Club President NIGEL DAY Welcomes WEST PARK
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Fixtures and Results 2016 - 17 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks N1W Cotton Traders Premier Sale Sharks 3S NIGEL DAY September 3 ECCLES W Caldy L CAPENHURST L 10 Altrincham Kersal W PRESTON GH 2 L Marple 2 L Welcomes 17 BIRKENHEAD PARK L Stockport W WIDNES 2 L 24 WEST PK (ST. HELENS) Sale VILLAGE SPARTANS WEST PARK October 1 Blackburn CHESTER Whitchurch 3 8 LEIGH Sedgley Pk LYMM 3 15 Today we welcome West Park to Pownall Park who, along with Northwich, were promoted last season from 22 Vale of Lune VALE OF LUNE Holmes Chapel 29 ROCHDALE Fylde Wanderers CARRINGTON S Lancs/Cheshire Division One. In recent years, West Park have had spells in the National Leagues and successes in the Lancashire Cup. My abiding memory of West Park was back in the early 1990’s when November 5 Warrington ROCHDALE Dukinfield 2 12 BURNAGE Preston GH 3 BROUGHTON PARK 3 Wilmslow were under the guiding hand of Peter Cook, and early in the season having played, and won, at 19 Northwich FIRWOOD WATERLOO Wirral 3 Prescot Road, Cookie, as only he could, had us out on the pitch running pyramids, Number 8 Chris 26 ST. BENEDICTS Macclesfield Lions MANCHESTER 2 Woollam, who had joined the club that season commented “if this is what happens when we win, what the December 3 Kirkby Lonsdale LYMM New Brighton 2 10 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL MARPLE 2 h*ll happens when we lose?”. 17 Birkenhead Park Widnes 2 24 Last weekend saw a titanic battle between The Wolves and Birkenhead Park at Pownall Park which went 31 For the second half down to the wire with an extremely relieved Park scoring in the 88th minute to record a close fought 25 – 31 January 7 West Park (St. Helens) of the season this Village Spartans 14 BLACKBURN WHITCHURCH 3 win. With the lead swapping several times there was no let up for the players, let alone the spectators. Let’s 21 league splits into hope for another display, and example, of rugby played at its best today. 28 Leigh two conferences. Lymm 3 February 4 Those clubs in the The archives showed us last weekend that the first occasion that Wilmslow played against Birkenhead Park 11 VALE OF LUNE HOLMES CHAPEL 18 Rochdale top half at 3rd. Carrington was back in 1954, this game also marked the debut, for Wilmslow, of a fresh faced, 28 year old, Geoff 25 December will form Mitchell. Geoff, along with Peter Poizer, are regulars at home games and it was a pleasure to see both of March 4 WARRINGTON Conference A, the DUKINFIELD 2 there again last weekend. You’re always welcome, gentlemen. 11 Burnage Broughton Park 3 18 others will form 25 NORTHWICH WIRRAL 3 Last weekend, The Vikings had an excellent away win, 36-24, against local rivals, Stockport; the side included Conference B one, Chris ‘Parrott’ Denham who, at the tender age of 54, is still ably propping up the front row for his 22nd April 1 St Benedicts Manchester 2 consecutive season! We done, Parrott, keep up the good work. Today’s fixture, away at early season league 8 KIRKBY LONSDALE NEW BRIGHTON 2 leaders, Sale, will be the next in the line of ‘toughies’, with the commitment and effort shown by the whole 15 22 Eccles Capenhurst team so far this season there is no doubt they will turn out all guns blazing. 29 Widnes clearly meant business when they arrived early at Pownall Park to prepare for the game against The Hawks last Saturday, so early that Rusty hadn’t arrived to open up! Despite their preparation, The Hawks The Colts League Committee has determined to introduce a new Raging Bull Senior U18 Colts format for 2016/2017 to provide a greater number of more equitable led 12-10 at half time, ably led by Taity in no small part due to the dominance of the formidable front row of League D games for our Colts Teams. Conferencing of the Leagues after the Bullock, Duke and Ashton; Craig M added a perfect wingers try with a chip and chase from 30 yards out, Preliminary League stages will mitigate the effects of any mis-seeding this did extend to nearer 50 yards later in the bar! Widnes, with younger legs managed to secure a victory September 4 Bolton W and will permit us to accommodate the fallout from any early season 11 GLOSSOP W withdrawals. with a brace of tries in the dying moments to run out winners, 38-23. 18 Ashton U Lyne W 25 NORTHWICH Macca was not in his usual position on the touchline controlling affairs due to illness however Jim S, who The Conference Leagues will likely be slightly different from the October 2 Crewe & Nantwich seedings for the Prelim Leagues, and Teams may be moved up or stepped in as manager for the day, has claimed some credit for the team’s performance…hurry back, Macca! 9 SEDGLEY PARK down a league. 16 Liverpool Collegiate Today The Hawks entertain Village Spartans at Pownall Park, who have gained promotion in the past two 23 County Cup P Rd. Prelim' League Season... successive seasons, and we welcome them back to our fixture list. 30 County Cup 1st. Rd Playing in Seeded Leagues using an 8 Team Format; the first 7 November 6 weekends will be the Prelim' Season. Teams play each other once, The term ‘misfit’ may not be the most apt, possibly more PC, but every sport seems to have its share, those 13 home or away as drawn. Trophies will be awarded to the Prelim' participants who almost continually fall foul of the rules for a reason best known to themselves. Reading 20 League Winners. 27 various newspaper articles about biting, eye-gouging, training pitch disagreements, diving, drug cheats, it Conference League Season... seems that the pressure is too much for some people, particularly at the professional end of the spectrum, December 4 The Conference Season will provide the 8 Team Leagues with 14 and they feel the need to ‘cheat’ or get one over on the opposition illegally. I’m sure this has always gone on 11 fixtures; Home & Away. but with the increase of social media and 360degree camera coverage perhaps we are made more aware it. 18 The County Cup Prelim Round and First Round weekends will provide Just a bit of a rant having caught up on the sports news recently! the timescale needed to determine any restructuring required for the Conference Leagues and fixtures. That said, I’m sure we will see all today’s teams playing more or less to the letter of the law and provide us with a spectacle of the sport we all know and love, namely rugby. The Artisan League N1W Forecasts Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company There’s little doubt that the punters are getting better at this game and, the poor bar steward aside, everyone is stretched out in a bunch. Super Ted leads the way but there will be plenty of twists and turns before the course is run at the end of April. Meanwhile the joints, steaks et al at Artisan are as good as ever. 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Saturday Altrincham Kersal v Leigh St BenedictsSt v Warrington Birkenhead v Park Black- Warrington v Northwich Kirkby Lonsdale v Roch- Rochdale Rochdale v BenedictsSt 17th September Wilmslow v Birkenhead 2016 24th September Northwich Northwich v Burnage West v Park Burnage Eccles v Vale of Lune West StPark Helens THIS WEEKSTHIS TOTAL 2016 Altrincham kersal Kirkby Lonsdale Vale of Lune v Leigh Leigh v Eccles at at Northwich Blackburn Blackburn v Wilmslow Wilmslow v TOTAL Park burn dale Barsteward H A A H N H H 12 44 A H A H H H H Beer Keeper A H H A H H A 19 57 H A H A H A H Braveheart H A A A H A H 16 60 H H H H A H H Chicken Sarney A H A A H A H 16 57 H H A H H H H Dick Dastardly & Mutley A H A A N A A 22 60 H H A H H H H Draichgoch A A A A N A H 16 63 H H H H A H H Flying Scotsman A A A A H A A 16 60 H H H H A H H H H H A A H A A 22 61 H H H H H H H Jonty A H A A A A H 19 60 H H A H H H H Kiwi A A A A W A A 16 63 H H A H A A H Millie 29 A A A A A A A 19 66 H H H H H H H Nob H A A A H A A 19 63 H H H H H H H Red Gauntlet H A A A N A A 22 60 H H H H H H H Romulus & Remus H H A A H H H 16 60 H H H H H A H Shakey H A A A A A H 19 63 H H H H H H H Super Ted H A H A H A A 22 66 H H A H A H H Uncle Fester H A A H A H A 16 57 H H H H H H H Zoo Keeper A A A A A A A 19 63 H H H H A H H Results for Week H H H A H A A Cherry Tree F a r m Lees Lane Mottram St.