Club President NIGEL DAY Welcomes ST. BENEDICTS
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Fixtures and Results 2016 - 17 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks N1W Cotton Traders Premier Sale Sharks 3S NIGEL DAY September 3 ECCLES W Caldy L CAPENHURST L 10 Altrincham Kersal W PRESTON GH 2 L Marple 2 L Welcomes 17 BIRKENHEAD PARK L Stockport W WIDNES 2 L 24 WEST PK (ST. HELENS) W Sale L VILLAGE SPARTANS L ST. BENEDICTS October 1 Blackburn L CHESTER L Whitchurch 3 W 8 LEIGH W Sedgley Pk L LYMM 3 L 15 CHESTER (Cup) L Q: What do the following players have in common, aside from being current Wolves players. Rob Taylor, Alex Donaldson, 22 Vale of Lune W VALE OF LUNE L Holmes Chapel L 29 ROCHDALE W Fylde Wanderers HWO CARRINGTON W Adam Hewitt, Alex Taylor, Max Harvey, Sean Street, Ben Day, Toby Rowe and Jonny Evans? November 5 Warrington W ROCHDALE W Dukinfield 2 HWO 12 BURNAGE W Preston GH 3 L BROUGHTON PARK 3 H Today is the first time, so far as I can ascertain, we have had the opportunity to welcome our visitors, St 19 Northwich W FIRWOOD WATERLOO L Wirral 3 HWO Benedicts, to Pownall Park since 2006. All their players, supporters and committee members who have 26 ST. BENEDICTS Macclesfield Lions MANCHESTER 2 made the journey are very welcome. St Benedicts, promoted from the North Lancs & Cumbria league last December 3 Kirkby Lonsdale LYMM New Brighton 2 10 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL MARPLE 2 season are based up in Whitehaven, and have been flying the flag in a strong rugby league part of the country 17 Birkenhead Park Widnes 2 since 1974. At almost halfway through the season they currently sit mid-table after a good start which had 24 them at the top for a short while. Let’s hope for a good, well fought game with the result going the way the 31 For the second half supporters want! January 7 West Park (St. Helens) of the season this Village Spartans 14 BLACKBURN WHITCHURCH 3 21 league splits into Last Saturday, the Wolves travelled the short distance west to Northwich, the result being a hard fought 28 Leigh two conferences. Lymm 3 battle for both forwards and backs in all areas of the pitch. The key moment could have been when the February 4 Those clubs in the Wolves cleared their lines after a sustained period of pressure from the Northwich forwards and ran out 11 VALE OF LUNE HOLMES CHAPEL 18 Rochdale top half at 3rd. Carrington eventual victors, 6 – 21. 25 December will form March 4 WARRINGTON Conference A, the DUKINFIELD 2 On the other hand, The Vikings hosted Firwood Waterloo at Pownall Park and despite injury and availability 11 Burnage Broughton Park 3 issues they battled hard and went down fighting with a 7 – 24 loss. This weekend they make the short hop 18 others will form 25 NORTHWICH WIRRAL 3 up past The Wizard to, top of the table, Macclesfield which is likely to be their toughest test so far this Conference B season and it goes without saying we wish them the best of luck! April 1 St Benedicts Manchester 2 8 KIRKBY LONSDALE NEW BRIGHTON 2 Manchester are the opponents for The Hawks in a home match today, they are four places above the Hawks 15 22 Eccles Capenhurst in the league, and will be a tough opposition especially as the Hawks had to sit out last weekend due to 29 unavailability of players. Squad members, we need you to support not just Jim & Macca but your team mates and your club. Raging Bull Senior U18 Colts League D and Conference C The Colts League Committee has determined to introduce a new format for 2016/2017 to provide a greater number of more equitable Last Friday evening, the second in the series of Friday Night Vets matches kicked off, in appalling September 4 Bolton W games for our Colts Teams. Conferencing of the Leagues after the conditions against newly formed Wythenshawe. Despite the weather, the players put on a good spirited, well 11 GLOSSOP W Preliminary League stages will mitigate the effects of any mis-seeding fought game for the band of hardy supporters with Wilmslow scraping past the winning post three tries to 18 Ashton U Lyne W and will permit us to accommodate the fallout from any early season two. The important thing on display that night was rugby in all its rawest forms, the highlight for Wilmslow 25 NORTHWICH W withdrawals. was the birth of a new star, someone who, until that night, had never played rugby before but who is a vital October 2 Crewe & Nantwich L 9 SEDGLEY PARK W The Conference Leagues will likely be slightly different from the and integral component in Wilmslow Rugby Club as a whole, our steward Rusty! 16 Liverpool Collegiate W seedings for the Prelim Leagues, and Teams may be moved up or 23 County Cup P Rd. down a league. 30 County Cup 1st. Rd Following the game last weekend at Northwich there were comments and questions raised about the ball we Prelim' League Season... were playing with and, since we were not able to answer these at the time, I thought I would investigate November 6 ROCHDALE L 13 Sefton Playing in Seeded Leagues using an 8 Team Format; the first 7 further. The IRB rules state that the shape of a rugby ball must be oval and made of four panels, between 20 BIRKENHEAD PK weekends will be the Prelim' Season. Teams play each other once, 280–300mm in length with a longitudinal circumference of 740–770mm and a latitudinal circumference of 27 Eccles home or away as drawn. Trophies will be awarded to the Prelim' League Winners. between 580–620mm. It must weigh between 410–460 grams with an air pressure, at the start of play, of December 4 WHITCHURCH between 9.5–10.0 psi. Spare balls may be available during a match, but a team must not gain or attempt to 11 MACCLESFIELD Conference League Season... gain an unfair advantage by using them or changing them. There you go, Bob! January 8 SEFTON It is intended that The Conference Season will consist 8 team leagues I would like to take this opportunity to wish Jimmy Toole a speedy recovery and we look forward to seeing 15 Birkenhead Pk with 14 fixtures, subject to any necessary restructuring. 22 ECCLES the whole family back amongst us. The County Cup Prelim Round and First Round weekends will provide February 12 Whitchurch the timescale needed to determine any restructuring required for the 26 Macclesfield A: They have all come through the ranks of Wilmslow Mini, Juniors and Colts rugby and they all ran out last weekend for Conference Leagues and fixtures. The Wolves at Northwich last weekend, that’s nine out of the squad of eighteen! A clear demonstration of the success that can March 12 Rochdale be had by creating a home for players. The Artisan League N1W Forecasts Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company Last week, 7 people all predicted the same as Bar Steward. Wins for Burnage, Kirkby Lonsdale, Birkenhead, Warrington and West Park were almost unanimous. Rochdale against Vale of Lune and Northwich against Wilmslow (no favouritism there then) seemed to be the predictions that divided opinion. Great win for Wilmslow; Burnage v Blackburn fooled almost everyone and 2 postponements didn't help the predictions. Only Beerkeeper got the 5 remaining games correct and Draichgoch has now (narrowly) taken the lead. This week, everyone has gone gor a Wilmslow win, Kersal and Burnage also are favourites for wins, The games that most divided opinions are the top of the table clash at Birkenhead and the game at Rochdale. PS Place your Christmas order for a Turkey or ‘Himalayan Salt Chamber’ matured Rib of Beef, Steaks, Ham and other joints as soon as you can. Birkenhead v Kirkby L Northwich Northwich v Wilmslow Saturday Rochdale v West Park Burnage v Blackburn Wilmslow Wilmslow v St Bene- Warrington v Leigh Blackburn Blackburn v North- West v Park Eccles THIS WEEKTHIS TOTAL Kirkby L v Kersal 26th November 26th November Vale v West Park 19th November Birkenhead Park Leigh Leigh v Burnage Kersal v Eccles St BenedictsSt v 2016 Vale of Lune Rochdale Rochdale v TOTAL 2016 dicts wich Barsteward H H A A A H H 19 208 H A A A A H H Beer Keeper A H A A A H H 23 201 A A H A A A H Braveheart H H H A A H H 16 253 H H H A H H H Chicken Sarney A H A A A A H 19 221 A H H H H A H Dick D & Mutley H H H A A H H 16 247 H A A A A A H Draichgoch H H A A A H H 19 256 H H H A A H H Flying Scot H H A H A H H 19 239 H H H H H H H H H H H H A H H 16 244 H H H A A H H Jonty H H A H A H H 19 239 H A A A H H H Kiwi H H A A A H H 19 236 H H A A A H H Millie 29 H H H H H H H 16 241 H A H A H A H Nob H H H A A H H 16 247 H A H A A H H Red Gauntlet H H H A A H H 16 255 H A A A H H H Romulus & R H H A A A H H 19 233 H H H A A H H Shakey H H A A A H H 19 241 H A H A A H H Super Ted H H A A A H A 16 227 H A H A H H H Uncle Fester H H A A A H H 19 227 H H H A H H H Zoo Keeper H H A A A H H 19 230 A A H A A H H Results A H A P P H H Cherry Tree F a r m Lees Lane Mottram St.