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 NORTHWICH October 1 Blackburn L CHESTER L Whitchurch 3 W 8 LEIGH W Sedgley Pk L LYMM 3 L 15 CHESTER (Cup) L This weekend the Wolves (1st XV) have a game with double the usual significance when they welcome our 22 Vale of Lune W VALE OF LUNE L Holmes Chapel L visitors, Northwich, to Pownall Park because there are more than just league points at stake. Both teams, 29 ROCHDALE W Fylde Wanderers HWO CARRINGTON W separated by one point in the league battle for the 3rd place spot AND a berth in the Final of the Cheshire Vase November 5 Warrington W ROCHDALE W Dukinfield 2 HWO against Birkenhead Park! 12 BURNAGE W Preston GH 3 L BROUGHTON PARK 3 H 19 Northwich W FIRWOOD WATERLOO L Wirral 3 HWO 26 ST. BENEDICTS W Macclesfield Lions L MANCHESTER 2 L With neither side having played last weekend, Northwich arrive buoyed from a battle of attrition a fortnight ago when they took on, and beat, Birkenhead Park not just by a handful of points but 32 – 6 no less! December 3 Kirkby Lonsdale L New Brighton 2 W The Wolves (1st XV), away at Burnage, in a game that was limping towards a 6 – 6 draw stole, and we mean stole, 10 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL W LYMM W MARPLE 2 L 17 Birkenhead Park L Widnes 2 HWO a last minute try with an interception to make sure the league points came home to Pownall Park. David Pike’s 24 match reports of a ‘Street Robbery’ which is certainly what Burnage must have felt like. 31 With Kirkby Lonsdale out of sight at the top of the league, congratulations to them for an excellent set of results, 22 wins from 22 played, it is now about today and some maths as to who gets the next spot. January 7 West Park (St. Helens) W Stockport W Village Spartans W 14 BLACKBURN W Rochdale W WHITCHURCH 3 W 21 VALE OF LUNE W The Vikings (2nds) unfortunately let a win slip through their fingers last weekend, in the rearranged game against 28 Leigh P Lymm 3 W Rochdale here at Pownall Park. Today they travel up the M6 to Preston Grasshoppers 3’s, who are currently 2nd February 4 Leigh L PRESTON GH 3 L in the Cotton Traders Conference B league, and with no game for Hoppers 2nds, it is likely to be a tough 11 VALE OF LUNE W Firwood Waterloo L HOLMES CHAPEL L afternoon for Bryn’s boys! 18 Rochdale W LYMM W Carrington L 25 ROCHDALE L The Hawks (3rd XV) have a tough trip West to Wirral, needing much sought after points to battle against relegation. March 4 WARRINGTON W Vale of Lune L DUKINFIELD 2 L The Hawks (3rds XV) have had a tricky season, very often having to support the Vikings (2nds XV) with players 11 Burnage W Broughton Park 3 L through injury and unavailability which demonstrates the havoc that the Premier League can wreak on genuine 18 amateur teams. Only now do the powers that be seem to be aware there is a problem, and with the retention of 25 NORTHWICH Preston GH 3 WIRRAL 3 players being uppermost on all amateur clubs agenda, the mismatches that take place are not helping the cause at all! April 1 St Benedicts FIRWOOD WATERLOO Manchester 2 8 KIRKBY LONSDALE Lymm NEW BRIGHTON 2 15 Well ‘Super Saturday’ didn’t quite live up to its billing, depending on your nationality of course, and just did not 22 Eccles STOCKPORT Capenhurst deliver the level of performances that we have seen in past weeks. Ireland certainly had not read the script, and 29 set about spoiling England and Eddie Jones’s party which they did quite successfully by completely bamboozling and snuffing out England in almost every area of the pitch! Raging Bull Senior U18 Colts League D and Conference C The Colts League Committee has determined to introduce a new In recent years there have been fewer opportunities for representative honours, certainly with the seeming format for 2016/2017 to provide a greater number of more equitable downgrading of County rugby however Wilmslow, always proud of ‘their own’, are proud to boast two players who, September 4 Bolton W games for our Colts Teams. Conferencing of the Leagues after the in the space of two weeks have proved to the outside world of the worth, and their heritage. Firstly, Hamish 11 GLOSSOP W Preliminary League stages will mitigate the effects of any mis-seeding Watson, of whom much is written on the club website, came of age for Scotland during the Six Nations having 18 Ashton U Lyne W and will permit us to accommodate the fallout from any early season 25 NORTHWICH W joined Wilmslow Juniors back in the late 1990’s, then on to Macclesfield, Leicester Academy and is now playing withdrawals. his rugby for Edinburgh, and Scotland!

October 2 Crewe & Nantwich L The Conference Leagues will likely be slightly different from the 9 SEDGLEY PARK W Secondly, there is a young man who has been making a name for himself in the Wolves front row this season, seedings for the Prelim Leagues, and Teams may be moved up or 16 Liverpool Collegiate W Jonnie Evans, who played a major part in Cheshire U20’s 41-7 point victory against Lancashire U20’s, at Lymm, 23 County Cup P Rd. down a league. 30 County Cup 1st. Rd on Sunday last. I’m sure he will not exaggerate the distance he fought through for his try, if you ask him! Prelim' League Season... November 6 ROCHDALE L Last Sunday, the 33rd running of the Waters Half Marathon took place when just over 3100 runners took to the 13 Sefton HWO Playing in Seeded Leagues using an 8 Team Format; the first 7 20 BIRKENHEAD PK L weekends will be the Prelim' Season. Teams play each other once, roads around Wilmslow, Ilford and Mobberley. An event like this does not just happen and an army of around 490 27 Eccles W home or away as drawn. Trophies will be awarded to the Prelim' volunteers, comprising of Wilmslow Running Club, Wilmslow Phoenix Sports Club, Wilmslow Rugby Club and League Winners. many others helped make it happen. Our thanks are extended to everyone involved, all the volunteers and December 4 WHITCHURCH L 11 MACCLESFIELD W conscripts, Rusty and Fran’s bar and catering teams, the medical staff, the spectators and to Waters for their Conference League Season... continued support of the event. January 8 SEFTON W It is intended that The Conference Season will consist 8 team leagues 15 Birkenhead Pk W with 14 fixtures, subject to any necessary restructuring. 22 ECCLES W The County Cup Prelim Round and First Round weekends will provide February 12 Whitchurch W the timescale needed to determine any restructuring required for the 26 Macclesfield Conference Leagues and fixtures. March 12 Rochdale The Artisan League N1W Forecasts Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company Millie has dropped out, so only 16 players now.

On 11th March there was a postponement which meant that nobody got full marks. However, we seem to be getting good at this. Nobody got more than one result wrong and 7 players got all 6 results correct! Draichgoch still leads the way but the chasing pack is getting closer.

Seven people have today gone for exactly the same results. Wins are completely or almost unanimous for Kirkby Lonsdale, Birkenhead Pk., West Park, Warrington, Vale of Lune and Wilmslow. The closest to call looks like the game between Blackburn and Burnage.

Warrington v Blackburn v Warrington

Northwich v Birkenhead v Northwich

Vale of Lune v Rochdale v Lune of Vale

Saturday Northwich v Wilmslow

Birkenhead v StBene- v Birkenhead

Blackburn v Burnage v Blackburn

St Benedicts v Kersal v StBenedicts

Burnage v Wilmslow v Burnage

West Park v Vale of Vale Parkv West

Leigh v Warrington Warrington v Leigh

25th March 25th 2017

Eccles v West West Park v Eccles

THIS WEEK TOTAL THISWEEK

Kirkby Lonsdale v Lonsdale Kirkby

Kersal v KirkbyL v Kersal

11th Leigh v Rochdale March

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Eccles Eccles

Lune

2017 dicts

Barsteward A H H H H A A 22 452 H A A A A A H

Beer Keeper A H H A H H A 22 392 A H H A H H H

Braveheart A H H H H A A 22 500 A H H A A H H

Chicken Sarney A H A H A H A 22 448 H H H A A H H

Dick D & Mutley A H H H A H A 28 492 A H A H H A H

Draichgoch A H A H H H A 22 518 A H H A A H H

Flying Scot A H H H H H A 28 480 A H H A A H H

H H H H H H H A 22 509 A H H A A H A

Jonty A H A H H H A 22 489 A H A A A H H

Nob A H H H H H A 28 512 A H H A H H H

Red Gauntlet A H H H H H A 28 511 A H H A A H H

Romulus & R A H H H H H A 28 504 A H H A A H H

Shakey A H H H H A A 22 476 A H H A A H H

Super Ted H H H H H H A 22 466 A H A A A H H

Uncle Fester A H H H H H A 28 474 A H H A A H H

Zoo Keeper A H H H H H A 28 475 A H A A A H H

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. The ’Blacks’ as they like to be called had been doing well in N1W up to that point but had to play Wilmslow without several of their regular players. The evidence suggested that Northwich didn’t possess the strength in depth that season to win an eight month league campaign and eventually they just missed out on the play offs and their side started to break up. It was also a season where one of either Northwich or Wilmslow would be transferred to the Midlands Division for the following season. We most certainly didn’t want the transition but Northwich, knowing they were entering a re- building phase, volunteered to do so and went into Midlands 1 West with a new young side. It didn’t work out though, they finished second from bottom and the following season were back in SLC1. For three seasons, they were soon up amongst the leaders, finishing third, second but losing the play off and then winning it with something to spare last season.

They’ve been in the top four this season throughout and their recent form suggests that they may currently be ‘the best of the rest’ behind Kirkby Lonsdale. Both Northwich and Wilmslow mathematically still have an outside chance of finishing second if Birkenhead Park continue to lose. Today’s match, doubling up as a Cheshire vase semi final, is critical for both sides.

In the autumn, however, the Wolves put on one of their best displays of the season at Moss farm, eventually running out winners by 21 - 6 with tries from Adam Hewitt, Toby Rowe and Sean Street. At that point, Northwich had only lost narrowly at home to KL and equally narrowly away at Birkenhead Park. To say it was something of a turn up on the day would be putting it mildly.

Neither of us are likely to finish second but there is still a Cheshire vase final to play for and today’s winner will also find themselves in poll position to finish third in the league. So there’s plenty to play for.

Pictures from Northwich v Wilmslow 19th. November 2016

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Jordan Ayrey 14 5 25 Henry Baker 1 ALAN LANG Nick Barker 3 1 5 Ed Barry 3 4 LINDOW Sam Beckett 7 2 10 PARADE Mike Black 14 2 10 CHAPEL LANE Tom Bull 14 1 5 Lewis Bundy-Davies 1 100% British Produce from James Burgess 4 1 5 Sam Cutts 17 3 15 Cheshire, James Coulthurst 13 5 25 Cumbria and Ben Day 13 4 20 the Welsh Borders Alex Donaldson 15 2 10 Hugh Ellis 1 1 5 Jonny Evans 14 Ethan Harding 15 3 15 Max Harvey 16 10 50 Adam Hewitt 18 2 10 Jack Hogan 2 Richard Hughes 13 2 10 Hone Karaka 6 2 10 Standing Figures’ Northern School Ollie Lee 1 pair of bronzes by Austin Wright, William Turner oil painting of Charlie Levings 3 just sold for a local Capesthorne Hall sold for £2900 Caleb Loomans 5 estate for £4,100 Connor Loomans 4 Jack Masters 8 Bob MacCallum 20 1 41 38 204 Conor McMurdock 4 1 5 James Nicholson 1 Wilf Noden 2 Harry Patch 3 1 5 Jonny Ridley 1 1 5 Toby Rowe 9 2 10 Matt Shufflebottom 6 George Smith 4 Loui Staples 2 Sean Street 6 2 10 Adam Taher 6 Alex Taylor 19 9 45 Robert Taylor 17 4 20 Jack Walmsley 6 2016/17 Callum Westaway 5 1 5 Josh Whiteley 14 Tom Williams 12 4 20 Ollie Wilkinson 13 Tommy Wilkinson 2 Saturday 4th. March 2017 North 1 West Saturday 11th. March North 1 West Wilm slow 10 - 8 Warrington Burnage 6 - 13 Wilmslow There is winning ugly and then there is worse than ugly…………you get the drift…………….but it was still a win, the 16th. As full time approached, this undistinguished match on the Varley Park G3 pitch looked to be fizzling out as a 6 – 6 draw, from 21 in this season’s league campaign enabling the Wolves to retain their 3rd. place position two points clear of until Wolves scrum half Sean Street, hereafter to be known as Burglar Bill, intervened with an audacious piece of grand Northwich in 4th . larceny to give them an unexpected win and to enable them to walk off with four more league points.

As the game entered its final minute of normal time, Warrington looked a good bet to hang onto their slender one point Burnage had just tied things up with a second Rhys Evans penalty after Wolves No. 8 Alex Taylor was adjudged guilty of advantage. The Wolves were throwing everything they had in their armoury at them, as they had being for most of the a high tackle around the neck. From the touchline it had looked pretty innocuous and if he had caught an opponent high, second half, but their defence was still in good shape and it was hard to see where a Wilmslow score would come from. A it was only because the Burnage player was ducking and weaving to avoid Taylor’s tackle. Earlier in the season it Warrington player then infringed at the breakdown on their twenty two line, trying illegally to slow down Wilmslow wouldn’t have been an offence but under the new regulations, referee Lewis decided he had to award a penalty. At two possession. The kick was well within Bob MacCallum’s range and over the years he has shown the temperament to land penalties apiece, most people present would have thought a draw would have been fair enough. Bob MacCallum then the ones that matter. He stepped up and in perfect silence all around the Memorial Ground made no mistake. The Wolves put in a high teasing kick at the restart which was gathered in by first up lock Loui Staples. He went to ground in a pile up then dropped the restart and the Warrington side had one last roll of the dice but the Wolves defensive line held, they didn’t and from the ensuing scrum MacCallum shaped to drop a goal but he took his eye off the ball from scrum half Sean concede a penalty within kicking range and when Warrington finally knocked on, the Wolves won the scrum and played Street’s pass, knocked on and the chance was gone. Burnage were awarded a scrum. Their set piece had been rock down the clock with a series of picks and drives until scrum half Sean Street booted the ball out of play. Referee Robert solid all afternoon but as their No. 8 Ralph Lawson passed to his scrum half Andy Dowdall, the ball was picked off by Sheard commented afterwards on the immense defensive effort by both sides and added that if it had ended as a draw that Street and with no-one at home he just waltzed in from 20 metres or so for the Wolves winning score. It was a piece of would have been a fair result and nobody would have complained about it. MacCallum, however, had landed his two kicks robbery or mugging, describe it as you will, of the highest order. at goal whilst Warrington’s Gilooly had missed his conversion attempt of their first half try. That’s just rugby, said Sheard.

It was also tough on the home side, which had mostly had the better of the argument in the lineout and set piece, There’s no doubt though that the Wolves have lost the edge to their game in recent weeks, witness three of their last four especially after Wolves tight head Robert Taylor had to leave the field with a recurrence of a shoulder injury. But they outings going to the absolute wire. Inevitably, it’s not just one thing. The enforced changes in personnel through absence, hadn’t been able to convert this into any overwhelming territorial advantage or to break down a resilient Wilmslow departures and injury, players returning to the fray from injury still not quite fully match fit, a loss of form by others, mistakes defence. A handful of opportunities went begging and two first half penalty misses were to later prove costly. arising from a creeping anxiety and as coach Rick Jones said afterwards a chronic lack of pace and gas in the back line all contribute to an unsettled sense in the team. Once again, the Wolves management had had to work overtime to get their team organised. At least three of last week’s

players were still carrying dead legs and Adam Hewitt, the main man in the lineout, had to withdraw on the advice of his It was also Mike Black’s last game for the Wolves before moving to London to take up a senior management position with dentist after he’d got clobbered in the mouth at Thursday night training. The thoroughness of team manager Mike his employers L’Oreal. As one would expect from him he gave 100% to the cause with his close quarter go forward play, Blackett in keeping eligible but not always available players on his radar paid off once again. Nick Barker, a true sporting drives and tackling being particularly influential. He arrived at Wilmslow seven years ago after graduating from Newcastle Corinthian, answered the call in his club’s hour of need and came on as a substitute in three positions, full back, winger University and was captain for three of them before handing over to Bob MacCallum this season. Rick Jones was at pains and centre and made two try saving tackles at a critical time in the second half, when a score from the home team would to point out what a leader he had been as both a player and as captain. ‘I was very fortunate to have him by my side, said in all probability have won it for them. Student Loui Staples, a Wilmslow boy through and through, came back from his Jones. He made it an awful lot easier for me to do my job as coach. He’s a big loss to the club but we wish him every university and played an influential game. Matt Shufflebottom also put in a good shift. Ollie Wilkinson came in at fullback success in his new role and, of course, he’ll always be welcome back.’ and newcomers, Caleb Loomans, Ed Barry and Jack Hogan did everything that was asked of them. The spirit and

commitment of all the players to the cause could never be doubted. As coach Rick Jones said afterwards, ‘It was almost It was a thoroughly flat first half from the Wolves and they were lucky to be only eight points adrift at half time. They didn’t a scratch side we had to put out, a lot of them were out of position but the way they played for each other and stuck to get out of their own half of the field for over twenty minutes by which time Warrington had scored twice. Where Wilmslow their task, I’ll accept that any day. It wasn’t pretty, there were plenty of errors but it just showed how much that the were lacking in pace, Warrington possessed it in plenty with wingers Max Caldwell and Tom Arnold. Danger threatened personal qualities of spirit, effort, grit and commitment can take you. And, of course, captain Bob MacCallum did every time the Warrington backs got the ball and in this regard they received too much free ball from inaccurate kicks out of everything he knew to keep the Wolves in the game with a fine personal performance and the Taylor brothers were defence by the Wolves half backs. Their try on the quarter hour came from one such kick taken by right winger Arnold. immense. It might have been a bit of opportunism that won it in the end but you know, said Jones, I think we deserved it Although Sam Cutts had chased it hard, Arnold slipped inside and then shipped the ball which made its way along his line to for the way we took the game to them in the second half and for the way we refused to buckle when the force was with left winger Caldwell who had the pace and skill to skin the Wilmslow defence for a well executed try. Five minutes earlier the home side.’ Gilhooly had opened the scoring from roughly the same position that MacCallum was to win the game nearly seventy minutes later. Warrington had plenty more chances during this period but a combination of their own inaccuracy and a MacCallum kicked his first penalty after just a spirited Wolves defensive effort kept them down to eight points. minute’s play and then from the restart the

Wolves infringed and Rhys Evans answered When the Wolves did eventually get into Warrington territory, they continually lost possession for technical infringements, in kind. For the next fifteen minutes, most of probably arising from their own impatience and anxiety. ‘Obstruction’, ‘Side Entry’ ‘Holding On’ bawled out Mr. Sheard, lest the attacking play came from the Wolves but anyone be in any doubt, as half time came without the Wolves having put together any successive plays of more than one or they were careless in looking after the ball two phases. and opportunities went awry as several

lineouts in promising positions were lost. Captain MacCallum and coach Jones read the riot act at half time and there was an immediate response, exemplified by

Adam Hewitt hunting down the Warrington catcher at the restart and driving him five or six yards backwards. It heralded a The pendulum then turned and for the next decent few minutes of raised play from the Wolves which ended when after several phases centre Ethan Harding managed fifteen minutes, Burnage, helped by a surfeit to break through for the Wolves try, nearly demolishing both himself and the goal post upright in the process. Mercifully no of penalties in their favour, at one stage the harm was done to either in what was an anxious moment or two. The Wolves now enjoyed the greater possession, if not penalty count was nine to two, got close on always the desired field position. Street nearly scored from a long range break out but knocked on trying to collect the loose several occasions. Street got yellow Carded bouncing ball. Several catch and drive attempts were well defended by the visitors, they refused to give an inch in the set and Burnage’s Evans missed a couple of piece and it became hard to see how the Wolves were going to break them down, even when Warrington were reduced to very kickable looking shots at goal. The Wolves though weathered the storm and as half time approached broke out to fourteen for a Yellow Card when Street was taken out in the air. The Wolves forward bludgeon was stymied and in the win two penalties, the second of which MacCallum slotted to give them a slightly fortuitous 6-3 advantage at half time. absence of the rapier, there was relief all round the Wilmslow ranks at MacCallum’s late penalty strike.

There was little to choose between the two sides during the second period. Both had their moments but if Burnage did There wasn’t much good that Jones could say afterwards other than that the players had shown character and that they had manage to break the defensive line on a couple of occasions and to create the slightly better scoring chances, they still somehow managed to grab a win which in the past they wouldn’t have done. He commented on a fine game by Ben Day at couldn’t find a way past the Wolves covering defence. full back, when he was probably still carrying the after effects of a recent hamstring injury. Day was rock solid under the high ball, made ground going forward and on one occasion fell and gathered the ball at the feet of an oncoming Warrington back In response, MacCallum had a pair of penalty chances in the third quarter, both at the edge of his range, which went to save a difficult situation. Alex Taylor too had an influential game from No. 8 and showed his character by staying on at wide. He certainly paid his part in orchestrating events, quickly moving the ball whenever he could to open up play but to the end to make several decisive carries despite a painful shoulder. Tom Bull also grabbed the leadership mantle in a solid no avail. The nearest the Wolves came to a try was when Street found a bit of space but his delicate chip over the display from him. It was the type of game though in which players desperately trying to get it right were always picking up defence refused to bounce for him. And then finally there was his High Street Robbery in the penultimate play of the knocks that may or may not recover in time for next week’s difficult assignment away at Burnage. game.

What they said at Warrington and Burnage Just three weeks ago Warrington carried out a blatant act of daylight robbery when they mugged Altrincham Kersal to sneak a last minute win. On Saturday, they were themselves the subjects of a mugging when Wilmslow kicked a penalty with just two minutes left on the clock to deny them a deserved four point win, wrote David Jervis. “Disappointed,” was the after-match comment of coach Andy Roberts. “Our defence was superb today and I think we did enough in attack to justify a win. But that’s Rugby! We now have to concentrate on our remaining fixtures, beginning with Blackburn, at home, next week.”

In contrast, the Burnage report restricted itself to a factual account of the match at Varley Park without making any comment or giving any opinion on how events unfolded. It was

Wilmslow’ were gifted three points from MacCallum after just a minute’s play. Rhys Evans then levelled the scores four minutes later but then missed an opportunity to put Burnage into the lead on 20 minutes sending a penalty shot wide of the left hand post. Back on the attack, blindside flanker, Sean McCrea, broke the Wilmslow defensive line to carry into the 22. The move was thwarted by Wolves’ scrum half Sean Street, deliberately, knocking the ball forward for which he got a It was the end of the trail for Mike Black, when he made his last yellow Card. This left Evans with the chance to put Burnage into the lead but this time his effort rebounded of the post. Burnage continued to control play and nearly scored from a catch and drive which Wilmslow somehow managed to stop. regular appearance for the Wolves against Warrington on 4th. It was then Burnage scrum half Jordan Chappell’s turn to be binned by the referee for a high tackle. MacCallum was then March. given the opportunity from 25m to kick his second penalty for a 6-3 lead to Wilmslow at half time.

Mike now takes up a new London based senior management position with his employer’s L’Oreal. Since Burnage started the second half slowly and again conceded a penalty in the middle of the pitch which this time MacCallum sent narrowly wide. From the 22m drop out, Wilmslow reclaimed the ball and a few phases later forced another penalty arriving at Wilmslow from Newcastle University seven years ago, he has been a prominent member of our out of Burnage for hands in the ruck. As a result Rob Wellock was sin-binned and again MacCallum kicked to the posts; club. He learnt his rugby in the junior section at Alnwick, a club much like Wilmslow, and played for his yet again pulling his kick wide of the left hand post. school side at Merchiston. He’ll be a big loss to us and always welcome back. As the last quarter started, Burnage still needed to find a way back into the game. Jim Williams nearly had the answer when he broke clear before being tackled and a few passes later a knock on prevented any more movement towards the We wish him every success in his new role. try line in this spell of the game. Adam Knight came on for Chappell and Andy Dowdall went to scrum half for the last ten minutes. He soon picked and burst forward from a ruck but a well timed tackle from Wilmslow’s substitute (Nick Barker) stopped him on the 22 and Wilmslow regained possession. After having most of the play during this period, Burnage were finally awarded a penalty from which Evans levelled the scores with 5 minutes left to play.

Burnage then had a scrum in their 22 but a miss placed pass from the back of the scrum was intercepted by Street who wasn’t going to be stopped in his sprint to the try zone. MacCallum converted to widen the margin with only a minute to go. From the restart Burnage regained the ball but could only manage to string a few phases together before it was turned over in the ruck and from there the Wolves had the easiest of tasks to kick the ball into touch to end the game.

Northwich 32 - 6 Birkenhead Park Park are still odds on to win the play off position but their record since January of four wins, four losses and a draw is hardly the stuff of promotion contenders. In contrast during the same period Northwich have won five from seven, most of them by substantial margins whilst Wilmslow have won six from seven, four of them by the narrowest of margins.

Northwich are clearly the form side at present and in this game they got off to a good start with two early tries to go into a 12-0 lead and then they defended well to stop a Park side with limited attacking options. And then in the last ten minutes, they extended their 18-6 lead with two late tries. Northwich try scorers were props Bradshaw and Thompson, hooker Lindsay and winger Skinkis. Beware the Northwich front row!

Whilst the Northwich report was full of the joys, the Park one reported a lacklustre display with the exception of scrum half Sam Chidley, flanker Sean Mooney and prop James Millward. Park Director of Rugby Martin O’Keefe is frustrated at his team’s loss of form and said “ we just weren’t at the races today and it is difficult to take many positives out of the match and if we are to secure a play off position we need to revert to our pre Christmas form.” It was their heaviest defeat of the season.

They still have to travel to Kirkby Lonsdale but their other three fixtures at home to St. Benedicts and Eccles and away to Altrincham Kersal all look manageable

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easyfish in Chapel Lane WISHING ALEX TAYLOR AND THE WOLVES A SUCCESSFUL SEASON

Cotton Traders Premier League - Conference B Act as a positive Abuse of Match Team P W D L For Agst Diff Pts +/- role model to all Officials Firwood Waterloo 2 9 7 0 2 342 342 161 181 0 players. Code of Conduct Preston Grasshoppers 3 9 7 0 2 263 263 207 56 0 Abide by the RFU’s regulations state Vale of Lune 2 9 5 0 4 240 240 150 90 0 Child Protection that a person shall Guidance in not abuse, threaten 8 5 0 3 244 244 150 94 0 Lymm 2 relation to verbal or intimidate a Wilmslow 2 8 4 0 4 192 192 208 -16 0 and emotional referee, touch abuse. Remember judge or other Rochdale 2 9 1 0 8 109 109 324 -215 0 that children play match official, Stockport 2 8 1 0 7 96 96 286 -190 0 primarily for their whether or not on own enjoyment not the field of play. Sale Sharks Leagues - Division 3 South that of spectators. Crude or abusive language or Team P W D L For Agst Diff Pts +/- Acknowledge good gestures towards Widnes 2 22 16 1 3 822 282 540 77 0 play, effort and officials is not performance permitted. Holmes Chapel 1 22 18 1 3 811 369 442 77 0 irrespective of New Brighton 2 22 16 0 5 761 325 436 73 0 team or player. Abuse is defined Shout ‘for’ players as individual Capenhurst 1 22 13 2 3 561 352 209 71 0 not ‘at’ them. perception of Wirral 3 22 12 0 9 640 453 187 61 0 Never ridicule a personal Carrington 1 22 10 2 8 601 418 183 59 3 player. degradation, be it mental, or physical Manchester 2 22 11 2 8 584 535 49 56 0 Respect match before, during and Broughton Park 3 21 8 1 11 567 507 60 49 0 officials’ decisions after a game and even if they appear includes verbal or Dukinfield 2 22 6 1 11 338 672 -334 49 0 to have made a physical assault, Lymm 3 22 7 0 13 503 783 -280 41 0 mistake. intimidatory Remember they conduct and/or Village Spartans 1 22 6 0 16 463 752 -289 40 0 are volunteers too. racial and sexual Wilmslow 3 22 7 0 12 540 559 -19 34 -6 harassment. Never verbally Marple 2 21 4 0 17 433 832 -399 33 0 abuse players, Abusive behaviour Whitchurch 3 22 2 0 17 227 1012 -785 25 0 coaches, match affects the officials or fellow reputation of the Senior Colts Confernce - C spectators. Such club and will not be abuse can create a tolerated. Team P W D L For Agst Diff Pts +/- negative Birkenhead Park 10 8 0 2 177 105 72 26 0 environment for Action will be taken Rochdale 10 7 0 3 257 109 148 24 0 players, which their against any behaviour will often member or other Available to order by phone, please call us on Wilmslow 10 6 0 4 153 177 -24 22 0 reflect. spectator Macclesfield 10 4 0 6 165 196 -31 16 0 considered to be in 0161 930 6010 Explicitly calling breach of the IRB Whitchurch 10 3 0 7 190 168 22 16 0 the opposition Code of Conduct. Eccles 10 2 0 8 153 340 -187 14 0 team’s touch judge Quote Reference : Sefton 9 1 0 8 64 137 -73 8 0 a b cheat RF293 for £10.00 discount because you Saturday 4th. March Saturday 18th. March disagree with him Vale of Lune 48 - 10 Vikings Vikings 22 - 24 Rochdale over where the ball Dukinfiel 35 - 13 Hawks went into touch, whether or not it Saturday 11th. March was in touch at all Broughton Park 35 - 26 Hawks or who the throw has Sunday 12th. March been awarded too Rochdale 23 - 7 Colts is forbidden. Today’s Match Regulations

Being a double header, today’s game was potentially subject to two different sets of regulations. League regulations are not the Most of us enjoy a glass of sherry when it’s on offer. Indeed, same as Cheshire Cup regulations. many years ago sherry was considered in certain circles to be the ideal aperitif to be taken in the changing room prior to going out to play rugby. Spring is clearly on its way now so here are For example, in league matches at level 6 you three recipes using lighter ingredients flavoured with sherry. are restricted to three substitutes. In Cheshire

Cup competitions, it’s five. League matches are CHICKEN LIVERS WITH SHERRY played over eighty minutes with no extra time. This is your starter for four people. 350gm chicken livers, one And then, there’s the matter of player registration. peeled chopped onion, 2 cloves peeled and crushed garlic, 1tbsp Cheshire Cup regulations are less onerous than tomato puress, 25gm sun dried tomatoes, 6tbsp oil, 1 glass fino those of the league. sherry, four large croutons, chopped parsley to decorate, salt

and pepper. Which set of regulations would then apply today, League, Cheshjire Cup or just to confuse us all, something hybrid put together for the occasion. Clean the livers by removing any gristle still attached to them. Cut into large bite sized segments and quickly fry in 3tbsp of oil It was still undecided on Thursday night but at until browned but still a bit pink inside. Set aside whilst you soften the onion and garlic for three minutes or so, now return that stage it did seem that League regulations the livers to the pan, add the sundried tomatoes, tomato puree, would take precedence and in the event of a sherry and seasoning to taste. Simmer for two minutes. draw after eighty minutes, there would be no

extra time added. The side going through to the Make the croutons by slicing a baguette into 1.5cm slices and fry vase final against Birkenhead Park would be the until brown on both sides. To serve, top the croutons with a one which had scored the most tries and if that portion of the chicken liver mixture and sprinkle with parsley. still didn’t separate the sides, then the away side

would go through. ORIENTAL SHERRY CHICKEN

Now, that was on Thursday night and I wouldn’t For four people: 4 boneless and skinned chicken fillets, salt, want to predict that there won’t have been any pepper, 2 beaten egg whites, 50gm cornflour, 5tbsp cooking oil, changes in the intervening twenty four hours. 1 peeled and chopped onion, 2 cloves of peeled crushed garlic, 1cm chopped ginger,, 1 red pepper cut into chunks, 2 glasses New League Regulations dry sherry, 1tbsp tomato puree, 50gm sliced pineapple in small pieces, dash of soy sauce, 1tbsp white wine vinegar, chopped Rumour has it that the open game ushered in at parsley for decoration. break neck speed after the 1995 World Cup may

not soon be just as open as it has been for the Season the chicken fillets, dip in the eggwhites and coat in last twenty two years. cornflour. Fry until browned in 3tbsp oil. In another pan soften

the onion, garlic, ginger and pepper with the remaining oil. Add The RFU Council is expected to approve new the sherry and tomato puree and bring to bubbling. Now add the competition regulations which will cap playing pineapple and chicken , the soy sauce and vinegar. Simmer for budgets according to the level your club plays at. Sides at level 3, for example, will be permitted a a few minutes and serve with plain rice. Sprinkle the chopped larger budget than those at level 4 and so on. parsley over the dish for effect.

HONEY CHICKEN The intention, of course, is to create a level For four people. Marinate 8 drumsticks for at least an hour. The playing field at each level and to reduce or marinade should consist of 2tbsp lemon juice, 4tbsp soy sauce, eliminate beneficial payments to players from 2tbsp runny honey, 2tbsp tomato puree, 1 glass of sweet sherry, whatever source. salt and pepper. Jacuzzi® Hydromassage can form an essential part of Sports and

This sounds great but the devil will be in the Fitness programs, helping to relax the body after exercise and Cook on the rack of a roasting dish in a hot oven (180C) for detail. The genie has long been out of the bottle repair itself to prepare for the following day. Only Jacuzzi® about twenty minutes. Baste with the remaining marinade juices and has hitherto resisted all attempts to stuff it occasionally. Turn over to ensure the skin becomes caramelised Hydromassage offers your body the total all over body massage back in again. Add to this that rugby has always that will treat your joints and muscles with the care that they been a game for cheats both on and off the field and golden. need to ensure you are feeling great after exercise. Train harder, recover faster with Jacuzzi and you wonder how on earth any new attempt to curb payments in the community game can be Again either serve with rice or sauté potatoes. Hydromassage available from Jones Bathrooms policed. To drink, I would have a glass or two of sherry whilst cooking

and then a Spanish or Portuguese White wine with the food. A Let’s just watch this space! nicely chilled Albarino or Godello would be ideal. Sunday 12th. March Bathroom Showroom Wilmslow 01625 445742 U 15s 27 - 12 Lymm

91 Chapel Lane Wilmslow SK9 5JH CHESHIRE CUPS From the Cheshire RFU archives for 1994/95 2016/17 Macclesfield R.U.F.C. took the Cheshire Cup this season after winning the Plate compctition the previous year. They defeated Wmnington Park in the Final. REHAU NATIONAL INSTALLER OF THE YEAR - 2015-16 Round 1 A ncw name went on the Cheshire Plate when Wilmslow RUEC. took the trophy Cup for the first time by defeating Birkenhead Park Sandbach 52-0 Macclesfield Sale 38-22 Lymm Caldy 33-17 Wirral Chester 79-3 Stockport Vase Crewe & Nantwich 52-14 Bowdon New Brighton 25-39 Birkenhead Park Anselmians 12-72 Wilmslow Altrincham Kersal 14-39 Northwich Bowl Dukinfield 14-31 Hoylake Winnington Park 86-12 Southern Nomads Plate RESIDENCE 9 UPVC Prenton 20-24 Oxton Parkonians Port Sunlight 49-17 Wallasey Oldershaw w/o Marple Helsby bye

Round 2

Cup Sandbach 34 - 31 Sale FC Caldy 21 - 3 Chester Vase Crewe & Nantwich 27 - 29 Birkenhead Pk Wilmslow v Northwich Plate Oxton Parkonians 27 - 34 Port Sunlight Oldershaw 56 - 21 Helsby

The County Cup competitions may have lost a bit of their lustre in recent years. The first round has to be squeezed in on the August Bank Holiday, when many players are away on holiday or for the weekend, the lure of summer sports, such as cricket still has priority, especially if you’re close to winning your league and consequently none of the sides are at anything like full strength. Can you imagine Sandbach beating Macclesfield by 50 points during the season proper? Also about a dozen clubs listed as members of Cheshire it seems don’t even bother to enter.

Paradoxically though, when you get to the second round it starts to feel like a proper competition and all the players will be seriously keen to get to their respective final. It meant a lot to Mike Black’s team in 2015 and who’s to say that their success didn’t galvanise a very successful 2015/16 season. I recall that the 94/95 side were also pretty chuffed to win back then. The lesson has to be that the Cups are valued by the players so it would be a shame if they were to disappear.

Wilmslow’s wins in 1972 and 1995 were both against Birkenhead Park so if the side triumphs today, then we know the final will be against a club we have beaten before in a Cheshire County competition.

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Waters Wilmslow Half Marathon Best Western Plus Castle Inn 19th. March Bassenthwaite It wasn’t the best of Sunday mornings at the Church in Mobberley as the Waters Wilmslow Half CA12 4RG Marathon passed by in the 33rd. Wilmslow Half Marathon. The daffodils, as is usual, were in full flower, a touch of early spring was in the air but it was otherwise grey and showery, not particularly cold but no sign of any sun. Excellent conditions for the competitors but less pleasant for spectators.

There didn’t seem to be as many spectators gathered on the pavement to cheer the runners on as in previous years, no doubt put off by the weather. This part of the course is marshalled by Wilmslow Lacrosse and their juvenile members entertained themselves by practicing their catching and stick work Trout Hotel in the middle of the road with an old tennis ball until the arrival of the first runners. Ambulances were The Old Ginn House Crown St., discretely parked in the car park facing the church. A Chorlton Runners support crew was also present Moor Rd., Great Cockermouth in full voice every time one of their team went past and judging by their frequent cries of exhortation, it Clifton CA14 1TS CA13 0EG seemed they had a very big team. WRUFC is once again supporting Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby founded in 1983 to help improve The leaders appeared after being on the road for just forty nine minutes, about fifteen minutes ahead of the lives of disabled children locally. the main body of the race. Phalanxes of runners then went by ‘en masse’ for the next hour until thinning out as the tail enders went through. The last runner, an elderly lady, passed at about 12.45pm., The Wooden Spoon Charity focuses on providing funding to organisations across the UK such as specialist schools, closely followed by a car, displaying a last runner notice, and two trucks picking up and clearing away other charities and community projects that give support, race paraphernalia. treatment or respite care to children with disabling or life- limiting medical conditions or who are living in areas of By 1.00pm Sunday lunchers were arriving at the Church Inn and if they hadn’t had known, there was severe social deprivation. Troutbeck Inn no evidence to remind them of the hordes that had just gone by. There’s no doubt that the Wooden Spoon has become one of the largest UK funders Troutbeck organisation of the race is now very finely tuned. of respite and medical treatment centres, CA11 0SJ sensory rooms, specialist playgrounds, sports activity areas Broughton Craggs This year’s winner was Mo Abu-Rezek of Altrincham AC in 66-27 minutes. Matt Bond of Sale H. and and community-based programmes. So far grants Hotel exceeding £22 million to 600 projects have been made, Craggs Rd., AC. Contested it all the way until the final four hundred metres finishing four seconds behind. Andrew helping over 1 million young people and children in need.. Gt. Broughton Davies of Stockport H. and AC. finished in third place a minute later. Fanni Gyurko of Central AC. was the first lady home in 78–11. In October 2011, Wooden Spoon was awarded the IRB Cockermouth Spirit of Rugby Award and as such is the first and only CA13 0XP charity to receive this accolade. The first Wilmslow runner was Peter Speake in 75-02 and the first Wilmslow lady was Janine Ellis in 93 -11.

The cup was first presented in 1957, 60 years ago this year. The first winner being This year the lead beneficiary was the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Ian Lauchlan now in Canada . David Garner was a huge benefactor of our club as well as President, Secretary for 30 odd years, and as for 20 years as a very impartial Finally a word of thanks from the Half Marathon committee to all those people and organisations from Touch Judge. He happened to be President the year that Wilmslow hosted an the Rugby Club to the Phoenix Club, from the Running Club and many others who volunteer to help England Trial. He also managed to get a very prestigious National Horse Trial to on the day and without whom it just couldn’t happen. the ground which included amongst others Harvey( v sign) Smith . He put his heart and soul into the club over many many years and is not forgotten www.wilmslowhalfmarathon.org.uk This year’s Garner Cup will be held at Prestbury Golf Club on 4th. May. Full details from David Barker. With this win against JONNY EVANS SCORING FOR CHESHIRE U20S Lancashire, following last month’s success against AGAINST LANCASHIRE ON 19TH. MARCH Staffordshire, Cheshire U20s advanced to the quarter finals of the Counties U20s. Competition. This will be a home draw for them against Notts, Lincs & Derby to be played here at Wilmslow on 2nd. April. Kick Off 2.30pm.

Despite being a bigger side man for man, Lancashire could only manage half a dozen forays or so into Cheshire territory, scoring just the one converted try, writes Nick Jones. The lighter Cheshire pack dominated both the set piece and lineout. At the heart of the scrum, of course, was the Wolves’ Jonny Evans and nobody messes with him.

Seven tries were scored by the Cheshire side as they accumulated 41 points.

For the first time in over fifteen years, I went to Twickenham to watch England play France. The tickets cost £88.00 and the seats were in a good position near the north try line. My first winge is about the tickets. The club are allocated about 40 tickets. Occasionally, more tickets become available and I have to get on to the RFU website, with my “special” club password, select up to four tickets and then pay for them with my debit card. The queue to get on to the website for the Scotland game was one hour. I will not be using that system again.

Back to the game. The seats are not suitable for anyone over five foot six, so one has to stand up when other people pass. Which they do with monotonous regularity; firstly to go to buy beer, then to replenish it and then to relieve themselves in the ridiculous toilets, which have one door for entering and leaving, thus building up a ten minute queue to get in. The guys next to me missed the England try. I don’t think they were bothered. They can have my seat next time.

I have stopped going to Dublin too. The IRFU spent millions of euros on rebuilding Lansdowne Road but, because they could not spread outwards because of a railway line on one side and some playing field on the other, they had to build up. One end of the ground has no seats, because of the inhabitants of the houses behind, the architects had to put a glass wall to let the light in for them.

Despite spending all that money, the capacity was improved by only a few thousand, so the ticket prices went up. On the top layer, the players looked like ants, they were so far down. The two good things about the venue are that no alcohol is served and the toilets have an entrance and an exit. So, instead of Lansdowne Road, I went to West Cork last weekend and, apart from the result, had a marvellous time staying with Paddy and Fiona Mulchrone. Dave and Kate Partington and I were the only English in the pub, so we had to be stoical in defeat. A few pints of Murphy’s soon cheered us up.

February 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nick Tetley’s trip to France. A mixture of players from all our teams played the fourth team (Veterans mostly)of Paris Racing Club at Stade Colombes. That was a proper stadium. We watched France v England, with standing room at both ends and the crowd was such that we could walk to the other end of the pitch at half-time. France won 14-9. It was a brilliant trip and more of this will be mentioned next February. Many of the participants have gone to the clubhouse in the sky, but there are still enough of us to try to arrange a reunion.

THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS

At the A J Bell Stadium

Friday 9th. September 8.15pm 2017 TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND Harlequins

3rd. June NZ PROVINCIAL BARBARIANS Toll Stadium, Whangarei Friday 16th. September 7.45pm Gloucester 7th. June BLUES Eden Park, Auckland Saturday 1st. October 2.30pm Leicester Tigers 10th. June CRUSADERS AMI Stadium, Christchurch Sunday 20th. November 1.00pm 13th. June HIGHLANDERS Forsyth Bar Stadium, Dunedin Saracens

17th. June ALL BLACKS International Stadium, Rotorua Friday 2nd. December 8.15pm Exeter Chiefs

20th. June CHIEFS FMG Stadium, Hamilton 30/31 Dec or 1 Jan TBC Bristol Rugby 24th. June ALL BLACKS Eden Park, Auckland Friday 10th. February 8.15pm 27th. June HURRICANES Westpac Stadium, Wellington Newcastle Falcons

Friday 17th. February 8.15pm 1st. July ALL BLACKS Westpac Stadium, Wellington Wasps

8th. July ALL BLACKS Eden Park, Auckland Friday 3rd. March 8.15pm Northampton Saints All Kick Off Times: 8.35am. GMT Friday 7th. April 8.15pm Worcester Warriors

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Northwich 43-20 32-6 1/4 41-15 61-0 21-24 24-21 30-13 28-3 22/4 41-36 44-0 6-21

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Warrington 41-27 23-31 42-15 17-10 34-22 14-52 37-28 26-27 28-23 28-26 1/4 22/4 36-46

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