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It is with a heavy heart that the club wishes to inform all of its members of the sad and untimely passing if our brother Geoff Gunter.  Geoff was Chairman of the Rugby Club, the Seniors Coach, and Head Coach for...

We have taken the tough decision this week to not restart training this week, following the RFUs announcement about the Return to Community Rugby Roadmap. We’re now technically on Stage E, meaning adapted contact training can now h...

They think it's all over, it is now! Yes at long last the 2020 6 Nations comes to an end and I can announce the results. A nail biting afternoon and evening was exp...

We bring some sad news unfortunately. Due to the increase of COVID-19 cases across England, we are now in a new national lockdown. Fortunately somethings are still allowed to carry on, such as going to work, or school etc, however community ...

Well at last, we are close to the end of the longest 6 nations tournament in history. It should all end this weekend Covid permitting. It has never been more closely contested with 8 people in with a chance of walking away with £50...

Update 10 - 05/10/2020. It’s been a few weeks since the last update. That’s because nothing has changed much, and there’s no changes for the forthcoming weeks (as...

Ash RFC Membership 2020/2021 🌿     We are pleased to announce the new membership prices for the 2020/2021 season.

Ash RFC are excited to start youth training on Sunday 13th September 2020.  Below are the times for the age groups: Under 6s/Under 7s/Under 8s: 09:45am - 11:30am

Ash Rugby Club's Annual General Meeting will be on Tuesday 25th August 2020 at the clubhouse. Please arrive at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. This will be a socially distanced meeting. The agenda will include: voting to ele...

Want to play Rugby? We welcome all ages and abilities to Ash, whether you've played once or all of the time! Ash has 2 senior sides playing in competitive leagues in the 2020/21 season (whenever i...

The RFU have released their basic plan for getting the senior game, along with the minis & juniors game back up and running for the 2020/21 season. The link to their plans can be found

We have reached our extended target of 1,000km run for charity! We have raised a total of £505 for the East Kent Hospital Charity, We thank all of you who have ran on behalf of the club, and to those who have donated!...

We are underway in the challenge, day 5 of 14, to try and hit a minimum of 500km for charity. For anyone who isn't aware, the club is attempting to raise £1,000 for the East Kent Hospital's Charity to help fund the NHS du...

To all players, members and relatives of Ash RFC, As we all now know, the 2019-2020 season has now finished for all teams under the Premiership. This means that we will sadly have to postpone all even...

RFU Suspends All Rugby  Following government advice on Monday, the RFU has suspend all rugby activity in England, at b...

This afternoon, following the UK Governments announcement following the recent outbreak of Coronavirus, the RFU (England Rugby’s governing body) have suspended all rugby across England until the 14th April 2020. This is subject for...

I can confirm that this 6 Nations Challenge will not finish until the last of the 15 matches has been played or until the organising committee decide that no more games will be played. Having made a prediction last week t...

Following this weekends games I can confirm that it is now a 5 way tie at the top. The previous leaders, Smalls, Al Warner and Bruce all slipped up and have been joined by our esteemed coach, Geoffrey and also by past winner now frequently s...

After 2 exciting weekends at the club watching the matches, I can reveal that there are 3 people at the top of the list having all 6 correct predictions. They are Mick Smalley, Al Warner and Bruce Burbridge. Loads of people have 5 correct pr...

The 6 nations is almost here, 2 days from writing this in fact. Time is therefore running out to get your entry in to the 6 Nations Challenge being run at the club by your ever so friendly bar man. As ever numerous people including many play...

Just over 2 weeks until it all kicks off and I can report that entries are starting to come in. Perhaps you want to wait and see who the coaches pick for their squads. France have selected theirs and a lot of the "ol...

Here we go again folks, the World Cup is over and the 6 nations is not far away. At least we can guarantee that it will be won by a northern hemisphere side. It can also be won by you; all you have to do is to get your ha...

Guinness 6 Nations International Tickets through Ash RFC We are pleased to announce that Ash RFC have tickets available at the home matches for England during the Guinness 6 Nations! The poster with ...

England are through to the Rugby World Cup final, looking to etch their name on the Webb Ellis Cup for a second time! England play South Africa on Saturday 2nd November 2019 in the biggest game of Rugby Union this year, a...

After minis and juniors training on Sunday 22nd September, Ash RFC will be hosting a World Cup breakfast for England's first game in their Rugby World Cup campaign! Kick off is at 11:15am, and it will be shown in the...

This Week at Ash RFC Week Commencing: Monday 2nd September 2019 With mid-week training now into fu...

What a successful day at the Ash Community Fete! An enjoyable day for all and also some fun...Thank you for the guys who came down to represent the club and to the Fete organisers for a fantastic day! See the ...

We have less than 2 weeks until the first weekend of rugby at Ash RFC. Next weekend, Ash 1st XV play Sheppey 1st XV at Ash RFC on Saturday 7th September, at 3pm. Then on Sunday, we have the first minis and juniors trainin...

The 1st XV fixtures for the 2019/2020 season have been announced. We start with two Friendlies against Sheppey RFC on 07/09/2019 and Thanet Wanderers 3rd XV on 14/09/2019. 

The weekend of May 10th to the 12th saw the first mini and junior tour in which a combined group from the minis and juniors went to kingswood adventure centre in Ashford. The weekend started on the Friday afternoons and e...

Friday 3rd May was the Junior section presentation held at the club house, it was an evening of celebration for both teams Under 15s and Under 12s at the completion of a very long hard season for both teams, for different reasons. Both teams...

Another season has passed, and what a season it was! Kent Salver Quarter Finalists and finishing 7th in the new league. We finished with 55 points, 9 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses. There is a lot to take from these games! T...

Annual club dinner 🍽🍷and awards 🏆 Friday April 26th. 7.30 for 8pm. Players and partners

Yes it is all over, a magnificent Grand slam for Wales and some incredible matches along the way with the most remarkable kept for last. And we have a winner, and it did go to a tie break. Two entries tied with just 2 wrong calls each, one o...

With the finishing line in sight, the pressure mounts and what I predicted weeks ago is actually going to happen. There are 11 people who have made just 1 bad call. The winner will inevitably come from this group and it will be decided on a ...

This upcoming Saturday we will be running a BBQ and bar will be open! Firstly, the 1st XV will be playing Tunbridge Wells 3rd XV at 14:30 Then England are hosting Italy at 16:45 in the Guinness Six Nat...

Following this weekends thrillers a clear leader has emerged from the pack. At lunchtime on Saturday there were 13 perfect lines, by tea time Sunday this has been reduced to 1 !!!. Tony James has the only perfect line with 13 having just 1 b...

TIGHT AT THE TOP!   Thanks to the 33 people who entered this fun competition. After the first two rounds it is indeed tight at the top with 13 having pre...

Six Nations Challenge. It's not long now until it all kicks off which means that the time you have to submit your entries is also running out, funnily enough at the same rate!

Following a brilliant Autumn International series and with the World Cup next Autumn, the 2019 6 Nations is expected to be one of the best ever. &...

A quick thing: everyone from Ash Rugby Club wishes everybody a very Merry Christmas! Just a quick reminder, that there is the Christmas Game on the 28th December @ 6:00pm at the Clubhouse on F...

On Sunday 9th December the junior section of the club travelled to Allianz Park, the home of Saracens, to take part in a skills session, and to watch them play Cardiff Blues in and group game from the Heineken Champions Cup. The day started ...

Our Christmas fixture is back, where two teams from Ash will play each other on Friday 28th December 2018 under lights, with Kick off being at 6:00pm. After the game, there will be a curry with beer from Mr. and Mrs. Evan...

On Sunday 25th November 2018, Ash Minis and Juniors RFC received a donation from Co-op Sandwich of £1,500. We thank Co-op Sandwich for choosing Ash RFC to donate the profits of selling Duck food! A photo gallery...

Stop press! International Tickets are now available through the Club. Below is the information you will need to get your tickets. See the document called 'Ash RFC International Tickets' for a better view of the image on the right.&...

The opening times for the Pavilion Beer Festival is:   Friday 28th Sept opens at 5.00pm Saturday 29th opens at 2.00pm Sunday 30th open...

The Pavilion Beer Festival is on this weekend... Starting Friday 28th September 2018 @ 5:00pm Check the events for more information!...

Ash Rugby Club needs a Refreshments Coordinator. This is a vital role to ensure that we have a supply of teas/coffees etc and bacon rolls on a Sunday. We need someone to coordinate this to ens...

Dave Stephens has been busy getting ready for new season with getting the 1st team pitch ready for the first fixtures, it's looking good. We could do with some volunteers to help trim the nettles and cut the hedge ar...

Rugby Week returns for the 2018/2019 season, where the club will be hosting lots of rugby orientated events and fixtures within one week! The week is between Saturday 29th September 2018 and Sunday 7th October 2018, and these events are for ...

The new season has come with seniors Pre-Season training starting on Tuesday 10th July. Training will start at 7pm and will finish at around 9pm at Ash RFC.

Ash Rugby Club Annual General Meeting will be on Tuesday 5 June 2018 at the clubhouse. There will be voting for :- Election of officers to the committee There will also be an opportunity to raise any p...

6 Nations St Patrick’s Day Super Saturday Banquet Saturday 17th March 2018 Ash Sports Pavilion 12pm Come and join us for all the Super Saturday action ...

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After years of faithful service(to the local dog population!) the base of one post has given in and fallen over. Rust has taken its toll on the lower posts on the new pitch. As luck would have it C & W groundworks were on hand to dis...

Please see all relevant registration forms, fixture lists and other documents ready for you to download and bring when you attend training. We still have the option to pay by bank transfer. Bank details will be given to y...

Hope everyone is having a good summer. Rugby registration is on Sunday 3 September. I will be sending out registration details in the next few weeks for all minis and juniors players. Please let me know if any details have change...

Hope you are all enjoying the summer months. Nearly school holidays… Following the AGM in June we still have a number of vacancies at the club. These roles need to be filled to ensure we run effectively and smoothly. The more people...

Firstly the flood lights are up!! A big thank you to Steve Trice and C&W Groundworks. Now we have to sort out the lights at the top of Laslett's field. Autumn international tickets have arrived and Dave Stephens will be handing them out s...

Author: Paul Ralph - Chairman

We hope you are all having a lovely summer break and either had a good holiday or are looking forward to one!! Rugby season is nearly here. We start back on Sunday 4th September at 10am. We will be running three junior teams, U15s, U16s and U17s...

Author: Caz, Geoff & Trevor and Ash RFC Committee

Ash Rugby Club has been recognised twice in its bid to get more young people playing....

Author: Trevor

Members of the club youth sections have been enrolled on the England Rugby Young Ambassador Scheme under the watchful eye of Ash's youngest Level II Coach and England Rugby YRA Mentor Kieran Hopper. Being part of the YRA Programme gives young...

Author: Trevor Hopper

Take a look at the new website and feedback your thoughts...

Author: wedge