On Saturday 9th July 2022 Blackadders Touch Rugby celebrated their 15th anniversary since the team was first established way back in 2007! And what better way to celebrate than host a touch charity competition in support of Maggie’s a local cancer charity based at the Freeman Hospital. The eight teams were split into two even groups, with the top two from each […]
With just 5 weeks to go before our three day walking challenge from Bamburgh to Tynemouth in order to raise funds for Maggies in Newcastle, we set off on our latest training walk. It is hard to believe that you can walk for 23 miles in North Tyneside and South East Northumberland without walking past a Greggs shop but we managed to […]
On Saturday 12th February a group of us met up to complete a 13.1 mile training walk, in preparation for our big charity walk (100km over 3 days in June). We decided we would tick off the North Tyneside Three Peaks, taking into account the three hills in the area; the sun dial at West Allotment Country Park, the Rising Sun Country […]
Keep up to date with the team’s news Why not check out the our 1st edition of the teams newsletter. Not wanting to spoil all the surprised, but you can check out our end of season awards and learn more about our forthcoming charity competition.
Charity Competition Vests As some of you will know next year marks Blackadder’s 15th Anniversary as a team and to help make it memorable we have decided to hold our very own charity competition on 9th July 2022. Our chosen charity is Maggie’s, a local charity based at the Freeman Hospital, who help support cancer patients and their families during the difficult […]
Blackadder’s Come Home with the Silverware!! On Saturday 30th October, Blackadder’s attended the England Touch Roadshow being hosted by Northallerton Rugby Club and only went and won it! Blackadder’s had two players making their debut and also a player returning to play after a five year break. It was a great competition, letting players try different positions and put everything from practice […]
On Saturday 24th July the Newcastle Ravens hosted the first Northern Pride touch event at Percy Park, where a development Blackadder’s side, led by Cat won the cup. The day began with the team taking on a new opposition in Saxon Crusaders who were quite well drilled and tested the Adders defence and also applied pressure to force a lot of incomplete […]
We can’t think of a better way to start the summer than a touch rugby tournament! Saturday, 17th July 2021, Blackadder’s hosted the O2 Summer Celebration at Rockcliff RFC. Six local teams signed up and everyone got behind the spirit of the day and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, even in the extreme heatwave! After a round robin competition Rockcliff Rangers made it into […]
Blackadders are pleased to announce they are supporting the NHS with these limited edition Rockcliff Adders training tops. 100% of the profits from the tops have been donated to the NHS. These will go perfectly with Stedeen Support the NHS rugby balls.
Hello, If you are interested in purchasing our kit, please use the link above, get your orders in quick! The ordering window closes 1st June.
