Category Archives: Junior News
Mini / Junior weekend roundup
This weekend the U7s, U8s and U9s made a successful visit to the Rossendale Festival. The U7s entered 3 teams and came away from their first tournament winning the Bowl final and coming runners-up in the Shield in their age group. The U8s entered 2 teams both losing narrowly to Littleborough teams to finish runners-up in the Cup […]
U16s success in Lancs trials
Following the Lancashire trials, six of the current Preston Grasshoppers U16 team and two from the U15s have been selected to represent Lancashire at U16 this year: Calum Owen, George Pearson, Josh Rawlinson, Arron Reed, Matt Sturgess and Morgan Sword of the U16s will be joined by Sam Dugdale and Kieran Wilkinson of the U15s […]
October Rugby Camps 2014
Preston Grasshoppers’ highly successful Mini/Junior rugby camps will be running again this October Half-Term This is a great opportunity for children to get their rugby fix during half-term. The camps are open to children aged 6-13. The camp will run from October 28th-30th. Children can attend one day for £20 or all three days at a discounted rate […]
Floodlit Cup Returns
The UCLAN Sport Schools U16’s Floodlit Cup makes a welcome return this Wednesday after a years break. The tournament attracts the strongest rugby schools from the North of England with teams travelling from as far away as Newcastle to take part. The opening fixture this Wednesday sees Merchant Taylors take on AKS at 6.15pm at Lightfoot […]
Colts season openers
Both Colts teams were in action last weekend in the opening round of matches in the Raging Bull North West Colts leagues. The Junior Colts travelled to Caldy but came back empty handed, suffering a 12-0 defeat, a dissapointing opener but plenty of opportunity to put things right in the coming weeks. The Senior Colts enjoyed […]
DBS/CRB surgery
Jane Lyth will be at the club on Sunday 7th September trom 1:30pm onwards to complete DBS/CRB applications, both new and renewal. Please would any Mini/Junior coach/manager who may need to complete a DBS application contact Jane to arrange a slot, Jane can be contacted on lyth@talktalk.net As a reminder, people will need their National […]
Mini/Junior Registration
Sunday 31st August is the official start of the Mini/Junior and Youth rugby season this year – Registration day as always is a busy day for the age group Managers so please allow time to complete your registration forms and pay your subscriptions before going out to train. Hoppers teams are always open to new players joining […]
Summer Camp Success
New PGRFC Community Rugby Coach Phil Mills delivered his first Summer Rugby Camp since his appointment to the CRC role in July. The camp was held over three days from 30th July –1st August at the club’s Lightfoot Green ground and saw around 40 youngsters in attendance. Below Phil provides his thoughts on a fun […]
Mills joins up
Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to announce the appointment of Phill Mills as the club’s Community Rugby Coach. Phill joined the club as a player in 2011 and replaces Sean Taylor who departs to Ballymena RFC in Northern Ireland after a successful spell in the role. Phill, who plays hooker in the 1st XV, has […]
Colts seeding published
Seedings for the 2014-15 Raging Bull North West Colts leagues have now been published with both our Junior and Senior Colts being seeded in Division A in their respective competitions. With the changes in format this year, there are now 3 Colts age groups this coming season; Senior, Intermediate and Junior Colts. Hoppers will field sides in […]