Mike Sharman
The sudden death of Mike Sharman came as a great shock to all members of the club. Mike was one of the instigators of mini-rugby and a great supporter of colts and junior rugby at the club. He prepared the club's centenary year brochures and promoted rugby intensely through the Hexham Courant where he had served, first as a reporter and later as Editor.
Several young players began to make a mark in the First XV - notably Gary Taylor, Sean Crystal, Trevor Holliday and Gary Rutherford.
Kiwi scrum-half Graham Sturgeon played for Northumberland whilst Ed Saunders represented the County President's XV.
The Colts won 17 of their 28 matches, the Junior Colts 7 of their 19 matches. Promising players included Tony Moran, Paul Leonard, Edward Parker, Clive Chadwick, Aidan Tallantyre, Nick Barnes, Barry Hope, Paul Pender, Mark Fletcher and David Young.
Peter Fenwick who had served the club's colts and the County colts for 7 years moved to Kent whilst Major Cyril Parker took over the county colts.
A special dinner in honour of Stuart Enevoldson (Ene) was held to celebrate his many years of work for the club, before his retirement to Scarborough.