Category Archives: Club News

It is now even easier to join the Preston Grasshoppers 250 club. We have teamed up with First Capital Cashflow to introduce a new direct debit system which can be signed up to online. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishing and maintenance of both internal and external facilities at Preston Grasshoppers. […]

On Saturday Simon ‘Moose’ Mulholland will set his bike up in the clubhouse on rollers and cycle for the duration of the game. He will be running a fundraising competition where entrants have to guess the number of calories he will burn over the course of the game. The winner will receive a limited edition […]

Keith ‘Dad’ Brierley has announced his intention to finally hang up his boots on April 20th aged 71 and after 52 seasons. Keith will play his last game on Saturday April 20th against Blackpool against Blackpool 1 after over 2000 games for the club. We caught up with ‘Dad’ ahead of his retirement to get […]

“Club Connect” is an innovative new scheme that benefits your local sports club whereby they receive donations from County Insurance for every insurance policy that is incepted. So if you’re a supporter of the club, and you require either personal or business insurance, then using County Insurance means you’ll get excellent rates and insurance cover […]

Manchester & District Rugby Union Referees Society New Referees– an opportunity! Recruiting referees from our clubs is vital to maintaining the number and quality of our Society referees. These days part of becoming a Society referee includes attending an RFU ELRA (Entry Level Refereeing Award) course. To support the Society our RFU Training Manager has […]

Twitter Preston Grasshoppers RFC has been a member of Twitter since July 2011 and in that time has built up a very impressive following. As of 10th April 2013 the club has 1,943 users following the @RugbyHoppers account which is used to keep people up to date on all the latest goings on at Lightfoot […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to welcome Freshfield to Lightfoot Green tomorrow as the Main Match Sponsor. We caught up with Freshfield Director Michael Gregory ahead of the game. “We’re really looking forward to the game, which we hope will be a great contest especially, with Hoppers buoyed from a fantastic victory over Fylde, which takes them […]

Please can all recipients of trophies from last years players dinners return them ASAP to the office. They are due to go for engraving ahead of this years dinner. We are currently missing 7.

On Thursday 4th April the Lancashire Evening Post ran a story on the front page about the possibility of Preston Grasshoppers RFC selling the current site for housing and moving to a new site. The story contains the following quote from Preston Grasshoppers RFC Chairman, George Erdozain: “At present, the management committee is looking at […]

Hoppers 250 Club – March Winners 1st Prize £50 – Peter Ashcroft 2nd Prize £30 –  Les Anson These are the lucky winners of the March Draw which was made at the monthly Lunch Club last Thursday. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishment and maintenance of both internal and external facilities […]