasshoppers team from that era (pictured above) […]

Hoppers 250 Club – July Winners 1st Prize £60 – John Leigh 2nd Prize £30 – Les Anson 3rd Prize £15 – A J Whittaker 4th Prize £10 – John Peterson These are the lucky winners of the July Draw which was made at this week’s Lunch Club. All funds raised will continue to be […]

1st XV stalwart Russel Flynn is undertaking the challenge of a lifetime to raise money for Help For Heroes. On Monday 4th August Russ will start his challenge of running and cycling from Land’s Ends to John O’Groats. Russ is hoping to cover the 874 mile distance in just 12 days meaning he will need […]

Members are advised that the Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 31st July 2014 at 7.30 p.m in the Clubhouse at Lightfoot Green to receive the accounts for the year May 2013 – April 2014 and to elect the officers of the Club. Nominations for all posts, plus any items of other business, must be […]