Houghton Rugby Club

BBQ tickets are now on sale.
Available behind the bar until 30th June. £10 adult and £5 child.
The BBQ is HRUFC’s annual event not to be missed!

This week at Houghton Rugby Club.
Durham Demons RL season at home starts this Saturday as they take on Cramlington Rockets RLFC. KO 2:30pm over on the Durham road pitches.
It’s the last of the boys awards nights on Saturday evening. The U13s will be celebrating the season and the meal starts at 7pm.
... On Sunday. It’s the girls section turn to look back at the 18/19 season. Awards afternoon starts at 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE THE SUNDERLAND PLAYOFF FINAL WILL NOT BE SHOWN IN THE CLUBHOUSE.
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Good luck to all our lads and lasses starting SATS and GCSE’s today. You’ll smash it 💪🏉📃

Looking for something to do tomorrow night?
Houghton 41 clubs annual beer festival starts tomorrow evening and HRUFC are selling tickets. 🍺 🍻
Just £5 gets you entry on the Friday, commemorative glass and one free drink.
... ON TOP OF THAT for each GOLDEN ticket sold Houghton RUFC Youth Section gets entered into a prize draw for the chance to win up-to £1000 💰 💴 💵
Tickets are behind the bar. We open at 6pm tomorrow so grab one before you head up there.
It’s always a night to remember!
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This week at HRUFC. End of season dinners are in full swing.
On Saturday the 14s presentation starts at 7pm Then on Sunday the 15s awards night also 7pm.
... May is jam packed with awards nights but you are still welcome in for a drink 😃
Training for the mini and midi section continues on Sunday mornings 10am. Juniors. Please check with your coaches for your training schedule.
Lots going on over the summer including the legendary Club BBQ. More details to follow 🔥 🍖 🏉 💃
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Boars end of season awards presented by tonight’s speaker Gary Rees
Top try scorer: Gary Spoors (collected by Mossy) Young Player: Alex Harland (collected by Mossy) Most improved: Gav Clarke ... Coach’s award: Rob Middlemass Player of year: Gary Shepherd Player’s player: Gary Shepherd
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1st team end of season awards presented by tonight’s speaker Gary Rees
Top try scorer: Glen Atkinson Young Player: Ryan Graham Most improved: Ryan Main... Coach’s award: Marc Watchman-Atkinson Player of year: Glen Atkinson Player’s player Matt Marchant
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Today at HRUFC we separate the men from the boys as the annual LEGENDS V HOOLIGANS match goes ahead.
In recent history the legends have been victorious however with the increase in youth it could be the Hooligans year!
Kick off is 2:30pm. Meet 1pm in the clubhouse.
... Big Boy 2 pint pitchers are just £5.00 today (Guinness not included)
Come down support the lads and view the talent we will be taking into the 19/20 season.
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And the winner is......
Thank you to all that got their photos took with the Falcons on Tuesday and shared them with us on Facebook, Twitter and instagram.
A random draw selected Rachael Flounders (insta) as the winner.
... Your tickets for Falcons V Bristol on Sat 18th May will be available to collect from Monday.
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Photos from tonight’s Newcastle Falcons Falcons Community Foundation Player Roadshow with Gary Graham, Brett Connon and Callum Chick!

The BIG summer raffle.
Rachael will walking around during the falcons visit selling raffle tickets for the gin draw.
£1 per strip. ... All profits go to the #showerpower fund. The showers are in dire need of a major refurb so please buy if you can. So your little tikes have somewhere fab to shower after games.
The raffle will be drawn at the annual youth BBQ. Saturday 6th July.
Good luck everyone.
1st prize - luxury 10 bottle gin hamper (basket not included) WORTH OVER £300 2nd prize - Gordon’s Hamper 3rd prize - Gin tasters and chocs
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Remember the competition being run as part of tonight’s Newcastle Falcons Player Roadshow with Falcons Community Foundation.
Get your picture with any of the players tonight and post it on or tag HRUFC in it to win 2 tickets to the Falcons home game v Bristol on 18th May!

REARRANGED FALCONS ROADSHOW THIS TUESDAY
Newcastle Falcons will be heading to Dairy Lane this coming Tuesday the 30th April for a showcase training session with the youth teams.
Training times as follows ... 6pm to 7pm - Tags to u13 7pm to 8pm - U14-U16 plus girls section.
Contact coaches for final details.
The clubhouse and kitchen will be open as usual.
ALSO. For the chance to win 2 tickets to Falcons V Bristol on the 18th May. Get your photo with a player, upload it to FACEBOOK, Twitter or Instagram and tag HRUFC into it.
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Well Done to Matt Marchant and James Ross, who played for the Durham County Presidents XV earlier today. They are pictured with Club Chairman John Simpson.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR CLUB CAPTAIN
Last night marked the end of another season of Senior rugby at Houghton with the 1st XV winning the county plate in a closely contested game against Yarm. It’s been a good year for the club with 3 teams making it to respective cup finals. Disappointed we couldn’t make it 3 from 3, but for a small grass roots club this is a stepping stone to bigger things.
... Both senior teams haven’t had the league seasons they wanted, The DN2 curse raised its head, numbers dropped at training when the results didn’t go as planned and the injury list grew. This had a knock-on effect with the Boars and subsequently fixtures didn’t get played. But as we saw last night DN3 rugby can be very competitive and we need to work hard to get back to where we belong.
The colts did well in their first league season and will probably finish 3rd when all points are allocated. Sunday see’s 5 colts from Houghton represent Durham County v Cumbria in the final county game of the season. And two 1st XV players have been selected to play for the Durham Presidents select on Today.
As club captain I’m proud to be associated with Houghton Rugby Club and all the fantastic people involved in the day to day running of the club. It’s not always easy and there are many challenges associated with running a rugby club that players and members don’t fully appreciate, but we are great family club that play some canny rugby when we want too! 😎🐗🍺
Richard Lydiatt
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Good Luck to 1XV Captain Matt Marchant and Vice Captain James Ross as they represent the club in the Durham County Presidents XV at DMP today.
Kick off is at 12pm and entry is £5 via Crossbar (includes DMP 1st XV game after)

The 1st XV won a tightly contested County Plate Final againt Yarm Community Rugby Club 10-8 to retain the trophy