Category Archives: Events

On Saturday 8th August 2015 at 12pm Malcolm Crane is holding an event at Lightfoot Green to launch his new book ‘The Rugby Clubs of England’ . The book covers 500 rugby clubs with history from Ambleside to Yarnbury (there is no club beginning with Z), plus a history of English rugby from street football to […]

Friday 19th June saw Hoppers Summer Ball resurrected as the Midsummer Nights Dream Charity Ball with just shy of 200 in attendance at Lightfoot Green. Funds raised on the evening were donated to Christies with Graham Harris and James Mawdsley as guests of honour. Graham and James have both recently undergone treatment for cancer at […]

Last weekend saw Preston Grasshoppers hold its first ever beer festival, HopFest, which ran from Friday to Sunday. The festival proved to be a huge success with over 1,200 people attending across the weekend. The weekend started at 12 noon on Friday with over 250 guests from local businesses meeting to form the Hopper Business […]

This coming weekend sees Preston Grasshoppers host its first ever beer festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival will feature real ales, craft ales and ciders from around the region and beyond! For a full list of the ales and ciders which will be featured at the festival please see our Beers and Ciders pages. […]

Saturday evening saw the 7 senior rugby sides plus 2 Colts sides gather in the clubhouse for the end of season dinner. The evening, hosted by Chairman of Rugby Bill Bailey, was a celebration of all the teams and what they have achieved this season as well as offering a chance to recognise individual contributions […]

Les Anson is 90 years young on Saturday 16 May 2015 and the club is celebrating the birthday boy with an informal lunch in the clubhouse. Whether you played with Les, toured with him or just know him and want to mark his contribution to the club over the years you are most welcome. Lunch […]

The club would like volunteers to help at two upcoming events in April. The first is at the Family Fun Day that is running on Saturday 18th April. Volunteers are needed to help with car parking, selling raffle tickets and generally helping out from 11am until after the 1st XV game with Caldy kicks off […]

With Hoppers Come Dancing less than 3 weeks away we’re delighted to be able to reveal the contestants for 2015. All 6 couples have been in training since Christmas and have been meeting every Sunday to perfect their routines. Tickets for the event which takes place on Saturday 28th March at 7.30pm are selling fast […]

Mini/Junior Sportsman’s Dinner Date: 13 February 2015 Time: 7:00pm Location: Clubhouse ONLY ONE TABLE LEFT  –  CONTACT HUGH DUCKWORTH FOR YOUR TICKETS ASAP   The annual Sportsmans dinner will be held on Friday 13th February this year.  This event is the main fund raising event for the Mini/Junior rugby section. The event also celebrates those […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to announce that the Boxing Day 2014 Testimonial Match has been awarded to Malcolm Alden. Malcolm has recently stepped down as Club President after 4 years in the role and is a well known face at Lightfoot Green. He has been involved at Hoppers for many a year and is […]