Hammersmith Magazine

This year the Hammers men will be rolling into Spain's capital, Madrid. As usual cold beers and warm sunshine await along with fantastic nightlife and plentiful Hispanic beauties.

Colchester RFC made the trip to Hurlingham Park this Saturday and the 1st XV knew they had to raise their game if they were to compete against the second place team in the league.

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Not a good day for the under 13’s away at Grasshoppers, as this is a game the boys would like to forget very quickly.

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It was a thriller, a game befitting the top of the table clash. 1st vs 2nd, Hammersmith and Fulham vs Dorking, both teams driven by the knowledge that the result of this game could crown a king, or reaffirm the status quo. Everything to play for, everything to lose. – both sides knew their season could turn on this very game. And in the end, there could only be one winner. Unless it was a draw.

80 minutes later, an exhausted Hammersmith & Fulham 2nd XV walked off the field. Victorious.

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The Hammers made another trip to the Essex region for their match against Eton Manor on a cold frosty day, when they were looking improve on their present league position.

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The 1st XV unfortunately lost all three games this month, which means they will have to win a large majority of their remaining games, if they are to stay in the London North One League next season. The team is playing well in patches, but need to reproduce this high standard of play throughout the remaining games left in the season. Hopefully some of the large number of 1st XV players on the injury list will be returning to full fitness in the next few weeks, to strengthen squad for the final push up the league table, which Mark Blyghton aspects in the next few months.

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The under 13’s played their first match of the New Year against Saracens Amateurs RFC in Southgate, North London on a mild winters day.

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On a sunny but windy day, the Hammers entertained North Walsham at Hurlingham Park. It was an important game for both teams as a win for either side would keep them out of the relegation zone of the league.

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It's almost time to partake in a time honoured tradition at the club, namely the Hammers New Year's Day Pub Crawl.

Not a lot can be taken out of this game for the H & F 1st XV as the match was effectively over by half time. The score by then was 38 – 0 to Old Colfeians, who had secured their fourth try bonus point after only 25 minutes.

The Hammers did a lot better in the second half spending most of the time in the Old Colfeians half, that led to Chris Gabbert and Tom Knight scoring unconverted tries.

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Hammers kick off on a cool winter’s morning in South Park against Verulamians from St. Albans, in a very exciting league match that as decided in the last play of the game.

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The boys dodged a bullet. In fact, they dodged a full magazine of them, Matrix-esque, barely snaking a try in the final minutes of the game to taken the score out to 17-15 against 3rd place Old Reigations. Their temples grazed, the Hammersmith & Fulham 2nd XV left the field proud to have finished the calendar year undefeated and top of the table, but chastised with just how close they had come to losing not only the game, but also their position at the top of the league.

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On a chilly Saturday in December, the happy Hammers congregated in Hurlingham Park for their last home match of 2011. Ed Spooner appeared all pumped up after a fun run from Wandsworth. While the rest of us carried on our usual casual warm up, Ed was like a greyhound out of the blocks, joyfully bounding around after the ball and running some truly great lines. Meanwhile Paul arrived on that cold afternoon fully prepared, minus socks, hair and his 7s t-shirt. The pundits expected a high quality, high velocity performance from the Hammers.

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