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Welcome We are delighted to welcome CALDY RUFC to Kingston Park, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne. This is our fourth relocated home match due to the floods at Tynedale Park. We are again grateful to the management and staff at for providing the use of their facilities in order to play our home matches. Caldy RUFC – Club History (Courtesy of Caldy web site) On February 27th 1924 when some Old Boys of Calday School, with the encouragement of the then Headmaster, R. T. B. Glasspool, they decided that they must carry on playing rugby together so the 'Old Caldeians' R.F.C. came into being at a meeting held at the Blenheim Café in West Kirby. They started playing in a farm field at Caldy cross roads and changing in the farm buildings at Croxton Farm, bathing facilities were somewhat primitive they used a tin bath which was filled from a tap in the farm Yard. In 1925 Sir Alfred Paton, an Old Boy of the school, bequeathed to The National Trust 20 acres land bordering Thurstaston Common with a proviso to the bequest stating that this area was to be available to the Rugby Club to use as a playing area in perpetuity. So Paton Field came into existence. In 1928 the club finally took possession of Paton Field and built a Clubhouse with three changing rooms. The club continued to play Rugby during the war years with the support of the school and members who came back home on leave. During the conflict the club lost a number of members killed. In 1944 J.D. (Tommy) Thompson, a Master at Caldy who had played for the club since 1932, and other masters and members organised the first Sevens Competition at Paton Field. The event is now the Oldest continuously run Club Sevens in . Over the years the club continued to flourish but in 2003 the club needed to rebuild after a disastrous last season and re appointed Anthony Atherton as Director of Rugby to oversee the restructuring of the first XV through to the Mini section. Concentrating on the strength of our current youth and Mini sections, rather than looking outside for players, he rebuilt the first XV squad which was the key to the subsequent success of the club. The Club won the league title and were successful in getting back to at the first time of asking. Caldy was the 5th club in England to be awarded the RFU “Seal of Approval” and Sports Match Accreditation. It was recognised by Wirral and awarded Sports club of the Year. It also won the Sports “Community Club” of the Year and the prestigious Rugby World Magazine “Team Of The Year” in competition with all other clubs in the UK and Ireland. 2004 – The Club were Runners up in North 2 West and just lost out in the play-off away at Middlesborough 21-13. Caldy was promoted to as champions of the now National League 3 North in the 2006/07 season. They are currently fourth in the table this season. TYNEDALE v CALDY RFC. Tynedale have played Caldy three times before, in season 2007/08 and earlier this season. 15th September 2007 Caldy 5 Tynedale 35 5th January 2008 Tynedale 29 Caldy 6 17th October 2015 Caldy 40 Tynedale 29

15th September 2007 This match took place at Paton Field, West Kirkby, and the visitors won 5-35. On the picturesque Caldy ground the match was played in extremely hot conditions. Tynedale went into an early lead on eight minutes with a penalty from Phil Belgian. There were no further scores until the 32nd minute when full-back Rob McDermott scored a fine try after some good approach work by the Blue and Whites. Belgian converted to give a 0-10 lead. Celebrations by Tynedale were short-lived, however, for soon afterwards Jamie Murray was carried off with a severe knee injury, followed soon afterwards by Grant Rastall with damaged ribs. Belgian then kicked another penalty to give Tynedale a 0-13 half- time lead. Caldy enjoyed their best period of the game for ten minutes after the break and Matthew Lamming scored an unconverted try for the home team. Caldy player-coach Simon Mason, the ex-Ireland international full-back missed a simple penalty - and then Tynedale applied consistent pressure. In the 53rd minute Belgian powered over for a try which he converted, and he then kicked a penalty to give Tynedale a 5-23 advantage. Tries for No.8 Andrew Murray and fly-half after a 40 metre run soon followed.

5th January 2008 Four excellent tries meant that Tynedale completed the double over Wirral-based Caldy at Tynedale Park. Caldy were fierce competitors who matched Tynedale in every aspect of the game bar one – the small matter of scoring points. In the absence of Ben Marshall, Barney Maddison made his league debut, and played well, but his fellow lock, was man of the match with some ground-shaking runs and terrific play in the loose.Grant Rastall and Gavin Beasley scored tries for the home team, converted by Phil Belgian and Simon Mason kicked two penalties for Caldy to make the half-time score 14-6. Rupert Harden and Rob Miller scored late tries for Tynedale, and with Belgian converting one and kicking a penalty Tynedale ran out winners with a rather flattering 29-6 scoreline.

17th October 2015 A nine try thriller between Caldy and Tynedale ended with a bonus point win for the Wirral team but only after they had recovered after a difficult first 20 minutes. The entertaining game saw the lead change hands on a number of occasions before Caldy pulled away in the last 15 minutes. The Tynedale team started more brightly than the home side, dominating possession and territory. Tynedale quickly raced into a 12 point lead in as many minutes from a score in the corner by winger Dan Marshall which was quickly followed by a second from back-row Joe Mills. Starved of possession and looking very much second best it took Caldy a full 20 minutes to get into the game until a burst of scoring from scrum half Ben Jones sparked the Wirral side into life. After a penalty the no.9 crossed under the posts to take Caldy ahead by a point at 13 -12. Another try by Mills retook the lead for the visitors but Caldy closed the gap at the interval with a further penalty by Jones to leave the half time score 16 – 19 in the visitors’ favour. Tynedale stretched further ahead early in the second half through a second try by winger Marshall but the final quarter was all Caldy. The introduction of Caldy’s captain and full back Andrew Soutar on the 50 minute mark was the catalyst. Caldy’s forwards led by man of the match 2nd row Tom Sanders were now dominant in the tight and in the collisions providing opportunities for Caldy’s speedsters. A bullocking midfield burst by No 8 Stuart Cross enabled Soutar to put Forbes Edwards in at the corner and the powerful Caldy winger touched down for his second minutes later to take Caldy into a slim lead at 28 points to 26. Tynedale briefly re- took the lead from a penalty after Caldy were judged to be offside but this lead was short- lived as Caldy relentlessly attacked the visitor’s line. A jinking run by Ben Elliot which took Caldy into the visitors half, was taken on by Soutar who slid a kick in behind the rushing Tynedale defence for the speeding to catch and race in to the corner and squeeze Caldy ahead 33-29. Caldy made the game safe with a driven maul which put Stuart Cross in for the final try of the game. Match Report: 33 v 26 Tynedale, Sat 30th Jan. 2016 (Report courtesy of Brian Tilley, Hexham Courant) Another top drawer performance from Tynedale saw them become the first side this season to secure a four try bonus point at table-topping Macclesfield. Two tries from man of the moment prop Ben Haigh, another from lock Ben Bell and a welcome appearance on the score sheet for centre Jack Harrison made sure Tynedale did not return from Priory Park empty handed. Getting within seven points of the run-away leaders brought a second bonus point, and praise from the Macclesfield head coach Giles Heagerty, who said: “Tynedale are in a hell of a fight at the minute, and you could see the determination they had. They put us to the sword and played well late on to get something from the game.” Tynedale were trailing 21-0 after 25 minutes, and by 33-14 with seven minutes left, but produced a grandstand finish to reap a rich reward. They did slip one place down the table, swapping places with Sale FC, but have maintained a health gap between themselves and the drop zone. In the continued absence of regular locks Graeme Dunn and Jonny Cousin through injury, Ben Bell and Scott Powell took the second row slots, with Dicky Hall starting in the back row with the excellent Stuart Johnson and Nick Cairns. It was good to see Alex Westgarth join the fray from the bench on the hour, and even better to see Matty Charters come on for the second half, after a long injury lay off. Tynedale and Macclesfield were relegated together at the end of last season, but while Tynedale have taken half a season to get their act together, the team from Treacle Town are odds on favourites to bounce straight back again. They lead the table by a massive 15 points, having won 15 of their 18 league games so far, and early on, they looked likely to sweep Tynedale aside, as they had done when the two sides met at Corbridge in September. Macclesfield rely heavily on their big and mobile pack, and it was the forwards who opened the scoring on 11 minutes when a driving maul ended with number eight Ryan Parkinson touching down for the first of his three tries, with fly half Tom Eaton adding the extras. The lead was doubled soon after when a good break saw winger Rhodri Mayor slip the ball inside for centre Elliot Brierley to dart in under the posts for another converted try. On 25 minutes, lock Dave Marwick crashed over from close range following more forward pressure, and Tynedale found themselves 21-0 in little more than even time. However, Tynedale refused to lie down, and staged a spirited rally towards the end of the half which saw lock Ben Bell batter his way over the line, Ash Smith converting to make it 21-7 at the break. Rollerball Ben Haigh made the picture look even brighter at the start of the second half, when he roared over for a fine try, which Smith converted to make the scoreline even more interesting. However, the Tynedale revival came off the rails when blond bombshell Will Miller went in for a tackle without the use of his arms, and was given 10 minutes in the sin bin to reflect on acceptable tackling techniques. Tynedale‘s rhythm was disrupted, and Macclesfield bounced back into the game, Parkinson going over for his bonus-point winning second try on 68 minutes, which Eaton converted, and then completing his hat-trick five minutes later, following good work from skipper Mike Finnemore. That took the score to 33-14, but Tynedale still had plenty of fuel in the tank. They regained the initiative, and on 76 minutes, centre Jack Harrison weaved his way in for an unconverted try for 33-19. And with the final play of the game, Haigh powered in for his second, which Smith converted, to secure two vital bonus points.

Last Week’s Other National League 2 North Results 25 v 27 Caldy 31 v 6 South Leicester Preston Grasshoppers 31 v 13 Broadstreet Stourbridge 3 v 10 Leicester Lions 9 v 22 Harrogate Sale FC 22 v 16 Otley Sedgley Park v Sandal POSTPONED Other National League 2 North matches today Broadstreet v Stourbridge Sandal v Chester Luctonians v Sale FC Leicester Lions v Huddersfield Otley v Macclesfield Harrogate v Sedgley Park South Leicester v Preston Grasshoppers National League 2 North P W D L F A BP PTS MACCLESFIELD 18 15 0 3 603 318 16 76 SEDGLEY PARK 17 12 0 5 489 336 13 61 STOURBRIDGE 20 12 1 7 428 317 11 61 CALDY 19 11 2 6 439 346 11 59 LEICESTER LIONS 19 12 1 6 368 301 7 57 OTLEY 19 10 0 9 377 387 9 49 SANDAL 19 10 0 9 311 351 6 46 HARROGATE 18 9 0 9 359 351 8 44 PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS 18 8 3 7 343 336 6 44 CHESTER 19 8 0 11 374 376 9 41 SALE 19 7 1 11 388 492 9 39 TYNEDALE 18 7 0 11 368 449 10 38 SOUTH LEICESTER 18 6 1 11 398 490 9 35 LUCTONIANS 17 6 1 10 309 433 5 31 BROADSTREET 19 5 0 14 347 475 7 27 HUDDERSFIELD 19 5 0 14 311 454 5 25 Tynedale Raiders News 2Since Christmas, the Raiders have been competing in the aptly named RFU Northern Pilot League, a competition set up for 2nd XV's in the North of England who have outgrown their local competition. Along with & MP from the Candy League, Tynedale will face Harrogate, Hull Ionions and Wharfedale in a six-team, ten- game league between January and March. Sat 30 Jan: 10 v 12 Raiders Sat 23 Jan: Raiders 28 v 26 Darlington Mowden Park II

Tynedale Vets News Sat 30 Jan: Morpeth Stags 38 v 10 Tynedale Vets

Tynedale Panthers News Tynedale Panthers U15s girls team are the top team in this season, having beaten all other clubs in the county cup and go onto play the Durham champions Horden in the national cup. If they were to win that game they would play last year’s national champions Castleford in the next round and only be a couple of games away from a day out at Twickenham. Tynedale has had three girls represent Northumberland at U18s & eight girls at U15s. Of the girls playing county U15s five have been selected for the North of England U15s squad and we have more girls in that squad than any other club in , , , Durham, and Northumberland. Congratulations to Charlotte Tweddle, Caitlin Simpson, Maisie Lowes, Holly Thorpe and Daisy Oliver. We do still need more players so anybody reading this with daughters or grand-daughters between 6 and 18 are encouraged to suggest they come down and give it a go! Nick Oliver can be contacted on 07908 881315 for further details.

Ball Boys & Girls We are grateful to the Youth Rugby section of the club for providing players for each 1st XV home match this season. The U12’s will be helping at today’s match.

General News Flood recovery - We now have a project surveyor appointed in Henry Scott, of Silverstone Building Consultants, and he is working with the club. Also working on the project to reinstate the clubhouse are Dave Spearman, who is a quantity surveyor, and Graeme Dodd of Napper Architects. Bringing the changing area and pitches back to use now appears to rely on provision of temporary boilers and ground machinery, which we hope will flow through from agreement of an interim settlement on the insurance. As soon as we have further information we will provide an update our web site. With the appointment of Scotland International Hooker Scott Lawson as head of Rugby, 2016 is looking positive indeed. Tynedale come into 2016 with a new Head of Rugby. Scotland and Newcastle Falcons hooker Scott Lawson has taken over the helm from Andy Buist who himself barely had a chance to settle into the role in the first half of the season before heading off to work abroad. Scott Lawso n start ed play ing r ugby with Bigg ar RFC and wen t thr ough th e y outh s ystem and al l th e wa y to the first

XV. He then mo ved to sign and play for th e Glasgow Pro' team. Sc ott joine d Newca stle F alcons in the Aviva Premie rship for t he 2 013/14 se ason after playing with

Glouces ter, Sale S h ark s and Lo ndon I rish . S cott Lawson also pla y s for S cotla nd a nd s cored a try du ring his twelfth cap in 2 007 in a Rugby World Cup pool match against Portugal.

Neil Foster, Chief Executive at Tynedale commented: “Scott Lawson was already help ing ou t with strategi c coaching sessions a nd hi s appo intm ent is a popular and natural suc ces sion fro m with th e club. S cot t ha s inherited a n excelle nt c oaching team inclu ding form er ce ntre To m W ilkinson and curren t cl ub cap tain Mat thew Fieldhouse but it is h is p e rs ona l work ethic and pro fessional e xperience whic h appears to be having a n im mediat e i mpact on the se nio r sq uad.”

Jamie Murray similar.

The last four games have seen Tynedale climb from the relegation zone to twelfth in the table securing fifteen points from a potential maximum of twenty five. This has come despite being effectively made homeless following severe flooding at their Corbridge ground in early December. Neil Foster said: “The determination and resilience of the players has been tremendous. They have effectively faced a series of five away games since the floods and whilst we are eternally grateful to Newcastle Falcons for making their fantastic ground at Kingston Park available to us for ‘home’ fixtures it is fair to say there is no place like home.”

Player updates Graeme Dunn is still struggling with injury sustained in game vs Sale. Expect back in couple of weeks. Jamie Murray similar. Jonny Cousin is seeing a specialist re hand injury but hoping for all clear and to be available next week. Joe Mills and Matthew Charters are welcome returnees after lengthy injuries.

New website We have now moved over to our new Pitchero web site. You can find it by searching for Tynedalerfc or at http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/tynedalerugbyfootballclub/. Please bear with us as this is a work in progress but you will find that the new site offers us greater flexibility with content and we are always looking for News stories about our club, so please contact us via the web site if you have an article to publish.

Tynedale RFC Social Media If you're watching a Tynedale Team in action this weekend, join the conversation! #INTOTHERIVER For the Facebook Warriors and Twitterati amongst you, we've tagged onto the existing club hashtag to attempt to bring the club together in conversation. If you're playing, watching or helping at Tynedale RFC this weekend, we want you to use the hashtag #INTOTHERIVER. A calling card of the 1st XV in recent seasons, this will pull all comments, photos and opinions together in one place online. Get Social. #INTOTHERIVER

Tynedale’s next 1st XV match is away to Preston Grasshoppers on Saturday 13th February.

Tynedale’s next 1st XV home match is:- Saturday 20th February v Broadstreet KO time & venue TBC National League Division 2N 2015/16 Season

Data from NCA website

31 Jan 2016 Broadstreet Broadstreet Caldy Chester Harrogate Huddersfld Leicester L Luctonians Macclesfld Otley Preston G Sale FC Sandal Sedgley Pk S Leicester Stourbridge Tynedale Played Bonus points Total Points Home team Macclesfld P 34 - 27 16 Apr 5 Mar 2 Apr 43 - 0 13 Feb 38 - 27 31 - 3 54 - 7 29 - 3 12 - 27 47 - 19 30 Apr 33 - 26 18 16 76

Sedgley Pk 51 - 18 27 Feb 19 Mar 35 - 11 32 - 15 13 Feb 53 - 28 9 Apr 12 Mar 23 Apr 17 - 13 26 Mar 17 - 39 19 - 24 36 - 29 17 13 61

Stourbridge 23 - 15 18 - 24 2 Apr 23 - 10 13 Feb 3 - 10 27 - 18 22 - 5 25 - 8 22 - 25 16 Apr 33 - 15 5 Mar 20 Feb 39 - 11 20 11 61

Caldy 41 - 18 20 - 13 26 - 31 31 - 15 2 Apr 15 - 15 29 - 24 13 Feb 13 - 13 30 Apr 5 Mar 16 Apr 31 - 6 10 - 15 40 - 29 19 11 59

Leicester L 12 - 3 15 - 14 20 Feb 26 - 20 6 Feb 34 - 12 19 Mar 33 - 12 9 Apr 38 - 6 25 - 0 10 - 9 23 Apr 23 - 23 30 Apr 19 7 57

Otley 15 - 10 34 - 33 20 - 19 30 Apr 20 - 10 10 - 29 16 Apr 6 Feb 20 Feb 40 - 34 29 - 13 25 - 28 19 Mar 9 Apr 12 - 13 19 9 49

Sandal 13 - 15 6 - 3 6 Feb 17 - 35 13 - 12 24 - 18 34 - 7 20 Feb 23 Apr 19 Mar 16 - 18 18 - 13 9 Apr 12 - 6 17 - 0 19 6 46

Harrogate 9 Apr 19 Mar 39 - 22 27 - 8 12 - 13 12 Mar 17 - 22 15 - 10 15 - 5 20 Feb 23 - 26 6 Feb 27 Feb 12 - 24 23 Apr 18 8 44

Preston G 31 - 13 17 - 19 30 Apr 2 Apr 16 Apr 27 Feb 27 Feb 12 Mar 3 - 17 25 - 14 25 - 18 18 - 15 29 - 29 29 - 18 13 Feb 19 6 44 12 Chester 12 - 10 23 Apr 13 Feb 5 Mar 26 - 7 25 - 27 10 - 35 5 - 7 19 - 15 9 Apr 14 - 22 24 - 36 18 - 33 11 - 18 19 9 41 Mar Sale FC 27 - 18 11 - 23 15 - 21 22 - 25 19 - 13 5 Mar 40 - 30 23 Apr 22 - 16 22 - 22 13 Feb 2 Apr 27 Feb 13 - 10 31 - 23 19 9 39 19 Tynedale 20 Feb 6 Feb 25 - 29 25 - 10 23 - 17 17 - 20 27 Feb 20 - 47 2 Apr 20 - 18 21 - 16 16 Apr 13 - 15 34 - 24 18 10 38 Mar S Leicester 22 - 16 18 - 25 3 - 20 16 Apr 30 Apr 29 - 22 2 Apr 12 - 32 22 - 30 6 Feb 44 - 30 20 - 25 29 - 51 27 - 26 5 Mar 18 9 35

Luctonians 19 Mar 20 Feb 5 - 34 18 - 27 29 - 13 11 - 10 8 - 26 27 - 19 19 - 25 6 Feb 30 Apr 10 - 35 13 - 5 23 Apr 9 Apr 17 5 31

Broadstreet 14 - 15 16 - 38 23 - 8 20 - 27 16 Apr 11 - 32 37 - 53 5 Mar 26 - 8 36 - 28 2 Apr 30 Apr 13 Feb 6 Feb 28 - 19 19 7 27

Huddersfld 23 Apr 9 Apr 23 - 14 9 - 22 27 - 23 26 Mar 24 - 38 8 - 26 6 - 32 19 Mar 26 - 19 20 Feb 14 - 17 20 - 29 17 - 20 19 5 25