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 5 L 25 Wigton L Burnage L Altrincham Kersal L BURNAGE L BURNAGE OCT 2 VALE OF LUNE L CARLISLE W 2 W N 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 23 BROUGHTON PK W Preston GH 3 W Trafford MV W 3 W from Burnage. I expect the high flying Burnage team will have plenty of support on the 30 Burnage L STOCKPORT 3 L MARPLE W Broughton Pk 5 W touchline today, not least because it’s the easiest of runs down the A34 to get here. The NOV 4 LIVERPOOL ST. H L NOV 6 MACCLESFIELD HWO OLDHAM W last few seasons have seen some exciting well contested rugby between the two teams and 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 we’ll all be hoping for more of the same today. 27 LIVERPOOL ST H P Fylde 3 P ACTON NOMADS 1 P Heaton Moor 3 P DEC 4 New Brighton P ROCHDALE P Didsbury TH P ASHTON U LYNE 3 P I would particularly like to welcome and thank Dave Cummings of Charles Stanley and 11 SANDBACH L Penrith P MACCLESFIELD 4 P Aldwinians 5 W 18 West Park St. H P WEST PARK ST. H P Lymm P STOCKPORT 5 P Company for sponsoring today’s game. Dave, of course, played for both clubs at 25 different times during the 80s and 90s, before now, I think, spending most of his rugby JAN 1 time at Macclesfield. 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 Back in October, we were eventually well beaten on their artificial pitch after holding 29 ALTRINCHAM K P Kendal P Crewe & Nantwich P ASHTON U LYNE 2 P them to a narrow lead in the first half. I recall that in the second half, their forwards got FEB 5 Broughton Park P PRESTON GH 3 W TRAFFORD MV W Dukinfield 3 W 12 LIVERPOOL ST. H L Fylde L Lymm L ASHTON U LYME W the upper hand and eventually Burnage got two late scores to run out convincing winners. 19 BURNAGE Stockport 3 Marple BROUGHTON PK 5 26 New Brighton They looked like a top of the table side that day so I’m not surprised that they still occupy that position. It will be a serious challenge for the Wolves if they’re going to dent that MAR 5 Kirkby Lonsdale LEIGH OLE BEDIANS Village Spartans 1 12 LEIGH Macclesfield 3 Whitchurch BROUGHTON 2 lead today. 19 26 Liverpool St. H FYLDE 3 Acton Nomads 1 HEATON MOOR 3 Last week’s game against Liverpool St. Helens was to say the least a strange affair. We APR 2 9 NEW BRIGHTON Rochdale DIDSBURY TH 3 ASHTON U LYNE 3 were without several first choice players, who had taken the opportunity of what was 16 Northwich SANDBACH Northwich OLDHAM 23 originally a blank Saturday to book a weekend away so, putting a gloss on it, it was a chance to try some new combinations and players. We seemed rather overawed at the start and by half time were 42-15 down. But the nerves seemed to settle as a ‘can do’ Senior Colts (U19s) attitude emerged and four very good tries were scored, some of them involving running Raging Bull Senior Colts League : Division A the full length of the pitch. With five minutes to go the score was back to 39 –47 and

SEP 5 CALDY W DEC 5 KENDAL P Mar 6 League Cup Rd. 1 with LSH having two players in the sin bin. It would have taken very little more for the 12 Macclesfield W 12 Sandbach P 13 side to have recorded a totally unexpected win. As for this spectator, it had been an 19 LYMM L 19 VALE OF LUNE P 20 League Cup Rd. 2 26 Kendal C 26 27 Cup SF invigorating vigorous afternoon manning the scoreboard. OCT 3 SANDBACH C JAN 2 Kendal W APR 3 League Cup SF 10 Vale of Lune C 9 Widnes W 10 17 WIDNES W 16 ALTRINCHAM K L 17 League Cup F Finally, a couple of notices. The club raffle will be upon us very soon and it’s vital that 24 Altrincham K L 23 Preston GH 24 we put our heart and soul into selling tickets as sales make an important contribution to 31 SANDBACH W 30 Caldy club funds. The Big TV Shop, courtesy of Jack Walmsley’s father, have kindly donated 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 the first prize of a state of the art television set but we now need some other prizes. Any 21 Lymm L 20 League Cup Prel. Rd. ideas that readers have will be gratefully received by myself or Dave Scanlon. 28 Cheshire Cup Rd. 1 P 27

Tonight is also ‘Back to the 80s’ at the club so get out any of your 1980s clobber that you : http://www.rfu.com : httpe://www.rugbyroundup.com can still get into for fancy dress and come along for a fun night out. NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD INTERMEDIATE LEAGUES : http://www.rfu.com : http://www.nowirul.org.uk COLTS : http://www.rfu.com : http://www.colts-rugby.org.uk 2010 - 2011 SEASON Hon. President Club Captain Wilmslow RUFC David Barker Mike Clifford Kings Road Immediate Past President Vice Captains Wilmslow Jonty Fallows Bob MacCallum SK9 5PZ Hon. Club Chairman Ryan Parkinson Dave Scanlon Director of Rugby Tel : 01625 522274 Hon. Secretary Daz Lucas Barry Fisher Club Coach Hon. Treasurer Giles Heagerty Tony Kersh Vikings Captain Tim Medwell Club Website Hawks Captain www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Matt Hamilton Ravens Captain Andy Duggan

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The Memorial Ground faithful didn’t hold out much hope for Wilmslow in this one.

Liverpool St. Helens were in town confidently expecting to extend their nine match winning sequence. They were nearly at full strength and contained both the league’s leading points and try scorers. The mercurial Greg Smith started the game with 221 points and winger Ian Stanley had fifteen tries to his credit. The experienced Phil Kearns led a sturdy looking pack, which had not been bettered in a long while.

On the other hand, the Wolves were missing their two first choice locks and were having to adjust to life without the talismanic Ryan Parkinson at No. 8. There was something of a makeshift look about a pack which saw the recall of that old war horse Danny Jones at No. 8, Chris Lee drafted into the open side flanker position, a new second row pairing of Harrison Lewis and Dan Wright and two props,Jack Walmsley and Tom Hall, both still under 21. On paper anyway, the pack just looked too inexperienced, callow and under powered to deal with their opponents.

Within a minute, Ian Stanley had added to his try tally by scoring in the corner and Greg Smith nonchalantly stepped up to knock the ball over the bar. The faithful feared the worst as five times more Liverpool St. Helens crossed for tries in the first half, shredding the gossamer Wilmslow defence, scoring at will it seemed with their backs and forwards superior in every aspect of the game. Tries were scored at regular intervals by Matty Cunliffe, Greg Smith, Mark McCulley, Phil Kearns and Paul Bamber and Greg Smith converted the lot.

To their credit, the Wolves refused to allow this onslaught to get their heads down and when they could get their hands on the ball, they showed that they could play a bit as well. A Josh Longmore penalty after three minutes got them on the scoreboard, a darting touch down from Christian Lillie on twenty minutes kept them in touch and a good try from Ben Day approaching half time meant that at the interval they were 42-15 adrift.

Who knows what was going through the minds of the players at this stage. May be the visitors thought the hard work was done and that another forty points would just come without undue effort. May be the Wolves just thought they had nothing to lose and that in already scoring two tries, their opponents weren’t super men after all.

Twelve minutes into the second half, Wolves No. 10 Josh Longmore placed an exquisite cross kick into the arms of Ben Day who still had a bit of running to do before crossing for the try. This was followed by the LSH pack exerting their no nonsense authority with a twenty yard drive from a lineout for their seventh try of the game but it didn’t have the effect of subduing these pesky Wolves, now buzzing around like demented wasps, who just wouldn’t be swotted away. Visibly they grew in stature as they took the game on.

Longmore was calm and faultless throughout, Elliot Brierley in the centre simply outstanding, a threat every time the ball came his way, full back Matty King and wingers Christian Lillie and Ben Day, at last back to something like his best, were all playing with a smile on their faces. Up front, the old master Danny Jones became increasingly prominent, it was Harrison Lewis’s best showing as he grabbed his opportunity to impose himself in the second row and Jamie Thomas, coming on as a substitute, threw himself at everything. It’s no exaggeration that everyone seemed to raise their game. A fourth bonus point try came from Chris Lee, supporting his backs like an authentic No. 7 and then two more followed from the mazy running of Matty King. The LSH side looked shell shocked, this kind of response hadn’t been in their script at all, as they lost their shape and composure and argued with referee Daniel Taylor, who sent two of them to the sin bin in the last minutes. Just one more conversion and the Wolves would have been within a single score of the most unlikely win and that would have made the last couple of minutes interesting.

And then time ran out. LSH had the win and the points they had come for and their challenge for league honours was maintained but there would have been something missing in their celebrations back on after losing the second half 24 – 5. And, the Wolves, well, they must have soaked up enough belief and confidence from their second half performance to believe that anything is possible. Whatever they may lack, it isn’t spirit or a ‘joie de vivre’ in the way they play.

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SALE FC Nobody here at Wilmslow will take any satisfaction in seeing the sad predicament of our friends at Sale. The deduction of twenty league points for fielding an under age player earlier in the season has been confirmed and now they lie hopelessly adrift at the bottom of SLC1, at a time when they looked as though they were going to win sufficient matches to pull clear of the The principal beneficiary will be Macmillan Cancer relegation zone. Support.

It’s a salutary reminder for all of us not to make the On the day, there will be numerous local organisations same mistake in any of our teams. participating in the event’s organisation. Rugby Club members will help in erecting the ‘finish’, starting at SLC1/NLC 6.00am. on the Sunday morning. The ground will as At the other end of that table, Anselmians with a 100% usual be used for car parking which will be managed by record look set for a first ever season at Level 6. WITH Kit Clucas’s team of expert traffic wardens. Widnes once again chasing the play off spot. Rick Noden will also be organising an on site catering In the North Lancs and Cumbrian League, things are stall. not just as settled with little to choose between Aspatria, Fleetwood, Eccles and Heaton Moor. Now I Race Director, Maurice Minns says there will be very don’t have anything against the first three named but it few changes from time proven previous events but would be an awful lot more convenient if Heaton Moor there will always be opportunities for anyone who were to emerge at the top of that particular pile. wishes to help on the day. C’mon Moor or whatever it is they say in their part of Stockport. WEB SITE RANKING I note that there’s been a surge in the volume of traffic HALF MARATHON using the club’s web site, ranking us 55th. in the land. It’s getting closer to the last Sunday in March when the What this is down to has not yet been revealed but it Half Marathon once again takes place. For the third may be that the increasing use of Latin by the scholarly year in succession, the race will incorporate the English Geoff Knight in his 4th. XV match reports is pulling Half Marathon Championships and over 5000 runners them in. have entered. Ad Majoram Knightus Gloriam! Saturday 12th. February Burnage Rugby Fylde 35—9 Vikings Lymm 31—7 Developmentals Despite our proximity, just fifteen minutes apart, our two clubs never met at 1st. XV Ravens 30—26 Ashton u Lyme level until December 2007. University of Salford Leagues : Division 1 Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj Burnage 2nd XV 18 15 1 2 645 185 460 64 0 Vikings For several years, we had been playing at more or less the same level but until 2006/07 There was no doubt that if the Vikings Penrith RFC A XV 15 13 0 2 548 164 384 54 0 Burnage had to ply their trade in the North Lancs and Cumbrian leagues, whilst sides had had a fit 15 for the whole 80 such as Wigan, Leigh and Rochdale were deemed by the organising committee to be Stockport 3rd XV 16 10 0 6 340 277 63 46 0 minutes at Fylde, they could have won South and Cheshire. Ever since the message got across that Varley Park was Kendal 2nd XV 15 9 0 6 420 345 75 42 0 it. At 11-9 Fylde's musclemen were on in fact in the borough of Stockport and they transferred to the southern set up, their fortunes have been Wilmslow 2nd XV 15 9 0 6 335 311 24 42 0 the ropes as the Vikings blew two tries on the rise. That didn’t happen just overnight but the flow has been consistently in their direction. Rochdale 2nd XV 17 8 1 8 321 396 -75 42 0 that would have sent them home with 20 Sandbach 2nd XV 15 8 0 7 417 250 167 39 0 to go. Cue disaster when courageous They found it easier to attract new players, probably helped by the relative demise of near neighbours Carlisle Crusaders (2nd XV) 14 8 0 6 263 276 -13 38 0 props Parrot and young Joe, who being a flanker propped manfully for 60 min Manchester. Developments and improvements at Varley Park over recent years look as though they are Macclesfield 3rd XV 16 8 0 8 312 324 -12 37 -2 Preston Grasshoppers 3rd XV 17 6 0 11 313 448 -135 35 0 without wanting to see the scrums go providing a steady flow of income to fund their ambitions, not least the huge investment in their artificial uncontested. However, the strain on Leigh 2nd XV 15 6 0 9 285 333 -48 33 0 pitch which has this season proved to be a great success, twice hosting Wilmslow High School Daily Mail both props eventually buckled them and Fylde Saracens (3rd XV) 17 4 2 11 292 517 -225 28 -2 Cup matches along the way. And now their team deservedly sits top of the table, leaving Altrincham off they went, leading to a a heavily Kersal and Liverpool St. Helens in their wake, at least for the moment. Blackburn 2nd XV 16 3 0 13 155 508 -353 24 0 one sided finish with only one outcome. West Park (St Helens) 2nd XV 16 2 0 14 159 471 -312 19 -2 The gloating of a team who knew they Back in 2007, Wilmslow won the inaugural fixture 32-12 and went on to win the SLC1 league. We then University of Salford Leagues : Division 4 South got one hell of a lucky break will be had to play the last fixture of the season at Varley Park and got properly beaten by a Burnage side, who remembered. against all the odds then went on to lose a playoff fixture against Rossendale, who none of us had really Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj appreciated were embarked on a course of cheque book driven recruitment. The following season Lymm 3rd XV 16 16 0 0 434 131 303 64 0 Ravens Wilmslow 3rd XV 16 11 0 5 556 245 311 49 0 A tinge of sadness drifted across the (08/09), there were no such mistakes as Burnage won promotion to this league. Altrincham Kersal 3rd XV 14 11 0 3 496 157 339 47 0 pitch in memory of the long serving

Trafford MV 3rd XV 18 8 1 9 328 469 -141 43 0 Mark Bower’s father, who died on The two matches last season both went Wilmslow’s way. An understrength looking side went up the A34 Northwich 3rd XV 16 8 0 8 343 388 -45 40 0 Friday. Mark is a stalwart of the to record an unexpected win with some style and then in the return fixture, almost twelve months ago to Marple 3rd XV 15 8 0 7 396 259 137 39 0 Ravens, he wanted to play and after a the day, they put on their best performance of the season to brush Burnage aside by 30-6. few words from skipper Duggan, a Whitchurch 3rd XV 14 8 0 6 375 261 114 38 0 minute’s silence was observed. Crewe and Nantwich 3rd XV 17 7 0 10 222 449 -227 38 0 Back in October though, it was Burnage’s turn as they eventually ground down the Wilmslow side on their Didsbury Toc H 3rd XV 15 7 1 7 333 250 83 37 0 artificial pitch by 42-18. Up front, the Wilmslow 8 were given a torrid time and with only scraps to live on, Ashton had arrived with only 11 players Old Bedians 2nd XV 17 6 0 11 276 418 -142 35 0 it was remarkable that Ms. Brierley, Lillie, Day and MacCallum kept the Wolves in the game for as long as and International call ups across the UK Didsbury Toc H 4th XV 17 6 0 11 223 481 -258 35 0 they did. had also left the Ravens short of several Acton Nomads 16 6 0 10 235 303 -68 34 0 players and just prior to kick off they

Knutsford 2nd XV 17 4 1 12 233 498 -265 27 -2 were struggling to field 13 -14 Today though is another day. Burnage will start favourites but most of their successes on the road have Macclesfield 4th XV 14 3 1 10 205 346 -141 21 -3 themselves. Some last minute turn ups been by single score margins and with firmer grounds and a bit of warmth in the air, who knows what the from the police contingent and a Wolves might be able to do. University of Salford Leagues : Division 5 East footballing friend of winger Bruce Carden (who could run a fair bit) then Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj gave the home side the advantage. It Burnage 4th XV 15 12 0 3 411 237 174 51 0 started 12 v 11 with uncontested scrums Bury 3rd XV 14 12 0 2 500 153 347 50 0 but it was an ugly match. Broughton Park 5th XV 16 11 0 5 572 311 261 49 0 North Manchester 2nd XV 16 10 0 6 489 321 168 46 0 Sniffer bossed the lineout and a back Village Spartans 15 10 0 5 554 334 220 45 0 row guest in the form of Stephen Hart Oldham 4th XV 15 10 0 5 475 271 204 45 0 who is a university pal of number 8 Wilmslow 4th XV 17 9 0 8 499 351 148 44 0 Gareth Tait played like a demon as did Stockport 5th XV 16 8 0 8 331 339 -8 40 0 new boy David Hiscutt on the flank. Heaton Moor 3rd XV 16 7 0 9 409 384 25 36 0 making his debut on the opposite flank

Aldwinians 5th XV 16 4 0 12 249 719 -470 28 0 Eventually the scores came with another Ashton-Under-Lyne 2nd XV 15 4 0 11 244 389 -145 25 0 two tries from Gareth Jones and one Dukinfield 3rd XV 16 2 0 14 233 637 -404 22 0 each from Rob Webb and Andy Duggan Picture from 30 Oct 2010 Broughton 2nd XV 17 3 0 14 197 717 -520 17 -7 and Bruce Carden Macclesfield 4th XV 13 3 1 9 205 308 -103 20 -3 Full report on the web. TRY THESE

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Wilmslow Wolves U14s march An improvement, in that the old hierarchies of senior on in the Cheshire Cup clubs have gone and, instead of having to wait patiently for a gap to appear in those fixture lists, successful clubs Glynn Howells reports now have the opportunity to rise through the leagues and Finally The U14s played their postponed game against Marple in play against the top teams or, at least, those below the the quarter final of the Cheshire Cup Premiership. Even the Championship teams need a great We haven't played Marple for a while and seeing their result deal of money to survive. against Burnage, we knew they were going to a force to be reckoned with. Conditions weren't perfect for running rugby with a strong gusting wind blowing straight down the pitch.

The game was fairly scrappy and because of the conditions it turned into a fierce forward battle. Both sets of forwards were fairly evenly matched. Marple got some early drives in the scrum, which were countered by some excellent rucking and mauling. The team then made some inroads into their 22 and On the downside, however, the amateur ethos has gone and players now have no nearly scored through Callum Charlton, who was unfortunately held up over the line but the side kept the pressure on and broke time for games outside the league fixtures. I don’t like to harp on about the old their line 5 minutes in with a an unconverted try from new recruit days, but we used to play up to 45 games a season, with three, and sometimes Tom Lees. four, games over Easter.

It wasn't until 5 minutes before the end of time when Tom Lees broke through again to score his second try of the game, Seven-a-side competitions have also gone out of the window. We used to have converted by Angus. wonderful days out at Manchester, Leek, Toc H (whatever happened to them) and

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Vale of Lune 17 12 0 5 418 251 167 8 56 0 Sandbach v Liverpool Northwich 16 11 0 5 377 184 193 8 52 0 St. Helens

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Alt. Kersal 24-24 50-10 40-18 30-14 22-15 24-16 29-7 55-0 20-8 33-32

Broughton Pk 46-22 13-20 42-21 9-64 29-22 28-15 26-18 60-8 32-18

Burnage 3-3 35-7 34-11 20-6 14-5 57-29 13-8 20-10 28-0 67-5 27-3 42-18

Kirkby L’dale 0-34 5-42 13-18 8-36 24-17 10-26 7-11

Leigh 3-6 29-29 10-0 0-32 10-39 46-8 17-30

Liverpool SH 21-10 97-8 30-0 24-16 22-12 30-20 18-5

New Brighton 19-33 31-32 19-13 12-5 14-44 8-17 12-17 37-0

Northwich 24-12 14-8 57-5 15-0 31-14 21-18

Sandbach 8-47 26-8 8-18 13-12 9-8 13-20

Vale of Lune 51-0 32-8 13-26 47-19 10-3 27-10 29-11

West Park SH 7-20 8-53 30-24 26-51 10-37 7-48 19-19 8-39

Wigton 0-20 18-22 19-16 39-17 27-7 14-18 11-19 46-13 29-25 8-3

Wilmslow 18-15 39-47 19-7 12-23 10-22 42-7 21-16 25-22

Wirral 0-9 9-13 30-20 26-10 14-20 9-12 21-37 8-0 20-17 19-13 …….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

THIS WEEK’S PREDICTIONS

Last week—100%

Northwich v New Brighton This will be a home win for an aggressive Northwich outfit, whose style of rugby is making few friends at present. But all done up in blackest black, they won’t care.

Sandbach v Liverpool St. Helens LSH might have thought that the lower sides will be easy meat but after last week, I don’t think they’ll ease off this time. Away win.

Just identify yourself as a Vale of Lune v Altrincham Kersal Wilmslow Rugby Club member This could go either way but Vale look too far behind now to have any serious promotional hopes left so I by producing either your valid think AK will do just enough to grind out a win. 2010 - 11 membership handbook West Park (St. Helens) v Leigh at the following retail outlets or Surely Leigh will win this basement battle or will West Park have targeted this one for a mighty herculean the participating retailer’s card to effort. Away win. receive substantial discounts off Wigton v Kirkby Lonsdale listed prices. Wigton haven’t been missing out against the lower sides in the leagues and they’ll take the points here.

Oddbins Wilmslow v Burnage Water Lane, Wilmslow Burnage will be clear favourites and league leaders tend to eke out wins in matches like this but if the Wolves play as they finished last week and stand up to the Burnage forwards, then I just have a sneaking feeling that it mightn’t be plain sailing or should it be canoeing for Burnage and we could be in for a Chelsea Flowers surprise. Get a grip, don’t be daft - away win! Chapel Lane, Wilmslow Wirral v Broughton Park (shop sales only) Not so long ago, you’d have backed Park to be too powerful where it matters for this Wirral side but you wouldn’t be so sure now. Back Wirral for their third consecutive home win. Stationery Solutions Chapel Lane, Wilmslow (excluding print cartridges)

Chapel Lane Paints & Wallpapers Chapel Lane, Wilmslow

Loch Fyne Restaurant Brook Lane, Alderley Edge (a la carte menu only)

Gusto London Road, Alderley Edge (see their advertisement to apply for a Gusto sponsorship card. Prior bookings advised)

Bengal Tiger Lily Indian Cuisine Congleton Rd., Nether Alderley (restaurant menu only) NEXT MATCHES AT THE MEMORIAL GROUND Saturday 19th. February 2011

26th. February League North One West

Salford University Leagues Wilmslow v Burnage

Division 1 Vikings v Rochdale Wilmslow XV and their Sponsors Burnage XV

Division 4S 15. Matthew King R S Green Ltd 15. Sam Jennings

Developmentals v Acton Nomads 14. Elliot Brierley Tim Holloway 14. Neil Baxter 13. Ricky Chadwick Gascoigne Halman 13. Stuart Oldham (capt.) 12. Mike Black 12. Adam Blaney The Wolves next away game is on 26th. February at New Brighton. 11. Christian Lillie DP Medical 11. Adam Knight 2.15pm KO.

HARTSFIELD, REEDS LANE, MORETON, WIRRAL CH46 3RH 10. Josh Longmore The Barker Brothers 10. Mike Raikes 9. Stuart Lindsey Drew Donaldson 9. Tom Blaney Take the M56 and M53 towards the Mersey Tunnel. Leave the M53 at Junction 1 towards New Brighton. As you come to the flyover, take the 1st. left hand exit, signposted NBFC Moreton. After approximately one 1. Jack Walmsley The Big TV Company 1. Hassan Ben Ahmed mile turn left into Reeds Lane. The entrance to Leasowe Castle Hotel is 2. Alex Donaldson Norman Herring 2. Zac Hammonds opposite on the other side of the road. The entrance to the ground is 3. Mark Bartlem 200 yards down Reeds Lane on the left. 3. Christopher Keane 4. Mike Clifford FGP 4. Phil Edge 5. Rob Cowley Michael J Chapman 5. Nick Scholes 6. Dan Wright 6. Tony Lymm PLAYERS AND THEIR SPONSORS 7. Dominic Clancy Deansgate Taverns 7. Ralph Lawson The players and coaches would like to thank those organisations and individuals who have supported the cause of Wilmslow rugby by becoming 8. Danny Jones 8. Ollie Hwewitt 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 Tom Hall Andy O’Sullivan Josh & Ollie Longmore - David, Andrew & Jim Barker Elliot Brierley - Tim Holloway : Chris Lillie - DP Medical Danny Kennedy Patrick Properties Alex Bowen Bob MacCallum - Steve Swindells : Stuart Lindsay - Drew Donaldson Jack Walmsley - The Big TV Shop : Lewis MacKay - Chris George Chris Lee Addleshaw Goddard Christopher Kornecki 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 Damian Hamilton Tim Medwell - Zeno Ltd : Danny & Jordan Kennedy - Patrick Properties Elliot Brierley - Tim Holloway : Tom Noot - KPMD Group MDRURS James Keys - Calder Peel Partnership : Alex Donaldson - Norman Herring : Wishing the Wolves a Successful Season Giles Heagerty - Forge Dynamic Ltd