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Aug 16 2025EsherA
Aug 22 2025Tonbridge JuddiansH
Aug 29 2025BlackheathA
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Sep 6 2025BarnesA
13 Sept 2025SevenoaksH
20 Sept 2025Henley A
27 Sept 2025Westcombe ParkH
4 Oct 2025DorkingA
11 Oct 2025HavantH
18 Oct 2025Old AlbanianA
25 Oct 2025Bury St EdmundsH
8 Nov 2025OundleA
15 Nov 2025London WelshH
22 Nov 2025Oxford HarlequinsA
6 Dec 2025GuernseyH
13 Dec 2025EsherA
20 Dec 2025SevenoaksA
10 Jan 2026Henley H
17 Jan 2026Westcombe ParkA
24 Jan 2025DorkingH
31 Jan 2026HavantA
14 Feb 2026Old AlbanianH
21 Feb 2026Bury St EdmundsA
28 Feb 2026OundleH
14 Mar 2026London WelshA
21 Mar 2026Oxford HarlequinsH
11 Apr 2026GuernseyA
18 Apr 2026EsherH
25 Apr 2026BarnesH
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Aug 22 2025 EsherA
Aug 22 2025Tonbridge Juddians H
Aug 29 2025Deal 1st XVH
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Sept 6 2025Battersea IronsidesH
Sept 11 2025Horsham A
Sept 20 2025GravesendH
Oct 4 2025BrightonH
Oct 11 2025Bromley A
Oct 18 2025DartfordiansH
Oct 25 2025O. ReigatiansA
Nov 8 2025O. ColfeiansH
Nov 22 2025Sidcup A
Nov 29 2025Sutton & EpsomH
Dec 6 2025Beckenham A
Dec 13 2025HorshamH
Dec 20 2025Gravesend A
Jan 10 2026Brighton A
Jan 17 2026BromleyH
Jan 31 2026Dartfordians A
Feb 14 2026O. ReigatiansH
Feb 28 2026O. ColfeiansA
Mar 7 2026SidcupH
Mar 21 2026Sutton & EpsomA
Mar 28 2026BeckenhamH
Apr 11 2026Battersea IronsidesA
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Sept 6 2025Hastings and Bexhill H
Sept 13 2025Dartford Valley A
Oct 4 2025Old Dunstonians H
Oct 11 2025Sittingbourne A
Oct 18 2025Old Williamsonians H
Nov 8 2025New Ash Green A
Nov 22 2025Old Gravesendians H
Nov 29 2025Brockleians A
Dec 6 2025Gravesend 2nds A
Dec 13 2025Tunbridge Wells A
Dec 20 2025Whitstable H
Jan 10 2026Dartford Valley H
Jan 17 2026Old Dunstonians A
Jan 24 2026Sittingbourne H
Feb 14 2026Old Williamsonians A
Feb 28 2026New Ash Green H
Mar 7 2026Old Gravesendians A
Mar 21 2026Brokleians H
Mar 28 2026Gravesend 2nds H
Apr 11 2026Tunbridge Wells 2 H
Apr 18 2026Whitstable A
Apr 25 2026Hastings and Bexhill A
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Sept 13 2025Tonbridge Judds 3rds A
Sept 20 2025Gravesend 3rds A
Oct 4 2025Medway 4thsH
Oct 11 2025Maidstone 2 H
Oct 11 2025Leigh 1 H
Nov 8 2025Whitstable 2nds H
Nov 22 2025Sittingbourne 2ndsA
Nov 29 2025Deal 2nds H
Dec 13 2025Gillingham 2nds H
Dec 20 2025Folkestone 2nds A
Jan 17 2026Medway 4ths A
Jan 24 2026Maidstone 2nds A
Jan 31 2026Tonbridge Judds 3rds H
Feb 14 2026Leigh 1 A
Feb 28 2026Whitstable 2nds A
Mar 7 2026Sittingbourne 2 H
Mar 21 2026Deal 2nds A
Apr 11 2026Gillingham 2nds A
Apr 18 2026Folkestone 2nds H
Apr 25 2026Gravesend 3rds H
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Sept 13 2025Lordswood 2nds H
Sept 20 2025Sheppey 2nds H
Oct 4 2025Dartford Valley 2nds A
Oct 11 2025Deal 3rds A
Nov 8 2025Vigo 2 H
Nov 22 2025New Ash Green 2nds A
Nov 29 2025Old Gravesendians 2nds H
Dec 6 2025Thanet 3rds A
Dec 13 2025Gravesend 4ths A
Jan 10 2026Lordswood 2nds A
Jan 17 2026Dartford Valley 2nds H
Jan 31 2026Deal 3rds H
Feb 28 2026Vigo 2nds A
Mar 7 2026New Ash Green 2nds H
Mar 21 2026Old Gravesendians 2nds A
Mar 28 2026Thanet 3rds H
Apr 11 2026Gravesend 4ths H
Apr 25 2026Sheppey 2nds A
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News

David Hallwood 1937-2024

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of former President David Hallwood, one of the club’s outstanding servants.

David was born in the North East and came south from Northumberland to work for Hebden Phillips in 1958 when he joined Canterbury rugby club. By an extraordinary coincidence, this was the club that his father, Dudley Hallwood, had helped to found. Dudley would be the very first captain of the club.

David never became the captain nor did he have the electrifying pace of his father, but he and Tony Redsell, as chairman and secretary, would revitalise Canterbury in the 1970s and lead us to our very first piece of silverware, the Kent Cup in 1975. However, he was always conservative, fighting against plans to make the club a multi-sports venue, always on the fence about juniors and don’t talk about logos and merchandising!

David played fly half, his kicking prowess bringing him into the 1st XV ranks in the early 1960s. But his great contribution was to a stellar ‘A’ XV in the 1960s – it only became named the Pilgrims after he stood down. He hung up his boots on numerous occasions only to make more comebacks than Sinatra. The secretary, Martin Osborne, summed up his qualities: ‘his ability to instill doubts into any new referee on the conduct of the opposing team’ and ‘his devastating tackling’. The former was undoubtedly true, although the pristine state of his knees at the end of matches cast doubt on the latter.

David was a committee member from his earliest days at the club, first as social secretary in 1960 where he and Peter Cooke were in a job-share, a combination that Osborne described as successful ‘albeit with some disregard for organisation but somehow managing to come out on the right side’. His ability with language meant that he was soon roped in as press secretary. On the committee, David sourced eight barrel chairs and four barrel tables together with a refrigerator from a pub closure. These were the basic furniture of the club for decades.

In May 1973 he took over the role of secretary, working in partnership with chair, Tony Redsell. One immediate change was a larger format fixture card with a list of VPs in proper alphabetical order. In stark contrast to Osborne, his minutes were always compendious and his excellent annual reports full and detailed. His reading of the minutes was the highlight of many a lengthy committee meeting. Over the next ten years, the minutes reveal an insistence on the club’s reputation for hospitality. There are letters from visiting officials, clubs, referees thanking the club. David kept up a lively and informal correspondence with other clubs about their achievements, their bad behaviour, fixtures cancelled or with people who had helped (or hindered) the club in some way or another. He became well known on the club supper circuit as a polished and witty after dinner speaker. It all boosted the club’s reputation.

In 1979, he masterminded the club’s 50th Jubilee Season and gave a brilliantly funny speech at the Westgate Hall. Taking over as president from Philip Wacher, his way with language could always be relied on. In 2014 he revealed another talent when he published a novel The Brewer’s Wife.

David lost his wife Ann (née Sedrin) in 1978 but found a great deal of happiness later with Vanessa. Our deepest condolences to her and to the family. The club has lost one of its greatest sons.

David’s farewell will be held at noon on December 12th at Herne Bay Crematorium.