May 2013

Youth Section End of Season CelebrationsPosted by Craig McEachern on Friday 3^rd May 2013, 1:54pm

The youth section held its end of season party and awards ceremony on Sunday 28th April at Hurlingham Park where the trophies were presented to the players by Jason Leonard and the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham Councillor, Belinda Donovan.

It was a fantastic way to end a successful season of the youth section for all the aged group players, parents, coaches and volunteers.

Chairman's Monthly Report - AprilPosted by Craig McEachern on Friday 3^rd May 2013, 1:00pm

As we moved into the final month of our rugby season, only a few fixtures were played throughout the club.

Mark Blyghton’s 1st XV finished off their league campaign with good wins against Chiswick and Grasshoppers, with slight disappointment of loosing to London Nigerians at their ground on an awful wet and windy day. The team finished fourth overall in the London North West Two League, which was a good performance by the team after so many changes in the squad from last season.

HFRFC VETS – RUNNERS UP IN DEAL VETS TOURNAMENTPosted by Craig McEachern on Friday 26^th April 2013, 3:23pm

The Vets Squad

Saturday saw 21 HFRFC Vets, take an early coach down to Deal and Betteshanger RFC, to play in the Man of Kent Veterans Tournament at the former Royal Marine Barracks. Tony Richards had stayed the night before, on the pretext of a romantic weekend and ensured that the Dutch had a very enjoyable, but drunken evening.

The Vets played 5 matches against RC Eemland (Holland) (45-15), Sheppy RFC (25-0), Canterbury RFC (15-0) , Rye RFC (45-0) and finally lost in a hard fought final against Thanet Wanders RFC, by two tries.

Chairman's Monthly Report - MarchPosted by Craig McEachern on Friday 19^th April 2013, 3:00pm

The weather was once again been awful this month and it has caused many fixtures to be cancelled, but luckily we were still able to get some games played.

The 1st XV continued there winning ways in the league by defeating competitive opponents in Harpenden and HAC, with strong defence being the key to winning these games for the Hammers. The HAC game was played mid week under floodlights at the Allianz Park Stadium in Hendon, the new home of Saracens RFC on their new 4G pitch. The watching crowd looked a bit lost amongst 10,000 empty seats, but the match kept everybody warm on a very cold night. It now needs for Hemel Hempstead to slip up in their last few remaining games for any change of Mark Blyghton’s side reaching the second place in the league and going to the play-offs.

Hammers Annual General Meeting 2013Posted by Craig McEachern on Thursday 18^th April 2013, 12:00am

One of the early Hammers AGM's

Dear Member,

The 2013 Annual General Meeting will be held at Low Country, Fulham High St, at 8.00pm on Tuesday 11th June 2013.

Hammers Youths win at Staines Festival!Posted by Craig McEachern on Monday 8^th April 2013, 4:36pm

The Hammers U9’s were winners of the Staines Festival on the Sunday 7th April 2013, having played five and won all five of their games, scoring twenty one tries and conceding only three tries in total. In the final they beat Beaconsfield in a closely contested match.

Well done to all the players and coaches in the U9’s, who have also won the Grasshoppers and Etihad Festivals this season

Chairman's Monthly Report - FebruaryPosted by Craig McEachern on Wednesday 27^th March 2013, 3:00pm

February 2013 has been a good month for club in all sections.

Firstly I must congratulate our 43 Vets players for a very successful tour to Ireland where they not only greatly improved the profile of the club throughout the rugby world in the United Kingdom by raising £45,000 for the injury player’s fund, but by also winning their Stuart Mangan Memorial game against Bective Rangers RFC.

Ladies Win League to Secure Promotion!Posted by Craig McEachern on Monday 25^th March 2013, 10:09pm

The league table as it stands

The Ladies claimed a 0-7 away victory against Romford and Gidea Park to secure an unassailable lead in the standings and in doing so winning the championship with automatic promotion to the league above.

The ladies play Romford again on April 21st in the National Cup final. Here’s hoping for the double!

Former captain Nick Watkins to cycle 350 miles for charityPosted by Craig McEachern on Monday 18^th March 2013, 12:27pm

Club Vice-President and former First Team Captain Nick Watkins will be cycling approximately 350 miles from Paris to London in May/June 2013 to raise funds for the charity Help for Heroes.

In total there will be approximately 250 riders completing the whole ride with planned riders from other groups joining for a final push into London.

Help for Heroes is a charity which aims to raise awareness of their plight and funds to assist our wounded service personnel when they return home, the funds that H4H raise are distributed amongst their own charitable ventures and other charities such as the Royal British Legion.

Chairman's Monthly Report - JanuaryPosted by Craig McEachern on Thursday 21^st February 2013, 3:00pm

January 2012

The winter weather conditions affected the number of games played throughout the club this month, but thankfully the some matches did take place.

Hammers Vets return victorious from Dublin - whilst raising over £45,000 for charity!Posted by Craig McEachern on Monday 18^th February 2013, 9:58pm

Martin Corry taking playing tips from Vets Captain Chris Hunt

The victorious Hammers Vets have returned from Dublin safe and sound, after playing the Legends Curtain Raiser and raising over £45,000 in memory of Stuart Mangan for the RFU Injured Players Foundation, which is a fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to Chris Hunt and the Vets tour committee for organising such a great event for the 44 travelling Hammers and for Chris becoming the first H&F player to be capped; getting a run out for the England Legends team, against the Ireland Legends.