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It is with sadness Blaydon RFC announce the loss of Tom Bullerwell 1918-2018

07/03/18

Tom passed away on 5th March 2018 just 8 weeks after celebrating his 100th Birthday.

Tom was the last surviving member of the undefeated Blaydon side of 1945//46 playing alongside Tim Forbes, Panky Holliday, Roger Kirkup and Kiwi International Cricketer Martin Donnelly.

Tom was born in Rowlands Gill and served in the 8th Army in World War 2 being awarded the Military Medal in 1945

After serving in World War 2 Tom lived in Kenya for a short while before returning to this country and living in Bedford where he became an active member of Bedford Blues and supported the team until the last few years.

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The thoughts of Blaydon Rugby club are with his son Ian and family

A Grand Old Man whose last attendance at Blaydon was the opening of the New Clubhouse in 1996.

Jim Huxley

Sat 3rd March – All Blaydon games off due to adverse weather

02/03/18

All games home and away, including the 1st Team game against Huddersfield have been postponed.

Bar will be open and showing:

Rugby – Exeter v Saracens
Football – Liverpool v Newcastle

Huddersfield game will be probably be played on 17th March at 2.30pm

£2,250 raised for Help the Heroes from the Charity day arranged with 47 Regiment RA

26/02/18

Big thanks go to

Paul & Dawn Strachan who were the hosts
47 Regiment RA
Blaydon Crows (Vets)
Staff and volunteers at Blaydon RFC
Various sponsors
Donators of raffle prizes

Great game of rugby played in true spirit of tour/Vets rugby with:

halftime of vodka marinated oranges,, red wicked and extra vodka and bottles of port
close game at 38 to 28 to one of the sides
defections from a few Crows; Paul Winter and Vinnie
Pitch side and dressing room beers
Many more beers during;
- a good win for our firsts,
- good Ireland v Wales game
- Scotland too quick at the breakdown for the lethargic England pack…..
- more fun and games in the clubhouse till late…….

Scoring for Blaydon;

Trys: Vinnie 2, Jason Smithson, Divers, Phil Rayson, Damien S,
Conversions; Les Oliver & Phil Rayson

Pictures from the game: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26086313@N08/albums/72157688229585920

Support our Charity day, Saturday 24th February, in support for ‘Help for Heroes’ – great day of rugby and entertainment lined up.

22/02/18

The day kicks off at Noon with the Blaydon Crows (Vets) playing a side from 47 Regiment RA

Followed by:

Blaydon First team playing South Leicester at 2pm – come cheer on the lads as they look to make it 2 wins in a row.
Ireland v Wales at 2:15pm on the Large HD Screen Projector and various 50inch. plus TVs around the place
England take on Scotland in the Calcutta Cup at 4:45pm
Banta, Music, Buffet, general merriment, etc. continues through the evening into the late hours

With exception of watching the First team, there is no entrance charges, all we ask is for donations to be made / raffle tickets to be bought to support this worthy charity.

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Little more detail from the guys at 47 Regiment RA

They’re all ex-army from 47 regiment RA and each year meet up to play a game of rugby and support that year’s chosen charity. This year there are with us at Blaydon RFC and the charity they have chosen this year is for Help the Heroes.

The lads travel from all over to play the games, i.e. last year they all went across to Germany where the regiment was based to play a local German team.

They have an England shirt signed by Mark Wilson and a Newcastle Falcons top signed by the squad to raffle in the afternoon and on the night time have a disco with a raffle and have got about 50+ prizes, plus food….

It’s a open event, you don’t need a ticket, a donation at the door would be appreciated.

Andrew Baggett Cup – Saturday 3rd February

01/02/18

Andrew Baggett (or more affectionately Baggy) made 409 National League 1 (or it’s previous incarnation) appearances for Wharfedale and Blaydon between 2001 and 2017. This stands as a record by over 90 games ahead of Neil Dickinson, a Wharfedale legend. In fact, due to their consistency over recent years Blaydon and Wharfedale players make up over half of the top 20 appearance makers of all time with names such as Hodgson, Lister, Wearmouth and Kalbraier featuring in the top 10.

Baggy made his Wharfedale debut in September 2001, a narrow loss to Rosslyn Park at Threshfield. His Blaydon debut proved slightly more successful, an influential performance in a 46-8 win at Waterloo in September 2008. Baggy also holds another all time record as top scorer at level 3 with 1707 points. Again, this is quite a way ahead of his nearest challenger Neil Hallett of Ealing (1404).

A notable point here is that Baggy was not always his club’s first choice goalkicker, and in fact was only a back up kicker for 7 of his 16 seasons at level 3. Were this not the case his points tally could have exceeded 2500! Baggy recounts his Wharfedale highlights as “any time we beat Harrogate ” and in a similar vein in a red shirt “any time we beat Tynedale”. His disappointments include losing a number of Yorkshire Cup finals and being relegated from National 1 in his final game for Blaydon.

Baggy continues his rugby career back at his hometown club Middlesbrough where he is currently pulling the strings as player coach. They are extremely lucky to have someone of his experience, talent and character. Unfortunately this is lkely to exclude him from being at the game to make the first presentation of the Cup named in his honour.

Baggy’s talents as a player require little citation. It s not necessary to do so, you don’t get selected for 16 straight seasons in key positions without being a special player. What makes Baggy truly unique is his character. He possesses a number of qualities that are somewhat immeasurable and increasingly rare in modern rugby. Courage, resilience, self organisation and integrity are all attributes that are synonymous with Baggy. He is also one of the most determined and committed individuals you could ever have the fortune to meet. His thrice weekly commutes to Grassington and Blaydon for training and matches over 16 seasons equates to over 9 times around the equator!

Baggy is quite literally a legend and we will be fortunate to see another like him. The Baggett Cup is a fitting tribute to the man, from the two clubs where he gave so many people so much joy.

Games at Crowtrees, Blaydon cancelled due to Snow

19/01/18

The games at Crowtrees this Saturday 20th January have been cancelled:

Blaydon 1st Team v Luctonians
Blaydon Development v WB Rockcliffe Vikings

Dates for re-arranged fixtures will be announced at a later date

Tenders for 2018/19 Carboot Season:

15/01/18

Tenders to be submitted in a sealed envelop, on the form provided BEFORE 12 NOON ON FRIDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2018 and all parties will be notified BY FRIDAY 9^th FEBRUARY 2018 of the outcome.

Selection will be made purely on the written responses provided and the Selection Committee will include members of Blaydon Rugby Football Club’s Executive Committee and the Car Boot Management Team.

The main factor in the decision will be remuneration offered, but the club will take into account how the companies tendering are willing to support the wider entity that is Blaydon Rugby Football Club.

Forms available via email request to : brfcdevelopment@hotmail.com

JIM HUXLEY

SECRETARY

BLAYDON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

Happy New Year to one and all for 2018, from all those at Blaydon RFC

31/12/17

Happy New Year !

To all our players, members, supporters, patrons and friends, may 2018 bring you health, wealth and joy!

From the management, coaches and committee at Blaydon RFC

Boxing Day – First round to Blaydon XV 27-5, all to play for on 30th Dec. at Ryton 1pm KO

29/12/17

A large festive crowd gathered on a bright winters day to see two large squads from both sides turn out for this contest.

Blaydon squad was a mix from the club with:

Some of the Blaydon youth, who have come through in previous years and are now in the first team squad, were very keen to turn out for a social game; Andy, Dan, James, Owen & Sean
Georgians/Development squad; Jack, Jake, James Murray, Lewis and Callum
Bricks represented by Goggle, Justin, Dingley 2, Cameron, GB, Stracks, Texas (he’s still a Brick, on loan at Winlaton) and Tom
Couple of guests; Shane from USA in for Christmas and Dave Walton from Winlaton who just turned up on spec. to see if he could get a game, it’s Boxing day all welcome!.

Thanks to Windy and Sean for the pictures, sample below, rest available: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26086313@N08/sets/72157691558798415/

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Blaydon defence was immense with Ryton having more of the ball, but unable to breach our lines until a break from the young 9 close to the end.
Andy and Owen swapped at half time, both provided quick ball from 9 and made good yards while at 15
Front row enjoyed the skirmish against a good Ryton pack, especially Tom who was lining up scrumhalf, see the photos on Facebook and on Bricks site.
James Cooney scored 3 long range try’s while he was on the field in the first half.
Blaydon backs always looked dangerous with ball in hand and had pace to burn.
Jack, Jake, Callum, Shane, Sean and Justin got round the park and made life difficult for Ryton to gain any momentum
Strachs made some good yards going forward and some big hits in defence
Texas tackling, yes honest it happened..
Ryton had a very good, young 9 and 10 on display.
Keith wasn’t available, so Paul took his yellow card for him!. He doth protest his innocence too much I think, even tried afterwards in the bar, with the totally unbiased independent referees….
Changes at half time brought Dan, Jake, James Murray and David Walton on, so even more pace introduced
Forwards will know they were in a contest after this game with some big hits and impacts
Texas’s kick across field into Sean’s arms, as he lurked on the side line and ran in, no clue what a hooker was doing out there! But good try.

In summary really entertaining game, but job only half done, with second round on Saturday 30^th 1pm at Ryton, with winner being over both games, Blaydon have the advantage, but first team squad being rested for return of the league campaign, so more 2nds/3rds and Bricks being called up.

Scorers

Trys: James 3, Sean & Jake

Conv. Lewis 1

Team:

1 Paul Winter (Matty Bell)

2 Shane (Sean Pyle)

3 Tom Hirst

4 Jack Inglis

5 Callum Gasgoigne

6 Cameron Richardson (Jake Armstrong)

7 Justin Clark

8 Strachs