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We conclude our County Group 3 prognunmc loday afler a hectic three wcek spell. The format mighl never be secn again if planned arrangements for next se ..!SOn go ahead. 1 understand that From 1993/94 League One and Two players will nol be available for selection at County leve!. Though not unduly affected we must admil ~lat Messrs Brierley, Hay ter and Taylor have served us welllo date. ln compiling these notes well ahead of time 1 hope that 1 will be forgiven for billing il as a clash of the Titans!!! Perhaps 1 am lempting fale, but it is nol beyonds the bounds ofpossibility that both Counties will have emerged at this stage with unblemished records. In this evenl will player availability or longevity count? CheshireRFU was formed in 1875, it now has 46 member Clubs on roll. Nous, Lincs and Derby RFU, comparatively young by comparison, came inlo being in 1925. Itnow has 77 Clubs on ilS books. With the opponunity to selecl from a larger reservoir of talent be the telling faclor? Do previolls resullS 1records count for anything? Matches played on Saturday, December 5~1 were concluded as follows: Cheshire 60 East Midlands 3 NotlS/Lincs/Derby 12 Staffordshire 3 Withoul dctracting From our performance, ~lC bail cenainly ran our way at Chester, although it must be said that sorne fine tries were scored, and East Midlands did not capitulate easily. Looking al Championship performances from the past al Nationalleve!. Cheshire were winners in 1949/50 Cheshire 5 Eastern Counties Nil 1960/61 Cheshire 5 Devon 3 (Afler a replay) More recen~y in 1984/85 NOllS, Lincs and Derby were beaten by Middlesex 10 - 9 al Twickenham. Delving into the record books once more, we last crossed swords on this very ground, Pownall Park, alSchools'level in April 1988. On ~latday wesecured two victories:- Our Under 16's won 12 - 8 and the Under IS's won 16 - 10. 50 the stage is selloday, when fiftcen players will face each other with possibly ail 10 play for ­ - promotion to Arell Nor~l League Two. With gratefulthanks la ~le Wilmslow Club for pUlting their facilities al our disposa!. Whatever the outcome of loday's confrontation hopefully players, officiaIs and spectalors will have all enjoyed themselves. Somewhat prematurely, bul with greal sincerily may 1 wish everyone 'A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'. J,M. Young (President) Pllblished by PorI/and Pub/ishing - 0704 66508 PRESIDENT CARLING'S NEW DRIVE FOR YOUTH RUGBY

England'sRugby Union Captain, Will Carling, available ta young people by creating opportu­ is Ihe driving force behind Ihere-Iaunch oflhe nitieslhatmightnotolherwiseexist. Webelieve Young Rugby Club. Wiu started Ihe in encouraging young talent, and our new rugby season wilh his appoinunent as Ihe sponsorships give Ihem Ihe opportunity to de­ forst ever Honorary Presidentof Ihe new Club. velop their skills as individual players and as He urged every boy and girl interesled in team members." in Ihis country to get behind Ihe Schweppes, mcanwhile,considerlhe Young 's new youlh initiative England Rugby Club ta be an obvious target and join Ihe Young England Rugby Club. audience for Iheir range of soft drinks and wish to build on Iheir slIOng heritage in Rugby Un­ Carling, obviously excited about Ihe re­ ion. launch of Ihe Club, said "Whilst it's ail very weil talking about Ihe success of Ihe current Andrew Coss leu, Schweppes Managing England team, we must alilhink a few years Directarsaid "Weare pleased to havelheoppor­ down Ihe line. Developing Ihe game at gmss tunity ofbeing a founder sponsor of Ihe Young raots level is paramount to Ihe spon's future England Rugby Club for IWO reasons. Firsûy it success, and Ihus Ihe success of Ihe future will encourage Ihe playing of rugby football by England tearns, and it is for Ihis rcason 1 am young people, . . .. secondly, we make a wide right behind Ihe effons of Ihe Young England range of products . ... targeted at Ihe age group Rugby Club". covered by Ihe Young England Rugby Club". The Young England Rugby Club is for anyone - boys or girls - aged between 6 and Membership costs LIS, plus a L3 fust year 16. The Club's aim is 10 spread Ihe 'rugby enralment fee, which research undertaken has word' and crcate a direct link belween young shown is grcat value for money. enûlUsiasts and ûle very top of Ihe garne. That meHns Ihe RFU and the England sqmd. It is New members receive a 'Gilben' rugby bail hoped Ihat ûle Club will have a membership of wilh Will Carling's signature,a Young England 20,000 wilhin one year of its re-Iaunch, wilh Rugby Club 'T'-Shirt, a Membership Badge, a Ihe long term objectiveofrecruitingevery boy personalised Membership Card, plus four edi­ and girl who wants ta keep in touch wilh tions of Ihe Club's very own magazine called England rugby. Tryline'.

The Young England Rugby Club has al­ Tryline' magazine will be Ihe main melhod ready signed up two majorcompanies to sup­ of keeping members 'in touch wilh England pon ûlem, Texaco and Schweppes, and are rugby', bolh nationally and locally. The maga­ looking for a furlher four. zine will rely hcavily on rcader input and mem­ bers are encouraged ta give their opinions and Texaco are using Ihe sponsorship of Ûle write editaria!. Young England Rugby Club as an extension of Iheir 'Children Should be Secn and Not There will also bc competitions where star Hun' campai!,,". Commenting on Ihe an­ pri7..cs will offer opponunities to getcloser to the nouncement, Texaco Lld's Managing Direc­ England Squad by auending matches or train­ tar Roger Colomb said "Texaco aims to en­ . ing sessions. Tryline will be published four hance Ihe culturnl and educational activities times cach scason. CLUBS FACE LEAGUE SHOCK Sloppy administration will result in over great deal of progress since the stact of the 70 clubs cross the Northem Division being season. deducted Courage Championship points dur­ "At that stage the situation west of the Pen­ ing the mid season break. nines was desperate, but thanks to some good Some clubs will be penalised more than work by county officiais, we have managed to once for brcaking the registration regulations remedy the situation, even though clubs ace and will begin the second part of the season having to pay the priee. Crom a minus figure. '" would say there is Iight at the end of the Atthe lastcount77 clubs will bepenalised, tunnel and Ulat weace over the worsl. But it has although that figure may be incrcased as in­ needed stem action ta bring the matter ta peo­ vestigations are finalised. pIe' s attention. Last scason 10 clubs in Durham were "Doing socertainly crcated a massive head­ penalised aCter their match cacds were in­ ache - it was terrible for a spell as an avalanche spected, but the arrivaI ofnew technology this of paperwork arrived - but now the daily batch season has resultedin every club being checked of mail includes only a handful of new names. after each league game. ''l'm in the process of sending out a new set '" feel desperately sorcy for the players," of sheets of clubs and league secretaries so that says registrar Bob Archer: "But if the compe­ when the season rcstarts clubs should know tition is ta operate properly, Ule cules must be exacuy whcre they stand." enforced. By that time clubs will a1so be awace of "Although thenumberofclubs la bepenal­ exacuy how the leagues have becn adjusted and ised is high, the fact is that we have made a what impact the penalties those will have.

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Steve Swindells (Waterloo) IS P. Pearson (Spalding) Darren Medley (Old Salians) 14 P. Wheeler (Spalding) Matthew Farr (Winnington Park) 13 P. Clarke (Lincoln) Joss Baxendell (Sheffield) 12 1. Gresswell (Spalding) Dean Crompton (LSH) 11 J. Holland (Mellish) Dave Hill (Sheffield) 10 P. Sly (Spalding) Sean Campbell (Birkenhead Park) 9 1. Burrows (Derby) Dave Alcock (Winnington Park) 1 M. Hallam (Nottingham) Iain Taylor (Orrell) 2 T. Hawkins (Paviors) Steve Gill (LSH) 3 C.Ord (Chesterfield) Chris Brierley (Orrell) Capt. li C. Miller (Lincoln) Dave Dahinton (LSH) 5 1. Pettit (Ilkeston) Simon Morrison (Congleton) 6 R. Poyser (Matlock) Capt. Stewart Hay ter (Orrell) '7 I. Jowitt (Modems) Stewart Beeley (Waterloo) '3 1. Walker (Modems) Replacements Replacements John Farr (Winnington Park) C. Campbell (Wilmslow) Matthew Harding (Macclesfield) • P. Hopkinson (Derby)

1 Referee D. J. Hudson Touch Judges D. A. Lewis A.E. Calvert SPREADING THE RUGBYWORD The work of Cheshire Youth Development Officer Chris Hughes

Over the past three years almost 200 pri­ Locally, international stars like Wade mary schools in Cheshire have started to Dooley and Dewi Morris lenl their support to play Rugby Union as part of their sports '.Fifteen Days of England Rugby' by making activities. personal appearances at promotional evenlS and speeial coaching sessions. ln lhe main this youthful 'conversion to the oval bail is down 10 the work of one man Bullhe task of boosting the popularity of - Cheshire Rugby Development Officer, rugby hasn'lalways becn so weil organised, or Chris Hughes. so high profile, as Chris reealls : " When the job firsl came up 1 was very keen because il Chris, a former PE teacher, is part of a seemed a greal chance, in effeet, to bc yOUf nationwide nelwork of Youth Development own boss. Officers cstablished by the Rugby Foolball Union al Twickenham 10 promote the sport "On the nrst day, when 1 tumed up at my at grass roots level. office in Northwich, 1 found ouI just how much 1 was my own boss. There was a desk, a Having played rugby at school and col­ chair, a phone and me. Because the job was lege and for various junior clubs in the Soulh new, il was almosl a case of wriling your own - in particular Cambridge club Ely where he job description. was Club Captain - Chris is ideally suiled 10 promote rugby's attractions, and 10 taclde "In reality il was a case of starting every­ sorne of the problems the sporl has faced in lhing from scralch, going lhrough the hard reeenl years. slog of building up contacls Wilh clubs and schools, the education aUlhorities, local au­ The YDO nelwork was sel up in the late lhorily leisureservices departmenlS and sporlS eighties when the flow of talented young centres throughout the county. players into clubs began LO dry up, the result ofless rugby bcing played in schools and the "These contacts are vital. People often vigorous marketing of lhe attractions of rival think YDO's spend ail their time oulon the sporlS. field coaching youngsters. In facl a lot of time has to bcspent in building upan infrastructure Now, thanks to the efforts orthe YDO's, in which the actual coaching can be delegated the success of the Rugby World Cup and 10 other people. England's double Grand Siam triumph, the sport is very much on the up again. "ICs a cascade effeet, so 1 run courses for teachers and rugby club members on how to And RFU chiers are determined to main­ coach the sport, and they go away and do il." tain the momentum - has been running a nalionwide promotional campaigned aimed Of course, al the momenlmany olher sporlS al gelling even more youngslers 10 take up are competing for the youngslers' attention - the sport. in facl, Chris himself sharcs an office with a Soccer Development Officer. opportunity policy for playing tllem. But Chris helieves that he is 'selling' a He will also he continuing to help clubs good product with wide appcal for both boys establish and nurture their own youth rugby and girls: " ln my view, rugby's a grcat set-ups - the number of Cheshire clubs offer­ leveller. ing mini rugby facilities has incrcased consist­ ently over the past three ycars. "At primary schoollevel, we play New Image Rugby, which is basically a grune of lronically though, one person who has tag playcd with a rugby bail. Boys and girls failcd to develop their rugby over the past can pl~y it equally weil. three ycars is Chris himself. "Further up the scale, rugby can accom­ Working with schools during the week modate boys of ail shapes and sizes -there's and club mini-rugby groupson Sundays mcans a place in a rugby tcam for ~111 I ads, short lads that Saturdays are the only day he off to spend and hefly lads. Not many sports can offer with his family. that." Beeause of this he is now only rarely able Over the past ycar, Rugby has of course to tum out for Sandbach, his local club. becn given abig boostby the World Cup,said Chris: " The number of children showing an • Chris Hughes is available to offer advice interest in the sport shot up after this event. on introducing rugby to groups of children of ail ages in schools and clubs. "But of course, the same thing happens every ycar with tennis when Wimbledon is • Contact him on 0606 871812. on the TV -ail the kids want a racquetand you can't get a court on a public park. "ln terms of rugby, the most significant effect has becn to raiseawareness ofthe sport nationwide and to elevate leading players like Will Carling to the status of naûonal sporûng celebrities like lcading soccer play­ crs. BROCK "This increased awareness obviously makes it easier to promote the game in both schools and clubs," he said. CIVIL Aftercompleting his first three-yearcon­ tract with the RFU, Chris has now 'signed up' for a further five years. For tllis seeond ENGINEERING spell, he believes there will he a change in the emphasis of his work. Up to now much effort has been concen­ tratcd on primary school children, working on the 'grab 'em young' theory. Now Chris intends to work Witll older age groups where he helieves rugby can stake a strong claim on Telephone the interest of youngsters of both sexes now that curriculum changes mean that schools are obliged to offer a more balanced pro­ 051-3398113 gramme of sporting activiûes and an equal FIXTURES SEASON 1992-93

COUNTY Novcmber 25 v Cumbria (Away) Deccmber 5 v East Midlands (Chester RFC) 13 v Staffordshire (Burton on Trent RFC) 19 v Notts Lincs & Derby (Wilmslow RFC)

DIVISION Dcccmbcr 5 v South West (Headingley RFC) 12 v Midlands (Waterloo RFC) 19 v London (Harlequins RFC)

UNDER 2l'S Deccmber 2 v Lancashire (Away) 16 v Cumbria (Home)

SCHOOLBOYS (U.18 and U.16) Novcmber 8 v Shropshire (Caldy & Parkonians RFC) 22 v Staffordshire (Lichfield RFC)

Deccmbcr 6 v Northumberland (Northwich RFC) 12 v Durham (Durham School) 19 v Yorkshire ( RFC) 27 v Lancashire (St. Helens)

January 3 v Cumbria (Sandbach RFC)

COLTS Octobcr 3 v Leicester (Away) Il v E. Counties (Away) 17 v Northumberland (Away) 24 v Durham (Away)

November 1 v Cumbria (Shell RFC) 7 v Lancashire (Waterloo) 14 v Yorkshire (Sandbach) JUNIOR COLTS (U.17's) February 28 v North Midlands (Home)

Mareh 14 v Clwyd (Away) 21 v Buckinghamshire (Away) 28 v Lancashire (Home)

April 4 v Cumbria (Away) 25 North Div. Final

CLUBS' U.16's February 28 v North Midlands (Home)

March 14 v Lancashire (Home) 21 v Buckinghamshire (Away) 28 v Shropshire (Away)

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