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...

The bowls section of Ashbrooke Sports Club aka Sunderland Bowling Club is very strong at the moment with both male and female members...

Sunderland RFC has been in existence for almost 150 years. During that time, the match day programme has been something of a moveable...

As an incredibly exciting Ashes series comes to a close, club archivist Keith Gregson reflects on a fascinating historical link between...

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...

Although Ashbrooke Sports Club has never had an athletics section as such, it has always had strong links with athletics. The opening day...

A recent heritage blog featured two magnificent photographs of Sachin Tendulkar, (one of the greatest cricketers of all time), batting at...

The interest shown in the last two blogs on Sachin Tendulkar reminded me of an interesting Ashbrooke link with another cricketing great –...

Such has been the response to the blog on Sachin Tendulkar’s appearance at Ashbrooke as a 17 year old in 1990 that I have delved further...

During the summer of 1990 the first match of the Indian cricket tour was fixed to be played at Ashbrooke. A one day contest with the...

Update on ‘When Sunderland Cricketers tested the Australians’ blog Since writing my piece on the Australian cricket sides playing in...

When entering the Ashbrooke club by its main door, visitors will be aware of a blue plaque high up on the left hand side. The reason for...

In a few days’ time (1st August), the much-awaited Ashes series will get under way and it may come as a surprise to some readers to learn...

At some point over the next few weeks ( to be noted in one of the future blogs) the RFU’s heritage blog ‘From the Vaults’ will feature an...

Only three English ladies have won the ladies’ singles championship at Wimbledon since the Second World War – Ann Haydon Jones, Angela...

With Wimbledon well under way for another year, it is a fitting time to look at a couple of club members who took part in this – the...

In our very first cricket heritage blog it was noted; ‘This summer sees Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand and the West Indies playing...

According to a club handbook from 1895 hockey ‘was introduced at Ashbrooke in the winter of 1892-3’ as ‘an enjoyable means of exercise...

One of the authors of the club’s 1960s history ‘To Ashbrooke and Beyond' noted, there had been an attempt to get squash going at the club...

Although tennis now plays a relatively minor role in the life of Ashbrooke Sports Club, this was not always the case. The tennis section...