Fixtures and Results 2010 - 11 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks Ravens N1W SU1 SU4S SU5E JON HITCH SEP 3 BROUGHTON PK L Trafford MV L Whitchurch P STOCKPORT 5 W 10 Northwich L ROSSENDALE P BOWDON W Bowdon W Welcomes 17 ANSELMIANS W Waterloo W Heaton Moor 2 W HEATON MOOR 3 L 24 LEIGH L Leigh W OLD BEDIANS 2 W Didsbury TH W WIDNES OCT 1 Widnes L STOCKPORT 3 W Didsbury TH W ASHTON ON M 3 W 8 ASPATRIA W Macclesfield 3 L NORTHWICH 4 W Holmes Chapel 2 W 15 Sandbach L SANDBACH W Winnington Pk W Welcome to a New Year and the second half of the season. This is the first home game since 22 ROCHDALE W Preston GH 3 W Knutsford 2 W MACCLESFIELD L December 10th! Gone are the days when Christmas was a busy playing and social period at the club- 29 Carlisle L Carlisle W OSWESTRY 2 Crewe & Nantwich playing local derby’s against either Sale, Broughton Park or Manchester on Boxing Day, with one NOV 5 VALE OF LUNE W Aldwinians W Crewe & Nantwich D BUXTON 2 L hangover seemingly merging seamlessly with another! With the pressure of life now and the rugby 12 Liverpool St. H L BIRKENHEAD PK W ACTON NOMADS 1 W Acton Nomads 2 W 19 WIRRAL W Wirral W Northwich W CONGLETON 2 W structure as it is, it is probably better for all to recharge batteries. It certainly helps to preserve the pitch 24 Liverpool St. H (Cup) L as Maurice keeps telling me! 26 DEC 3 Wigton L KENDAL W TRAFFORD MV W Lymm L I normally like to have a bit of a go against some of the stupidities in the rugby structure and the RFU 10 NORTHWICH W Rossendale W Bowdon P BOWDON W 17 Anselmians P WATERLOO W HEATON MOOR 2 W Heaton Moor 3 W top echelons. I will give it a rest this week. Let Stuart Lanchester see if he can get something out of 24 the mess, to give us hope. I think the tirades may come from other articles in this edition of the 31 magazine, so read on! JAN 7 Leigh W Sandbach W Old Bedians 2 W DIDSBURY TH W 14 WIDNES Stockport 3 DIDSBURY TH Ashton on Mersey 3 21 Anselmians Oswestry (Shield) DUKINFIELD (Plate) The Wolves ended the first half of the season on a high with a very satisfying home win against 28 Aspatria MACCLESFIELD 3 Northwich 4 HOLMES CHAPEL 2 Northwich, who really fancied themselves as title contenders and who ended the game quite FEB 4 SANDBACH Sandbach WINNINGON PK demoralised. With the Anselmians game postponed until 21st January, the next game was away at 11 Leigh last week and I was very surprised and heartened by the events. Surprised, because the Leigh 18 Rochdale PRESTON GH 3 KNUTSFORD 2 Macclesfield pitch was excellent. I remember nearly drowning on a Leigh pitch playing for the Vets, so I had gone 25 prepared with willies and life belt only to find a really good firm surface. I’m sure that didn’t just MAR 3 CARLISLE CARLISLE Oswestry 2 CREWE & N‘TWCH happen by accident so someone at Leigh must have put in a lot of work to help improve the situation. 10 Vale of Lune ALDWINIANS CREWE & NA’WICH Buxton 2 17 ACTON NOMADS 2 I was heartened by a sterling performance from the Wolves. They played with the strong wind in the 24 LIVERPOOL ST. H Birkenhead Pk Acton Nomads 1 Congleton 2 first period but only had a 2 point lead at half time and us old codgers on the touch ( especially those 31 Wirral WIRRAL NORTHWICH who saw the Wigton game) spread gloom and doom over whether they could hold out! But they did! APR 7 Tackling like demons and attacking strongly, they managed to stop Leigh scoring and with the aid of 14 WIGTON Kendal Trafford MV LYMM 21 Broughton Pk TRAFFORD MV WHITCHURCH Stoockport 5 Bob MacCallum’s boot increased the lead, even shoving the Leigh pack all over the place, much to their 28 surprise. Junior Colts (U17s) Today we entertain Widnes. Prior to this season we have only played them 3 times, I think, in the Raging Bull Junior Colts League : Division A League in 07/08 and in a cup match. We seem to have missed each other as we both have gone up or down the divisions. Widnes have now got a vibrant community club where they are spending their SEP 4 Stockport L DEC 4 Wirral L MAR 4 LEAGUE CUP 1ST RD 11 PRESTON GH L 11 11 LEAGUE CUP 2ND RD money, like us , in improving the infrastructure and developing the many quality juniors they have 18 Sandbach L 18 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL 18 LEAGUE CUP 3RD RD coming through. This is showing in their results. My little story on Widnes is that I once touch judged 25 Macclesfield W 25 25 CHESHIRE CUP 3RD RD at Widnes a match between Widnes Junior RL boys and Burnage RU Colts – it is a long story!!! OCT 2 WIRRAL L JAN 8 Caldy APR 1 LEAGUE CUP 4TH RD 9 Altrincham Kersal W 15 BROUGHTON PARK 8 For me this season Widnes, along with Sandbach, have been the best sides I have seen and their league 16 CALDY W 22 Lymm 15 LEAGUE CUP 5TH RD positions reflect that. We certainly suffered at Widnes last October. I expect another hard match today 23 Broughton Park WOL 29 22 LEAGUE CUP 6TH RD 30 Lymm D 29 LEAGUE CUP FINALS but if we play with the commitment and style of the last 2 games, it will be very interesting! NOV 6 Preston GH L FEB 5 CHESHIRE CUP 2ND RD MAY 6 CHESHIRE CUP FINAL 13 SANDBACH W 12 STOCKPORT 13 COCK-O-THE-NORTH As you can see the Wolves are currently 9th in the League but I do feel that they are now showing the 20 MACCLESFIELD W 19 FINALS potential to end the season a little higher. The excitement is also building with our other senior teams. 27 WIRRAL (CC 1ST RD) W 26 The Vikings are equal first in their league after a run of 10 very emphatic wins; the 3rds are at the top with a game in hand after a thumping win at Old Bedians and the Ravens are 3rd behind Macclesfield NORTH 1 WEST : http://www.rfu.com : httpe://www.rugbyroundup.com 4ths and Buxton 2nds., all showing how healthy senior rugby is at Wilmslow. The plaudits must go to 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 the coaches, team managers and captains in maintaining enthusiasm, fitness and quality through all the teams. 2011 - 2012 SEASON Hon. President Wolves Captain Wilmslow RUFC Jon Hitch Dan Wright Kings Road Immediate Past President Vice Captain Wilmslow David Barker Bob MacCallum SK9 5PZ Hon. Club Chairman Director of Rugby Dave Scanlon Daz Lucas Tel : 01625 522274 Hon. Secretary Club Coach Barry Fisher Giles Heagerty Hon. Treasurer Vikings Captain Tony Kersh Oliver Mooney Hawks Captain Club Website Matt Tucker www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Ravens Captain Jim Senior Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : [email protected] Wilmslow RUFC is an SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS 2011-12 open community based club, offering a ACF : Alan Lang : All U Need game to anyone Allied Corporate Finance coming through the Barrington Sports gates from the age of Beauchamp Charles : Bengal Tiger Lily six upwards - with no Byrom plc : Chapel Interiors upper age limit. Chelsea Flowers : easyfish : FGP Gascoigne Halman : gas-elec Nevertheless, Gemma Jones Photography : Glaisyers subscriptions and bar Gusto Alderley Edge : KPMD Group receipts are just not Lee Floorstok : Loch Fyne Restaurants : sufficient to maintain Lymm Truckwash : Maxwells of Wilmslow the wonderful sports Michael J Chapman field we have here. 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