2022 Update
Nothing has changed since the last post. The site remains a useful resource for anyone studying sporting history and though my interests...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
2021 update
As noted before this blog is now effectively a history of sport at Ashbrooke and can be treated as such. Please feel free to trawl...
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Keith Gregson
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Update
Hi, everybody. You will have realised by now that this blog is no longer active but it still has historical uses. If interested in the...
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Keith Gregson
- Dec 15, 2019
- 2 min
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
After over 30 blogs on the club’s history and heritage and a lengthy period of research leading up to the re-dedication of the stand, the...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
ASHBROOKE HERITAGE AND EDUCATION – LESSON TWO – CRICKET IN SUNDERLAND
Sunderland Cricket Club is thought to be the oldest sporting club in north east England to have records kept and maintained since it...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 16, 2019
- 2 min
Ashbrooke Heritage and Education - A New Venture
For the last few weeks the weekly blog has concentrated on the run up to the re-dedication of the stand as The Last Stand and the club’s...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 9, 2019
- 3 min
Unveiling the Last Stand - An Appropriate Fixture
Saturday 9 November sees the re-dedication of the stand at Ashbrooke and a 1st XV fixture with Winlaton Vulcans. This is an appropriate...
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Keith Gregson
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand - Remembering Other Ashbrooke Sportsmen
'On 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club will be holding a ceremony of re-dedication for its century old and recently refurbished rugby...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Remembering our England Players
In the week leading up to a great day for English rugby and a fortnight leading up to the dedication of The Last Stand, it is an...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand (2/2) - Remembering the Rugby Players
'On 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club will be holding a ceremony of re-dedication for its century old and recently refurbished rugby...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 25, 2019
- 2 min
Nice to hear from you, Jon!
Many Ashbrooke Folk will remember Jon Buddington – rugby player and groundsman at Ashbrooke – and indeed the whole family who had links...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 18, 2019
- 3 min
The Last Stand - Remembering the Rugby Players (1/2)
On Saturday 9 November Ashbrooke Sports Club in Sunderland will be holding a ceremony of rededication for its century old and recently...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 11, 2019
- 2 min
Oh Brother!
Followers of the Rugby World Cup cannot have failed to notice that the All Blacks have been able to put three brothers out on the park...
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Keith Gregson
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
Ashbrooke's Prestigious Bowls Trophy
The bowls section of Ashbrooke Sports Club aka Sunderland Bowling Club is very strong at the moment with both male and female members...
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Keith Gregson
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
Look Out For The Programme!
Sunderland RFC has been in existence for almost 150 years. During that time, the match day programme has been something of a moveable...
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Keith Gregson
- Sep 25, 2019
- 6 min
Ashbrooke's Finest Day - June 9, 1926
As an incredibly exciting Ashes series comes to a close, club archivist Keith Gregson reflects on a fascinating historical link between...
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Keith Gregson
- Sep 13, 2019
- 1 min
…AND MORE ON OUR ATHLETIC HERITAGE
It looks like last week’s athletics’ blog was well timed. Not only did many club and Strollers’ members take part in the Great North Run...
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Keith Gregson
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
A HERITAGE OF ATHLETICS
Although Ashbrooke Sports Club has never had an athletics section as such, it has always had strong links with athletics. The opening day...
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Keith Gregson
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Preparing for 'The Last Stand'
A recent heritage blog featured two magnificent photographs of Sachin Tendulkar, (one of the greatest cricketers of all time), batting at...
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Keith Gregson
- Aug 27, 2019
- 2 min
AND GEOFFREY CAME TOO …
The interest shown in the last two blogs on Sachin Tendulkar reminded me of an interesting Ashbrooke link with another cricketing great –...
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