Fixtures and Results 2012 - 13 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks Ravens N1W Bateman Premier SU3S SU5E JON HITCH September 1 ANSELMIANS W Burnage L Burnage W CREWE & NANT’CH W 8 VALE OF LUNE L Macclesfield L W ASHTON ON M W 15 L PRESTON GH L MOORE W Macclesfield C Welcomes 22 ST H L Vale of Lune L Marple W Whitchurch 29 Kirkby Lonsdale W LIVERPOOL ST H W BOWDON W WIRRAL October 6 LEIGH W L W SANDBACH W 13 Manchester W FYLDE W SANDBACH D Didsbury Toc H W 20 SALE L Lymm L Hope Valley L CONGLETON W Let us welcome Wirral RUFC today. We had our first game in 1988/89 two cup games in 27 Widnes L BIRKENHEAD PARK L WARRINGTON W 96/97 and 99/2000 ( which we lost!) before playing fairly regularly since then, winning six, drawing November 3 WIRRAL Caldy MANCHESTER two and losing four. In the last two years the honours have been even. Wirral have always been a 10 SANDBACH very well run club, since being formed in 1936 as Old Wirralians. Considering the relatively small 17 Fleetwood CHESTER WIRRAL Holmes Chapel 24 CARLISLE Altrincham Kersal Chester ACTON NOMADS area of the Wirral peninsula, there are quite a few rugby clubs but Wirral Rugby Club have always maintained a high standard running four senior teams and, like Wilmslow, a large and thriving junior December 1 8 Altrincham Kersal SEDGLEY PARK OSWESTRY Linley & Kidsgrove and mini section. 15 Vale of Lune WINNINGTON PARK Ashton on Mersey 22 29 I usually do a rant in this section about the lack of lateral thinking of the RFU in their decisions or the After Christmas this wasted money by many clubs to ‘have a go’ at ‘professionalism’ but not this time! Amazingly it is January 5 ROCHDALE league splits into Moore MACCLESFIELD 12 Liverpool St. H two seven club MARPLE Whitchurch about rugby itself! The honeymoon period with Stuart Lancaster is ending and the real crunch comes 19 KIRKBY L’DALE conferences, Bowdon in a few weeks. He inherited a good young squad and set his store on developing them for the next 26 Leigh determined by ALTRINCHAM K Sandbach whether you finish World Cup. They seem however to be falling by the wayside with injuries taking the main toll. February 2 the first half of the Reading the papers about the dearth of hookers it looks as if we might ask our Alex Donaldson to 9 MANCHESTER season in the top or Sandbach DIDSBURY TOC H 16 Sale bottom half of the HOPE VALLEY Congleton keep his boots clean just in case!!? Stuart, I think, will be struggling. 23 league.

Back to the real world of our league. Wilmslow have stuttered again over the last two games. Whilst March 2 WIDNES Warrington 9 Wirral GLOSSOP Manchester deserving to lose against Sale, I thought Sale were flattered by the score and that Wilmslow played 16 well and scored some good tries. But they then came unstuck at Widnes with a very lacklustre 23 FLEETWOOD Wirral HOLMES CHAPEL 30 display albeit with several injuries and enforced positional changes. Wirral, on the other hand, had a

April 6 Carlisle CHESTER Acton Nomads good hard fought result at home against Altrincham Kersal, who had inflicted the first defeat for Sale 13 ALTRINCHAM K Oswestry LINLEY & KIDSGR’E in over two years. 20 Anselmians BURNAGE Crewe & Nantwich 27 So it will be interesting today to see if Wilmslow, again injuries permitting, can attain the level of Senior Colts (U19s) and Junior Colts (U17s) their best quality rugby, which they played earlier in the season. We know though that Wirral have a Raging Bull Senior Colts League : Division A Junior Colts League : Division B well organised side which has been together for several seasons now.

Seniors Juniors Seniors Juniors I could not go to the Widnes match last week so watched the Vikings and the 3rds at home and was Sep 2 Wirral L Jan 6 LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE royally entertained by two excellent games. The Vikings just lost a very good game 38-40 against 9 LYMM L Lymm L 13 CALDY Kirkby Lonsdale Birkenhead Park. They played excellent expansive rugby with some gorgeous tries but unfortunately 16 Preston GH W SANDBACH L 20 Chester 23 SANDBACH W Stockport L 27 League Cup League Cup gifted ball to Birkenhead too often, who then used their more powerful pack to bulldoze through to 30 Stockport W STOKE ON TRENT L finally sneak a win. Both sides are in the bottom half of a very unequal league, as I have already Oct 7 Macclesfield W ORMSKIRK L Feb 3 County Cup Rd 2 County Cup commented on in a previous programme and both have suffered heavy defeats against top half sides. 14 Liverpool Collegiate L 10 WIRRAL 21 Caldy W KIRKBY LONSDALE L 17 The Vikings have an away match today against the league leaders Caldy and I fear this game will 28 24 only serve to confirm the chasm once again. Nov CHESTER March League Cup League Cup 4 Lymm LYMM 3 League Cup League Cup The other game was the 3rds against Warrington 3rds who all looked the same size ( big!) from the 11 PRESTON GH Sandbach 10 League Cup League Cup 18 County Cup Rd 1 County Cup Rd 1 17 County Cup Rd 3 County Cup hooker to the wingers! They really thought they would win but Wilmslow 3rds put in a sterling 25 24 expansive performance to stun Warrington and confirm that their position as second in the league, a 31 well merited position Dec Sandbach STOCKPORT Apr 7 League Cup League Cup 2 STOCKPORT Stoke on Trent 14 League Cup League Cup 9 MACCLESFIELD Ormskirk 21 League Cup League Cup Finally to the colts. A heroic hard fought match away at Caldy for the senior colts to win 12-13 and 16 28 League Cup Finals League Cup Finals remain equal 2nd in the league and a disappointing loss for the junior colts 14-18 against Kirkby 23 30 Lonsdale. They played really well, full of spirit but that first league victory still proves to be elusive. SALE 20th. October Saturday 20th. October 2012 Wilmslow 26 - 53 Sale Jon Hitch Everyone knew that the visit of the part time professional side from Sale would give the Wolves their sternest 2012 - 2013 SEASON Wolves Captain Mike Black test of the season so far. By their own standards the joint league leaders had stuttered in recent weeks. Wilmslow RUFC Immediate Past President Widnes, Wirral and Carlisle had all run them close and the week before their sequence of thirty six wins had Kings Road David Barker Vice Captain Ben Day been ended by Altrincham Kersal. The grapevine had it that the riot act had been read at Heywood Road, Wilmslow Hon. Club Chairman Dave Scanlon training during the week had been ratcheted up to new levels and the team line up significantly changed. SK9 5PZ Director of Rugby Daz Lucas There was a grim faced determination as they arrived at The Memorial Ground, intent on asserting their Hon. Secretary Barry Fisher authority. Tel : 01625 522274 Club Coach Hon. Treasurer Mike Blackett Tony Kersh Wilmslow started the match on a run of three wins, which had got their season going, and there had been Team Manager Brendan Thomas hopes amongst players and supporters that they might have been able to spring a surprise. This hope was to be swiftly dissolved but to their credit the Wolves raised their game in the second half to show that they Vikings Captain Club Website could compete at the level and intensity required and in scoring four tries, something that no one else has Oliver Mooney www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow come near to doing against Sale in league matches for nearly two years, they earned a bonus league point to Hawks Captain Matt Tucker join the select group of clubs, who have taken something away from their meeting with Sale. Ravens Captain Coach Brendan Thomas was not at all downbeat at the outcome. He pointed out that throughout all sport Hon. President Jim Senior those clubs with the biggest budgets end up on top. We obviously don’t know what the Sale budget is but Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike clearly it’s up to ten factors higher than Wilmslow’s and the real story was not so much the dominance of the Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : [email protected] visitors, particularly in the first half when they just seemed quicker to everything, demonstrating pace and power, and more clinical in what they did, but whether their investment was adequately reflected in the difference between the two sides. 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It looked as though Wilmslow lock Mike Clifford had stolen the ball but as it bounced around, the field we have here. Gemma Jones Photography : Glaisyers Sale players were quicker to it and scrum half Brogan nipped in. A rush of scoring in the five minutes leading to half time saw the Wolves managing to finish off a catch and drive with lock Ben Jones being accredited Gusto Alderley Edge : JW Financial Planning with the try and two more tries for Sale from hooker Jack Rigby after a scrappy lineout and second row We, therefore, KPMD Group : Lee Floorstok Darius Miksys capitalising on a turnover. Two early second half tries followed from left wing Kevin Penny and acknowledge and Loch Fyne Restaurants : Lymm Truckwash substitute Scott Redfern, both of them the end result of some good crisp running, passing and recycling. At 5 thank all those Maxwells of Wilmslow : Motrax - 45 the Wolves found themselves looking down the barrel of a gun. Morley Green Garden Centre : P J Design individuals and Printerland.co.uk : Red Hall The signs of life, however, were already apparent. Mike Clifford as usual dominated the lineout and he organisations, who seemed to be involved in everything the improving Wolves were trying to do. They kept their shape and were Royles Jaguar : S C & P Jones now enjoying their best period of the game. Sale started to infringe and to lose their discipline. Two yellow have supported the Slater Heelis : Spencer Hunt : Stigs Barbers Shop cards left them short handed. Coach Thomas brought on Lawrence James and Alex Taylor and reshuffled club, the teams and Targetsite : The Farmers Arms : The King William the side. Soon from lineout possession, there was Jones stretching out his long arm for the Wolves and his the players this The Lighting and Interiors Group second try. Another infringement by Sale set up another attacking position for the Wolves and after twice recycling the way was clear for Ben Day to score in the far corner. Sale extended their lead with a penalty season either by The Vets’ Place : The Wilmslow Half Marathon but the Wolves wanted that fourth bonus point winning try and it came when Olly McCall, who starting at full sponsorship, TWP Wealth : Vision Express Wilmslow back had had a fine game, picked up a loose ball and made two incisive breaks in quick succession. He was advertising or Waters Corporation : Wheatsheaf Press tackled just short of the line but substitute James was on hand to pick up the loose ball and to dive over. Still Wilmslow IT : Wilmslow Electrical : Wilmslow Glass not satisfied, the Wolves came again in the last minute of the game but a midfield pass missed its mark, donation. Without Sale’s Kevin Penny hacked on and had the pace to outstrip everyone for Sale’s eighth try. them we just would not be here. Afterwards, there was no disputing that the better side had won a comfortable victory, never being really threatened but the home side can take credit and comfort for the way they came back in the second half to take the game to the opposition. My mention in the last programme of the three Sunday 21st. October Caldy 12-13 Senior Colts generations of Houghs who played for the 1st Junior Colts 14-18 Kirkby Lonsdale

XV, made me wonder if Twelve months ago, Rick Noden, erstwhile Raging Bull Senior Colts League A there were any other coach and captain of the Starship Senior Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj similar families. I came Colts enterprise, stated with calmness, to the conclusion that with rain sliding down his nose, and with Lymm Senior Colts 7 7 0 0 157 70 87 21 0 an alacrity befitting a coach of nine years there were many of two Preston Grasshoppers Senior Colts 7 5 0 2 159 86 73 17 0 standing that, while we had only thirteen generations; Days, men and had fought hard to lose at Caldy, Wilmslow Senior Colts 7 5 0 2 138 92 46 17 0 Partingtons, he wanted to be reminded why this job is Stockport Senior Colts 7 4 0 3 175 136 39 15 0 Mulchrones, Barltrops, etc., but none of three. sometimes a thankless one and that he Wirral Senior Colts 7 4 0 3 149 71 78 14 0 However, I did think of families of three brothers who had perhaps reached the limit of no-shows, Caldy Senior Colts 8 3 0 5 196 133 63 13 0 st and let-downs to lose a game that was Chester Senior Colts 7 3 0 4 119 165 -46 13 0 turned out for the 1 XV. The Rhodes brothers, Mike, eminently winnable. Twelve months on, Ian and Peter, who, I believe, never played together; Rick is still in charge with new team Macclesfield Senior Colts 7 1 0 6 87 252 -165 8 0 the Holloways, John, Jeremy and Tim, who did, members, with a a growing belief in Sandbach Senior Colts 7 0 0 7 52 227 -175 7 0 against Liverpool many years ago; the Barkers, Andy, themselves, revelled in a win that made David and Jim, who all played together many times the decision to "twist again" all the more Raging Bull Junior Colts League B worthwhile. As he stood, pint-in-hand at the Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj and, with the arrival of young Rohan on to the team in end of the game, and another slim "w" in Sandbach Junior Colts 6 6 0 0 185 66 119 18 0 recent weeks, the Longmores; Josh, Ollie and Rohan. the bag, the irony was not lost on either of There is still a chance that the last two may play us. Stockport Junior Colts 7 4 0 3 197 190 7 15 0

together, but as Josh now plays at Macclesfield, that is Lymm Junior Colts 5 4 0 1 101 89 12 13 0 unlikely. I remember a set of triplets, the Timpsons, Sometimes blood, guts and thunder just ain't enough and a little guile and calmness Ormskirk Junior Colts 6 3 0 3 107 86 21 12 0 who played in our Junior section years ago, but they under pressure is required to grind out Stoke on Trent Junior Colts 6 3 0 3 122 114 8 12 0 never made it to the senior teams. That would have wins. Passion and enthusiasm will get you Liverpool Collegiate Junior Colts 6 2 0 4 145 119 26 10 0 made a good story. close, but the final yards of a close game Kirkby Lonsdale Junior Colts 5 2 0 3 86 93 -7 9 0 require the "top two inches" to be Wilmslow Junior Colts 7 0 0 7 98 284 -186 7 0 prominent to grind out wins. Wilmslow ground out their third one or two point win As it is, I am keeping a close watch on League 3 North of the season after a superb game of to see which teams are struggling. It is early days yet, rugby, played out in wonderful sunshine on but 4 of the bottom 6 are from the North West and a 1st team pitch graced by many greats should three be relegated, there would be too many we over the years. The efforts by all eighteen of the Wilmslow side was nothing short of (if we remain in this league) could again be threatened heroic and to hang on in the final minutes with a move down to the Midlands. Luckily for us this showed true character. That said, Caldy season, Northwich chose to go down there because, I did have a kick to win it at the death, FINE BENGALI & understand, they lost their major sponsor and most of although to be fair to the game and the their players. I see they have won two of their nine way in which both teams played it, the field INDIAN CUISINE position from which Caldy's late try came, games and are third from the bottom of Midlands1 was perhaps fortunate at best. West. Sandbach, who chose to go into Midlands One Restaurant and are a creditable fifth, with six wins out of nine. In a tremendous game, tries from harry Take Away Menus Patch and Robert Taylor to augment a first half Wilf Noden penalty were just enough to keep Caldy at bay. Amongst many fine individual performances, Jon Coulson, Congleton Rd. another of this season’s arrivals, stood out Nether Alderley at full back with an outstanding game.

SK10 4TD A final foot note that since they were U7s, this age group had never won at Caldy before. Nor had Caldy won at Wilmslow. Tel 01625 890379/890560 For mark Shotton’s full report of this match, please go to the website. www.bengaltigerlily.com [email protected] Who’s this in his first ever Wolves jersey? Clue : His dad is partial to an Junior Colts in action against occasional glass of Port. Kirkby Lonsdale 21 Oct 2012 REHAU NATIONAL INSTALLER OF THE YEAR - 2010

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Tries Points Drop Drop Goald 8 Tries = £450 per Try We know also that recently promoted clubs such as Fleetwood and Kirkby Lonsdale, together with Blackburn Wilmslow 18 Players x 18 Teas = £50 approximately probably, have always prefer matches against adjoining Jordan Airey 8 4 Tries = £12.50 per Try SLC1 clubs because they’re so much easier to get to. At Ed Armitage 4 3 6 5 43 least what’s what they say but it may also be that they find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Penny the sandwiches at the Cheshire clubs more agreeable. Jonny Barltrop 9 In The Family We were also told at Kirkby Lonsdale a few weeks ago that Mike Black 10 Wilmslow rugby has churned out another junior player they felt the solution to their loss of second and third team earning his Cheshire County tie at U18’s in the sizeable players would be admission to the Salford University Dominic Clancy 10 1 5 figure of Michael Parker. Michael, a product of last year’s Leagues. In fact, they felt extremely offended at not being U16’s Cheshire Champions side represented the county at allowed in. Mike Clifford 10 5 tight head prop, in what was an excellent advertisement for the rude health of schoolboy rugby in the region, a hard The proposal is that the top half of the two level 7 leagues Craig Cooper 9 3 15 fought 17-14 victory against Lancashire at Broughton Park. should merge to form a North 2 West League, supported by Sam Cutts 5 1 5 three leagues at level 8, being Cheshire, Lancashire and Michael, currently in the Lower 6th at Kings is the eldest of . The obvious expectation for the Manchester the three Parker boys, all following their father’s footsteps based North Lancs clubs is that in an N2W league, their Ben Day 10 11 55 playing in the convivial cauldron of the front row. Richard travelling would be much reduced and their prospects much plays in the U16s and Charles in the U13. improved. Alex Donaldson 8 1

Older members will remember their father, the avuncular Whether the likes of Whitehaven, Workington, St. Benedicts , Tom Hall 6 John Parker, who was an immense presence not to be trifled Keswick, Upper Eden and Egremont are keen on the idea is with in the Wilmslow front row of twenty years ago. Never questionable because someone else’s gain would be their Jack Harrison 4 1 1 8 fleet of foot around the park, he was master of the craft of loss. On present league standings, there would be at least propping, rarely being troubled in the set piece. It was a four Cumbrian sides in the new league and you could be Richard Hughes 9 6 30 different game in those days, not least the scrummaging sure that it wouldn’t be long before Cheshire clubs in it laws which permitted lifting, boring, taking yer man down as would be squealing about the difficulties imposed upon them Lawrence James 6 1 5 far as he would go and other nefarious skills, which referees - you can just hear them now, four visits to West Cumbria rarely understood. and not a penny piece……...etc...etc.. .. Ben Jones 10 2 10 Son Michael has secured his spot for the next It’s only about twelve years ago that the old NW2 league was th Danny Jones 7 2 10 Cheshire U18’s Group match against Durham on 28 scrapped and the present structure introduced to try and October at West Park Leeds, with Cheshire’s final U18 deal with the never ending problem of travel. Rick Jones 10 1 5 Group match against Yorkshire, to be played at Chester the following Sunday. To this commentator, it seems like a Win, Win solution is James Keys 1 virtually impossible to find. Specialists in Domestic Extension Design League Restructuring Rohan Longmore 4 There’s nothing the league administrators like doing more Amateurism P J Design, 84 Chapel Lane, Wilmslow than tinkering with its structure when given the opportunity to Brendan Thomas raises the interesting point that for many do so. The latest proposal affects the structure in the North outsiders, their perception of amateurism at Wilmslow Tel. 01625 523180 Olly McCall 8 3 15 West at level 7 and below. That’s just one below level 6 implies that rugby at this club is not taken seriously and where the Wolves currently reside. could be an impediment to attracting better players. Bob MacCallum Paul Sheridon wishes the Wolves every success 7 5 16 47 Once again, it’s the North Lancashire clubs that are unhappy Within the club, we would all believe that the game is taken in 2012-13 Tom Rayner 2 with the present structure, which involves too much travel seriously but that is not necessarily how the outside world Alex Taylor 1 they claim into the fastness of Cumbria. Actually only perceives us. It’s a good question as to how to change this Tony Kersh wishes Blackburn could possibly be described as North Lancashire perception without compromising our values. the Wolves and all as the other complainants will all be Manchester clubs. Wilmslow teams a Danny Thomas 2 successful 2012- Currently The North Lancashire and Cumbrian League is It’s a fact that not many players leave Wilmslow because Andy Vassell 5 1 5 13. heavily dominated by the West Cumbrians, eight of them in they don’t like the club or the members. Our facilities are fact. Five of the other six are in the Manchester area and second to none and on match days, the clubhouse has at Jack Walmsley 9 PO Box 595, frequently they are unable to take their strongest teams to least as congenial an atmosphere as any other club around Macclesfield Cumbria for various reasons, not least that some of their but clearly something more is needed. A bit of clear blue sky SK10 9HF Ollie Wilkinson 3 1 5 players have work commitments to meet. It’s easy to thinking is called for. Tel : 01625 500090

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NORTH 1 WEST LEADING TRY SCORERS 27TH. OCTOBER Player Team Tries Points Ben Day Wilmslow 11 55 Paul Lancaster Carlisle 9 45 Paul O'Connor Widnes 8 40 Ian Stanley Liverpool St Helens 8 40 James Hodder Vale of Lune 8 40 John and Anita welcome you to THE FARMERS ARMS Louis Taylor Altrincham Kersal 7 35 in Chapel Lane Largest choice of beers in Danny Waddy Sale 7 35 Wilmslow and sixteen de luxe the easyfish company whisk(e)ys to choose from. Andy Powers Vale of Lune 6 30 in Chapel Lane Giles Dugdale Sale 6 30 Sam Wallbank Vale of Lune 5 25 Matt Cunliffe Liverpool St Helens 5 25 Weddings, Portraits, Events, Music, Sports Adam Dyson Leigh 5 25 Pet and Fashion Photography ALAN LANG James Curran Vale of Lune 5 25 4 LINDOW Danny Lin Vale of Lune 5 25 PARADE CHAPEL LANE Richard Hughes Wilmslow 5 25 David Welch Widnes 4 20 100% British Produce from Cheshire, Jonathon Lowe Widnes 4 20 Cumbria and the Darren Wilson Vale of Lune 4 20 Welsh Borders Daniel Harvey Wirral 4 20 Mike Blackett’s Column Saturday 27th. October 2012 North 1 West Welcome to The Memorial Ground, This is the first opportunity I have had in my position as First Team Manager Widnes 34 – 0 Wilmslow Saturday 20th. October Saturday 27th. October to scribe a few lines regarding Wilmslow Wolves, their Lymm 24-19 Vikings Vikings 38-40 Birkenhead Pk performances and my expectations . There can be no denying that this was a disappointing lacklustre showing from the Wolves. Hope Valley 24-11 Hawks Hawks 33-18 Warrington Ravens 36-14 Congleton I have played at this great little Cheshire club following my For long periods, they were penned back deep in their own half. Only briefly towards the end of the first half did move to this area and enjoyed many ‘battles’, engaged in the they break out and were unlucky to be penalised as the scrum marched towards the line with a score looking dark arts of the front row. I have been fortunate from my Bateman BMW Premier league likely. In the second period, they had a bit more territory but only twice did they create scoring opportunities and time here to play with and against some great players and on both occasions they were unable to finish them off. Coach Brendan Thomas had been forced into shuffling Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj involved with others, some of whom have been able to improve their rugby and move onto bigger and better things . his meagre resources with more changes both positional and personal. Several of the players were probably still Caldy 2nd XV 9 8 0 1 353 134 219 33 0 carrying injuries from previous games and were not properly match fit and James Keys in the back row was Preston Grasshoppers 2nd 8 8 0 0 432 74 358 32 0 making his first appearance after a long lay off sooner than he would have preferred. But the ethos of this club will always be to welcome new Sedgley Park 2nd XV 9 7 0 2 360 176 184 30 0 players, encourage and develop them under our stewardship

Macclesfield 2nd XV 8 6 0 2 333 163 170 26 0 and ‘hold out’ the hand of friendship to support them both on It wasn’t a case of the front five failing to provide sufficient decent possession from the set pieces. Mike Clifford and off the field of play. The club and manager’s role is Fylde Wanderers (2nd XV) 9 5 0 4 324 185 139 24 0 and Ben Jones did all that could have been asked of them in the lineout and the front row of Alex Donaldson, supported by our current very active Chairman David Jonny Barltrop and Jack Walmsley stood up well in the scrum. Collectively though, the Wolves just never looked Chester 2nd XV 9 5 0 4 283 212 71 24 0 Scanlon, who besides his occasional appearances for the 4th like breaking down a well organised Widnes defence which coming up quickly in a line just pushed the Wolves Burnage 2nd XV 9 5 0 4 248 221 27 24 0 Team (Ravens) along with the other club officials commit their back again and again, forcing them into errors. Without the power up front or the pace and craft in the backs, Vale of Lune 2nd XV 9 4 0 5 212 314 -102 21 0 respective valuable time and efforts to promote rugby at their attempts to kick out of defence too often were just fractionally off target thus handing the initiative back to Wilmslow. It is my intention to carry on and support the Stockport 2nd XV 9 3 0 6 177 413 -236 18 0 the home side. players to the best of my ability. Wilmslow Vikings 9 2 0 7 193 393 -200 15 0 Increasingly this season’s N1W looks like a league of two halves with the top seven or eight measurably better Altrincham Kersal Cougars ) 8 2 0 6 176 376 -200 14 0 The Wolves and Vikings work closely together and I am than the remaining six. Widnes probably won’t be amongst the two or three competing for a play off spot to N3N Liverpool St Helens 2nd XV 7 2 0 5 151 230 -79 13 0 currently actively encouraging the development of our players from junior to senior rugby. This generally starts with a at the end of the season but they are likely to be in the chasing group. Like Wilmslow, they are an amateur club Birkenhead Park Wanderers 8 1 0 7 190 375 -185 11 0 ‘blooding’ in the Developmental’s) progressing into the higher with impressive facilities. Nearly all their players have come through the club’s junior and colts section and they Lymm 2nd XV 9 2 0 7 210 376 -166 9 -6 have done well to hold onto them in an area dominated by the thirteen man code. They’re a competent side, order. We are a very young team with very few players approaching or passing their 3rd Decade. which plays to its strengths but they’re not world beaters. On their own pitch they’re always likely to be hard to University of Salford Leagues : Division 3 South beat at this level but this match should still have been more of a contest than it turned out to be. Within the team a number of our young starlets have made Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj safe passage from the Junior game and are giving good Widnes scored six tries at regular intervals throughout the game. The first came after seven minutes when they Chester 3rd XV 9 9 0 0 502 92 410 36 0 account of themselves both here, at university and for the stretched the Wolves defence with good handling and passing to exploit defensive frailties on the Wilmslow left Wilmslow 3rd XV 9 7 1 1 221 156 65 31 0 county. It is fair to say that this youthful element is tempered as flanker Jonny Lowe broke the tackle to run in for a simple score. Ten minutes later, Widnes profited from an Glossop 3rd XV 9 6 0 3 211 154 57 27 0 by natural leaders and more senior experienced players who attacking scrum under the Wolves posts to put centre Gareth Riley in for their second and just on the half hour a encourage and mentor their young charges. third try came, accredited to Lowe from an efficiently executed catch and drive. Bowdon 2nd XV 8 6 0 2 190 126 64 26 0 In addition to coach, Brendan Thomas, we can also call upon Burnage 3rd XV 9 5 0 4 240 182 58 24 0 Rick Jones (Forwards) and Richard Hughes (Backs) to The last five minutes of the period belonged Hope Valley 9 5 0 4 184 227 -43 24 0 ensure our players stay focussed and have the support to improve theirperformance. to the Wolves. It was their first appearance Sandbach 3rd XV 9 5 1 3 225 225 0 21 -4 in Widnes territory. A catch and drive was Oswestry 2nd XV 8 4 0 4 93 138 -45 20 0 well defended but at the cost of a yellow The club is evolving following a period of change and as it card for Widnes prop, Simon Alderson. Marple 2nd XV 9 3 0 6 183 277 -94 18 0 develops my position remains central to support not only the players, but the Coaching team to ensure that the structure Against a seven man scrum, the Wolves Warrington 3rd XV 8 3 0 5 161 180 -19 17 0 and appropriate support mechanisms are in place. were driving effectively towards the line, Winnington Park 2nd XV 9 2 0 7 236 255 -19 15 0 Brendan launched a structured pre-season training when they were inexplicably and probably Wirral 3rd XV 8 2 0 6 138 187 -49 14 0 mechanism with our on field fitness guru Craig ‘Coops’ wrongly penalised in the set piece by the Moore 2nd XV 9 2 0 7 123 263 -140 14 0 Cooper; and we commenced the season in a positive Yorkshire referee. Altrincham Kersal 3rd XV 9 1 0 8 130 375 -245 12 0 manner (mentally and physically) with some excellent team work and passages of play bringing good results. A dropped pass at the start of the second University of Salford Leagues : Division 5 South half opened the way for Widnes fourth try by The good start to the season has recently been upset by a number of injuries with the result that some key players have right winger Paul O’Connor. The Wolves Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj defence should really have dealt with the not been available and the results have gone against us. This threat but O’Connor sensing a weakness Sandbach 4th XV 8 6 0 2 211 197 14 26 0 has caused frustration on and off the pitch, BUT I know it has took his chance well. A short penalty led to Wilmslow 4th XV 7 6 0 1 281 58 223 24 0 similarly caused the players to lick their wounds and want to come back fighting !....”Together Everyone Achieves More !! “ the Widnes substitute Steve Reynolds Macclesfield 5th XV 8 5 0 3 243 135 108 23 0 barging through for the fifth try and in the Congleton 2nd XV 8 5 0 3 257 164 93 23 0 Enough has been mentioned about the mix of Semi closing minutes prop Arnie Haydock Linley & Kidsgrove 7 5 0 2 167 132 35 22 0 professional players and teams in our league and without re- crossed for the final score. Crewe and Nantwich 6 4 0 2 160 94 66 18 0 visiting the financial aspect, The only expectation we have here is that firstly we can provide the very best coaching and In the last quarter though, the Wolves had had their fleeting moments, Tom Rayner had a couple of promising Didsbury Toc H 4th XV 7 3 0 4 127 91 36 15 0 equipment to our players and secondly that the players runs down the left wing, another catch and drive was held up and when the ball came back the Wilmslow backs Holmes Chapel 2nd XV 6 2 0 4 193 191 2 12 0 commit and go that extra yard when they pull on that Blue got themselves into a muddle and were penalised for crossing. Their last chance came when Bob MacCallum Acton Nomads 2nd XV 6 2 0 4 45 328 -283 12 0 Jersey that I and others have previously worn. spotted a gap in midfield which he exploited well only to see right winger Sam Cutts hauled down just short. Manchester 3rd XV 6 2 0 4 155 86 69 10 0 I welcome Wirral today to the Memorial Ground and look Whitchurch 3rd XV 8 2 0 6 157 204 -47 7 -6 forward to a challenging fixture. Ashton-on-Mersey 3rd XV 7 0 0 7 70 386 -316 5 0

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Wilmslow 9 4 0 5 238 263 -25 5 21 0 McKay and Chris Clarke have all moved on. Stuart Lyndsey and Alex McLennan are now Liverpool St. Helens 2nd./3rd. team players, Alex Taylor is not readily available and old age has finally laid its hand Rochdale 9 4 0 5 160 168 -8 4 15 -5 v Manchester on the Big Unit, Rob Cowley.

Kirkby Lonsdale 9 3 0 6 136 261 -125 1 13 0 Overall results between the two clubs in recent seasons have gone with the territory but Wirral Rochdale v Sale have come mighty close at least twice to winning here. Back in 2008, Wirral were fielding two Leigh 9 2 0 7 128 223 -95 3 11 0 young Harvey brothers, who were disconsolate to have Anselmians 9 3 0 6 175 371 -196 0 7 -5 lost by 22-19 on a day when Wilmslow were far from Vale of Lune v Wid- their best and two years later, the Wolves were winning Fleetwood 8 1 0 7 115 274 -159 3 7 0 nes comfortably until Wirral, Manchester 9 0 0 9 133 365 -232 2 2 0 helped it must be said by some harsh League Results—2012/2013 refereeing decisions, HOME scored twice

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and it was only the final Altrincham Kersal Carlisle Liverpool ManchesterSt Helens Rochdale Sale Vale of Lune Wirral Anselmians FleetwoodKirkby LonsdaleLeigh Widnes Wilmslow whistle that allowed Altrincham Kersal 53-0 62-17 19-18 12-18 Wilmslow to Anselmians 37-15 14-63 42-25 23-19 edge home. Last season Carlisle 46-5 5-12 15-21 20-13 Wilmslow won 34-18 at Fleetwood 12-32 24-28 29-12 home. At Clatterbridge though, Wirral have Kirkby Lonsdale 46-13 6-26 13-6 5-29 16-24 normally come out on top. Leigh 6-43 29-14 22-34 16-10 12-18

Liverpool St Helens 23-23 49-11 24-15 27-17 18-26 Expect a close competitive match this Manchester 5-38 16-20 17-38 22-48 7-27 afternoon.

Rochdale 53-10 7-26 8-6 11-20 27-10

Sale 9-14 80-0 26-20 29-25

Vale of Lune 49-5 47-3 59-5 59-17 48-10

Widnes 15-30 44-20 34-0 25-21

Wilmslow 54-22 24-15 13-39 26-53 34-46

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Saturday 20th. October The Dirty Dozen League Altrincham Kersal 12-18 Widnes Widnes were back to something like full strength for their visit to Kersal. In a good contest, Kersal were unable to reach League N1W Forecasts their heights of the week before but opened the scoring after Widnes pressure with a try from No. 8 Tristan Laga. Paul Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company O’Connor levelled the scores but just on half time J P Singleton scored for the home side to have them 12-5 to the good at the break. A fine dave Welsh break and floated pass put O’Connor in for his second to level the scores again and two Kevin Leadbetter penalties saw Widnes home. A good result for them. Little change in league standings over the last fortnight. Everybody backed Sale and Widnes to Anselmians 37-15 Fleetwood beat the Wolves. Opinion was split on the Wirral v Kersal match. Congratulations though to Fleetwood got off to a good start with a try in the first minute from Dave Hart, a Ryan Riches penalty on the quarter hour Alan Hill on achieving the first full house of the season and five bonus points. It’s a pity that and a second well made try from winger Zac Coultas to lead 15-9, despite three Simon Mason penalties. A fourth soon he occasionally fails to score by forgetting to submit his predictions. followed and before the break Anselmians took the lead with a charge down try from scrum half John Close. Two second half tries from the Saints pack and two more penalties were sufficient to ease the Saints towards their third win and out of the relegation zone. Carlisle 20-13 Wirral Just a reminder that it’s four points for a correct result, one point for a wrong result, five bonus Carlisle were 13-3 adrift at half time, suffering it seems a reaction from their heroics at Widnes the previous week. They points if anyone gets them all right in any particular week and zero points if you forget to send couldn’t get hold of enough of the ball or keep it when they did get it during the first half, allowing Craig Harvey to kick two in your forecast on time. penalties and Dan Harvey to score for Wirral just before half time. The second half though belonged to Carlisle, Full back

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quarter and had more chances before allowing Kirkby the opportunity to attack from a wayward clearing kick. Winger

Maddocks scored and for the next fifteen minutes or so Kirkby besieged the LSH line without reward. LSH scored twice more through Matt Cunliffe and Sam Peet. The game seemed safe for the home side but Kirkby’s second row Hughes got Fleetwood v Carlisle H A A A A A A A A A A A a score back in the 74th. Minute, a fracas broke out with red cards going to LSH’s Cunliffe and Kirkby’s Shepherd, Mark Williams followed them in time added on and Kirkby’s replacement winger Hodgson took advantage of the space to score Kirkby Lonsdale v Anselmians H H H A H H H H H H H H the visitor’s third try. They still had time to chase for a fourth try but the referee decided he’d seen enough. Rochdale 8-6 Leigh Leigh v Liverpool St. Helens A A A A H A H A A H A A There was little to choose between these two, Rochdale just edging it with a second half try from Rob Blackburn. In a Manchester v Rochdale A A A A A A A A H A A A feisty match the referee issued three yellow cards as both sides had their periods of pressure. Vale of Lune 59-17 Manchester Sale v Vale of Lune H H H H H H H H H H H H No surprise at Powderhall Lane as Manchester’s woe continued against a Vale side back to winning ways. They ran in nine tries at regular intervals, two from Andy Powers and one each from Gareth Tudor, James Curran, Josh Dorrington, Widnes v Wilmslow H H H H H H H H A H A H Sam Moorby, Josh O’Donnell, Jimmy Moore and Danny Lin.. Douglas Day scored twice for Manchester. Wirral v Altrincham Kersal H A H A H A A A A H A H Saturday 27th. October Points For Week 25 25 33 22 25 25 25 25 19 25 22 Fleetwood 12 - 32 Carlisle No surprise here but Fleetwood competed fiercely throughout and were no pushover, even when reduced to fourteen Points for Season 186 207 140 191 207 156 192 201 175 207 180 players and losing two others to injury. Adam Crisp and Craig Cowley scored to give Fleetwood a 12-6 half time lead but the second half was a different story as the visitors ran in four tries. Kirkby Lonsdale v Anselmians Saturday 3rd. November

Eight tries to one was conclusive enough for Kirkby. Apart from the opening minutes, Kirkby were in charge throughout. No report posted on the Anselmians web site which tells its own story. Anselmians v Carlisle H A A H A A H A H A H Leigh v Liverpool St. Helens Fleetwood v Altrincham Kersal A A A A A A A A A A A It was three tries each in this local derby match, Tom Baker and Adam Dyson (2) for Leigh and Matt Gaines, Sean Mackin and James Burrows for LSH. In a fiercely contested encounter though Greg Smith though landed five penalties to ensure Kirkby Lonsdale v Leigh H A H A A A H H A A H LSH took the points. Manchester v Rochdale Liverpool St. Helens v Manchester H H H H H H H H H H H Nearly an upset as Manchester led 16-13 going into the last quarter, having come back from an early10-0 deficit. The Rochdale v Sale A A A A A A A A A A A Rochdale pack was always the stronger but Manchester defended well and their backs ran everything coming their way causing the visitors all sorts of problems. It took a push over try from Mike Bradwell to restore Rochdale’s lead but even Vale of Lune v Widnes H A H A H H H H H H H then they had anxious moments in the ten minutes added on at the end. Sale 26-20 Vale of Lune Wilmslow v Wirral H H H H H H H A H A H A pulsating encounter saw Sale overcome Vale of Lune with a stunning try from Kevin Penny four minutes from time. It was committed rugby from start to finish worthy of its top of the table billing. With the lead having changed five times and the clock running down it looked as though Sale may have lost the chance to go top of the table, that was until Penny Cherry Tree Farm came to the rescue with the sixth and final change of lead deciding the game. Three Scott Redfern penalties in the first Lees Lane quarter had Sale 9-0 ahead. Vale soon responded with a James Hesketh try from a pushover and James Moore then Mottram St. Andrew edged Vale ahead with a penalty. Redfern and Moore then exchanged penalties before a Jonny Edwards break ended with Danny Waddy crossing. Redfern converted and it was 19-13 at the break. On the hour vale scrum half found a gap Open : to restore their lead and it looked that Vale, despite being under pressure would hold out until Kevin Penny intervened with Tue - Fri a marvellous match winning try right at the end. Taking the ball, Penny looked well covered but he zipped past two 8.00am - 5.30pm defenders before putting in a kick ahead which he then collected himself to score under the posts. Sat 8.00am - 5.00pm Wirral 19 v 13 Altrincham Kersal Sun 10.00am - 4.00pm Four Craig Harvey penalties and a try from a quickly taken short penalty gave him all 19 points. AK scored first through winger Lewis Taylor but thereafter were chasing the game against a stout Wirral defence and had to settle for a losing bonus point with a last kick of the game penalty. NEXT MATCHES AT THE MEMORIAL GROUND Saturday 3rd. November 2012 17th. November Bateman Premier League League North One West Vikings v Chester Wilmslow v Wirral

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