We were delighted to welcome Mike Bushell from BBC Sport to Clapham Common recently. Mike enthusiastically jumped into a full on game and did well to avoid Junior’s slam tackles – well alomost. We hope to see the piece go out on BBC Breakfast on Saturday 6th or 13th (betwen 6am-9am) so keep your eyes [...]
Archive for August, 2011
1 Aug
Congratulations to the 2011 League and Cup winners
The 2011 season has just drawn to a close and what a brilliant one it has been. A full report will go up on www.netrugby.org shortly, but congratulations to the Barbarians who won the league, just pipping Battersea and Taverners who shared second place. I’m sure you’ll agree they thoroughly deserved their first title. And [...]
1 Aug
Guest post from Reg Waite – Old Town rugby netball veteran
Well, this is a first – we have a guest post from one of the many rugby netball veterans out there. Reg Waite got in touch with me via the blog and then came down to watch this year’s World Cup on the common. It was a true honour to have Reg down and he [...]
1 Aug
Battersea are champions of netrugby!!!
..or at least they were in 1956, as is proven by this photo. It was handed to me by Len Taylor, who was captain of the team and can be seen in the centre holding the ball. Len (a sprightly gentleman, now in his 80s) was kind enough to come down and watch a league [...]
