St.Ives RUFC

🏉💙💛 GIRLS — COME AND GIVE RUGBY A GO! 💛💙

Are you in School Years 6–13? Maybe you’ve never played rugby before, or maybe you’re looking for a new sport to try.

Come along to St Ives Rugby Club and give it a go! 🙌

Rugby really is for everyone — all shapes, sizes and strengths. You don’t need to be the fastest, strongest or most experienced. Just come along, have some fun and see if you enjoy it!

🏉 Mondays | 7pm–8:30pm
📍 St Ives Rugby Club, Somersham Road, PE27 3LY
✨ FREE taster sessions
👕 New players get a FREE T-shirt & polo shirt!

It’s a great way to get active, meet new people, build confidence and be part of a brilliant team. 💙💛

Bring a friend, come and have a go — you might surprise yourself! 🏉

📧 Register: [email protected]

🚨 ENGLISH RUGBY HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE IT’S TOO DRY. 🚨

Just read that again.

Too. Feckin. Dry.

After approximately 150 years of standing beside pitches that resemble the Somme, English grassroots rugby has finally encountered the one weather condition nobody was prepared for:

Summer.

The RFU has postponed the start of the competitive community season until the week commencing 21 September because the drought has left pitches too hard for full-contact rugby.

This is magnificent.

For generations rugby players have been told:

“The game goes ahead unless the pitch is unplayable.”

And “unplayable” traditionally meant there was a Vauxhall Corsa floating past the clubhouse.

Frozen solid?

PLAY ON.

Horizontal rain?

PLAY ON.

Six inches of mud and something in the 22 that may once have been livestock?

PLAY ON.

Bit of sunshine?

EVERYBODY INSIDE. THIS IS FECKIN DANGEROUS.

😂😂😂

Somewhere there’s an 82-year-old former prop absolutely furious.

“Too hard?! We played on concrete in 1963. Broke both legs before half-time. Finished the game. Scored twice. Walked home.”

And spare a thought for every groundsman in England.

They’ve spent their entire lives trying to stop rugby pitches becoming swamps.

Drainage.

Aeration.

Sand.

Seed.

Verti-draining.

Thousands of volunteer hours.

Finally gets the pitch dry…

RFU: Cancel everything.

😂

Rugby has now achieved something cricket could only dream of:

RAIN REQUIRED TO START PLAY.

Imagine explaining this to the Australians and South Africans.

“Sorry lads, rugby’s off.”

Flooding?

“No.”

*Snow?”

“No.”

*Frozen pitch?”

“No.”

“England has become dangerously pleasant.”

And presumably the clubhouse bar will still open.

Because apparently the ground is too dangerous for 30 men to tackle each other on…

…but perfectly safe for those same 30 men to consume several pints and attempt to negotiate wet wooden stairs in studs.

PLAYER WELFARE. 👍

The best bit will be September.

After postponing an entire season because there isn’t enough water, you absolutely KNOW the first weekend back will feature biblical rain and some poor groundsman at 7am, ankle-deep in water, pushing a fork into the pitch saying:

“Aye… I reckon it’ll take a stud.”

English rugby.

The only sport capable of cancelling August because it’s too dry…

then cancelling October because it’s too wet.

🏉☀️🌧️🍺

See you on 21 September.

Weather permitting.

Obviously.

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🏉💙💛 THE LADIES 2026/27 SEASON IS COMING 💛💙🏉

The fixtures are in! 📅🔥

We’re incredibly excited to share our 2026/27 Women’s XV fixtures as we prepare for our first season competing in NC3! 💪🏉

There are some great games ahead, with plenty of familiar faces and new challenges along the way. We can’t wait to get out on the pitch and represent St Ives RUFC!

📅 First fixture: 4th October
🏉 Home & away fixtures throughout the season

⚠️ One small disclaimer… Mother Nature may have a say! 😂🌧️

With the pitches currently crying out for some rain, fixture dates may be subject to change if we don’t get some much-needed wet weather soon. We’ll keep everyone updated with any changes.

Bring on NC3! 💙💛

NC3, we’re ready for you! 🏉🔥

🤩 THE WAIT IS OVER…We can now officially share the payment details for tickets to the St Ives RUFC Jubilee Ball!

This is going to be a fantastic evening celebrating our club, its history, and the people who have made it so special over the years.

Tickets are now available to secure with just a £20 deposit per person, so don’t miss out as places are limited.

Please spread the word to past and present players, members, supporters, sponsors, friends and family, we’d love to make this a night to remember with as many of the St Ives RUFC family there as possible.

Get your deposit paid, secure your place, and let’s make our Jubilee Ball one to remember!

Account name: St Ives Rugby
Sort code: 30-94-47
Account number: 70035568
Bank: Lloyds Business

(Please use surname as a reference for money.)

🍾 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AND YOU can reserve yours with a £20 deposit!

We are also offering the option to pay monthly for the tickets to spread the cost!

If you would like to secure your tickets and set up a monthly payment, drop us a message and we can pass on the details! We can promise this won’t be a night to miss!