Last year as a team we decided to raise funds for the Maggie’s Newcastle at the Freeman hospital, and we set off with the target to raise £5k, through a wide range of activities from bake sales, raffles to bonus balls and 100km sponsored walk, wearing our custom designed charity vests. To help draw the celebrations to a close, we finished by […]
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The final day was here, we started the same as the day before, fairly early but thing too crazy. We were sadly another 2 down with injuries from the day before, hopefully they will be back to normal soon. We went back to the finishing point from the day before, we back tracked a bit and headed back through Cambois. There was […]
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After a full day of walking, we all woke to a fabulous cooked breakfast at the hotel. Sadly one of the members had to stop walking due to an injury. So sadly we have to move on one person down, but we hope to have them back to training soon. We started just after 9, knowing we had less of a distance […]
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So it began, day one of the walk for Maggies. We started at 0800, leaving our respective homes at least an hour before that. We started at the foot of Bamburgh castle and started the walk south. Full of energy and excitement for the weekend to come. We snaked our way down the coast, making sure to take in the stunning scenery […]
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Today saw the return leg of a set of friendlies in Rockcliff, with Catterick and Stockton making the trip up north. We started the weekend with beautiful sunshine and clear skies, I’m not sure many believed us when we said this was standard on the North East coast… I think they might have been before. The first game saw a tense game […]
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Where else would you want to be on your first wedding anniversary than with your touch rugby family rather than your loving husband !! That’s exactly where Cat, one of the founder members of Blackadders touch rugby team chose to spend the first 6 hours of her Saturday before being swept away later for a lovely meal with Steven. Todays walk began […]
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As part of our preperation for our big charity walk in the summer, we decided to put some miles in again to get us prepared for the challenge in the summer. Today (06/03/22) we went from Wylam to Newcastle and back again, travelling along the Tyne river. Making sure to get the excellent views in, as well as the less excellent ones […]
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