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2010 Scotland Rugby League ANNUAL REPORT Annual report 2009 - 10 CONTENTS PAGE 3 WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR 4/5 MEET THE BOARD 6/7/8 PERFORMANCE 9 to16 DEVELOPMENT 17/18/19 FINANCE Annual report 2009 - 10 WELCOME Welcome to the Scotland Rugby League 2010 FROM THE CHAIR Annual Report. You will find contained within the report updates on all the various activities carried out by all those involved in Scotland Rugby League. We hope you find the report informative, interesting and enjoyable. 2010 has to date been an excellent year for Scotland Rugby League. The highlight must be the performance of the A team who are the Four Nations Amateur champions. I was on holiday when the match against Wales was played and was as nervous waiting for the score updates to come through as I have ever been waiting for a Super League score. Congratulations to all those involved on a very special achievement. We all know that there is an enormous way to go before the sport is fully established in Scotland but we are well on the way. I look forward to working with you all to move the great sport of rugby league forward in Scotland Keith Hogg Chairman 3 Annual report 2009 - 10 MEET THE Keith Hogg - Chair BOARD Keith has been involved in rugby league for over 15 years. This includes time as a member of the Board of London Broncos and as Chairman of Harlequins Rugby League. Keith's particular interest is in the development of the sport at all age groups and levels. He is a particularly proud of the development of the sport within London and the South East and sees very similar opportunities for the long term development of the great game of rugby league in Scotland. Keith is married to Victoria and has 3 sons (aged 19, 16 and 12) all of whom have seen an incredible amount of rugby league and rugby union. He lives in North Berwick. Mark Dingwall – Vice Chair Mark has been involved with Scotland Rugby League since 1998 and has been involved with many of the previous Boards of Scotland Rugby League. Mark was involved in organising the Glasgow Bulls team which halted Edinburgh Eagles in the 2000 Conference Grand Final Graeme Thompson – Director Graeme is one of two Directors of the board of Scotland Rugby League Ltd and also chairman of the Scotland Rugby League Performance Group. Graeme‟s history with Scotland Rugby League has covered a variety of roles, he played for Scotland Rugby League at all 3 levels of Student, Amateur and Full cap. Graeme then went on to take up the position of the first ever Development Officer for Rugby League for Scotland, appointed in1996. From there Graeme successfully went on to work for London Broncos (now Harlequins RL) and the Rugby Football League, latterly being appointed as the Performance Director. Graeme presently works for UK Sport, the Olympic funding agency. 4 Annual report 2009 - 10 MEET THE Niel W ood - Director BOARD Niel is the second Director of Scotland Rugby League and CONTINUED has been involved in the development and expansion of Rugby League for twenty years which has included Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Currently Niel works as the Director of European Development for the RFL, formerly Niel was one of the RFL‟s National Development Managers and the Director of Student Rugby League. Ashley Carroll – Elected Member Ashley (Ash) Carroll was elected in October 2009 by the member clubs of Scotland rugby league to represent their views on the board of SRL. Ash is the current chairman of Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC and has a long history of playing achievements spanning thirteen years. As well as playing for Scotland Students, Scotland “A” and Great Britain students Ash has also played representative Rugby League for the British Amateur Rugby League Association county championships. Prior to joining the Eagles Ash impressively clocked up over two hundred and fifty games for Haydock and was one of the founding members of Liverpool Buccaneers A.R.L.F.C. Now involved in coaching Ash is currently the assistant coach for the championship winning Scotland “A” team and head coach of Scotland‟s Development Resident‟s squad, he finds the time to carry out this invaluable voluntary role between his busy working schedule in the oil and gas industry. 5 Annual report 2009 - 10 SECTION 1 PERFORMANCE EUROPEAN CUP Scotland Braveheart‟s started their 2009 Scotland Rugby European Cup League tested Campaign in style themselves against defeating Italy and Lebanon before losing Super League out on European Cup glory by being opposition when defeated in the final by Wales. they entered the Carnegie Floodlit nines played at Headingly Stadium, Leeds. Scotland were drawn against Castle Tigers and Bradford Bulls in the group stages of the Competition. Fixtures and Results Group C Castleford Tigers Scotland Bradford Bulls Fixtures and Results Game 1 17th October 2009, Castleford Tigers 28 – 4 Scotland Group - Italy 0 vs. 104 Scotland Bravehearts 1st November 2009 Game 2 Group - Scotland 22 vs. 10 Lebanon Bradford Bulls 12 – 4 Scotland 8th November 2009 Bravehearts Final - Wales 28 vs. 16 Scotland Group Placing Final Placing 1. Castleford Tigers 1. Wales Dragonhearts 2. Bradford Bulls 2. Scotland Bravehearts 3. Scotland Bravehearts 3. Lebanon 4. Ireland 5. Serbia 6. Italy Annual report 2009 - 10 PERFORMANCE (CONT) DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND UNDER 18’s CHAMPIONS!! The Under 18‟s faced new challenges in AMATEUR 4 NATIONS 2010, for the first time in the Under 18‟s An early defeat on history the squad would play three the eve of Magic England select squads: England North Weekend in East Regional Development squad, Edinburgh at the England North West Regional hands of France 20 Development squad and English Colleges. – 27 and having struggled for the past two years to reach any higher than third in the Amateur 4 Nations Scotland “A” couldn‟t have dreamt for a better International series however, Scotland completed the Grand Slam in 2010 by defeating England, Ireland and Wales to become Amateur 4 Nations Champions 2010. Fixtures and Results Saturday 12th June 2010 Scotland 34 – England 32 Saturday 10th July 2010 Ireland 6 – Scotland 10 Fixtures and Results th Saturday 14th August 2010 Saturday 12 June 2010 Scotland 35 – Wales 10 Scotland U18 – England NE Region th Final Placing Saturday 10 July 2010 England NW Region – Scotland U18 1. Scotland A Bravehearts Saturday 14th August 2010 2. England Lionhearts Scotland U18 6 – 24 English Colleges 3. Wales Dragonhearts 4. Irish Wolfhounds 7 Annual report 2009 - 10 PERFORMANCE (CONT) The Player Development Centre will provide opportunities for Players and Coaches to develop and in turn feed our Under 18 to full International squads. DEVELOPING THE FUTURE PLAYER DEVEOLPMENT CENTRE The primary objective of Scotland Rugby League is to implement a system to develop Scottish based players to progress to full international level. It also includes the potential of talented players progressing to professional playing careers. The PDC programme forms a key stepping stone in Scotland Rugby League‟s player pathway, providing a development environment for up to over 30 players nationwide. To this end Scotland Rugby League has established and is embracing the following philosophy, which should be exhibited in all player development activities: Player focused, Coach enhanced, Environment Supported. Player Focused: The Primary concern is our decision making and planning must be the player. This does not involve „spoon feeding‟ information and services to the player, rather working with them to identify those needs and fulfill them to develop a complete player. Coach Enhanced: Every coach at each level should enhance the experience for every player. This can be achieved through quality of delivery, quality of experience of quality of service. Environment support: Every player should engage the appropriate environment to fit their individual development needs at the appropriate time. 8 Annual report 2009 - 10 SECTION 2 DEVELOPMENT The 2010 Rugby League Conference (Scottish Division) saw two new clubs enter, Ayrshire Storm and Falkirk providing an eight team competition covering the length and breadth of Scotland. The League was won by the 2009 champions Edinburgh Eagles however a hard fought Grand Final saw Edinburgh defeated as Carluke Tigers were crowned 2010 Champions. Results and Fixtures Grand Final 2010 Carluke Tigers ARLFC 14 v 10 Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC Plate Final 2010 Moray Eels ARLFC 48 v 46 Ayrshire Storm ARLFC Play off 2 Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC 40 v 30 Moray Eels ARLFC Play off 1 Moray Eels ARLFC 40 v 4 Ayrshire Storm ARLFC Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC 16 v 24 Carluke Tigers ARLFC Table after weekly rounds Rank Team P W L D PF PA DIFF PTS 1 Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC 7 7 0 0 240 112 128 14 2 Carluke Tigers ARLFC 7 6 1 0 350 106 244 12 3 Moray Eels ARLFC 7 4 2 1 246 206 40 9 4 Ayrshire Storm ARLFC 7 4 3 0 250 200 50 8 5 Fife Lions ARLFC 7 3 4 0 246 240 6 6 6 Easterhouse Panthers ARLFC 7 2 4 1 188 252 -64 5 7 Falkirk ARLFC 7 1 6 0 130 408 -278 2 8 Forth and Clyde Nomads 7 0 7 0 118 244 -126 0 Annual report 2009 - 10 RLC (Scotland) weekly rounds and results Indicates fixtures not complete Saturday 17th July 2010 Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC 24 v 0 Moray Eels ARLFC Saturday 3rd July 2010 (Round 7) Fife Lions ARLFC 16 v 46 Carluke Tigers ARLFC Easterhouse Panthers ARLFC 40 v 22 Forth Clyde Nomads Ayrshire Storm ARLFC 14 v 42 Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC Falkirk ARLFC 14 v 84 Moray Eels ARLFC Saturday 26th June 2010 (Round 6) Carluke Tigers ARLFC 70 v 0 Easterhouse Panthers ARLFC Fife Lions ARLFC 32 v 34Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC Falkirk ARLFC