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York Acorn Lock La ne The Official Matchday Programme 1 Steve Mackley 1 Michael Hayward Friday 20th July 2012 2 Damien Hilton 2 Adam Garlick 3 Joe Porter 3 Nicholas Saxton Kick Off 7:30 4 Adam Sellars 4 Thomas Wood 5 Eddie Claphm 5 Ben Kendrew Today's Opponents 6 Joe Budd 6 Scott Horner Today's Match Sponsor Acorn Running Club 7 Tim Elliott 7 Daniel Grice 8 Nick Caldwell 8 Joseph Groves 9 Kev Brayshaw 9 Craig Duncan 10 Adam Endersby 10 Wayne Hardy 11 Alan Willetts 11 Steve Hayward 12 Danny Caldwell 12 Chris Tudor 13 Steve Doswell 13 Karl Rollinson 14 Tim Stubbs 14 Mark Spears 15 Nick Speck 15 Ben Brown 16 Mike Embleton 16 Ben Mawson 17 Fran Starkey 17 Joe Burton Colours - Blue and Gold Colours - Blue/White

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Future Prospects T Chairman’s Welcome UNDER 15’S Acorn 30 – 12 Good Evening and welcome to those With the summer break approaching, Acorn under 15’s were looking to sign off that have given up their time to watch with a good win having had comfortable wins in their last two encounters over Thanet Road, Acomb our second evening game of the the side. Acorn began with a sense of purpose that saw Billy Nicholson York, YO24 2NW season as we also welcome all from score after 4 minutes. The enthusiasm was then stifled when indiscipline reared 01904 330351 Castleford Lock Lane to Thanet Road its ugly head and on the back of 7 penalties in the next 10 minutes resulted in [email protected] as we try to complete the double over Wibsey taking the lead 6-4. Acorn again struggled until the 20th minute before www.yorkacorn.co.uk the Cas side following our hard posting their next points when Alex Smith crossed to regain the lead. Jake fought one point win in Castleford Calam kicked a superb kick from the touchline only to be knocked back by the Club Officials last March and another close encounter is referee despite the fact that the whole crowd applauded the successful kick. President Tony Winn expected tonight as they are only two points behind Acorn ran in a third before half time when Reef Wilson broke the defence and Chairman Mick Lumby us in fourth place and in the same group of teams galloped in, Calam successfully converting. Secretary Gill Blackburn that are chasing promotion although we have a At the start of the second period Acorn gain found themselves defending multi- Rugby Committee couple of games in hand. At the moment we are ple sets on their own goal line before ultimately allowing Wibsey back in the Chairman Steve Bromwich sitting proudly ahead of the pack following our game. The frustration subsided and Acorn where able then to demonstrate the Members superb away win at previous leaders Bradford attacking flair they have demonstrated so often this season by running in a fur- Alan Havercroft Dudley Hill a couple of weeks ago .The lads played ther 4 tries in the last 15 minutes. Jacob Walker showing his pace, followed by Andy Grant with allot of spirit and commitment ,especially in Lloyd Todd, capping a huge man of the match performance. Then Reece Rush- Dennis Byworth defence, to dethrone the then league leaders. One worth, strong as ever, powered over and finally Mickey Longs strong running Gary Parker of the reasons the side is on a high is the was rewarded with the final try. Calam’s goal kicking was off the mark this week, Louise Atkin emergence of young Joe Budd in the half back but they were all long range against a stiff breeze. Jacob Walker was influential Phil Wyard Helen Speck position, a masterstroke for the coaching staff, and throughout the game and Keiren Brown also put in a superb game. Keith Myers one that has reaped awards not just for the team but also for himself as well with a total of nine tries UNDER 9’S Club Physio and four man of the match awards to his name. Acorn 2 tries Sidall 5 tries Steve ‘Jonti’ Thompson Our A team travel the short distance to local rivals

Acorn under 9’s have been improving with every game they play however their Sponsors Heworth and will be hopeful the game goes ahead winning run came to an end against a strong Siddal side boasting 16 players. PMJ Masonry especially after some of their games have had to However their resolve was to battle hard and prevent Siddal from scoring too be postponed due to lack of players a problem allot many tries whilst working hard to breakdown the oppositions defence to get of teams have struggled with as they try to come to across the try line themselves. This effort was justified when at half time the terms with the switch to summer rugby and one I score was 2 tries each. Unfortunately with superior Arms (Tadcaster) do not see going away for the foreseeable future numbers Siddal where able to bring on fresh legs and John Wadington especially in July and through August. ultimately the guard was broken and Siddal finished Enjoy the game, Mick Lumby. stronger. “The boys showed a great defensive effort today, this was by far the toughest game we’ve had to date, I am really proud “commented coach Wayne Pagdin. Its always diffi- cult to select outstanding performances from such a good team effort, but man of the match was Ethan Sutcliffe, York Acorn supports the RFL ‘RESPECT’ Campaign. supported by Coaches Player, Luke Powell. Harry Sawyer We welcome all players and was strong in defence achieving the top tackler award and spectators. Abuse of match this weeks most improved player was Mark Winn, one of officials, racism or offensive the newest members of the team. chanting has no place within our game and is totally unacceptable.

What the papers say... York Acorn seek best cure for Magaluf hangover 10:30am Thursday 19th July 2012 in By Peter Martini, [email protected] A BOOZY stag weekend in Magaluf might not have been the best preparation for a vital top-of-the-table clash but head coach Scott Rhodes is hoping his York An independent agency that prides itself Acorn ARLC players can recover from the excesses enough to maintain their on customer service. place at the summit. Acorn entertain Castleford Lock Lane tomorrow night Established in 1977 Acomb Travel has (7.30pm) in a game billed by club chiefs not only as a huge promotion challenge built up a fine reputation . but also – with a cheeky grin towards the city’s professional club – “the best rug- by league in town”. But, in a blow to their hopes, they will be missing no fewer Our experience is second to none. than four players who extended their stay in Majorca to this weekend, and the and will handle your requirements in a very remainder who flew home from key man Tom Hill’s stag do on Monday have not responsible and caring manner. so far been in a state to train with much vigour. Rhodes, who also went to the We are specialist in arranging tailor made Spanish island, is optimistic the bonding benefits from the beery bash will out- holidays to various worldwide destinations. weigh any lingering hangovers. “I don’t know what kind of intensity we will get from the lads – there wasn’t a great deal in training on Tuesday. We know it’s an When you deal with Acomb Travel you will important game, though,” said the former captain. “Lock Lane be dealing with the best! are a physical team. I’m not too sure what they will bring away from home but Call in at: 41 Front Street, Acomb our mindset has to be spot-on. “It (the stag weekend) has possibly not done us Call us on 01904 782401 the world of good but it was a good bonding session with the lads and you don’t Or visit www.acombtravel.com get the chance for many of them through the season, and we’re looking forward to the game now.” Those who have stayed on holiday are Jordan Hyde, Antho- ny Chilton, Chris Rushworth and Martin Wood, while Aaron Thompson is a long- term injury absentee. “We’re missing a few but we will bring a few in,” said Rhodes, who will add Martin McTigue, Kev Brayshaw and Damien Hilton to to- morrow night’s party of a different kind. He is also hoping for a good turnout of home support following the wonderful win over title rivals last time out. Acorn went top after that result, though Dudley Hill, and tomor- row’s opponents Lock Lane, are among four teams just two points behind. “We performed pretty well last time – it was probably the best I’ve seen this season,” said Rhodes. “We’re now looking for another big performance.”

Coaches Comments Tonight see's us return to home league action after a 5 week break in which time we have played 3 league games and seen a some major differences in performance, At St Annes we nearly threw the game away when it should have been put to bed long before they're points rush in the final minutes of the match, St Judes was extremely disap- pointing where we failed to turn up and gave as poor perfor- mance as we have done all season, and then moved on to Dudley Hill where we showed up and played extremely well to get a good 2 points away from home, grit and determination can get you a long way sometimes and I was extremely proud of all the players on the day where we played long periods of the game without the ball. Onto tonight where we have another tough encounter with our near neighbours from Castleford the first game was extremely tight and I expect nothing else to- night, they have been getting some good results and will be out to avenge their home reversal and we will definitely have to be at our best to get the 2 points, everybody in this division can beat everybody else that is reflected in the league table, we will need to gua rd against complacency this evening to maintain our good home record. Come on the ‘Corn’, Scott

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The Blue and Gold’s in Action York Acorn Running Club

Last Time Out: Saturday 7th July—Bradford Dudley Hill 10 York Acorn 20 As a Rugby Club we are proud to be hosts to the York Acorn Running Club and Acorn turned in the performance of the season to shock league leaders Dudley we would like to take this opportunity to thank the running club for their continuing support to the Rugby. We would especially like to extend those Hill. In a match where the hosts dominated field position but could not handle the blue and golds attacks on the break and constant heroic defence to keep the thanks this evening for the great gesture in sponsoring tonight's game. wave of 'hill possession at bay. The home side started brightly and opened the scoring after 2 minutes when Acorn lost the ball in the tackle pressure from the scrum saw scrum half Andy Robinson score after a well worked move. Acorn hit back in the 4th minute when some smart work on the short side saw the overlap created for Matthew Woods to go over in the corner, Anthony Chilton kicked a towering goal from the touch line. Dudley Hill continued to press but flattered to deceive in attack and it was Acorn who struck next on 25 minutes when Chilton slipped the ball out of the York Acorn is a friendly, sociable, easy-going running club that was originally formed in 1982. With a mixture of ages, experience, abilities and interests tackle for winger Aaron Thompson to go over. On 33 minutes Stephen Mackley joined the attacking line from full back sold a superb dummy and Acorn led 14-4 (including road, trail, fell, cross-country and track) most runners will find some- at the break. thing to suit them at our club. We participate in events at a local, national and international level and our members travel from all over the York region to run Dudley Hill came out firing in the second period and their efforts were rewarded on 46 minutes when winger Gary Mezals scored wide out, hooker Nathan Kitson together. Our members vary widely and include super fast race-winners, those goaled from the side line and Acorn were hanging on to a slender lead at setting out to achieve their own 14-10. With the game been now been played exclusively in the blue and golds personal challenges and those half grit and determination was the order of the day and nothing short of monu- who are happy with a steady run mental defensive was good enough to hold out the hosts. among friends. We consider the On a rare attack Acorn effectively won the game on 73 minutes when a superb social side of our club very im- portant and many runners stay Nick Speck break saw man of the match Joe Budd in support to go over wide out, crucially Chilton slotted another superb goal. on for a chat and a drink after The remainder of the game saw Acorn again defend- training. In addition to this we also meet for various other activi- ing their line but the damage was done and they hung on for a superb victory to go top of the table. ties, such as walking/orienteering Budd took the man of the match award but Aaron events and gladly welcome new- Thompson, Jordan Hyde, Adam Endersby and Tim comers interested in any of these Elliott all had superb matches in an all round team pursuits. Whatever your interests effort. and ability you'll find encourage- ment and support among our members. York Acorn has a partner club in the City of York Athletic Club who are based at the track at Huntington Stadium. If you join one of the clubs you automatically Swains Butchers gain membership of the other as well. While York Acorn affiliates for road and Proud fell, City of York affiliates for track & field and cross country. Note that these af- Swain To Support filiations only apply for team competition. In other words, Acorn members can Family Butcher run in an Acorn vest in cross country track & field events, but cannot compete Finest Quality the York Acorn and for an Acorn team. However, we would prefer Acorn members competing in Local Meats wish all team’s the cross country and track& field to run in a City of York vest and vice versa. This very best for the will mean that you will need to purchase a City of York vest if you wish to com- pete in cross country and track & field events. Sorry if that is a bit complicated, 5-6 Newgate Market 8 Church Street 2012 season but it seems to work pretty well and enables us to get very strong teams out in York Copmanthorpe events such as the National Cross Country Championships and the Northern and National Road Relays. Telephone: 01904 629019

Player Sponsors GALE LANE FISHERIES Josh Parker Mark Sanderson Darrel North Mick Embleton Joe Budd OPENING TIMES

Monday CLOSED CLOSED Adam Sellars Steve Mackley James Bromwich Damien Hilton Daniel Leahy Tuesday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 9.00 Wednesday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 9.00

Thursday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 9.00 Karl Harton Jimmy Mountford Fran Starkey Matt Withers Danny Caldwell Friday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 9.00 Saturday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 7.00 Sunday CLOSED CLOSED Carl Harrison Paul Cross Steve Doswell Adam Speck Kenny Shepherd

Nick Caldwell Adam Endersby Joe Burns Callum Hannigan Anthony Chilton Barry Shilito The new summer season has so far proved a hit down here at Thanet Road , but any early joy for many an Acorn Old Boy was saddened with the passing of Eddie Clapham Jordan Hyde Tom Hill Martin McTique Nick Speck Barry Shillito. Born in Leeds playing his early rugby in Hunslet Barry came to the club in our second season 1974/75 in the days when hookers were hookers and had to win the ball adding vital experience to a relatively young open age side. Leigh Rientoul Kevin Brayshaw Alan Willetts Steve Doswell A more than popular figure was Barry which was easily seen by the huge turn- out at his funeral last month. An electrician by trade "Shillo" put away the wire cutters to take on the role as pub landlord, and if you were involved in rugby back in the 70's/80's then you must have had many a pint in any of his 3 York pubs. A move to Bridlington proved significant for the seaside resort where he was to introduce open age rugby to the town from his Kings Arms pub.

It seemed every man and his dog packed the Bishopthorpe Crematorium with former professional and amateur league players in abundance with tales being swapped long into the evening. Below is a reproduction of the press report of his first Acorn game. Acorn opened the season with a fine 32 - 2 win against Three Tuns, all Acorns new signings played well non better than Shillito ( Acorns hooker) who con- trolled the scrums allowing Nicholson a former York Albion player to run riot at half back, Dougherty ( Acorns captain) capped a tireless display with a fine try. Luckless Three Tuns had hard working forwards in Wright , and B Smith but lacked support. Scorers - tries Walker, Liddell, Shillito, Byworth, I Smith, Dougherty. Walker 7 goals - Three Tuns - penalty Hebblethwaite And yes he pulled a cracking pint- Cheers "Shillo" nice knowing you!

By: ALAN BURKE (Pip) Richardsons of Woodthorpe 55-57 Moorcroft Road York, YO24 2RQ

Fact and Figures Result

Norland Sharks (CC) H 18/02/12 W 42-4 Mackley Woods 3T Sanderson Sellars 1T Budd Chilton 5G Elliott N Caldwell Speck Embleton Hill 1T Hyde Rientoul 1T Brayshaw 2T McTigue Rushworth Withers

Shaw Cross (CC) A 25/02/12 W 10-18 Mackley Woods Sanderson Sellars Hilton Chilton 3G Elliott D Caldwell Speck Embleton 1T Rushworth Hyde Hill Budd Starkey Willetts North 1T 1T

Oldham St Annes H 03/03/12 W 32-10 Mackley 1T Budd Wood 1T Sellars 1T Hilton Chilton 4G Elliott 1T N Caldwell Speck North Embleton Hyde Hill 1T Brayshaw McTigue D Caldwell Withers 1T

Skirlaugh (CC) H 10/03/12 W 26-10 Budd Woods 2T Hyde Sellars Hilton 1T Chilton 1G Elliott Withers Speck North Embleton 1T Hill 1T Brayshaw 1T Endersby McTigue D Caldwell Starkey

Wigan St Judes H 17/03/12 W 34-24 Budd 1T Woods Wood Sellars Hilton Chilton 1T 5 Elliott 1T N Caldwell Brayshaw 1T Endersby Hill 1T Hyde Rientoul Withers McTigue D Caldwell Starkey G 1T

Gateshead (CC) H 24/03/12 L 28-20 Budd Woods 1T Hyde Sellars Hilton Chilton 4G Elliott N Caldwell Brayshaw Endersby 1T Hill Embleton Rientoul 1T Withers Mackley D Caldwell Starkey

Lock Lane A 30/03/12 W 16-17 Budd Mackley 1T Wood Sellars Hilton Chilton 4G Elliott North Brayshaw Mctigue Embleton Hyde Rentoul 1T Withers Gargan D Caldwell Mountford 1FG

Stanley Rangers H 07/04/12 W 36-14 Budd 1T Woods Wood 3T Sellars Hilton Chilton 6G Elliott N Caldwell Mountford North Hill Hyde 1T Brayshaw 1T Withers McTigue Mackley Embleton

Mayfield A 14/04/12 W 16-18 Budd Waldron 1T Hyde Sellars Hilton 1T Chilton 3G Elliott 1T N Caldwell Brayshaw North Embleton Withers Hill Thompson McTigue Endersby Mountford

Eccles H 21/04/12 W 20-12 Waldron 4T Thompson Wood Sellars Hilton Budd Elliott N Caldwell Chilton 2G Withers Hill Embleton Hyde Rientoul McTigue Endersby North

Egremont A 05/05/12 L40-22 Rientoul 1T Thompson Wood Sellars Woods Budd Elliott Embleton Chilton 1G Withers Hill Hyde Brayshaw Mackley 1T Willetts Speck North 2G 1T

Hunslet Warriors H 19/05/12 W 28-22 Rientoul Thompson Hyde Hill Mackley Chilton 4G Budd 2T N Caldwell Brayshaw Mctigue Embleton Withers Elliott Waldron Willetts Endersby Mountford 2T 1T

Millom H 26/05/12 W 30-10 Rientoul Thompson Wood 1T Woods Mackley Chilton 5G Budd 1T N Caldwell Speck Mctigue 1T Brayshaw Hyde Elliott Mountford Willetts Endersby Rushworth 1T 1T

Stanningley A 02/06/12 W 8-40 Mackley Thompson Wood Sellars Hilton 1T Chilton 4G Budd 2T N Caldwell Brayshaw Rushworth Hill 3T Hyde Elliott Johnson Willetts Speck 1T Doswell 1T

Milford A 09/06/12 L 14-10 Mackley Thompson Wood Hill Hilton Chilton 1G Budd N Caldwell Brayshaw Rushworth Doswell Hyde Elliott Speck Willetts Endersby Waldron 1T 1T

Cas Panthers H 15/06/12 W 38-8 Hilton Thompson Wood 2T Hyde Woods 2T Budd Elliott N Caldwell Speck Rushworth Doswell Embleton Hill 1T Porter 1T McTigue Chilton 1G H’thwaite

Oldham St Annes A 23/06/12 W 32-34 Waldron Clapham Hyde 1T Burns 1T Hilton Budd 1T Speck N Caldwell Brayshaw Mctigue Doswell 1T Embleton Hill Starkey Stubbs D Caldwell H’thwaite 2T 5G

Wigan St Judes A 30/06/12 L 38-12 Hilton Clapham Hyde Woods Sellars Chilton 2G Budd N Caldwell Speck Mctigue Doswell 1T Embleton Elliott Willetts Stubbs D Caldwell Gargan 1T

Dudley Hill A 07/07/12 W 10-20 Mackley Thompson Hyde Hill Woods 1T Budd 1T Chilton N Caldwell Elliott Willetts Porter Embleton Doswell Speck Stubbs D Caldwell Endersby 1T 1T 2G

Lock Lane H 20/07/12

NCL League One P W D L PF PA DIFF PTS A 04/08/12 1 York Acorn 15 5 0 3 391 274 117 24 Mayfield H 11/08/12 2 Bradford Dudley Hill 15 4 0 3 512 230 282 22 Eccles A 18/08/12 3 Hunslet Warriors 15 4 0 2 446 238 208 22 Egremont H 01/09/12 4 Castleford Lock Lane 17 5 0 3 462 305 157 22 Hunslet Wariors A 08/09/12

Millom A 22/09/12 5 15 5 0 4 490 360 130 22

Stanningley H 29/09/12 6 Wigan St Judes 15 4 1 3 462 312 150 21

Milford H 06/10/12 7 Milford Marlins 16 3 0 4 392 238 154 20

Cas Panthers A 13/10/12 8 16 3 2 3 363 324 39 16