Category: Competition
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The Ultimate Touch Honour: Blackadders Set for European Championship
The Blackadders Touch section is incredibly proud to announce that Athena, Carl, and Gareth have been selected to represent their respective nations next week. They will be heading to Vichy, France, to compete in the prestigious European Touch Championship, running from July 21st to 25th. Pulling on a national jersey is the pinnacle of the…
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Tynedale ladies beer festival touch comp
Reunited with former teammates, and a few helpers from Ashington Lionz we managed to get a team entered into the Ladies Touch competition running alongside the Clubs beer festival at Tynedale Rugby Club. It was a great atmosphere, which really gave a fun evening with some close, competitive games: 3–0 to Blackadders 3–2 to Tynedale…
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NERDS September 2024 – Not one but two teams entered!!
Saturday 21st of September was a historic day for Blackadders and Rockcliff Touch Rugby. For the first time, our club entered two teams in an external competition and the Rockcliff Rattlers made their competitive debut at NERDS. The Rattlers team which was comprised of many of our social touch regulars did themselves proud on their…
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Blackadders at the beach
Event Details • Date: Sunday, August 11th• Event: Newcastle Falcons Beach Competition• Location: Tynemouth Longsands Beach Teams and Participation Six teams entered the competition, with Rockcliff managing to enter two mixed teams:• Rockcliff All Stars• Rockcliff Rattlers Competition Results • The Rockcliff Rattlers finished at the top of the league standings.• The Rockcliff All Stars…
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Blackadders at Touch WC 2024
On the 15th July the touch rugby World Cup kicked off in Nottingham with 39 nations having teams across various categories. Lesley and Vicky made the journey south to volunteer and support in the running of the event. Both were part of the opening ceremony where all the sides competing across the week gathered on…
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Charity Tournament 2024
Sunday 30th June saw us hosting our 3rd annual charity touch competition in aid of North of Tyne Mountain Rescue. Now in its 3rd straight year, the event is now a staple of the North East Touch calendar. A big thank you to some of the mountain rescue team who came down with their equipment…