A narrow defeat under the Friday Night Lights, at Lady Bay, saw Craig Hammond’s Archers slip to fifth in the early throes of this seasons’ Championship, losing 38-26 to leaders, Ealing Trailfinders. Having won their opening two contests of the season, hopes were high for the season for Nottingham RFC, however, consecutive losses have quelled…
Craig Hammond’s Nottingham Rugby made it two-wins-from-two to start the new Championship season, winning 41-28 in the first game at Lady Bay, against visiting Ampthill. Having played five games in the new-look Premiership Cup prior to the league season beginning, the Archers have certainly hit the ground running, racking up up points and tries galore…
A big win under the ‘Friday Night Lights’ provided some much needed tonic for Craig Hammond’s Nottingham, putting visitors Ampthill to sword, 39-0, in the Greene King IPA Championship. They didn’t have it all their own way though, despite the score-line, the Lady Bay faithful seeing the visitors, now just four points above the Archers…
There was a big win for the Archers on Sunday afternoon, Craig Hammond’s RFU Championship side picking up just their sixth win of what has been a tough campaign. Hosting fourth place Bedford Blues, at Lady Bay, Nottingham pulled out all the stops to go and claim a 26-24 success, and, in doing so, registered…
The Archers are preparing to host ‘100 Games at Lady Bay’ this coming weekend, when they welcome RFU Championship leaders, Ealing Trailfinders. It’ll be the one hundredth game in which Lady Bay has hosted at the ground, since they moved there from Meadow Lane at the beginning of 2015, and current Head Coach, a former…
It was a case of ‘Friday Night Delight’ at Lady Bay this past Friday as Nottingham Rugby look to build some momentum heading into the latter stages of the seasons, and did so with an enthralling, 24-12 Championship Cup victory, against visiting Hartpury University. Victory would see the Archers not only pick up their first…
There’s been a couple of narrow, agonising defeats for Nottingham Rugby Club of late as the Championship side, currently in sixth place, fell to December defeats against Bedford Blues and Jersey Reds. That takes their losing streak to three straight at present as they, weather-permitting, travel to Ampthill on Saturday (17 December), before hosting Coventry…
Nottingham Rugby are third in the Greene King RFU Championship after six games played, the Archers latest victory, their fourth of the season, coming on Friday night at Lady Bay against second bottom Richmond. The home side continued their fine start to the season with an opening try of the evening on fourteen minutes produced…
After a twelve day layoff, Nottingham Rugby are back in action on Friday night under the lights at Lady Bay for a home game against Richmond and a winnable match against opposition from Yorkshire, who are tenth in the twelve team Greene King RFU Championship with just one win and four defeats from their five…
Yesterday I found myself as a late substitute, asked to be part of an all paid for table at Nottingham Racecourse for Construction Day, and an event which was made for mingling with a number of local companies’ bosses swapping business cards with one another. As Editor of Nottingham Sport, I felt pretty useless in…
Nottingham Rugby can go joint top of the table on Friday night should they beat Doncaster Knights at Lady Bay. The side have had a solid start to the RFU Championship season so far and a win could take them level on points with league leaders Jersey and second place Ealing who have a maximum…
London Scottish 10-31 Nottingham (RFU Championship) 10.09.22 Nottingham Rugby started their season with an opening day win at London Scottish to go top of the table in the Greene King Championship. It was the home side who started out of the blocks quickest in a match played at the Richmond Athletic Ground, an early penalty…
Nottingham Rugby Club and local software firm Ideagen are to front up a new partnership as the tech company becomes the team’s premium sponsor. As part of the deal, Ideagen will feature on the shirt of the championship side for the 2022/23 season. Ideagen will also appear on TV screens on matchdays, as well as…
Nottingham Rugby face their second and final friendly of pre-season tonight as they host Cambridge RUFC at the Bay in a 7:45pm kick off under the lights. The club start their Greene King IPA Championship campaign in a fortnight (Sat 10th Sep) at London Scottish and tonight’s match up against National League One (level 3)…
Elite level locally based athletes with ambitions for national and international success have been given vital funding through Rushcliffe Borough Council and their Elite Sports Grant. The Rushcliffe.gov.uk site state that “More elite athletes than ever before from across Rushcliffe have been awarded grant funding to support their efforts in their chosen sport, helping them…
The UK’s biggest elite cycling race the Tour of Britain will pass through Nottinghamshire later this year as well-renowned cyclists from across the globe take on the county’s streets for stage five of the competition. Starting in Central Avenue, West Bridgford, the event will pass iconic locations such as Trent Bridge and Sherwood Forest before…
I’m not denying I’m a fair-weather golfer. I played once in December and scrapped January off completely, a couple of pleasantly dry days in Feb meant I dusted off the clubs again but after the rain I wasn’t prepared to get my feet wet, or muddy… It’s not me… Give me sunshine and hard ground,…
Nottingham 5-26 Doncaster Knights (RFU Championship) 01.04.22 Nottingham were beaten by Doncaster at the Bay last night as the Archers end their disappointing RFU Championship season with a fifteenth defeat in twenty games. The away side took the lead in just seven minutes when Holden went over and doubled their advantage to two scores as…
HRH The Earl of Wessex, President of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA), presented Nottingham Croquet Club with the prestigious Inclusion and Diversity Award at its annual celebration of grassroots sport on Thursday 24th March. For more than 25 years the SRA has been celebrating achievement in sport but this is the first time that…
It was a tough trip to the Channel Islands for Nottingham over the weekend as the green & whites were well beaten in the RFU Championship by the Jersey Reds on Saturday afternoon. The home side ran in eight tries to two (from Brownlie and Poullet) as Nottingham were comprehensively stuffed 48-12 in what was…
