DONCASTER DRAGONS at Ashton U.F.C
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■ NORTHERN FORD DONCASTER DRAGONS At Ashton U.f.C. SUNDAY 10th March 2002 ko 3.30pm ne cP OLDHAM at the very heart of the North kJest Oldham continues to take significant strides to be THE desirable place to live, work or visit at the heart of the North West. Massiveinvestment in regeneration and renewal continues apace and Oldham has the region's largest town centre based indoor shopping area. Businesses are benefiting from the new M60 motorway which now puts Oldham less than 25 minutes away from ManchesterAirport. Anew bus station and the anticipation of the Metrolinktram system coming to Oldham soon further strengthen the appeal of the town for investment and new opportunities. Add to this superb opportunities for education and training, including anew BusinessManagement School, exciting developments in tourism and the arts like the newly opened Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the soon-to-be openedArt Gallery and the desirability of Oldham becomes even clearer. Enquiries to the Marketing and Communications Unit, PO Box 160, Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1UG. Telephone 0161 911 4707, Fax 0161 911 4936. E-mail [email protected], or visit our website at www.oldham.gov.uk Ea \A62 Oldham Ring Road (S 4W), Ashton.(M67) M'cr-^O’esI r.8ham(M56) O L D H A M n n b a Metropolitan Borough D ‘"y603 Oldham Rugby League Football OTSeit Club (1997) Limited 64 Union Street O l d h a m 0 L 1 1 D J with Telephone: 0161 628 3677 Fax: 0161 627 5700 Christopher Hamiiton Club Shop: 0161 627 2141 CHAIRMAN FINGERS crossed that you are reading these notes on the Christopher Hamilton scheduled date for this fixture. DIRECTORS Christopher Hamiiiton, Stewart With the postponement of the game against Rochdale we Hardacre, Sean Whitehead lost another opportunity to make up games on the other clubs. HEAD OOACH In between we produced (first 20 minutes apart) astirring John Harbin ASSISTANT COAOH performance at Huddersfield Giants. All the things we don’t Mark Knight have, they do, and the benefits of having afull-time squad and ALLIANCE/ACADEMY OOACH Shaun Gartland . everything that goes with it were there to see. It was that which ACADEMY MANAGER probably won them the game in the end. Pete Beswick The team performance showed great determination and PHYSIOTHERAPISTS Lisa Sharratt &Danni Turner commitment which have become our trademarks and we CONDITIONER played some great rugby and scored some good tries. After the Andy Proctor recent trials and tribulations the squad has come through well TIMEKEEPER John Barrett and the desire to succeed is as great as it has ever been. John C L U B D O C T O R Harbin’s influence is starting to pay off and we are all looking Dr Ian Wilkinson STATISTICS forward to picking up league points on aregular basis. Eddie Barton, Bruce Deadman After aperiod of negotiation we are also delighted to P R O G R A M M E E D I T O R welcome to the club some new faces, David Foster is a Geoff Cooke centre/winger on loan from Leeds Rhinos and Anthony Murray C L U B H O N O U R S is ahooker/half back signed permanently from Swinton. We AJLaw Cup Winners 1998, 1999/2000 wish both players well in their new Oldham careers and hope Trans Pennine Cup Finaiist 1998 their association with the club is along and successful one. NFP Grand Finaiists 2001 We have not finished bringing players in and there will be H A L L O F F A M E M E M B E R S further signings, hopefully in the next few days. (SPONSORED BY J. VJ. LEES, BREWERS) Today’s opponents, Doncaster, will be full of confidence Joe Ferguson 1899-23, Herman Hiiton 1913-26, Alan Davies 1950-62, after their recent run of results and it promises to be another Frank Stirrup 1950-62, Bernard tough test. We have had some great games against Doncaster Ganley 1950-61, John Etty 1954-59, over the last four years, including the never-to-be-forgotten win Derek Turner 1955-59, Bob irving 1964-74, Martin Murphy 1966-82, in extra time in the play offs. Andy Goodway 1979-85 &1993-94. As ever the lads are confident in their own ability but your contribution is just as important. Please make as much noise as you can and get behind the team. Front Cover: Enjoy the game. Action from last weeks NFP game Chris against Huddersfield Giants. The views expressed in this MATCHDAY magazine do not necessarily REaECT THOSE OF THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF OlDHAM RLFC (1997) LTD. We Would Like To Thank The Oldham Evening Chronicle &Rugby League Express For The Use Of Photography Printed by Pennine Printing Services Ltd. Ripponden, West Yorkshire HX6 4EH !Tel 01422 825333 !Fax 01422 825444 3 cLoL-f-C.K C^Kre>n)e./<^ / the ddily choice f o r l o c a l N e w s and Sport S{,. ■s<-? Chronicle m ,/ atS r<S-Acl/ chi 1-0 c CO. uk 4 Coach’s Comments ^with John Harbin ■ALTHOUGH we lost at the McAlpine Stadium last Iweek Ithought we put in agood performance. IHuddersfield hit us with pace and power in the first Iquarter and we were caught unawares. We had no ■possession to speak of and the home side made only I19 tackles in the first 20 minutes -an unheard of Istatistic! In the second quarter we clawed our way Iback into the game and at 14-8 down at half-time we Iwere in with areal chance. Once we got used to the Ipace of the game and the conditions (Let’s face it no Imud, no rain, no wind, no slope and even abit of Isunshine are not what we are used to!) we performed Iwell. You could see the side visibly grow in confidence Iand we began to add some penetration to our attack to go with our excellent defence. At the end of the day Iwe only just went down and we gave them areal 1fright. Today we face Doncaster Dragons who are the only side to have beaten Huddersfield (in the Cup) so we know we are in for another tough encounter. We know they have some good players especially Martin Moana who Iencountered in Super League last year. Our pack has to stand up to the Dragons’ forwards but Iam confident about that when Ihave afront row like Jason Clegg, John Hough and Paul Norton. With Bryan Henare available again and young Lee Doran playing out of his skin Ithink we have the men for the job. This week we have been pleased to make acouple of signings.Threequarter David Foster is acurrent Super League squad player and we are fortunate to get him on loan from Leeds, largely because of the abolition of Alliance football at S.L. level. He will be in our squad today and should give us some extra go-forward. We are also pleased to welcome Anthony Murray whose utility value will be agreat asset. He has played hooker, halfback and threequarter with his previous clubs Leigh, Barrow and Swinton and he has good hands, quick footwork and mobility. He won’t be in the squad today as he has hardly trained with the rest of the lads but he should prove auseful acquisition. And these two may not be the last players we sign as we have other irons in the fire. Watch this space I Enjoy today’s game. John PACKAGING LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF SPECIALISED CORRUGATED PRODUCTS Packaging Solutions for British Industry Greengate St. Oldham OL4 1DF 0161-284 9000 5 PERSONAL TYRES D E R E K A N T H O N Y L T D . General Sheetmetal Workers & EXHAUSTS & Structural Steel Fabricators U n i t s 4 / 5 !Whiteswan Industrial Estate GARAGE SERVICES Derker Street !O l d h a m O L l 3 L Y Tel. 0161 627 4200 !Fax. 0161 627 3616 Puncture Repairs ■Wheel Balancing Wish ORLFC every success for 2002 Tracking ■Shockers ■Servicing Clutches ■Brakes ■Welding M.O.T. Repairs ■Exhausts Speedy Hire Centres (Northern) Ltd. 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Unfortunately this programme whose efforts have been much appreciated. represents the last occasion on which Ishall Regulars like Don Yates, Michael Turner, carryout this duty as the demands of my Roger Halstead, Iva Slateloose, Simon business are now such that Icannot devote Winnard and Ian Wilson have given willingly the time required to the production of what I o f t h e i r t i m e , a s h a s t h e C h a i r m a n hope has been an entertaining and thought- Christopher Hamilton and the various provoking magazine.