Gravesend made it four on the spin with a fine 52-19 win on the road away at bottom club Old Reigatians. Barely a minute on the clock and Josh Barnes opened the scoring with a scorching run from deep in his own half.  Any thoughts though that this was going to be a walk in the park were quickly dispelled as Reigatians hit back following a succession of moves.  It wasn’t long though before Gravesend opened up after being awarded a penalty try and then further tries by Rocky Sims, Ben Hope and...

Gravesend made hay in front of a large and vocal crowd to deliver arguable their best performance of the season and run out 57-15 winners against Battersea Ironsides. Having been on the receiving end in recent encounters between the sides Gravesend knew they had to put in a performance to get the win to keep them at the right end of the table. What unfurled was an entertaining affair despite the heavy conditions and blustery wind.   After an early score from a sniping run by scrum half Ned...

Good afternoon everyone and a warm welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Battersea Ironsides.   Who can forget the last memorable encounter against the Ironsides when we came within a whisker and an ill placed referee from snatching victory in a high scoring and thoroughly enjoyable encounter.   Hopefully we are in for another cracker today.  Today is Captain’s Day and in time honoured fashion we welcome Tom Bird and his guests.  We have a bumper crowd in the hall who will no...