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GHA will compete in the annual David Williams Cup at Old Anniesland this Friday evening. They are in a group alongside GHK and Glasgow Hawks with West of Scotland, Ayr and Glasgow Accies making up the other half of the draw.

The first game sees GHA take on Hawks with a 6pm Kick Off so if you're looking for something to do this Friday night, why not head along to Old Anniesland to support the boys as they shape up for the new season.

Furhter info on the hawks website: http://www.glasgowhawks.com/news/8084

GHA will have one home match and three away games in this coming season’s Scottish Cup, which has been revamped to start in a league format before going into knock-out.


6 November – home against Dunfermline

8 January – away to Ayr

12 February – away to Perthshire


The league stage will be played in nine pools, each with four clubs. The seven best-placed pool winners will go into the quarter-finals whereas the two other pool winners will have to play off for the other place in the last eight. Thereafter it’s straight knock-out.

Preseason kicks up a gear from this week. There will now be Speed & Agility training on Mondays from 7pm 'til 8 as well as the usual Tuesday and Thursday sessions.

It is essential that everyone attends as we build toward the new season.

6 GHA u17 lads that joined up with the Glasgow Thistles in their 2 week trip to Italy in June. 17 players (8 from Stirling County, 6 from GHA and 3 from Cumnock) trained at Viadana's ground in Italy improving their core skills, ball handling and strength & conditioning. This trip was partially funded by the Leonardo da Vinci fund from the EU , which enables players to experience rugby in a European country other than their own.

The players are from left to right - Dominic Barrett, David Scott, Adam Barnett, Andy Mather, Brendan Barrett & Nick McCaw

3 players, Adam Barnett, Rory Hughes & David Scott from the GHA u17 team were invited to join the 30 strong Scotland u17 squad that are currently in Vallodolid in Spain. This trip is used to sharpen the skills of these players in preparation for their transition (hopefully!) to the Scotland u18 squad. A typical day would see them start with breakfast at 8am followed by a full-on gym session and pool recovery afterwards. After lunch and a compulsory siesta, due to the
heat, the players then embark on a rugby skills session and a further period of pool recovery and ice baths. After dinner they all participate in a team meeting to discuss the day's progress and to plan for the next day's session. If they have any energy left they have some free time till lights out at 11pm. As part of the trip they are playing in 2 friendly matches against older opposition in the shape of a Catalan u19 team and in the second week against Spain u19's.

2 further players, Josh Rutnagur & Craig Williamson, from the GHA u17 squad have also been selected to participate in this year's SRU Struan Camp in Perthshire. This is where the best players across Scotland from u15-u18 are put through their paces by SRU coaches in order to progress to representative rugby at District & national level.

We wish all these boys the best of success at their various camps and look forward to welcoming them back to the GHA u18 squad this season.