By Jon Newcombe
Blackheath managing director Russell Ticehurst has hailed the purchase of Well Hall as “a momentous day” in the club’s 166-year history.
Never before, not even in their days at the iconic Rectory Field, has the world’s oldest open rugby club owned its own ground.
Well Hall, their semi-professional base since 2016, is believed to have been bought for circa £1.5 million, a real bargain when you consider its location a few miles south of the River Thames in southeast London.
Blackheath’s plan to buy Well Hall from the University of Greenwich was mooted 12 years ago and has b...
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