Category Archives: Club News

On Friday 7th March, Preston City Council Sports Development team will be hosting its 9th annual Sports Award’s night at Preston Guild Hall. Following last year’s success with the second team being awarded Team Performance of the Year, ‘Hoppers has five different nominees shortlisted for awards. Shortlisted are: Coach of The Year – Chris Johnson […]

The members, staff, coaches and players at Preston Grasshoppers RFC were deeply saddened to hear of the passing away of Sir Tom Finney. We wish to pass on our condolences to the Finney family and all at Preston North End.  Sir Tom was an inspirational figure across the whole of Preston’s sports community and his […]

On Saturday we welcome Mad Science to Lightfoot Green as our main match sponsor for the game with Hull. We managed to catch up with Director Caroline Chesworth to find out more about Mad Science. Tell us a little about Mad Science and what you do….. Mad Science is a multi-award winning science communication business. […]

On Saturday we are pleased to be able to offer a curry buffet from 12.30pm. Anyone who has previously sampled the curry provided by our chef, Allan Nutter, will tell you that he definitely knows how to blend those Indian spices. The buffet is on offer for just £10 per head and is followed by […]

Hoppers 250 Club – January Winners   1st Prize £50 – John Peterson 2nd Prize £25 –  David Roebuck 3rd Prize £15 – Mike Bailey   These are the lucky winners of the January Draw which was made at this week’s Lunch Club. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishment and maintenance […]

Older members will be saddened to hear of the death of Alan Hayton in his 80th year. Alan was a strong supporter of the mini rugby section and served as its Chairman in the 1980’s. The club passes on its condolences to Barbara, who ran the Grasshoppers Nursery School back in Lea, and to Peter, Christine […]

On Saturday the 1st XV take on Luctonians down at Lightfoot Green at 2.30pm. We are pleased to be welcoming Haleys Chartered Accountants as our main match sponsor. Ahead of the game we managed to catch up with Managing Director Tim Haley to ask him some questions about his business but also his rugby playing […]

With demise of the traditional Boxing Day fixture and this season no Lancashire Cup being run, both clubs have been working on the idea of an annual fixture to re-ignite this traditional derby. We are delighted to announce that agreement has been reached to put on an annual fixture at Easter on an alternating home […]

Join us and follow England in the Six Nations at Hoppers! For each England game in the tournament we are looking to provide something a bit extra in addition to having the game on the big screen. Have a look below at what we are offering for each game. Sat 1st Feb  France v England kick […]

World Cup Tickets For those of you who are interested in going to watch England in the world cup next year, the organising committee have provided information about the dates when tickets will be made available. Travelling fan packages have just gone on sale and hospitality packages go on sale on 2 February 2014. Tickets […]