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Tag Archives: rugby
Community sports clubs cling on in hope of end to lockdown
MARY LITCHFIELD reports on the coronavirus pandemic struggles faced by some of the rugby and cricket clubs in the borough Non-league football clubs had their season abandoned last week, the second successive league campaign scuttled because of coronavirus. But other … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe CC, coronavirus, Covid-19, cricket, rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Two up, two down: Whitgiftians near promotion despite stalling
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Two up, two down. No, not a local estate agent’s description of an over-priced house on a busy Croydon street, but the fate of the local rugby clubs in the season that has all-but-finished, with two enjoying promotion campaigns, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgifitians, Purley-John Fisher, rugby, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
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Purley’s derby day delight as MidWives fail to deliver
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Local derbies galore, a first league win for one club in two years, and a tough first few games have characterised the opening month of the season Purley John Fisher claimed an important win on Saturday, with a … Continue reading
New coach Edwards sends out the call to MidWives
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old Mid-Whitgiftians are already in training to prepare for next season, after the disappointment of relegation last term. For the first time since the leagues began in 1990, MidWives are not competing in the London leagues, having dropped … Continue reading
Warlingham RFC’s first girls’ Rugby 7s, Apr 24
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Whitgift at the double in schools rugby cup quarter-finals
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It’s a red-letter day in the history of Whitgift School rugby next Wednesday, when both their under-15s and under-18s sides will run out on to their South Croydon playing fields to play in the quarter-finals of the national … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Elliot Daly, Marland Yarde, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Old Mid-Whitgiftians, rugby, Sport, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Warlingham, Whitgift School
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All mud and guts on Warlingham rugby girls’ night out
Warlingham rugby club’s new women’s section is going from strength to strength, with a full team squad enjoying a training session at Harlequins’ Stoop ground last weekend – in diabolical weekend weather – before taking seats in the stadium to … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged rugby, rugby union, Sport, Warlingham
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58-year-old Doe dons his boots again in Warlingham win
RUGBY ROUND-UP: If you think Wales or Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squads have it bad with injuries, then spare a thought for local club Warlingham, who rocked up for their latest London 2SW fixture at Basingstoke missing pretty much an … Continue reading
How 4th XV rugby tour was the downfall of Nick Clegg
BELLA BARTOCK went “Up West” last night, for the opening night of a new stage comedy from a Croydon writer who has managed to harness some of the excitement, and a few of the skills, of the Rugby World Cup … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Theatre, Warlingham RFC
Tagged rugby, Theatre, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Warlingham honours England’s Robshaw ahead of World Cup
Warlingham rugby club is to confer on two of its former players the ultimate honour: it is naming the club bar and main hall after them. In the week that former Warlingham junior player Chris Robshaw, the England captain, gets … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Kay Wilson, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, Kay Wilson, rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Warlingham gets ready “to host” Rugby World Cup
Posted in Activities, Rugby Union, Sport
Tagged 2015 Rugby World Cup, Chris Robshaw, rugby, Sport, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Warlingham’s rugby players take to a new stage
Posted in Art, Comedy, Rugby Union, Theatre, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Mayor, My Life As A Hooker, rugby, Theatre, Warlingham
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JLS star adds the X Factor to rugby club’s training session
Warlingham rugby players turning up for pre-season training at Hamsey Green last night quickly noticed a familiar face in the changing room – but one that was more familiar to them from their television screens. Turning up for training at … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged JB Gill, rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Happy hooker looking for volunteers to take to the stage
The Hollywood movie can’t be very far away. First there was the acclaimed book – My Life as a Hooker – by locally based campaign organiser Steven Gauge. A one-man show followed, and now there’s to be a West End … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Theatre, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Liberal Democrats, rugby, Steven Gauge, Warlingham
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Robshaw’s not the star of the latest Warlingham show
STEVEN DOWNES with a review of how the local rugby clubs, and players, have done over the course of the season, with some becoming unlikely stars of the small screen Warlingham RFC could feature on Sky Sports this evening, the … Continue reading
Rugby League season kick-off – Bears v Rhinos, Sat Apr 18
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Tagged Bears RLFC, rugby, Rugby League, Warlingham
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Croydon Harriers sprinter becomes four-try rugby star
Croydon Harriers recently lost one of their biggest talents – physically and metaphorically – to another sport, when British discus record-holder Lawrence Okoye signed up for the San Francisco 49ers American football team. Could they be about to lose another … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Rugby Union, Sport
Tagged athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, rugby, Sport, Track and field, Tyrese Johnson-Fisher
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Pitch Up and Play rugby for girls at Warlingham, Mar 1
Warlingham rugby club’s growing women’s section is hosting a huge “Girls Rugby Pitch Up and Play” event at Hamsey Green on Sunday March 1. More than 140 girls are due to attend the event, which is backed by both the … Continue reading
England captain Robshaw hands it to volunteers like Doe
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Tony Doe, one of the behind-the-scenes mainstays at Warlingham rugby club, had his volunteering efforts recognised this week by the RFU, the governing body of the English game, when he was invited to an England training session at … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Croydon RFC, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, Old Mid-Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, rugby, Sport, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Warlingham
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Streatham-Croydon women’s rugby sessions, from Nov 2
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC
Tagged rugby, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Thornton Heath
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Warlingham look home-sick as they suffer another defeat
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Three games into the league season, and life in London 2SW looks like it could be far from straightforward for Warlingham, who are suffering from a bout of home-sickness, losing at Hamsey Green for the second time in … Continue reading
Crouch kicks Midwives to victory on his return from injury
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old Mid-Whitgiftians welcomed Dan Crouch back into their side after more than a season out through injury, and 10 points from the boot of their fly-half, including a important penalty late in the game, was enough to secure … Continue reading
Warlingham fired up for new season with fresh challenges
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The rugby season gets underway in earnest at 3pm this afternoon with the pick of the fixtures being mighty clash at Hamsey Green between Warlingham and Old Reigatians in London 2SW.
Wilson the wizz gets England into Rugby World Cup final
Another day, another sporting world-beater from Croydon. England will play in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final against Canada in Paris on Sunday, with former Warlingham player, Kay Wilson, being the side’s joint top try-scorer. England beat Ireland 40-7 in … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Kay Wilson, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, Hamsey Green, Kay Wilson, rugby, Sport, Warlingham
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British Lion Richard Hill rugby dinner at Warlingham, Sept 12
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Tagged British Lions, England, rugby, Sport, Warlingham
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