Category Archives: Junior News

At the Boxing Day Charity Testimonial for Chris Johnson we raised over £1300 for Chris’ chosen charity; Guide Dogs for the Blind. Hoppers Mini/Junior Chairman Hugh Duckworth had the pleasure to hand over the cheque to representatives of the charity who visited the club on Sunday morning.  Dave and Julie Oliver and Julie’s dog Queenie accepted the […]

The club was packed out this weekend as the Minis hosted local rivals Fylde this weekend while the Junior teams were all in Lancashire Junior Challenge action The Under 6s had a great turnout following the festive break. All were raring to go and show the Coaches they hadn’t forgotten their skills. Parents and players […]

Sale Sharks U18s kick-off their Academy league campaign on Saturday with a home game against Newcastle Falcons at Carrington (2:00pm KO) and there are five Hoppers Juniors in the squad. U17 duo Kieran Wilkinson and Sam Dugdale along with U18s Calum Owen and Aaron Reed have kept their places in the squad from last season […]

The final Sunday of 2016 saw the Minis away at both Southport and Tarleton, with the Junior sides involved in Lancashire Cup action. The Under 6s had a Festive training session this week, both coaches and players! A superb focused training session to end the year. U6s also sang Happy Birthday to Karl (one of […]

Chef Allan Nutter celebrated his 65th birthday this weekend. Despite his attempts to keep it quiet, Allan was surprised to be presented with a birthday cake on Sunday and the whole clubhouse joined together in a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday. Many congratulations to Allan from every one at the club.

The Minis hosted Kendal this weekend and some of the Junior teams were also in action. There was a great turnout once again for the Under 6s, still welcoming new players and developing skills with a view to next season where they will start playing teams from other clubs. Hoppers U7s welcomed 8 players from […]

Boxing Day will see the Charity Testimonial game between two teams of Hoppers ex Junior and Colts players in celebration of long serving Mini/Junior and Colts coach Chris Johnson. Chris has been granted the testimonial in recognition of his contribution to Mini, Junior and Colts rugby at Hoppers over the last 20 years.  Teams that Chris […]

With Minis teams away at Waterloo and Junior teams in cup action, the season is now in full swing! The Under 7s had a squad of 11 at Waterloo, a great turn out! With 3 games running simultaneously, all players got plenty of rugby!  Waterloo were strong but Hoppers held a good defensive line and […]

The Minis entertained local rivals Vale of Lune this weekend with most of our Junior teams in Lancashire cup action again. The Under 7s had a great time playing Tag on Sunday against Vale of Lune. Lots of super skills on show with great support for both sides. At Under 8s, Vale brought 2 teams […]

The Minis hosted Blackburn in another busy weekend at Hoppers. There was a great turnout by the Under 6s this week at Tulketh with 22 children. All got involved in learning new skills from great family coaches. The Under 7s were also at Tulketh and hosted Blackburn. The Under 8s faced Blackburn at Hoppers, displaying […]