Bad news on Easter Day

Stan, Edward ”Percy” Holmes was admitted to hospital on Monday 26^{t h}March 2018 and was diagnosed as having acute myeloid leukaemia. He sadly died on Easter Saturday.

Stan was a great supporter of Park. Nicknamed “Percy” in his university days, it stuck with him most of his life.

He played for the first team apart from university and army service from the late 1940’s until the early 1960’s until work took him to London where he played for Catford Bridge and Bromley.

He served Park as Captain in 1959- 60 and was always a staunch supporter of the club, travelling across from Windermere on two or three times a season to lend his support to the team.

He will be a great miss to the club, and all those who knew him.

The game was called off this morning just as the bus was approaching the Tyne Tunnel, so on the positive side the squad will have a full training session with everyone there and the players will be able to watch all the 6 Nations matches on TV.

The forecast was dire, but there wasnt any snow overnight in Bradford as forecast. The below zero temeratures however meant that the pitches were unplayable.

The game will now take place on 28th April.

Gosforth have conceded the semi-final due to be played at Park this Tuesday due to lack of players. This means that Percy Park progress to the final to play Alnwick on 31st March 2018 (Easter Saturday). The game is scheduled to be played at Ashington

 Two British Lions open ‘1872’ bar at Percy Park RFC

(L to R Gary Armstrong, Keith Atkinson (Club Rep), Reuven Snowdon (TLoG Rep) and Doddie Weir)

At a recent home game against Malton and Norton Percy Park RFC welcomed two former British Lions in Gary Armstrong and Doddie Weir to their North Shields ground. The two grandees of the sport of rugby attended a ‘Tynemouth League of Gentlemen’ lunch to support Doddie Weir in his fight against Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and to raise funds to aid research into the causes of MND. And following the regaling of stories and re-enactments of games gone by the two dignitaries of the game opened the new ‘1872’ Sports bar at the Rugby Club.

The ‘1872’ bar is open to all including non-members of the rugby club from the hours of 6pm to 11pm Monday to Friday and on the weekend between the hours of 12 noon and Midnight.

Percy Park Club Manager Brian Scorer ‘I am delighted that two highly respected celebrities of our game have taken the time to attend Percy Park and open our new public bar. The ‘1872’ is a Sports Bar that will show the latest top flight action from the biggest and best sporting events. We aim to make the bar a comfortable, welcome and friendly environment that all may enjoy ‘

Percy Park wish to thank Orchard Painters and Decorators, Race Electrical Services (NE Ltd) and North East Marble and Granite Ltd for without their support the ‘1872’ bar would not be in existence.