President: J.A. Suddes
Hon. Secretary: J.D.L. Robinson
Hon. Treasurer: R.E. James
Club Captain: W.E. Cousin
Club Coach: A. Whitfield
Senior Vice-President: J. Chapman
Vice-Presidents: J. Kent J.M. Clark D.F. Hamilton E. Robson
Hon. Assistant Secretary: W.A. Dinning
Hon. Assistant Treasurer: P. Charlton
Acting Hon. Subscriptions Sec. D.F. Hamilton
Hon. Fixtures Secretary: J.A. Suddes
Assistant Fixtures Secretary: N. Reed
Hon. Teams Secretary: J.B. Shotton
Hon. Colts Secretary: J.M. Clark

1stXV Captain: W.E. Cousin
1stXV Vice-Captain: P. Telfer
2ndXV Captain: J. Smart
2ndXV Vice-Captain: A. Stokoe
Grasshoppers Captain: G. Wright
Grasshoppers Vice-Captain: M. Stockdale
3rdXV Captain: P. Murphy
3rdXV Vice-Captain: D. Noakes
4thXV Captain: M. Barrie
4thXV Vice-Captain: N. Reed
Worriers Captain: H. Armstrong
Colts Captain: N. Johnson
County Rep: D.F. Hamilton

General Committee:-

Officers of the Club
The Trustees
The Club Coach
Team Captains
Mini Rugby rep
K Docking
G.W. Harris
M.O. McLoughlin
J.S. Nelson
A. Pye
E. Ward
R. Dinning
L. Fenton
R. Forster
L. Francetti
P. Robertson
T.A. Sisterson
W.I.F. Blyth
J. Bell
J.R. Scott
A.W. Coates

Selection Committee:
A. Philpotts
A. Hunter
R. Dinning

Sub Committee Chairmen
House & Bar: L. Fenton
Ground: J. Bell
Finance: J. Chapman
Special Efforts: M. Barrie
Social: W.A. Dinning
Development: J.A. Suddes
Fixtures: J.A. Suddes
Sponsorship: j. Nelson

Bad Weather
The playing season was disrupted by extreme weather conditions and the clubhouse suffered from flooding from burst pipes.

Playing Record
After the enforced lay-off, the 1st XV recorded eight wins from ten from late January. Disappointment in the Senior Cup was relieved by the success of the 2nd XV in retaining the Northumberland County Senior Shield and the Academicals in winning their Cup competition.

CLICK HERE to view Club Fixtures for season 1981-1982.

Easter Tour (9th April-12th April)
In an Easter tour to Gloucestershire the party suffered three defeats in very hard fixtures and lost in the final of the Ross-on-Wye 7's competition in a sudden death play-off. John Shotton organised the tour.

CLICK HERE to view Tour Programme

Minis
Over 100 boys attended mini-rugby sessions. The boys won three out of four trophies presented at the County finals - held this year at Tynedale.

Top Point Scorers
Michael Harris - 175
John Smith - 131

Injuries
Will Rutherford, a prominent wing-threequarter at the club for many years, was forced to retire from the game with a serious knee injury. Percy Telfer was injured in late October, thus ending his season's rugby. Centres John Burns, Ian Greener, Peter Telfer and Ian Dodds were out for various periods with injury problems. Stuart Hurst also missed over half the season through injury.

Membership
Players - 140
Full - 172
Associates - 162
Ladies - 153
Total - 627

Fixture/Membership Booklet (1981-1982)
CLICK HERE to view

New Appointments for 1982-1983
John Suddes completed his 2-year term as President and Jim Chapman to be the new incumbent.

Other new appointments :-
Chairman of Rugby - Douglas Hamilton
Hon. Secretary - Jimmy Milne
1st XV Captain - Billy Robson