Category Archives: Events

With the festive season approaching, we’ve got some news for members and spectators about what to expect at Lightfoot Green. Pre-Match Hospitality Hospitality at the 1st XV game with Sedgley Park on Saturday 19th December is now sold out but there is still availability for the game with Leicester Lions on Saturday 5th December. For […]

September 25th saw the Preston Grasshoppers Women’s Team, in conjunction with Sarah Fox and Sarah Harris, host a Macmillan Coffee morning in support of team mate Sally Watson who is currently fighting bowel cancer. The morning was a huge success and with other events and donations taken into account the ‘Kick Cancer in the Bum’ campaign […]

Once again we will be running our biggest fundraiser of the year, the annual bonfire night and fireworks display on Thursday, November 5th. We need volunteers to help run a safe event for the public and to help raise funds for the club. All volunteers will receive • A free family ticket for the event […]

Saturday 26th September – Tag Festival To celebrate the start of the Rugby World Cup, Hoppers Mini/Juniors are holding a Tag Rugby Festival, open to 6 to 12 year olds, on Saturday 26th September. To enter a team (no experience necessary) contact the office or our Community Rugby Coach, Sean Taylor. Take part in the […]

It’s nearly here! The 2015 Rugby World Cup which takes place in England throughout September and October is now less than two weeks away. We’re delighted to announce that we will be showing all of England’s group games as well as the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final live in HD in the Dooley Suite at Lightfoot […]

Friday 28th August saw the end of the Rugby World Cup Camp and the end of the Hoppers Summer Camps after 5 successful weeks. In the final week, the kids were placed into four World Cup teams; England, Ireland, Wales and New Zealand. They took part in the regular camp activities that have run all […]

The Fylde Coast Rugby Ultra will take place on Saturday 22nd August 2015. It is a 35-mile personal challenge and involves me running from Preston Grasshoppers RFC to Fylde RFC negotiating Thornton Cleveleys, Fleetwood and Blackpool Rugby Club’s on route. The challenge combines my love of rugby and running with the memories of playing rugby […]

Today saw the end of our final week for age 6-13 rugby camps until our World Cup rugby camp which starts on 24th of August and runs for the full week. This week took a similar theme to last week with rugby games in the morning and team activities during the afternoon. Rugby paintball and […]

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have regrettably had to cancel the next 2 weeks of Summer Camps for ages 14-18 that were due to be Strength and Conditioning Boot Camps. We are however still going to run days on Wednesday 12th August and Wednesday 19th August which will be open to ages 6-16. […]

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be showing all of England’s World Cup warm-up games live at Lightfoot Green. Details of the three games can be seen below. The fixtures should act as a taster ahead of the World Cup as we hope to establish Lightfoot Green as the place to watch the tournament in […]