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As the new season startsNew there are several changes Faces to personnel on the General Committee. Firstly Mike Black has replaced Nick Perry as our new President. Paul Davidson has taken the reins of Club Secretary from Lisa Davies, Tim Dyson is the new Senior Vice President. Julian Fellows is the new President of Stourbridge Lions after the retirement of Mick Hollis andTrevor Gallop has moved up to Chairman. Dominic Cartwright is our new Membership Secretary. Mike Dyson has joined in support of Chris Roe the Mini and Junior Chairman. Other additions are Louise Price as Safeguarding Officer andSteve Mann as Honorary Medical Officer. Clash of the Titans...
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lost to Swansea. Post second world war the club Loughborough University began to establish themselves with future England Loughborough (pop. approx. 60,000) is situated in captains, Eric Evans and Jeff Butterfield playing for the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, about the club, whilst another player, Ray Williams, went 65 miles from Stourbridge. The University is on the on to become Secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union. east side of the town, covering a 440-acre single Loughborough won the UAU in 1953 and took the site campus. It is ranked in 8th place (out of 131) in Middlesex Sevens title in 1959. the UK 2020 University League Tables. The Times Former Welsh international John Robins coached and Sunday Times 2019 University Guide named it the team from 1962 and during his tenure an University of the year, it’s second such award. impressive fixture list was built, featuring Leicester, The University is world renowned for it’s excellence Gloucester, London Irish, Rosslyn Park and Moseley. in sport being voted the World’s Best University for Under his command they lifted the UAU title from sport related subjects by the annually published QS 1962 to 1968, with the exception of 1965. When World University Rankings for 2019. The University he left the club his replacement was Scottish has 55 student led sports clubs, with over 4,000 international Jim Greenwood, under who they won members, and has won the British Universities and the Middlesex Sevens and, in 1970, the first UAU College Sports Championships for 39 consecutive final to be held at Twickenham, beating Nottingham years. University 22-3. Loughborough Students RUFC play their home games at the 3,000 capacity Loughborough University Stadium about two miles east of the town 1976 Students’ Merger centre. In 1976 the Student’s Unions of the University of Technology and the Loughborough Colleges merged and Loughborough Students Rugby Union Club History of Loughborough was formed. They quickly added to their success by Students Rugby taking the UAU title in 1977,1978 and 1979. Students of Loughborough College formed the original side in September 1919. I have no information on the actual date so today’s clash Loughborough Students could be almost their Centenary game!) and the RFU Leagues By 1930 they were playing in the Universities Athletic At the inception of the league system (1987-88 Union (UAU) as Loughborough College XV, beating season) they were offered a place in National Two Nottingham University 8-0 in their first match. but turned it down. They did not apply to join until In 1939 the club reached their first UAU final but ...continued over www.stourbridgerugby.com “come on stour!” 15 STOURVIEW 2019-2020 Loughborough Students RUFC A Warm Welcome (continued)
1996 and at that point they had to join at the bottom as they endeavour to beat our first time visitors. of the pyramid system. Playing in Leicester One they won the league, with nine wins and one defeat, to gain promotion to East Midlands/Leicester One Students Rugby Trivia where they finished mid-table. In 1998 a full time • John Robins (Loughborough’s coach in the early Director of Rugby, Ian Smith was appointed with sixties) went on to become the first British and Alan Buzza taking over from him in 2001. Back to Irish Lions coach for the 1966 tour of Australia back promotions were gained in 2001-02, 2002-03. and New Zealand. Dave Morris took over as head coach in 2006. He • The 1970-71 side included six future brought immediate success, gaining promotion in internationals: Lewis Dick (Scotland), Clive Rees 2007 to Midlands One, following up the next season (Wales) and David Cooke, Fran Cotton, Steve with promotion to what is now National Two North Smith, Dick Cowman, all English. (level 4 rugby) so becoming the first student team to • A young centre, now Sir Clive Woodward, make the National leagues. After consecutive play- captained the 1978-79 side. We all know what he off defeats, to Rosslyn Park in 2009-10 and Jersey went on to achieve! in 2010-11, “The Students” clinched promotion to • The 1985-86 team, led by Andy Robinson, National One when they took the National Two reached the 3rd round of the John Player Cup North title at the end on 2011-12, so completing a (losing to Wasps) Andy Robinson went on to play rise from the bottom of the pile all the way to level 3. for Bath and England and later coached England Following a close escape after a relegation battle in and Scotland. 2017-18 their continually upward progress suffered it’s first ever reverse at the end of last season. Loughborough Trivia Finishing in 15th place in National One they were • Loughborough has the world’s largest bell relegated to tier 4, along with Esher and Caldy. foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders. They have made bells for the town’s 151 feet tall Carillon Previous League Encounters Tower, St.Pauls Cathedral and York Minster. This should be short and sweet; today is the first • In 1841, Loughborough was the destination for league game between the two teams. I am unsure as the first package tour by Thomas Cook, for a to any previous friendlies, cup games or pre league temperance group from Leicester. fixtures but there have been no league encounters. • The town has a second rugby union team, A few seasons ago it was a case of ships that pass in Loughborough RFC, playing in the lower reaches the night as the “The Students” were promoted into (tier 7) of the league structure in Midlands Two National One the same season as we were relegated East (North) from it i.e. 2011-12.
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STOURVIEW 2019-2020 Around the Leagues Contributed by Ian Cole elcome to the start newly promoted sides are Hull The other Midlands sides are of another season in and Scunthorpe who won their Loughborough Students and National Two North. respective leagues together with Hinckley. As we are all aware, Luctonians who beat Blaydon in the Apart from this, it will be the usual lastW season saw us eventually North / Midlands play off. visits north with Chester, Fylde, finish in eleventh place. There Yet again there has been a level Caldy, Preston and Sedgley Park was a marked contrast between transfer from North to South this in the North West, Huddersfield, excellent form at home (only three season with the unlucky team Wharfedale, Otley, Hull and defeats) with a disappointing away being Leicester Lions who vied Sheffield Tigers in Yorkshire and campaign (only two wins, and these with Hinckley for that rather Tynedale in the (far) North East. against eventually relegated South dubious distinction. The reason the Leicester and Peterborough Lions). Leicestershire sides were affected This Week’s The league was won by Hull Ionians was that the criteria is based on who make an immediate return total travelling distances and the Fixtures to National One. We actually beat preponderance of National Two Apart from the visit of Ionians at home and drew against South sides from the South East Loughborough Students today second placed Chester – a clear as opposed to the South West there are a number of interesting illustration of what might have meant they were ahead of us in the fixtures. Caldy visit Hinckley and been if we could have replicated calculation. there is an early season Dales derby our Stourton Park form on the between Wharfedale and Otley. Last road. Ionians eventually finished Geography year’s runners up Chester are at four points ahead of Chester who There are no close games Sheffield Tigers. subsequently lost the play-off game this season with our nearest away at Canterbury. neighbours being Luctonians. The main feature of the close season has been the sad demise of Birmingham Solihull who have league table - SSE National League 2 North opted to return to purely amateur Team Pld W D l F a PD TBP lBP Points rugby and have dropped out of the 1 Caldy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 league system, at least for the time 2 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 being. Bees were relegated from National Two South last season, 3 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mainly due to a player registration 4 Huddersfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 issue which resulted in a points 5 Hull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 deduction at the beginning of the season. Their demise from the semi- 6 Hinckley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 professional game is a very sad 7 l’borough Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 indictment of the state of the game 8 lUCTonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in our region. This season sees the return of old 9 oTley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 friends Caldy who were relegated 10 Preston G’hoppers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 from National One. They are joined 11 Scunthorpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 by our visitors today Loughborough Students, who I believe we have not 12 Sedgley Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 played in the leagues before, as we 13 Sheffield Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 swapped places with them when we 14 Stourbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 were relegated from One to Two a few years back. 15 Tynedale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 At the other end of the table the 16 Wharfedale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 www.stourbridgerugby.com “come on stour!” 31 Our passion drives us to deliver success, yours and ours! RPS offers a wealth of expertise in all sectors of the built environment.
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7th September loughborough students (3.00pm) Home 14th September luctonians (3.00pm) Away 21st September hull (3.00pm) Home 28th September otley (3.00pm) Away 5th October sedgley park (3.00pm) Home 12th October fylde (3.00pm) Away 19th October scunthorpe (3.00pm) Home 26th October preston grasshoppers (3.00pm) Away 2nd November wharfedale (3.00pm) Home 9th November Huddersfield (3.00pm) Away 16th November tynedale (3.00pm) Home 23rd November sheffield tigers (3.00pm) Home 30th November hinckley (3.00pm) Away 7th December chester (3.00pm) Home 14th December caldy (3.00pm) Away 21st December luctonians (3.00pm) Home 4th January hull (3.00pm) Away 11th January otley (3.00pm) Home 18th January sedgley park (3.00pm) Away 25th January fylde (3.00pm) Home 1st February scunthorpe (3.00pm) Away 8th February preston grasshoppers (3.00pm) Away 15th February wharfedale (3.00pm) Home 29th February huddersfield (3.00pm) Away 7th March tynedale (3.00pm) Away 21st March sheffield tigers (3.00pm) Away 28th March hinckley (3.00pm) Home 4th April chester (3.00pm) Away 18th April caldy (3.00pm) Home 24th April loughborough students (3.00pm) Away
36 “come on stour!” www.stourbridgerugby.com Final Player Stats 2018-2019
App Rep Tries Cons Pens Drops Pts aley, Rick 16 2 3 36 16 135 beddows, Reece 19 2 5 25 BLADEN, Gareth 1 1 0 cairns, Nick 28 4 3 15 connolly, Rob 3 3 0 CROFTS, Aaron 2 0 daly, Tim 1 1 0 GEORGE, Mark 30 9 4 20 gibbons, Niall 13 4 1 5 griffiths, Llyr 29 2 2 10 harrison, Mark 27 1 13 65 heatley, Joe 30 1 13 65 HEWARD, Noah 4 2 3 15 LEA, Jack 22 4 13 65 matheR, Liam 1 1 0 MAXWELL, Alexander 4 2 0 mitchell, Tom 1 0 montieri, Sam 17 1 4 20 morgan, George 17 4 3 15 morRIS, Callum 2 0 mukarati, Nigel 29 6 30 murphy, Nick 29 1 5 penn, Michael 1 0 petty, Rod 9 7 2 4 riley, Hal 23 2 7 35 RODDY, Chris 9 6 1 5 rundle, Dan 30 1 27 135 Scott, Chris 23 8 35 8 1 97 seabrook, James 9 2 2 10 shaw, Adam 15 5 2 10 simpson, Gareth 7 2 7 1 27 smeilus, Ryan 1 1 0 spencer, Jack 10 6 0 sturdy, Adam 7 7 0 thorne, Chad 15 2 0 thorp, Stefan 30 7 3 15 veebel, Luke 25 11 3 15 webb, Damian 1 1 0 wilkes, Sam 20 12 1 5 wilSON, Sam 14 4 2 4 worthington, Mike 9 7 0 Penalty Try 2 2 14 TOTALS 124 85 25 1 868
www.stourbridgerugby.com “come on stour!” 37 STOURVIEW 2019-2020 Player Q&A with...
E NGINEERING & M ANUFACTURING Chris Scott R ECRUITMENT S PECIALISTS date of birth: 25th September 1984 For over 40 years, Jonathan Lee Recruitment has supplied the engineering, manufacturing and technical sectors with permanent, position: Flyhalf contract, interim and executi ve candidates. Height: 5’ 9” weight: 85kg Our specialist team of technical and industry professionals, off er a 1978 - 2018 nickname: Scotty/Miyagi consultati ve approach bringing an in-depth understanding of the 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING skills, experience and personal att ributes required for a variety of current job: Police officer roles from entry level to executi ve appointments. previous clubs: Earlsdon RFC/Bedworth RFC #FutureSkills jonlee.co.uk what/WHO made you play at stourbridge: Shmitch toughest opponent: Marc Marren when I used to play against Old Coventrians. He’s such a mess I couldn’t keep a straight face for 80 minutes. best sporting achievement: Running out at Ellis Park in South Africa to play against Rustenberg Impalas for the British police. favourite sport: Ruggers favourite food: Chinese favourite film: Blade Runner favourite TV programme: Stranger Things most embarrassing moment: Breaking 2 ribs and screaming like a 6 year old girl at Hinckley 2 years ago what would you put into room 101: Diving in professional football. ideal FIVE guests at a dinner party: jonlee.co.uk Jonny Wilkinson, The Rock, Dan Bilzerian, Morgan Freeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger linkedin.com/company/jonathan-lee-recruitment @jonlee_recruit [email protected] youtube.com/jonathanleerecruitment 38 “come on stour!” www.stourbridgerugby.com E NGINEERING & M ANUFACTURING R ECRUITMENT S PECIALISTS
For over 40 years, Jonathan Lee Recruitment has supplied the engineering, manufacturing and technical sectors with permanent, contract, interim and executi ve candidates. Our specialist team of technical and industry professionals, off er a 1978 - 2018 consultati ve approach bringing an in-depth understanding of the 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING skills, experience and personal att ributes required for a variety of roles from entry level to executi ve appointments.
#FutureSkills jonlee.co.uk
jonlee.co.uk
linkedin.com/company/jonathan-lee-recruitment @jonlee_recruit [email protected] youtube.com/jonathanleerecruitment