Category Archives: Events

On the 14th September Preston Grasshoppers RFC will be celebrating the start of a 40th season at Lightfoot Green. In celebration the club is holding a reunion lunch for all past and present members of the club to take place before the 1st XV game with Sedgley Park. In an effort to ensure as many former […]

1st XV members Sean Taylor and Ally Murray returned from Germany at the weekend after delivering a very successful rugby camp to the children at Paderborn Garrison. The club received the following email this morning from Germany. ”Thank you so much for what can only be described as an absolute success. Both Sean and Ally […]

This Autumn sees the 40th anniversary of our move to Lightfoot Green from Lea. In that time probably getting on for 2000 players have appeared in one team or another and we still have a significant number of members who appeared at Lea. In this article we take a look back at the playing record […]

Saturday 28 September sees the first of the season’s hugely popular Hoppers Rollers pre match cycle rides.  The unique combination of cycling, rugby and great food involves a morning cycle followed by lunch and then watching the 1st XV host Leicester Lions Meet at 7:30 for breakfast with a start of 8.15am. Lunch is served […]

The 26th Annual General Meeting of the ‘1869’ Club (Hoppers Supporters Club) will be held on Thursday 8th Aug 2013 in the Wiseman Room. The Committee hope all members will make a special effort to attend. If there are any nominations for the Committee or items for the agenda, please let the Secretary have them on 01772 863774 or […]

Hoppers 250 Club – June Winners 1st Prize £50 – W. J. A. Ascroft Leigh 2nd Prize £25 –  J. G. Chesworth 3rd Prize £15 – M. W. Forshaw These are the lucky winners of the May Draw which was made after the AGM. All funds raised will continue to be utilised on refurbishment and maintenance of […]

The coming 2013/14 season sees Preston Grasshoppers RFC begin their 40th campaign at Lightfoot Green following a move from Lea in 1973. The club is grateful to Martin Hothersall and Bob Thompson who have provided a wonderful collection of photos, programmes and press clippings from the inaugural season at Lightfooot Green. You can see them […]

Christian Leali’ifano’s late conversion for Australia ensured that the Lions Test Match Series will come down to Saturday’s game in Sydney. Kick off for the game is at 11am and we will be showing the game in the clubhouse. In addition we will be serving a cooked breakfast from 10am at a cost of £5. To give […]

On Thursday 20th June the Hoppers Business Network hosted an event to launch the 2013/14 rugby season to the local business community.  The event was attended by more than 60 people from a wide variety of local businesses who had the opportunity to network with each other as well as hear about the sponsorship opportunities available […]

Last weekend great progress was made with the cleaning and painting of the changing rooms by a group of volunteers. All the changing rooms were cleaned and prepared for painting. There is still some painting to be done so if you are able to give up a couple of hours this Saturday after the 1st […]