Last game of league season at Northwich
18-04-2022
Northwich vs. Preston Grasshoppers, Saturday 23rd April, 3pm Fresh from their successful Lancashire Cup Semi Final at Blackburn, Preston Grasshoppers travel into Cheshire for their final League game of the season to play Northwich RUFC for the third meeting between the two clubs. In an end-to-end game at Ramsgreave Drive, as was earlier in the […]
Great support for Good Friday Donny game
18-04-2022
Good Friday, 15th April, saw a superb turnout at Lightfoot Green for a Hoppers vs Fylde U23 game in memory of Hoppers 1st XV Coach Donny Sutherland. Fylde won the game 31-12 but the real winner were the charities chosen to receive the gate and raffle proceeds. Over £2,200 (and rising) was raised to be […]
Jim “Fifi” Melrose Obituary and Funeral Arrangements
14-04-2022
The Club regret to announce the death on Wednesday 13 April 2022 of one of its great stalwarts, Jim “Fifi” Melrose. Jim’s funeral will take place on Friday April 29th, 10:45 at Preston Crematorium, reception at Hoppers afterwards from 12:15. While younger Hoppers may remember Jim as one of the “garrulous old farts” who populate […]
