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Modern Pentathlon European Championships for Medway Park

By MedMel

The excellent volunteer team from the 2010 Modern Pentathlon World Cup, who worked tirelessly to...

By jayenolan at 17:16 on 01/09/10

Following the successful staging of the Modern Pentathlon Word Cup at Medway Park earlier this year, the venue has been chosen to host the European Championships next year. Between 28th July and 1st August 2011, the top mens and womens competitiors from across Europe will compete for the titles - and qualification for the 2012 London Olympics, as the top eight from both will automatically go through! In one of the...
Gillingham Manager Andy Hessenthaler Presents Rochester BVFC Awards

By EvoKid8

I remember back in the day when I was there collecting my award and Andy H was presenting them then!...

By jayenolan at 13:55 on 29/05/10

Players at the Rochester BVFC presentation evening last night were surprised but thrilled to discover that the special guest presenting their awards was none other than new Gillingham manager, Andy Hessenthaler. Having been asked to do the honours before changes were made at Gillingham, it would have been understandable if Andy had subsequently had to cancel. However, he made the time to still come along and spend a couple of hours...
Touch Rugby at Medway RFC 30 June

By HighHal

great write up and team names and funny photo!

By lunarbeacon at 07:41 on 01/07/10

Another evening of fun and games of touch rugby at Medway Rugby Football Club last night. Things are getting competitive too as the young Wizards are chased hard at the top of the table by the Exiles and the Vets (that's Vets meaning Veterans, not Veterinarians - they're not intimately involved with animals except when competing in traditional rugby's Evergreen Cup during the winter). Meanwhile, Screwloose.com picked up their first win...
Where Will Rochester People Be Watching The World Cup?

By Priestfield

I stayed at home in the end - now wishing I'd gone to the pub. what a total bloody shower.

By jayenolan at 16:58 on 15/05/10

South Africa is a few thousand miles away from Rochester, but the football World Cup will have a major effect on our environment: the streets of our towns and villages will no doubt be eerily quiet during June. Well, until closing time, anyway! England will begin their South African campaign to bring home the World Cup at 7.30pm on Saturday 12th June, in their first group match against the USA. According to my sources (Evokid8)...
Play Touch Rugby at Medway RFC

By jayenolan

Thanks Alan :-)

By lunarbeacon at 19:10 on 11/06/10

Touch Rugby is an almost non-contact sport, where you "tackle" the ball carrier by lightly touching them. It's played by two teams with 6 players per side on the pitch with up to 6 more replacements who can come on at any time as "rolling" substitutes (so no-one has to get too tired!). At Medway RFC they have just started their league programme. They play every Wednesday evening at Priestfields, Rochester,...

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By jayenolan at 19:10 on 20/08/10

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By Rochester-People at 08:00 on 20/08/10

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By Rochester-People at 08:00 on 20/08/10

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By Rochester-People at 08:00 on 13/08/10

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Anything but easy for US in title race

By Rochester-People at 08:00 on 13/08/10

JUST a few weeks left and United Services Club (Rainham) are bang on course to win the Charlie Pidgeon Medway Bat & Trap League for the first time. Sounds straightforward but it’s anything but done and dusted as they face a tricky run-in. And that’s because three of USC’s remaining four matches are against the other teams currently chasing top spot in Division 1. The results of their fixtures against reigning...