Category: Touch

  • What a year 2022 was!

    The year 2022 was a big year for Blackadders Touch Rugby, which saw the team celebrate their 15th anniversary! To help make it a year to remember the team managed to squeeze in three friendlies, the Newcastle Falcon’s Nuffield Winter League (which ran until June, so not really winter!), four competitions, two female only competitions,…

  •  A TOUCH OF CLASS AT ROCKCLIFF RFC

    Blackadders Touch Rugby are a long established touch team based at Rockcliff Rugby Club. To help celebrate their 15th anniversary as a team they hosted an eight team charity competition on the 9th July, with all profits raised going to the Maggie’s Centre at the Freeman Hospital (www.maggies.org/our-centres/maggies-newcastle/). Touch rugby is a mixed non contact…

  • Bamburgh to Tynemouth – Day 3

    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…

  • #GetintoTouch Newsletter

    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. 

  • Blackadder’s raising funds for Maggie’s Centre

    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…

  • Northallerton Roadshow Champs!!

    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…