Fixtures and Results 2010 - 11 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks 4ths. LGE N1W SU1 SU4S SU5E DAVID BARKER SEP 4 NORTHWICH W Sandbach W NORTHWICH W Oldham W 11 Sandbach W PENRITH L Macclesfield 4 W ALDWINIANS 5 L Welcomes 18 WEST PARK ST H W West Pk. St. H W LYMM L Stockport 5 L 25 Wigton L Burnage L L BURNAGE L LEIGH OCT 2 VALE OF LUNE L CARLISLE W KNUTSFORD 2 W N Manchester 2 L 9 WIRRAL W Blackburn W Didsbury TH 4 L BURY 3 L 16 Altrincham Kersal L KENDAL W CREWE & N‟WICH W Ashton u Lyne 2 W This afternoon we extend a very warm welcome to the players, committee and supporters of Leigh 23 BROUGHTON PK W Preston GH 3 W Trafford MV W DUKINFIELD 3 W RUFC to the Memorial Ground. Back in November we had an excellent game away at Leigh. At one 30 Burnage L STOCKPORT 3 L MARPLE W Broughton Pk 5 W time with 5 minutes to go we were leading by 30 points to 3. That Leigh scored 2 late converted NOV 4 LIVERPOOL ST. H L tries is testament to the effort they put in and really reflected the closeness of the contest. We NOV 6 MACCLESFIELD HWO OLDHAM W played some outstanding rugby that day and I see that I wrote in the programme for the following 13 KIRKBY L‟SDALE W Leigh W Old Bedians W VIL‟E SPARTANS 1 L 20 Leigh W MACCLESFIELD 3 L WHITCHURCH W Broughton 2 W home game versus Liverpool St. Helens (subsequently postponed) that "this is the way we want to 27 LIVERPOOL ST H P Fylde 3 P ACTON NOMADS 1 P Heaton Moor 3 P play and must play if we are to hold our own against what, in most instances, is a much bigger pack DEC 4 New Brighton P ROCHDALE P Didsbury TH P ASHTON U LYNE 3 P of forwards. It was exhilarating to watch and I am sure to play in, which after all is what we are 11 SANDBACH L Penrith P MACCLESFIELD 4 P Aldwinians 5 W trying to do". I also added that "the Alikadoos who travelled with me to Leigh were treated royally. A 18 West Park St. H P WEST PARK ST. H P Lymm P STOCKPORT 5 P 25 warm welcome from the committee and supporters before and after the game was most kind and generous and we look forward to seeing them in March when I hope we can reciprocate." We will do JAN 1 our best today, off the field to least, to return their warm hospitality. 8 WIGTON W BURNAGE L ALTRINCHAM K W Burnage L 15 Vale of Lune L Carlisle W Knutsford 2 L N MANCHESTER 2 W 22 Wirral L BLACKBURN P DIDSBURY TH 4 W Bury 3 L As for ourselves over the last three weeks , we have had a somewhat rollercoaster ride.. We started 29 ALTRINCHAM K P Kendal P Crewe & Nantwich P ASHTON U LYNE 2 P off by playing Burnage at home and playing some quite superb rugby against the then League FEB 5 Broughton Park P PRESTON GH 3 W TRAFFORD MV W Dukinfield 3 W leaders. A win by 23 points to 9 really did reflect the play and the effort that the whole team put 12 LIVERPOOL ST. H L Fylde L Lymm L ASHTON U LYME W in. The next 2 games, both away against teams at the bottom of the League and desperate for 19 BURNAGE W Stockport 3 L Marple L BROUGHTON PK 5 L 26 New Brighton L ROCHDALE W ACTON NOMADS W Hearon Moor L points, were in complete contrast. We still stuck to our high speed adventurous rugby but on both occasions the final pass either flew overhead, was dropped or somehow butchered. In all we MAR 5 Kirkby Lonsdale L LEIGH L OLE BEDIANS W Village Spartans 1 W seemed to miss five or six relatively easy chances to score and had even two or three of them been 12 LEIGH Macclesfield 3 Whitchurch BROUGHTON 2 19 taken, would have given us easy wins and reflected the overall performance of the team. It is 26 Liverpool St. H FYLDE 3 Acton Nomads 1 HEATON MOOR 3 however easy to get down after these two set backs and it will be up to coaches Giles Hegarty and APR 2 Steve Swindells and captain Mike Clifford to lift the side for this important fixture. We will surely 9 NEW BRIGHTON Rochdale DIDSBURY TH 3 ASHTON U LYNE 3 have to play at our best to come away with the points today and to consolidate our League position 16 Northwich SANDBACH Northwich OLDHAM 23 of 6th. With Kirkby Lonsdale, New Brighton and our visitors Leigh all winning last weekend, the relegation end of the league is not just as cut and dried as it looked a couple of weeks ago and we could do with the points coming from a win to ensure we don’t suddenly find ourselves drawn into a Senior Colts (U19s) bottom of the table scrap.

Raging Bull Senior Colts League : Division A Turning to the other teams, the Vikings lost a close encounter at home to Leigh ,20 points to 27 , the SEP 5 CALDY W DEC 5 KENDAL P Mar 6 League Cup Rd. 1 3rds. had a good win against Old Bedians 10-0 and the 4ths had a fine win away at Village Spartan 12 Macclesfield W 12 Sandbach P 13 17 - 29. I see from the website that most of their report was written in Latin so if I may say to Andy 19 LYMM L 19 VALE OF LUNE P 20 League Cup Rd. 2 26 Kendal C 26 27 Cheshire Cup SF Duggan and his team " Spartam nactus es hanc exorna"!

OCT 3 SANDBACH C JAN 2 Kendal W APR 3 League Cup SF 10 Vale of Lune C 9 Widnes W 10 Finally, a reminder to all that the Wilmslow Half Marathon is being run at Pownall Park on Sunday 17 WIDNES W 16 ALTRINCHAM K L 17 League Cup F 27th March. Much work is still to be done to ensure another successful outcome so if you feel you 24 Altrincham K L 23 Preston GH 24 can help in any way, please contact me or Dave Scanlon or parking maestro Kit Clucas. It really is a 31 SANDBACH W 30 Caldy case of many hands make light work and you will also get a free bacon buttie and a cup of tea ! NOV 7 PRESTON GH W FEB 6 Cheshire Cup Rd. 2 MAY 1 Cheshire Cup F 14 MACCLESFIELD W 13 8 Cock o‟ the North F 21 Lymm L 20 League Cup Prel. Rd. Finally can I thank today's sponsors Morris Homes Ltd. and Mike Gaskell for sponsoring today's game 28 Cheshire Cup Rd. 1 P 27 and hope that they and their friends have a memorable time.

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Secretary Club Coach twenty one times and the record shows thirteen wins for Wilmslow, eight for Barry Fisher Giles Heagerty Leigh and a points for/against of 355 to 344 in favour of Wilmslow. Hon. Treasurer Vikings Captain Tony Kersh Tim Medwell Hawks Captain Leigh are now in their fourth consecutive season in this league, going up the year we were coming out of it Club Website Matt Hamilton again in 2006/07. They had looked favourites to win SLC1 the previous season when they visited us unbeaten www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Ravens Captain but on the day they went down by 19-14 and then lost their way on the run in. Only Ben Day and Bob Andy Duggan MacCallum survive from that Wilmslow side. Leigh players have on the other hand proved more durable with Ms. Forshaw, Dyson, Hampson, Crompton, Barton, Knapman, Bentham, Lee, Riley, Eccles and the Woods from the 2005 side still turning out this season. Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : [email protected] Neither side has contested the top spots in over the last three seasons but Leigh are now hovering just one point and one place above the relegation zone. Last weekend, they beat Wigton 34-6 but it was a good weekend Wilmslow RUFC is an SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS 2010-11 for the lower clubs with New Brighton winning against open community Sandbach and Kirkby Lonsdale earning five points against us, so their relative position wasn‟t improved. They are based club, offering a Alan Lang : All U Need certain to be very dangerous opponents today and the game to anyone Allied Corporate Finance comfortable win we enjoyed against them last November coming through the Barrington Sports : B Clarke should be totally disregarded. 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Five tries were scored individuals and The Farmers Arms : The Horse and Jockey through No. 8 Mark Welsh, flanker Denis Bate, second row Paul Hampson organisations, who The Lighting and Interiors Group and wingers Adam have supported the TNN Taxi & Chauffeur Services Dyson and Tom club, the teams and The Vets’ Place Forshaw, the last three of whom the players this The Wilmslow Half Marathon have all caused season either by TWP Financial Planning Wilmslow grief in sponsorship, Wheatsheaf Press : Wilmslow IT the past.. The Wolves have advertising or Wilmslow Chiropractic Clinic every reason to be donation. Without Wilmslow Electrical : Wilmslow Glass on their guard them we just would from a resurgent Leigh side. not be here. Saturday 19th. February 2011 North 1 West Wilmslow 23 – 9 Burnage There were no ifs and buts about this one. The Wolves simply carried on from where they had left off the week before and were well worth their fourteen point winning margin against the league leaders from Burnage. Right from the start the Wolves had showed their intent to play expansive rugby coupled with an aggressive „in your face‟ defence and the visitors just couldn‟t find any answer.

Burnage have a fine home record this season but on the road their margins have been much narrower and their only loss this season had been earlier this month away to Northwich. With only one home fixture still to play and away visits to all the other title contenders to come, they will have done well if they‟re still top of the heap at the end of April. This though was a match from which they would have been expected to come away with a win against supposedly weaker opposition but on the day, they just weren‟t allowed to settle and to impose themselves on events. Their forwards were held throughout and without a dominant platform, their backs were forced to attack from deep positions into the face of a determined defence that gave nothing away and inevitably errors costing them possession crept in as they tried to force the pace.

It wasn‟t long before Elliot Brierley and Chris Lillie on the Wilmslow wings were being released by their inside backs from anywhere on the pitch to torment their opponents with incisive line breaking runs. This adventurous approach, of course, is not without risk when passes go adrift, land in no man‟s land or are dropped. Burnage though were unable to capitalise as Wolves players were normally able to scramble back to tidy up any mess of their own making.

The opening score came after ten minutes, when a typical Wolves raid forced the visitors to concede a penalty to Josh Longmore in front of their own posts. Danny Jones, the hugely influential Wolves No. 8, then took an accidental bang on the head and had to leave the field for repairs and whilst this was going on, his substitute, Danny Kennedy, crossed for the Wolves first try on the quarter hour. The Wolves had turned over an attacking Burnage lineout and spun the ball out to Brierley on the opposite wing and when he was stopped the ball was recycled to centre Mike Black, who regathered his own kick ahead to feed Chris Lillie on the left. He was pulled down just short of the line but the loose ball was gathered by the supporting Kennedy who plunged over. The whole move had been executed at blinding pace and showed what they were capable of.

Next blood was an Adam Knight penalty for Burnage but the Wolves were soon in their faces again, forcing an error in midfield, which was hacked on by Lillie, who outstripped everyone for the score. There was still time for a second Longmore penalty before the break, which arrived 18-3 to the Wolves.

The second half started with that kindly Wolves prop, Taff Bartlem, playing his last game for the side before taking up a new appointment in London, being harshly yellow carded for a technical offence which referee Damian Hamilton clearly thought was deliberate. Whilst he was off the field, Burnage‟s Adam Knight reduced the margin to 18-9 with two penalties. It was to be the only period of the game in which they were to have the upper hand.

When Bartlem returned, the Wolves just seemed to pick up the pace. Jones was conspicuous around the fringes, always gaining a yard or two, whether he was carrying the ball, tackling or harassing; Kennedy covered and tackled bravely in the open spaces and the pocket battleship, which is Chris Lillie just stood out with his powerful play. It was hardly a surprise when Jones charged down a Burnage No. 10, Mike Raikes, clearing kick for stand in fly half, Ricky Chadwick, to touch down on 60 minutes. That was to be the final score but an exciting final quarter saw Burnage‟s Raikes, Stuart Oldham and Neil Baxter try everything to break out of the stranglehold to no avail as the best chances continued to fall to the Wolves. Kennedy was called back for a supposed forward pass and several penalty opportunities were missed when they found themselves without a kicker, following Longmore‟s departure with a knee injury.

No matter, it had been an excellent game of rugby with both sides contributing. Coach Giles Heagerty declared himself happy with what he felt had been the best performance of the season. We outplayed the top side in the league, he said, and if only we could play like that every week, then it would be us at the top, not them………………..if only!

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With a still growing membership of over 100, we continue to dominate many of the running events in which they compete.

In the summer we retained both men’s and ladies “Cheshire Road Running” championships while in the winter , the men won the Cheshire Cross Country Championships .

During the winter , the club competes in the Manchester Area Cross Country League run over five races and includes the 20 clubs in the Manchester and Cheshire Area. The ladies won both Senior Ladies and Vets Ladies championships with the men winning the Vets championship and finished third in the Senior Men. The winter season finished with both teams running in the National Cross Country Championships, the blue ribbon event of club cross country running.

This year the club also provided two further runners to the English Vets international team.

Scenes from Kirkby Lonsdale : MacCallum about to score, the grandstand and Wilmslow cognoscenti waiting for 3.00pm outside the clubhouse

The Asics Wilmslow Half Marathon is now just two weeks away tomorrow (27th March), and many of the clubs runners will be compet- ing.

All three of the Men’s team that finished 9th in 8th. February 2011 the Virgin London Marathon will be running and watch out for Mike Halman who should A great day for be just inside 70 minutes .Mike ran 2.29 in Wilmslow High the Virgin London Marathon last year . Rob Downs and Jim Pendrill will be two others to School in the quarter watch from the Marathon team. finals of the Daily Mail RBS Schools We expect the ladies to be lead home by their captain, Kate Sutton who will be instantly recognisable from her main of Cup against QEGS red hair!! Wakefield And take a moment when you’re in the bar to look at the trophy cabinet and pictures. AVIVA SIX N ATIONS ON PREMIERSHIP THE BIG SCREEN AT WRUFC Edgeley Park 4th. February Friday 25th. March Wales v 7.45pm

KO 7.45pm 5th. February Italy v Ireland 2.30pm France v Scotl;and 5.00pm

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Drop Drop Goals Penalties We are delighted to Martin Hill reports a strong representation by theU15s for Cheshire in Conversions welcome Mike Gaskell of the forthcoming county matches; the first game is away against Marc Baldrey 4 on Wed 16th March at Sefton RUFC,followed by matches Elliot Brierley 10 5 25 Ronan O'Brien Broughton Park 32 24 0 2 146 Morris Homes and his th against Yorkshire at Bowdon on 10 . April; North Wales at Wirral on Mark Bartlam 7 guests to The Memorial th th th 13 . April; and Kent at a venue still to be arranged on 19 ./20 . April. Mike Black 7 Daniel Harvey Wirral 17 31 0 3 142 Ground for today’s match. Jimmy Byers 1 2 10 By the looks of things Wilmslow has the biggest representation of all We are very grateful to Cheshire clubs: Ricky Chadwick 18 1 5 Richard Dale Northwich 31 17 0 2 123 him for sponsoring the Dominic Clancy 17 Altrincham Those selected Tom Fairclough (wing); Jake Dickinson (centre); Sam Chris Clarke 3 Sean Rogers 16 19 2 4 115 game and hope that they Kersal Lawton (No8/Prop); Rory Hill (Lock) and Dan Percival (Prop) in the Mike Clifford 19 all enjoy their afternoon full Cheshire squad with Huw Smith (Scrum Half) and Mike Parker Rob Cowley 15 1 5 with us. (No8) making the A squad. Congratulations to all of them and the best Terry Knapman Leigh 21 17 0 2 103 of luck. Ben Day 17 6 1 32

Alex Donaldson 9 Altrincham Morris’s head office is in Chris Stewart 13 11 0 8 99 The U13s and U15s braved the wind and rain at the Caldy junior tournament Kersal Altrincham Road, last weekend. The U13s didn’t have one of their best days losing three Tom Hall 6 Adam Hewitt 2 Wilmslow and a glance at games against Crewe & Nantwich, Wirral and Sheffield Tigers and winning Neale Foster Vale of Lune 17 12 0 5 95 their web site shows that only once against Ruthin. The U15s made the Plate final but they had Danny Jones 4 travelled with only sixteen players and by the time of the final, they were Liverpool St they have on going Danny Kennedy 8 3 15 Ian Stanley 0 0 0 18 90 down to playing the walking wounded and despite a final flourish ended up Helens developments all over the on the losing side. Jordan Kennedy 8 4 20 North West and Midlands James Keys 5 Adedayo Titiloye Broughton Park 0 0 0 15 75 but not at present in The U14s, the only survivors in this year’s Cheshire Cup competitions, kept Matthew King 18 11 55 in practice by winning 31-20 at Leek. They were 14 points up after just five Altrincham Wilmslow. Chris Lee 18 2 10 Jp Singleton 0 0 0 14 70 minutes but Glyn Howell’s report suggested that they then took their feet off Kersal the pedal and didn’t play as well as they could have done for the remainder Harrison Lewis 6 of the game. They’ll need to be sharper when it comes to their next round cup match. Chris Lillie 13 14 70 Darren Wilson Vale of Lune 0 0 0 13 65

Stuart Lindsey 12 2 10

Josh Longmore 14 5 6 27 Paul Lewis New Brighton 14 9 2 0 61 Ollie Longmore 10 1 5 Bob MacCallum 18 3 29 32 166 Calvin Crompton Leigh 0 0 0 12 60

Congratulations to Elliot Brierley, Tom Hall, Ollie Longmore and Lewis McKay on being selected for the Lewis MacKay 15 2 10 county’s U20 side last Sunday against Northumberland, which the Giles Heagerty coached team won by 39-20. Liam MacRea 6 Christian Lillie Wilmslow 0 0 0 11 55 Elliot Brierley was amongst the scorers but none of the front row boys, I’m told, crossed the whitewash. In all Paul Noone 3 seven tries were scored. Tom Noot 6 1 5 James Moore Vale of Lune 13 2 0 4 52

Adam Parkinson 3 A fortnight ago, the side demolished Durham by 87-3, scoring fifteen tries in the process. Ryan Parkinson 16 3 15 Joel Barber Northwich 5 0 0 8 50 Against Lancashire, they were unlucky to lose 20-15, despite having the better of the second half in terms of Chris Price 2 possession and territory and only against the current holders Yorkshire were they decisively beaten by 18-0. Tom Raynor 2 Fergus Owens Vale of Lune 0 0 0 10 50 Dave Ewing’s report on the Cheshire web site indicates that, although Cheshire were short of several first choice players that day., they defended stoutly without ever getting much of the rub of the green. Alex Taylor 11 Jamie Thomas 4 Sam Broadbent Wirral 3 12 0 1 47 They still have one game against Cumbria to play next Sunday at New Brighton on 20th. March. Giles Craig Stewart 6 1 5 Heagerty also believes that some of the Wilmslow boys have a good chance of progressing to the North of REGRETTABLY NOT EVERY CLUB UPDATES THE RUGBY Jack Walmsley 11 ROUNDUP RECORDS SO THE ABOVE LIST MAY NOT BE England squad. EXACTLY CORRECT. SHAME REALLY AS WE KNOW THAT Matt Williams 2 MANY OF YOU LIKE TO BROWSE AT WHO‟S DONE WHAT AND SO ON. Dan Wright 3

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NOT JUST A COMMUN ITY CLUB BUT A FAMILY CLUB TOO. DADS AND LADS PLAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALS.

Some of you may have been watching another match, but Wilmslow 3rds only had 12 players an hour before kick off, so yes I foolishly fulfilled my promise and told my son Mark that we would play on the same team ….. But I would need to be 10 mins on and 10 mins off , otherwise there was no way I would survive….BUT there were only 14 of us and we were away to Lymm who had a full squad of 23…. They loaned us a player and the battle commenced and at half time we were holding our own 11-5 down – ours a nice chip and chase from Mark….AND yes I was still on the field – on the field agreed, effective…. Occasionally…. perhaps…

Lymm rang in the changes and ran in a few tries in the middle of the second half. But then on the half way line ( note this bit..) in the last 10 our fly half saw them flat and chipped, Mark ran on, caught the ball in mid flight, and went head over heals as his opposite winger slapped in a tap tackle, he was up and off again, over came their full back, another tap tackle and Mark went down again, only to roll over and pass to out tight head prop … yes, don’t know how he got there, but the cover tackles came in and he went down a yard from the line ( this is where you need to remember where the move started from…..), the red mist was rising…in came our valiant 2nd row ( that’s me… yes 2nd row, it was a scratch team ) to touch the ball down on the line…… but the ref didn’t see it…was it just a dream…. We got a 5 yard scrum and were camped out on their line to the end of the match, but the try …. Well it was just not to be.

The final score, who cares, we know who had the moral Victory!

And what did look like after 80 Mins…. See the picture. Finally I have to report that, no I wasn’t the oldest player on the pitch – for those of you who know Simon Muckle was playing inside centre, with his son Rick just outside him…. And I don’t feel that bad today, it’s only 20 years since I last played a full game…. Maybe… but not for 80 mins….. not in a long time. Roy Forsythe

The third dad and lad partnership to have played on the thirds this season is Daz and Dan Lucas. th Saturday 26 . February 2011 North 1 West Saturday 19th. February New Brighton 22 – 17 Wilmslow Stockport 22 - 14 Vikings The kindest that can be said about the Wolves display against New Brighton is that they started and finished well Marple 17 - 0 Developmentals but that the intervening seventy minutes were a huge disappointment. Ravens 0 - A Lot Broughton Park University of Salford Leagues : Division 1 Saturday 26th. February It‟s a sporting enigma that‟s never been solved to understand why much the same group of players can one Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj Vikings 22 - 15 Rochdale week put on a sparkling champagne style performance and then follow it a week later with something akin to the Burnage 2nd XV 21 18 1 2 769 217 552 76 0 Developmentals 18 -17 Acton Nomads murky contents of the cheapest bottle from the bottom shelf. Coach Giles Heagerty was in no doubt afterwards. Penrith RFC A XV 18 15 0 3 623 220 403 63 0 Heaton Moor 36 - 0 Ravens „Whatever team you‟re playing, whether at the top or bottom of the league, the margins are fine and your attitude Saturday 5th. March Kendal 2nd XV 18 11 0 7 458 378 80 51 0 has to be right,‟ he said. „It had been a poor week at practice and it showed in the way we approached and Vikings 20 - 27 Leigh played this game. We lost because we allowed the New Brighton side to control the tempo of the game, to slow Stockport 3rd XV 18 11 0 7 367 323 44 51 0 Developmentals 10 - 0 Old Bedians it down to the pace at which they wanted to play and to disrupt our possession. It was all just very Sandbach 2nd XV 18 10 0 8 585 326 259 48 0 Village Spartans 10 - 29 Ravens disappointing‟. „Our forwards are just not getting to grips with their opponents,‟ sighed club president David Wilmslow 2nd XV 18 10 0 8 391 375 16 48 0 Barker during the game and consequently the backs were too often getting the ball without sufficient time or Macclesfield 3rd XV 19 10 0 9 369 363 6 46 -2 Recent weeks have been trying for Ms. space. Rochdale 2nd XV 20 8 1 11 341 549 -208 45 0 Hamilton and Duggan, who have found

Carlisle Crusaders (2nd XV) 17 9 0 8 300 360 -60 44 0 It didn‟t help, of course, that both first choice fly halves were unavailable, one through injury and one through a shortage of players for all manner of work commitments and that the Wolves had to take the field without a recognised kicker. Also missing from the Preston Grasshoppers 3rd XV 19 8 0 11 367 466 -99 43 0 reasons– leaving the area for work previous week‟s winning side was Dan Wright, Danny Kennedy and Taff Bartlem. It turned out to be an Leigh 2nd XV 18 8 0 10 342 375 -33 42 0 reasons, injuries, international duty and awkward day for stand in No. 10, Ricky Chadwick, who nevertheless acquitted himself without letting himself Fylde Saracens (3rd XV) 20 6 2 12 412 581 -169 37 -2 unavailability– making it difficult to down. There is a no more whole hearted committed player in the Wolves squad than Chris Lee but it‟s asking a Blackburn 2nd XV 19 3 0 16 183 550 -367 24 -2 raise sides. They deserve considerable lot of him to play in a different position every week. So far this season, he‟s been selected at scrum half, centre West Park (St Helens) 2nd XV 19 2 0 17 188 612 -424 22 -2 recognition for keeping their show on three quarter, open side flanker and here he was on the right wing, perhaps indicative of the reserve strength the road and hopefully, now that the currently available for selection. Elsewhere in the side, skipper Mike Clifford started as the blind side flanker but University of Salford Leagues : Division 4 South colts season has effectively ended, it wasn‟t long before he reverted to his natural second row position, when young Harrison Lewis took a knock, eligible players from that age group bringing on Alex Taylor but it was good to see Alex Donaldson back in the front row after a long lay off through Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj wanting to play will now get their injury. Lymm 3rd XV 19 18 0 1 551 166 385 73 0 opportunity. Altrincham Kersal 3rd XV 17 14 0 3 575 186 389 59 0 Yet it had all started so brightly. The Wolves moved the ball along the line with pace right from the start, Wilmslow 3rd XV 19 13 0 6 584 279 305 56 -2 ‘Magna est Diligentia et Praevalebit’, as stretching their opponent‟s defence, went up the field, won an indirect free kick, allowing Rob Cowley to power Trafford MV 3rd XV 21 10 1 10 424 506 -82 52 0 Geoff Knight would say. over for the opening score after just four minutes. But that was as good as it was going to get. Northwich 3rd XV 18 9 0 9 410 443 -33 45 0

From the restart, the home side slowly started to gain control. The Wolves clearly had the more incisive and Marple 3rd XV 17 9 0 8 420 277 143 44 0 Neither Tim Medwell nor Matt quicker runners, when they got the ball but the pack was just increasingly outplayed as the New Brighton Whitchurch 3rd XV 17 9 0 8 436 318 118 44 0 Hamilton had much or anything to say forwards made the hard yards. Three consecutive Wolves put ins at the scrum went awry and on the third Didsbury Toc H 4th XV 20 8 0 12 309 551 -242 44 0 about their team performances last occasion, New Brighton‟s Steve Dean stepped up to land a penalty. The Wilmslow lineout was no more secure Didsbury Toc H 3rd XV 18 8 1 9 358 307 51 43 0 weekend, so it was left to Geoff Knight to entertain us with his report of the than their scrum as New Brighton began to dominate possession and territory. Fortunately for the Wolves, they Crewe and Nantwich 3rd XV 19 8 0 11 249 499 -250 43 0 lacked any kind of cutting edge as at least two clear cut try scoring opportunities went begging and Dean went Ravens against the Village Spartans, Old Bedians 2nd XV 20 7 0 13 311 485 -174 41 0 wide with two more penalty attempts against a stiff breeze. No matter, they were soon in the ascendency again once again with liberal use of Latin to at the start of the second half as their confidence seemed to grow. Scenting no doubt that NB were in with a Acton Nomads 19 7 0 12 275 356 -81 40 0 make his points. chance, their Tongan centre Mafi Simione became an increasing threat, playing a pivotal part in putting left Knutsford 2nd XV 18 4 1 13 240 578 -338 28 -2 winger Gareth Simpson in at the corner. Two catch and drive tries on sixty and seventy minutes followed as the Macclesfield 4th XV 16 3 1 12 230 421 -191 23 -3 This has had an obvious effect on our Wolves were forced to chase the game. president, I note, as it has inspired him University of Salford Leagues : Division 5 East to confuse us all in this week’s match With fifteen minutes to go, the Wolves then rang the changes, as Ben Day came on at full back, Matty King notes with a quotation supposedly Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj moved up to fly half, Chadwick into the centre, Brierley onto the wing and Adam Hewitt into the pack as Lee and extracted from his Latin primer. In fact, Clancy were substituted. Two substitutes, five positional changes. The French word „chaotique‟ comes to mind Bury 3rd XV 17 14 0 3 605 196 409 59 0 it’s his old school motto, which all as the recast line up regularly handed the initiative back with forward or dropped passes, untidy heels and, you North Manchester 2nd XV 19 13 0 6 591 345 246 58 0 name it, just about everything else too. Fortunately only the merest handful of supporters had bothered to make Lorettonians will have known since they Burnage 4th XV 18 13 1 4 469 317 152 58 0 were small boys in short trousers. the journey to Leaseowe - not that there were many more from the home side - as otherwise with any more Broughton Park 5th XV 18 13 0 5 745 316 429 57 0 present, I swear, their groans of despair would have been heard back in Wilmslow itself. Village Spartans 18 11 0 7 600 391 209 54 3 That reminds me that it’s the annual New Brighton were home and dry when with two minutes left on the clock, the Wolves at last put a move Oldham 4th XV 17 12 0 5 553 300 253 53 0 bash tomorrow, an together for Ben Day to chase his own kick ahead, referee Simon Kirk then awarding him a penalty try, when he Wilmslow 4th XV 20 10 0 10 528 505 23 50 0 occasion when certain kinds of was illegally held back off the ball. A final flurry from the Wolves followed, Cowley charged through the centre, Heaton Moor 3rd XV 19 9 1 9 467 406 61 46 0 gentlemen tend to wear their old school off loaded and a quick pass put Brierley in for a losing bonus point. Stockport 5th XV 18 8 0 10 343 440 -97 42 0 ties, so don’t be surprised if our Ashton-Under-Lyne 2nd XV 18 5 0 13 353 464 -111 31 0 president is seen forsaking his club tie It was too little and too late though. Just a bad day at the office. Aldwinians 5th XV 19 4 0 15 261 900 -639 31 0 for his Fettesian Lorettonian one.

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seriously injured players, leading to a total of The Mini Festival will for the first time be a two day affair 41 players having played for the 1st XV. This on the 16th. and 17th. April. The rationale behind the change in format is principally to enable the whole event means we have had to play some of our to be held at the Memorial Ground, rather than half here younger players who, although promising, and the other half on the Jim Evison field, where the really needed a season or so in the Vikings in council impose a number of restrictions on what can my opinion. and cannot be done. The organisers believe that by consolidating the event over two days on the club’s own land, it will be enhanced and be a more enjoyable experience, especially for those age groups which in the past have had to do their stuff away from the focal point of the club.

Of those, captain Mike Clifford had played the most games, 19 out of 20, closely followed by Ricky Chadwick, Bob McCallum, Chris Lee, and Mathew King, with 18. We have scored 64 tries; 49 by the backs and only 13 by the forwards, unless we add in the two tries scored by Mr. Penalty try, and converted 39.

It was my first visit to Kirby Lonsdale last Saturday and I was impressed by the set -up there. They have a fine clubhouse in what must be one of the most scenic grounds in the country, in a valley surrounded as they are by the benevolent (last FINE BENGALI & Saturday anyway) slopes of the Pennines. Vale of Lune, not too far from there, also have a scenic ground and our own Pownall Park looks pretty impressive when the INDIAN CUISINE Styal Wood trees are in leaf.

Restaurant and I was away for the game, staying in the Barbon Inn (highly recommended for its Take Away Menus excellent food and quality Wainwrights beer) with President David Barker, Jonty Fallows and Norman Herring and we were reminiscing about the characters on the touchline from days past, with particular mention of the sadly missed Dunstan Congleton Rd. Brain, scourge of referees, and Dougie Lomas, player of the 1920’s, who was Nether Alderley impartial in his criticism. Of one Wilmslow player, he shouted, “I am the spectator SK10 4TD here number 7, not you, go and get stuck in” and was unkind to the Fylde players, “Come on Wilmslow, you can beat this team of boarding house keepers”. Mention Tel 01625 890379/890560 was made of David Garner, touch judge for many years, who was not averse to stealing a yard or two in our favour. At his funeral, Peter Poizer suggested that he must have gained many miles for us over the years. Today, if our linesmen are too www.bengaltigerlily.com honest, spectator opinion is that “he is not from the David Garner school of touch judging.” Following a small contretemps with the referee away at Wirral a few [email protected] Two of the teams participating in last year’s festival weeks ago, for which unlike one of our players and club coach, he was fortunate not to be cited to the disciplinary committee, yours truly has promised not to be so vociferous in future. Watch this space.

Reading Barry’s piece, I am reminded of the immortal remarks of one, Dr. Jammy 19th. March 2nd. April 23rd. April Clinch, who was playing in the back row for Ireland against Wales sometime back in West Park Altrincham Kersal Broughton Pk the 1920s. He was up against a Welshman called Lemon and Clinch was reputed to Away Home Away have said during a minor contretemps, “ Any more of that Lemon and I’ll make an orange out of you - pips and all.”

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Northwich 19 14 0 5 441 200 241 9 65 0 Sandbach v Northwich Vale of Lune 19 12 0 7 437 288 149 9 57 0 Vale of Lune v Wilmslow 19 9 0 10 427 418 9 9 45 0 Broughton Park Broughton Park 19 8 1 10 441 443 -2 10 44 0 West Park (St. Helens) v Wirral 19 8 0 11 329 334 -5 8 40 0 New Brighton Sandbach 19 8 0 11 324 378 -54 5 37 0 Wigton v Wigton 20 6 1 13 304 422 -118 9 35 0 Liverpool St. Helens Leigh 19 5 1 13 321 391 -70 9 31 0 Wirral v New Brighton 21 6 0 15 348 511 -163 6 30 0 Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Lonsdale 18 4 0 14 201 586 -385 7 23 0 West Park (St Helens) 20 1 1 18 199 747 -548 2 8 0 League Results—2010/2011

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Wirral 0-9 34-22 9-13 30-20 26-10 14-20 9-12 21-37 8-0 20-17 19-13 Bottom Kirkby Lonsdale 5th. March …….and then there’s Moor Lane where you’ll find unbeatable value at B. Clark’s DIY and ironmongery store. If Clark’s don’t have it then it can’t be had.

John and Anita welcome you to The easyfish company THE FARMERS ARMS in Chapel Lane In Chapel Lane Largest choice of beers in Wilmslow and sixteen de luxe whisk(e)ys to choose from. Chelsea Flowers 59 Chapel Lane Weddings, Portraits, Events, Music, Sports Pett and Fashion Photography STIGS BARBER’S SHOP IN CHAPEL LANE IS NOW OPEN ALAN LANG The premises has 4 LINDOW PARADE been refurbished and CHAPEL LANE we look forward to welcoming all Keith’s former customers and 100% British Produce Wilmslow Rugby Club from Cheshire, Cumbria Tel 01625 52228 members and the Welsh Borders Fax 01625 524440 www.chelseaflowers.com Saturday 5th. March 2011 North 1 West HEARTBROKEN Kirkby Lonsdale 26 – 23 Wilmslow Wilmslow High School missed out narrowly on a Daily Mail Cup final at Twickenham in a 20-17 defeat at the hands of the holders Whitgift thanks to a great performance from their centre, Elliot Daly. Another nail in the coffin of Wilmslow‟s dismal record away from home this season was duly hammered home by an enthusiastic Kirkby Lonsdale side. The Wolves had ample opportunities last weekend at Kirkby CHRIS HEAL AT BROADSTREET RFC Lonsdale‟s picturesque ground on the edge of the Dales to have been out of sight within thirty minutes. Only once though did they manage a try, squandering at least three other cast iron chances by players getting Sport can be cruel at times. With a kick from the talented Will Batterbury, the side top of the Schools Rugby isolated, throwing out long speculative passes, kicking the ball away and being harshly called back for a performance league, was only a posts width away from taking this thrilling Daily Mail Cup Semi-Final game to perfectly good scoring pass, which was ruled to be forward. The old maxim of „more haste less speed‟ came penalty kicks but by the finest of margins the ball sailed the wrong side of the posts. Before the game had even to mind as the Wolves though continually took the most unlikely options instead of patiently going through the begun it seemed like Wilmslow had been written off by everyone but themselves. Their creative belief would‟ve been phases, when that was required. In the end, they paid a heavy price for their profligacy, when the home side boosted by the return of Toby Rowe, making his first competitive game of rugby since this time last year. Along with mounted something of a scoring blitz in the first quarter of the second half to effectively, as it proved, kill off this, they had Max Harvey back who missed the quarter final with a shoulder injury and Tom Hudson joined the the game. squad late as he was with the England U16 squad after his call up earlier this month. For Whitgift their reputation said it all, holders of the Daily Mail Cup and with the young starlet Elliot Daly, England U20 and London Wasps U18 Three weeks ago, the KL side were languishing one place off the foot of the table, seemingly destined for player, at the helm they were seen as clear favourites not only to beat Wilmslow, but to regain the trophy. relegation back to the Cumbrian and North Lancashire league but they had sparked a revival with two Reputation, however, can count for nothing unless you can prove it consistently and when Wilmslow scored first, successive narrow wins, away at Wigton and last week at home against Broughton Park. Mindful of Whitgift knew they weren‟t going to be in for an easy ride. Wilmslow‟s recent record, they had earmarked this game as winnable and were most certainly up for it. The Wolves welcomed back fly half Bob MacCallum after his enforced absence on the ski slopes and showed two In the programme notes Roger Hancock‟s speeches were dubbed as „legendary‟ and whatever him and Matt Bebbington said, it rubbed off on the players. After an incoherent first 9 minutes Wilmslow looked like they were changes in the pack which had been outplayed at New Brighton the previous week. Number 8 Danny Jones shading the opening proceedings,even after some excellent ball carrying from Whitfgift. Good scummaging from the was unable to travel so his place went to the young Danny Kennedy and Ollie Longmore started in the front Wilmslow pack, in particular Sam Rodman, allowed their gifted backs to come into the game as Tom Hudson and row in place of Jack Walmsley. Olly McCall both tried to create opportunities. Twelve minutes in for Wilmslow and a dream start From the start, left wing Chris Lillie made a trade mark break, running from his own half deep into the KL as skipper Ethan Harding read the Whitgift twenty two in front of the posts. Unfortunately, he had become just isolated from his own support and the passage of play and intercepted the pass to then quick ball needed was illegally held up by the KL defence. MacCallum kicked the penalty but it was three go on to steam under the posts after a 40 metre points instead of seven. At this stage of the game, danger threatened every time the Wolves backs got the run. McCall did what he does best and slotted ball and after ten minutes, MacCallum was released to race away under the posts. Twice full back, Matthew over the extras. Both sides then missed penalty King then did all the hard work in bisecting and carving his way through to promising positions which should opportunities but Wilmslow had the greater have led to further scores but twice he got isolated and the opportunities were lost. It hadn‟t been all one way possession in the first half. It was galling then that traffic though as the nuggety KL pack showed how capable it was in keeping possession and ploughing up the Oscar Hirskyji Douglas appeared to be impeded territory. It may not be the biggest pack or contain as many rugged hill farmers as it used to but their when he was about to stop a fine break by Daly successors maintain the tradition of being awkward competitors. Scrum half James Hadwin landed two that lead to Whitgift‟s opening score as half time approached. A penalty then sent Whitgift in at half penalties to keep them in touch and then when Ben Day on the Wilmslow right tried a dinky little kick in the KL time 10-7 to the good. twenty two on the half hour, it fell to the home side and sensing space on their right they were soon in Wolves territory, where they recycled twice before No. 10 Liam Cleary found himself up against Wolves prop Tom The second half started with Whitgift exerting the pressure and once again it was Daly who kicked a penalty and Hall. It was no contest as he galloped round him for a critical score. It was 16-11 for the Wolves at half time then cut through the defence to score under the posts. Wilmslow now needed fourteen points without reply to get to with MacCallum scoring all the Wolves points but everyone knew that with the home side now about to enjoy Twickenham. With 15 minutes left Wilmslow‟s tenacity won them a penalty as Whitgift started to look edgy and were the fall of the land and a steady North wind at their backs, the pendulum was about to shift. forced into errors. They were caught off side and McCall comfortable nailed it.

It only took them a couple of minutes to force a good attacking scrum, which enabled them to put full back Another darting run from Hudson gained valuable territory for Wilmslow and it lead to their second and most crucial Martin Knapton in at the corner. This was followed by another scrum from which they powered over to gain try of the game. From left to right conducted by McCall, Wilmslow were worrying the holders and when the ball fell to the lead for the first time, number 8 Tosh Shepherd getting the touch down. At this stage the Wolves had not Max Harvey he used his gusto to find his way through a crowd of players to one handily, touch the ball down and laid hand on the ball since the start of the half and worse was to follow, as the Wolves forwards drove forward Wilmslow were back in business. From the restart Wilmslow were straight back in the faces of their opponents and for scrum half Stuart Lindsay only to throw out a pass on half way which KL‟s open side flanker George Close won a penalty with just seconds remaining. Now this is a scenario which the majority of Wilmslow players must have gratefully accepted for an interception try. If Cleary had been on target with his conversions, then it would dreamt off last night, a chance score in the last minute. Batterbury was selected for the kick because he is left footed have been game over but he wasn‟t and the door was still ajar. and it was from the right side of the pitch, but more importantly he has kicked under pressure, most notably at Twickenham in the U15 final last year. The 15 year old looked cool, calm and collected as he had the chance to level

the game. As the ball looked certain to go over, it floated wide to sound of the final whistle and jubilant Whitgift To their credit, the Wolves staged a revival, one forward drive out of defence was particularly impressive as players. they all gathered round with backs straight and low. Bits and pieces of phases started to come together as some continuity was added to their efforts. Winger Tom Raynor, on for Chris Lillie, went close with a good run “Immensely proud and over the moon” Hancock and Bebbington said they were in an emotional post match talk and with a bit more confidence to back himself might just have made the line. There was still twenty minutes judging by the facial expressions on Harvey and Street you just knew how much it had hurt them to lose like that and left when prop Lewis McKay did just that, leaving a trail of bodies hanging on in his wake as he got the score miss out on a chance of gracing the turf Twickenham. Nevertheless they are still the top school for rugby in the to reduce the deficit to three points. And that was how it stayed. The Wolves probably had the better of the north as well as top of the performance league and more importantly have the chance of silverware with the last quarter but still insisted on losing possession in promising positions and the home side probably had the Cheshire Cup where they have got byes to the semi finals. best chance to lock and bolt the door, when they fouled up a scrum, which looked certain to produce a try, on the Wolves line. A final last desperate drawn out play by the Wolves got them into the KL twenty two for a Wilmslow: T Hudson, S Jafarian, E Harding (capt), S James, T Rowe, O McCall, S Street, M Harvey, T Fantom, S final time before referee blew for no side. Rodman, C Hubbard, O Lee, L Tyrell, S Klein, O-H Douglas Replacements: S Royle, J Walker, B Jones, T Watts, W Batterbury, S Broster, J Chappell In scoring four tries, it would be churlish not to applaud the winning side‟s play but the Wolves really only had Whitgift: C Crane, J O‟Sullivan, E Daly, S Cooke, J Canty, T Nicholls (capt), N Francis, A Hutcherson, S themselves to blame for the outcome. Coach Giles Heagerty was bitterly disappointed. He is convinced that Hugklestone, S Wright, L Robinson, G Merrick, O Dickerson, H Butler, H Ledger Replacements: Y Mensah-Dika, B Razis, C Petschi, G Newman, S Nella, G Smith, G Harding this side has sufficient raw rugby talent but it must be applied with better decision making. Others would say Referee: N Cockburn that a bit more nous would make a big difference.

BARRY FISHER’S PREDICTIONS

Altrincham Kersal v Burnage A top-of-the-table clash. A tight game, but I think Burnage have recovered their form and will end Kersal’s unbeaten record. That’ll put the pressure on Liverpool St.Helens, who should finish top of the table today.

Sandbach v Northwich A Local derby. Northwich, who have found some form since they had two players sent off againt Burnage and have crept up the table, will be too strong for Sandbach. Northwich win.

Vale of Lune v Broughton Park. Just identify yourself as a Park seem to have gone off the boil recently and, like us, lost to Kirby Lonsdale. Vale are hard to beat at Wilmslow Rugby Club member home, so a Vale win. by producing either your valid West Park v New Brighton. 2010 - 11 membership handbook A bottom of the table clash. New Brighton have eased themselves out of the bottom three and will be too at the following retail outlets or strong for West Park, who look doomed to go down. New Brighton win. the participating retailer’s card to receive substantial discounts off Wigton v Liverpool St.Helens. At home, Wigton are a better side, as all their farmers become available, but they will still lose to a strong listed prices. Liverpool St.Helens side.

Oddbins Wilmslow v Leigh Water Lane, Wilmslow Unless Wilmslow cut out the errors in their game, they will give away too many points as they did at Kirby Lonsdale last weekend. My heart says a Wilmslow win but my brain is less certain. Leigh might just shade it, although I haven’t seen them play. I hope I am wrong. Let’s keep the faith and go for a narrow home win. Chelsea Flowers Chapel Lane, Wilmslow Wirral v Kirby Lonsdale Three wins on the trot have given some encouragement to the Cumbrians, but I think Wirral will be too (shop sales only) strong at home. A Wirral win.

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WEST PARK, ECCLESTON HILL, PRESCOT RD., ST. HELENS, 10. Bob MacCallum Steve Swindells 10. Darren Leach WA10 3AG 9. Stuart Lindsey Drew Donaldson 9. David Wood It looks like the best way to West Park’s ground is to take the M62 West and then the M57 North. Leave the M57 at the first junction A58 heading towards St. Helens on Prescot Road. Eccleston Park is on the 1. Tom Hall The Big TV Company 1. Tom Baker right well before you arrive in St. Helens town centre. 2. Alex Donaldson Norman Herring 2. Ian Wood 3. Lewis McKay Chris George 3. Matt Newton 4. Mike Clifford FGP 4. Paul Hampson 5. Alex McLennan KPMD Group 5. Mark Welsh 6. Dominic Clancy Deansgate Taverns 6. Denis Bate PLAYERS AND THEIR SPONSORS 7. Alex Taylor Easyfish 7. Peter Ince The players and coaches would like to thank those organisations and individuals who have supported the cause of Wilmslow rugby by becoming 8. Danny Kennedy Patrick Properties 8. Calvin Crompton their personal sponsors. All the funds raised are directed towards funding coaching, kit, equipment, physios and team travel. Subs Subs Matt King - Rick Green : Ben Day - Danilos Restaurant, Hale Adam Parkinson Wilmslow Chiropractic Josh & Ollie Longmore - David, Andrew & Jim Barker Elliot Brierley - Tim Holloway : Chris Lillie - DP Medical Chris Lee Addleshaw Goddard Bob MacCallum - Steve Swindells : Stuart Lindsay - Drew Donaldson Jack Walmsley - The Big TV Shop : Lewis MacKay - Chris George Adam Hewitt John Holloway Rob Cowley - Michael J Chapman : Liam MacCrea - Robin Gregory Mike Clifford - Fallows Gowan Partnership : Paul Noone - John Holloway Dominic Clancy - Deansgate Taverns : Chris Lee - Addleshaw Goddard Alex Taylor - Easyfish of Chapel Lane : Craig Stewart - Slater Heelis Referee Ryan Parkinson - Wilmslow Chiropractic Clinic Harrison Lewis - TD Holiday Options : Matt Hamilton - Jeweller Solutions Marcin Zeszutek Tim Medwell - Zeno Ltd : Danny & Jordan Kennedy - Patrick Properties Elliot Brierley - Tim Holloway : Tom Noot - KPMD Group Polskiego Zwiazku Rugby James Keys - Calder Peel Partnership : Alex Donaldson - Norman Herring : Wishing the Wolves a Successful Season Giles Heagerty - Forge Dynamic Ltd