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Fixtures and Results 2010 - 11 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks Ravens N1W Bateman Premier SU3S SU5E JON HITCH September 1 ANSELMIANS W Burnage L Burnage W CREWE & NANT’CH W 8 VALE OF LUNE L Macclesfield L Winnington Park W ASHTON ON M W 15 Rochdale L PRESTON GH L MOORE W Macclesfield C Welcomes 22 LIVERPOOL ST H L Vale of Lune L Marple W Whitchurch 29 Kirkby Lonsdale W LIVERPOOL ST H W BOWDON W LEIGH October 6 LEIGH Stockport Altrincham Kersal SANDBACH 13 Manchester FYLDE SANDBACH Didsbury Toc H 20 SALE Lymm Hope Valley CONGLETON Let me start by offering my condolences, both personal and on behalf of the club, to the family and 27 Widnes BIRKENHEAD PARK WARRINGTON friends of Ron Eagle, who was one of those who tragically died in the plane crash last week at

November 3 WIRRAL Caldy Glossop MANCHESTER Kathmandu. He had been a stalwart of the Wilmslow Running Club based here and a regular competitor 10 SANDBACH in the half marathon. He will be sorely missed by all his friends in The Running Club. 17 Fleetwood CHESTER WIRRAL Holmes Chapel 24 CARLISLE Altrincham Kersal Chester ACTON NOMADS Today we welcome Leigh RUFC to the Memorial Ground. Neither club have had an exactly dynamic December 1 start to the season so it will be interesting to see how we fare today. Leigh were formed in 1948 but it 8 Altrincham Kersal SEDGLEY PARK OSWESTRY Linley & Kidsgrove was only in the 1998/99 season that we first played them at first team level. Wilmslow teams had, of 15 Vale of Lune WINNINGTON PARK Ashton on Mersey 22 course, played them at other levels, especially the vets. I remember almost drowning under a pile up one 29 After Christmas this year. Back then their pitch was liable to flooding but on my last visits it was much better. I have been January 5 ROCHDALE league splits into Moore MACCLESFIELD told the greenkeeper at Wilmslow Golf Club helps out but I don’t know if that is true! 12 Liverpool St. H two seven club MARPLE Whitchurch 19 KIRKBY L’DALE conferences, Bowdon 26 Leigh determined by ALTRINCHAM K Sandbach Leigh may be going through a little period of change. Their coach, a former England Rugby League whether you finish England international has either left or is on his way to taking over the head coach position at Oldham the first half of the February 2 RLFC . That’s a tough job! Leigh’s home result against Altrincham Kersal last week showed a heavy 9 MANCHESTER season in the top or Sandbach DIDSBURY TOC H 16 Sale bottom half of the HOPE VALLEY Congleton loss against a very mobile and fast side. But we’ll forget about that and remember that the record shows 23 league. results between us over the years to be close to even. Last year at home was a heavy loss and the return fixture at Leigh was a very good Wilmslow win, albeit by a much narrower margin. It’s a hard to call to March 2 WIDNES Warrington 9 Wirral GLOSSOP Manchester make today! 16 23 FLEETWOOD Wirral HOLMES CHAPEL 30 The Wolves themselves have seen a number of changes from last year including the arrival of a new coaching team. Last year I felt we were a little one-dimensional ( I can be technical if I want!!!!) but this April 6 Carlisle CHESTER Acton Nomads 13 ALTRINCHAM K Oswestry LINLEY & KIDSGR’E year, whilst the results are not that good, we are settling down and I feel that we have a plan B and C 20 Anselmians BURNAGE Crewe & Nantwich ( don’t tell the front row that!) to change game patterns when needed. So we shall see! 27 I will do my usual rant here now, about the lack of lateral thinking at the top level when decisions have to Senior Colts (U19s) and Junior Colts (U17s) be made and the consequences that have to be endured at the lower levels. This time it involves the Raging Bull Senior Colts League : Division A Junior Colts League : Division B Vikings. Whilst they did well to win against Liverpool St Helens 2nds, the overall results in the Bateman

Seniors Juniors Seniors Juniors league still show a huge imbalance between the ‘paid’ and the ‘amateur ‘ elements. This will end by Christmas when the league splits into two conferences but by then there’ll be some serious injuries and Sep 2 Wirral L Jan 6 LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE some very demotivated players. It would have been so easy to work out much better balanced leagues 9 LYMM L Lymm L 13 CALDY Kirkby Lonsdale 16 Preston GH W SANDBACH L 20 Chester based on the league status of the first teams. We have to live with it though and hope for the best! 23 SANDBACH W Stockport L 27 League Cup League Cup Ironically, a bit against what I am saying, the Vikings are playing Stockport 2nds today and should win ( I 30 Stockport W STOKE ON TRENT L hope!) because Stockport is going through an internal crisis on funding, which is contributing to the poor Oct 7 Macclesfield ORMSKIRK Feb 3 County Cup Rd 2 County Cup performance of their first team in the higher leagues, leaving a weakened second string. We shall see 14 Liverpool Collegiate 10 WIRRAL 21 Caldy KIRKBY LONSDALE 17 what happens! 28 24

Nov CHESTER March League Cup League Cup Wilmslow 3rds continued to entertain us with a good performance against Bowden 2nds and again I 4 Lymm LYMM 3 League Cup League Cup forecast a win – so no pressure then!! Unfortunately the Fourths had no game last week when they could 11 PRESTON GH Sandbach 10 League Cup League Cup have put out a really good side. I hope the side is the same for today with a tough, but winnable, match 18 County Cup Rd 1 County Cup Rd 1 17 County Cup Rd 3 County Cup 25 24 against Sandbach 4ths. The two Colts sides had entertaining matches last Sunday. The Seniors beating 31 Stockport and the Juniors just loosing against Stoke. Both sides play really attractive rugby and I look Dec Sandbach STOCKPORT Apr 7 League Cup League Cup forward to watching more matches. 2 STOCKPORT Stoke on Trent 14 League Cup League Cup 9 MACCLESFIELD Ormskirk 21 League Cup League Cup 16 28 League Cup Finals League Cup Finals Enjoy the afternoon. 23 30 Saturday 22ND. September 2012 North 1 West Wilmslow 13 - 39 Liverpool St. Helens 2012 - 2013 SEASON Hon. President Wolves Captain Wilmslow RUFC Jon Hitch Mike Black The Wolves can have no complaint at this painful defeat at the hands of their old rivals from Liverpool St. Kings Road Immediate Past President Vice Captain Helens. Despite some good periods in both halves for the Wolves, it was ultimately a poor showing from Wilmslow David Barker Ben Day which it seemed that nothing had been learnt from the experience at Rochdale the week before. SK9 5PZ Hon. Club Chairman Director of Rugby Dave Scanlon Daz Lucas Coach Brendan Thomas knew exactly what had been wrong at Rochdale and he had drawn up this week’s Tel : 01625 522274 Hon. Secretary Club Coach game plan to deal with the all so evident fault lines. His words though either fell on deaf ears or too many of Barry Fisher Brendan Thomas the players do not yet possess the wherewithal or skills to put the plan into practice. At this level of the Hon. Treasurer Vikings Captain game, you just cannot get away with ill directed kicking out of defence which will just be hoovered up by any Tony Kersh Oliver Mooney semi competent back three. Restarts too need to be either short enough to give your pack the chance of Hawks Captain Club Website getting underneath a hanging ball or long enough to cut down the receiver’s options. Anything else and it’s Matt Tucker www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow the perfect gift for the receiving side to set up another attack. Consequently, the Wolves found themselves Ravens Captain 13 – 25 adrift after fifty minutes and started to try and play frantic catch up rugby, during which they made Jim Senior matters worse by readily coughing up the ball when they had it in the tackle and in the pass.

Liverpool St. Helens have in recent seasons been close to winning promotion but their sources say that this Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike season’s team doesn’t look just as strong as its immediate predecessors and they don’t think they’ll be con- Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : [email protected] tenders this season. Nevertheless a glance at their team sheet showed that they still had plenty of experi- enced players who have been round the block several times and know exactly what to do when the ball comes their way. The Cunliffes, Greg Smith, Ian Stanley, Matt Gaines, Phil Kearns, Dave Westhead and NORTH 1 WEST : others will take full advantage of any loose play coming their way. As the Wilmslow team quickly squandered Wilmslow RUFC is an http://www.rfu.com http://www.rugbyroundup.com their possession in the last half hour so the LSH side just patiently played the ball through the phases in the open community Wilmslow half, eventually wearing down the home sides defences. based club, offering a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD INTERMEDIATE LEAGUES : http://www.rfu.com For the first twenty minutes, the Wolves had arguably just shaded events. There had been several promising game to anyone http://www.nowirul.org.uk breaks featuring Craig Cooper, Ben Day and Mike Black, only for the ball to be lost in over hasty risky pass- coming through the ing. The visitors then got into their stride with some patient play, recycling the ball across the field several gates from the age of SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS 2012-13 times before eventually an overlap was created on their left for Matty Cunliffe who sprinted away before slip- ping an inside scoring pass to fly half Greg Smith. Paul McLindon kicked a good conversion from far out on six upwards - with no the left. From the restart, LSH quickly worked their way back into the Wolves twenty two and when a clearing upper age limit. ACF : Alan Lang : Alderley Edge Golf Club kick failed to find touch on the LSH right, the arch poacher Ian Stanley was on hand to score their second. If Allied Corporate Finance there’s one player in this league that you don’t want to give a free ball to, it’s Ian Stanley. Nevertheless, Barrington Sports : Beauchamp Charles Bengal Tiger Lily : Bennetts Auto Repairs Throughout, the Wolves lineout was the most effective part of their game and when they stole the ball subscriptions and bar Byrom plc : Chapel Interiors against the throw for a third time, hope was briefly raised when Craig Cooper burst through the middle to receipts are just not release the supporting Richard Hughes, who scored close to the posts. Unfortunately, the Wolves were Chelsea Flowers : Chocolatier without a recognised kicker, it was one of those days, and the conversion went begging as did several other sufficient to maintain Chutney Massala : Clare & Illingworth : easyfish very kickable opportunities. If they’d all have been taken, then the scores could have been level shortly after the wonderful sports Gascoigne Halman gas-elec half time and the whole dynamic of the game might have been field we have here. Gemma Jones Photography : Glaisyers very different. Gusto Alderley Edge : JW Financial Planning As it was, McLindon wasn’t long landing a simple penalty to We, therefore, KPMD Group : Lee Floorstok the LSH score on the half hour but the Wolves had further acknowledge and Loch Fyne Restaurants : Lymm Truckwash opportunities in a good passage of play. Winger Sam Cutts thank all those Maxwells of Wilmslow : Motrax made a couple of good breaks, there was a touch of genuine Morley Green Garden Centre : P J Design class from Hughes, who then slipped on the turf at the critical individuals and Printerland.co.uk : Red Hall moment and a couple of knock ons at the base of the scrum in organisations, who good attacking positions. All they had to show for this was a Royles Jaguar : S C & P Jones penalty from Jack Harrison just before half time, when just a have supported the Slater Heelis : Spencer Hunt : Stigs Barbers Shop bit more composure on the ball might have produced so much club, the teams and Targetsite : The Farmers Arms : The King William more. the players this The Lighting and Interiors Group

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Tuesday to Friday 9.00am to 6.00pm. Saturday 8.00am to 3.30pm. th Saturday 29 . September 2012 North 1 West Saturday 22nd. September Kirkby Lonsdale 5 – 29 Wilmslow Vale of Lune 51-5 Vikings Marple 15-17 Developmentals The Wolves three match losing sequence ended with this decisive win at Kirkby Lonsdale’s picturesque Bateman BMW Premier league ground, high up on the edge of the Dales. They scored four tries and a penalty to lead 0 – 29 at half time, Hawks 54-14 Whitchurch Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj eventually consigning their hosts to a fourth defeat from five league outings and to the nether regions of the Saturday 29th. September league. Preston Grasshoppers 5 5 0 0 224 44 180 20 0 Vikings 29 -15 LSH Sedgley Park 2nd XV 5 4 0 1 211 79 132 17 0 Developmentals 37 -19 Bowden There was no sign of any anxiety, as there could have been, from the Wolves as they set about their Fylde Wanderers (2nd XV) 5 4 0 1 205 76 129 17 0 afternoon’s work. They had worked hard in training on the preceding Thursday night to iron out some of the Caldy 2nd XV 5 4 0 1 199 78 121 17 0 On the coach to Kirkby Lonsdale obvious faults in their recent play and here in the first half, they were to enjoy the benefit of a slope and a soft Chester 2nd XV 5 4 0 1 171 77 94 17 0 following wind. The biggest difference though in a much improved showing was the return of the birthday boy Mike Blackett, alias Pudsey, was Macclesfield 2nd XV 5 3 0 2 191 117 74 14 0 Bob MacCallum from injury to the No.10 spot. That’s not to say that he put in a faultless performance, the talking about his role as team timing of some of his passes to his centres did them no favours at all, but he does possess the ability to kick Burnage 2nd XV 5 3 0 2 124 105 19 14 0 manager and how he was going about the ball to where it needs to go, to kick penalty goals and conversions when they matter and to demonstrate Vale of Lune 2nd XV 5 2 0 3 115 178 -63 11 0 the task. He stated that he was sure decent game management skills. Consequently his contribution steadied the side at the time they most Altrincham Kersal Cougars 5 2 0 3 128 243 -115 11 0 needed it. There was also a promising debut from young Ollie Wilkinson, a product of the club’s junior that the Vikings would be Lymm 2nd XV 5 1 0 4 139 206 -67 8 0 competitive this weekend, not least section, at full back and a fine half game cameo from Andy Vassell, whose knowledge, skill and enthusiasm Liverpool St Helens 2nd XV 5 1 0 4 102 175 -73 8 0 for the nefarious arts involved in front row play, rucking and mauling should not be under rated. Late on, we because they were putting out a full Stockport 2nd XV 5 1 0 4 92 235 -143 8 0 also saw the last of the Longmore conveyor belt make his debut when Ronan came on at scrum half. side but it was also a stronger looking Wilmslow Vikings 5 1 0 4 78 255 -177 8 0 Birkenhead Park Wanderers 5 0 0 5 112 223 -111 5 0 one. They duly put the batterings Throughout the game, the side defending against the slope were deemed by referee Bennett to be received from Preston GH and Vale consistently infringing. The Wolves were the beneficiaries in the first half as MacCallum soon found his range to plant the ball close to the Kirkby line. Within five minutes the Wolves had moved the ball right from a University of Salford Leagues : Division 3 South behind them to record their first ever lineout making an easy overlap for Ben Day on the right wing to open the scoring. MacCallum kicked an Bateman league win by 29-15 against Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj awkward looking conversion. Within another two minutes MacCallum had found the same lineout spot with LSH. his boot and when Kirkby came up off side, he took due retribution. Kirkby now carelessly failed to kick the Chester 3rd XV 5 5 0 0 338 57 281 20 0 Wilmslow 3rd XV 5 5 0 0 126 68 58 20 0 ball the requisite ten metres from the restart and from the ensuing scrum, the Wolves patiently played the ball The point that Pudsey was making until left winger Sam Cutts was put clear. When he was hauled down, centre Craig Cooper was at hand to Sandbach 3rd XV 5 4 0 1 149 121 28 15 -2 was that there was no shortage of take the pass and in turn he made the ball available to hooker Alex Donaldson who crossed for the score. Burnage 3rd XV 5 3 0 2 164 90 74 14 0 Fifteen minutes played and fifteen points already on the board. decent players coming out of the Glossop 3rd XV 5 3 0 2 114 99 15 14 0 Wilmslow junior and colts sections, Hope Valley 5 3 0 2 119 145 -26 14 0 After a further ten minutes during which Kirkby had dominated possession and field position, a series of who would play for the senior section Warrington 3rd XV 4 2 0 2 89 93 -4 10 0 penalties for position from MacCallum and a yellow card for the Kirkby No. 4 Hughes, set up a catch and drive if asked to but that it took a bit of from which Vassell scored after 30 minutes. It was all the Wolves now as the half moved to its closing Oswestry 2nd XV 4 2 0 2 55 71 -16 10 0 management, organisational effort moments. Kirkby were forced to lose possession from a defensive scrum under their posts and another Bowdon 2nd XV 4 2 0 2 71 90 -19 10 0 and intelligent networking to make it flowing handling move saw Cutts come off his wing to apply the coup de grace in the right hand corner, from Winnington Park 2nd XV 5 1 0 4 163 121 42 8 0 where MacCallum converted. A fifth try could easily have followed in the last play of the period. Marple 2nd XV 5 1 0 4 81 198 -117 8 0 possible for them to do so, especially when they leave the immediate Whatever was said at half time, it Altrincham Kersal 3rd XV 5 1 0 4 80 240 -160 8 0 had the effect of galvanising the Wirral 3rd XV 4 1 0 3 98 108 -10 7 0 locality to go to college or university. home side into action and they Moore 2nd XV 5 0 0 5 48 194 -146 4 0 It’s a vital painstaking task that needs deservedly won the second half a person with problem solving skills, with a try from second row, Sam University of Salford Leagues : Division 5 South patience, persistence and above all a Dowker , after sixty five minutes. `can do, will do’ positive attitude so Initially, the Wolves had started the Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj half where they had finished the it was gratifying to hear that Pudsey Macclesfield 5th XV 5 3 0 2 173 83 90 14 0 first but when they lost possession has grabbed the initiative to make Kirkby started playing first up route Linley & Kidsgrove 2nd XV 4 3 0 1 111 75 36 13 0 this happen. one rugby. There was nothing Wilmslow 4th XV 4 3 0 1 192 28 164 12 0 pretty about it but forwards and Sandbach 4th XV 4 3 0 1 133 132 1 11 -2 Let’s hope that Pudsey’s intervention backs alike relentlessly hammered Whitchurch 3rd XV 5 2 0 3 105 71 34 10 0 heralds better days for the Vikings at the Wilmslow defences. Despite Crewe and Nantwich 4th XV 4 2 0 2 88 82 6 10 0 further yellow cards, one for Kirkby and one for Wilmslow’s Cooper, the force was now with them as a and that they can now start Congleton 2nd XV 4 2 0 2 107 107 0 10 0 combination of their driving play and Mr. Bennett’s whistle drove the Wolves back. They were forced to competing more effectively against scramble as their play became sloppy and clearing kicks were missed. When the Wolves did have the ball, Didsbury Toc H 4th XV 3 2 0 1 31 33 -2 9 0 the top Bateman sides. they seemed to forget that they were over twenty points to the good as they tried to play cavalier rugby Manchester 3rd XV 3 2 0 1 126 21 105 8 0 instead of slowing the game down and hanging on to the ball. Nevertheless, they weathered the storm and Holmes Chapel 2nd XV 4 1 0 3 63 148 -85 7 0 were unlucky to have late touch downs from Richard Hughes and MacCallum disallowed. Acton Nomads 2nd XV 3 1 0 2 19 160 -141 6 0 Ashton-on-Mersey 3rd XV 5 0 0 5 63 271 -208 4 0 Any win on the road in this league though is a good one. It was a long time since the Wolves had won by over twenty points away from home and they can now prepare for the visit of Leigh next weekend with confidence. I was watching a T.V. programme I had Sunday 23rd. September recorded earlier in the Senior Colts 21 - 6 Sandbach year; a documentary Stockport 43 - 31 Junior Colts about Paul Simon’s trip Sunday 30th. September in 1985 to record, in my Senior Colts 15 -13 Stockport Raging Bull Senior Colts League A view, one of the great Junior Colts 10 -17 Stoke on Trent Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj C.D.’s, “Gracelands”. It Lymm Senior Colts 4 4 0 0 131 50 81 12 0 told of the animosity he Who would have thought it that Wilmslow Senior Colts 5 3 0 2 73 75 -2 11 0 encountered from the during the summer the talk was all ANC because of the about not being able to raise a senior Preston Grasshoppers Senior Colts 4 3 0 1 110 41 69 10 0 cultural and sporting colts side this season and here they Wirral Senior Colts 4 3 0 1 75 27 48 9 0 boycott of South Africa and his return trip earlier this year are, second in the table. Somewhere Stockport Senior Colts 5 2 0 3 119 95 24 9 0 to see if he was still unwelcome. He was not, of course along the line resolve must have Caldy Senior Colts 5 2 0 3 86 94 -8 8 0 and the musicians he played with then were all delighted stiffened and despite the loss of Chester Senior Colts 4 2 0 2 70 99 -29 8 0 to see him again. Westaway and Hughes new faces Macclesfield Senior Colts 5 1 0 4 82 200 -118 7 0 have emerged, not least thanks to Sandbach Senior Colts 4 0 0 4 23 88 -65 4 0 Wilmslow too, made the trip in 1985. We had played a Garret Coulson, formerly coach at touring team, The Tuskers, from Kenya, a few years AK, who recognising that he wasn’t Raging Bull Junior Colts League B earlier and it was decided to accept their invitation to going to be able to raise a side this Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj return there to celebrate our Centenary. The Kenyan teams season brought his remaining boys to Sandbach Junior Colts 5 5 0 0 168 53 115 15 0 were very keen to have us, but the powers that be said that, Wilmslow. Stockport Junior Colts 5 3 0 2 141 134 7 11 0 because England had played cricket in South Africa, Wilmslow were not welcome in Kenya. So we went to They seem to have gelled into a Stoke on Trent Junior Colts 4 3 0 1 93 73 20 10 0 South Africa instead. winning team but then they still have Lymm Junior Colts 4 3 0 1 70 65 5 10 0 Harry Patch to call on. The maverick Liverpool Collegiate Junior Colts 3 1 0 2 39 55 -16 5 0 There were some opponents to our trip and several letters colt scored twice against a Sandbach Wilmslow Junior Colts 4 0 0 4 64 145 -81 4 0 denouncing us in the Press but the Rugby Union gave us side, which possibly wasn’t at full Ormskirk Junior Colts 3 0 0 3 19 58 -39 3 0 permission and the South Africans were obviously very strength, and he is now also Kirkby Lonsdale Junior Colts 2 0 0 2 25 36 -11 2 0 keen for us to go, so we did. I suspect I was not the only appearing with distinction on the one in the party who was completely unaware of the Vikings. No-one will be surprised if he graduates to the reality of Apartheid; a real innocent abroad. Wolves before the end of the season. Others to look out for include the always busy Wilf Noden, Rohan Longmore We played in Durban, Humansdorp (near Port Elizabeth), and colts skipper Robert Taylor but it takes more than Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, the H.Q. of South four to make a winning team. African rugby, and Johannesburg; winning one game and losing four. It wasn’t until we arrived in Humansdorp – a Mark Shotton reports that it was heroic stuff last weekend FINE BENGALI & farming community on the coast- that I first noticed the against Stockport. Over the years both sides have had inequality of the blacks and whites. We called in to an off- their moments. 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Tries Points Drop Drop Goald latest missive from the Macc committee states that really equating the fortunes of Sale Sharks, Newcastle ‘team teas’ will be reinstated and funded by an Falcons and others to become viable professional increase in playing membership subscriptions to sides to the fortunes of the game as a whole. approximately the same level as applies to this club. Jordan Airey 6 Firstly, the area is no more football obsessed than any other region of the country and secondly he doesn’t Ed Armitage 4 3 6 5 43 appear to consider the numbers that also play rugby Jonny Barltrop 5 league. If you add the total playing both codes of rugby together, you would get a very different picture Mike Black 6 of rugby’s popularity. When a club has to do away with something so Dominic Clancy 6 1 5 fundamental to the traditions of the game, our Even in the heartlands of rugby league along the M62 Sandbach correspondent asks, you have to ask corridor and in Cumbria, there are flourishing rugby Mike Clifford 6 5 whether that club is going in the right direction. union clubs. Liverpool St. Helens, Wigan, Widnes, Ambition to play at the highest level possible is Leigh, Carlisle and Penrith all prosper in rugby league Craig Cooper 6 2 10 perfectly acceptable but is it acceptable when it starts dominated areas. In Cheshire, there is a rugby union to impact negatively on the basics of what a rugby club club, sometimes more than one, in just about every Sam Cutts 3 1 5 is all about. In the worst cases, ambition has led and town I can think of. Add to this the success in recent continues to lead to the demise and near demise of years of Cheshire schools from Sandbach, Lymm and Ben Day 6 7 35 clubs. Just look at the fate of Rugby Lions as the indeed Wilmslow in national rugby union schools cup latest example. competitions and you could hardly say that the game is Alex Donaldson 6 1 in its death throws. He clearly subscribes to the values of this club when Tom Hall 5 he talks about solvency and sustainability, investment The problem for rugby union is not a lack of popularity in coaching, infrastructure and facilities for all ages and but that it has never been a big spectator attraction in Jack Harrison 4 1 1 8 genders, value to its local community and, yes, the region, unlike the upper echelons of rugby league. hospitality as well. Macc teams will continue to be fed TV money is all very well for the leading clubs but how Richard Hughes 6 4 20 and watered at Sandbach. anyone else can run a viable professional rugby union side without sufficient numbers paying to come through In my view, his opinions reinforce the comments made the gate to watch is beyond me. Maybe there is a Lawrence James 5 in this magazine a fortnight ago that the fundamental case after all for ring fencing the professional game differences between professionalism and amateurism Ben Jones 6

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Wirral 5 3 0 2 111 81 30 4 16 0 Once again the contrasting styles of Leigh and Wilmslow rugby were apparent to all as the home side picked and drove Anselmians doing what they were best at but on this occasion they came up against a resolute Wilmslow defence which didn’t miss a Widnes 5 3 0 2 137 124 13 4 16 0 v Wirral tackle all afternoon. Wilmslow always sought to put some width on the ball to create space for their runners but to concentrate on delivering simple relatively short passes, which would go to hand. Against the wind, Peter Ince opened Liverpool St Helens 5 3 1 1 116 82 34 1 15 0 the scoring after seven minutes with a close range try for Leigh to which the Wolves immediately responded by forcing a turnover at the restart, which MacCallum swung to his right. The ball was held up on the Leigh line but when it was dug Rochdale 5 2 0 3 115 113 2 3 11 0 Carlisle v Sale out Dan Wright crashed over. Further chances went begging and at half time the smart money was on Leigh but against Wilmslow 5 2 0 3 140 139 1 3 11 0 all the odds, the Wilmslow pack took control, Lewis McKay seemed to be Fleetwood everywhere at once, the home side got themselves into a mess and Fleetwood 5 1 0 4 82 173 -91 3 7 0 MacCallum slotted two short range penalties to settle the matter. v Widnes Leigh 5 1 0 4 69 147 -78 2 6 0 It was some consolation for the autumnal hiding that Leigh had dished out Rochdale v LSH here when they scored 45 points against a very poor Wolves Kirkby Lonsdale 5 1 0 4 55 156 -101 0 4 0 performance. It was one of those days when everything they did just

Anselmians 5 1 0 4 91 242 -151 0 4 0 went their way. Passes went to hand, their pick and drive found Vale of Lune v consistent gaps in the Wolves defence and they made everything look so Manchester 5 0 0 5 61 176 -115 0 0 0 Kirkby Lonsdale easy. They looked every bit championship contenders on the day but it didn’t work out like that over the season. They were never in any real danger of going down but mathematically it was a possibility on the League Results—2012/2013 penultimate weekend of the season. But that was also the case for the Wolves and another four teams. HOME

TEAMS This time round, Leigh have only enjoyed a single win from their first five games, a 29-14 home win three weeks ago against Fleetwood. Last

week, they were well beaten at home by Altrincham Kersal, who with 96

points in their last two games look to have found some form, and the

week before they had found it hard going at Carlisle. Carlisle Liverpool ManchesterSt Helens Rochdale Vale of Lune Wirral Altrincham KersalAnselmians FleetwoodKirkby LonsdaleLeigh Sale Widnes Wilmslow Today though is another day and the Wolves will be well advised to be on Altrincham Kersal 53-0 19-18 their guard. The Woods, Calvin Crompton, Adam Dyson, Ryan McKinstry, Tom Forshaw and others have all caused the Wolves plenty of Anselmians 14-63 42-25 grief in recent seasons and we know what they’re capable of if they’re Carlisle 46-5 5-12 allowed to settle.

Fleetwood 24-28 29-12

Kirkby Lonsdale 6-26 5-29 16-24

Leigh 6-43 29-14 12-18

Liverpool St Helens 23-23 24-15 18-26

Manchester 5-38 17-38 7-27

Rochdale 53-10 7-26 27-10

Sale 80-0 29-25

Vale of Lune 49-5 47-3 48-10

Widnes 44-20 25-21

Wilmslow 54-22 13-39 34-46

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Carlisle 15 2 0 21 0 141 Fax 01625 524440 Wilmslow 8 8 0 20 0 140 www.chelseaflowers.com Widnes 8 7 0 19 1 137 Liverpool St Helens 10 7 0 15 0 116 Wirral 12 4 0 15 0 111

Records Rochdale 7 2 0 17 0 105 Anselmians 8 10 0 9 0 91

Team Scoring Scoring Team Fleetwood 8 1 1 12 0 82 Leigh 3 6 0 9 0 69 Manchester 3 2 0 3 0 27 Kirkby Lonsdale 0 2 0 3 0 21

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Andy Rowley Sale 27 3 0 3 78 James Moore Vale of Lune 22 9 0 0 71 Simon Mason Anselmians 8 10 0 2 56 Glen Weightman Carlisle 12 2 0 3 45 Rob Holloway Altrincham Kersal 12 5 0 1 44 John and Anita welcome you to Craig Harvey Widnes 12 4 0 1 41 THE FARMERS ARMS in Chapel Lane Edward Armitage Wilmslow 5 6 0 2 38 Largest choice of beers in Wilmslow and sixteen de luxe Kevin Leadbetter Widnes 7 4 0 2 36 the easyfish company whisk(e)ys to choose from. Ben Day Wilmslow 0 0 0 7 35 in Chapel Lane Paul Lancaster Carlisle 0 0 0 7 35 David Welch Widnes 1 3 0 4 31 Weddings, Portraits, James Hodder Vale of Lune 0 0 0 6 30 Events, Music, Sports Pet and Fashion Photography Paul McLindon Liverpool St Helens 4 4 0 2 30 ALAN LANG 4 LINDOW Giles Dugdale Sale 0 0 0 6 30 PARADE Greg Smith Liverpool St Helens 6 3 0 1 26 CHAPEL LANE Danny Waddy Sale 0 0 0 5 25

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Altrincham Kersal 53-0 Kirkby Lonsdale Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company AK scored nine tries in this slaughter. First half tries from Louis Taylor (2), JP Singleton, and James O’Rourke, plus 2 penalties and 3 conversions from Rob Holloway gave AK a 32– 0 lead at half time. Louis Taylor completed his half Nob says : ‘ That Wizard’s a jammy toad and who’s this Kenshican. Glad that Hitchy is trick early in the second half and a further try from Steve Richardson extended AK’s lead to 46–0. Kirkby though never propping us all up.’ Comments from other league members welcome. gave up trying but AK’s defence was resolute throughout the game and a further try from JP Singleton and Rob Holloway’s 6th conversion from 7 attempts gave AK a convincing 53 points win. The administrator took a decision to award nine points a week to those who missed out on the Anselmians 42-25 Widnes early weeks because they were either away on holiday in Sicily, were misinformed by the The surprise of the weekend was clearly Anselmians unexpected demolition job on Widnes. They were undoubtedly secretary telling at least one league member that the league was cancelled until the indebted to Simon Mason, who landed seven panalties and three conversions for a personal tally of twenty seven administrator got back from his holidays or just forgot to send their forecasts in. points but it was the effort from the Anselmian forwards that forced Widnes to concede the penalties within Mason’s range that led to this success. Widnes equalled the Anselmian try count but they didn’t a kicker of mason’s calibre and Just a reminder that it’s three points for a correct result, one point for a wrong result, five paid the price. What other side can you think of that also lost out the same weekend because it didn’t have a kicker? bonus points if anyone gets them all right and zero points from now on if you forget to send in Carlisle 46-5 Leigh your forecast. Carlisle maintained the meanest defence in the league with this win. Full back Paul Lancaster helped himself to four

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Saturday 29th. September

Fleetwood conceded weight to their Manchester visitors but were always quicker and more dangerous on the ball and

they won plenty of possession. Centre Adam Crisp scored their first try, mark Turnpenny the second and Mark Stephenson the third to put the home side 22-0 ahead at the break. Tom Evans scored the fourth immediately after the break. In the last quarter, Manchester scored twice. Kirkby Lonsdale v Wilmslow H A H H A A A A A A A A Vale of Lune 48-10 Rochdale Leigh v Altrincham Kersal A A H A H A A A A A A A Stuart Vernon was at his lyrical best in describing Vale’s table topping win against Rochdale. Unlike the early frost in Lancaster, there was nothing zub zero, he wrote, about Vale’s bountiful seven try harvest of points, displaying Liverpool St Helens v Vale of Lune H H H A H H A H H H A A sharpness, speed of thought and artistic invention. Most of the Vale players seemed to catch his eye but it was prop Andrew Garnett who was awarded the man of the match award. Manchester v Carlisle H A A A A H H A H A H A Wirral 13-16 Sale H H Once again, it was the late late show from Sale with a last minute drop goal from Ronan O’Brien earning them the Rochdale v Anselmians H H H H H H H H H H spoils. Up to then, they had struggled to break down a resilient Wirral side, which managed to overcome a series of Sale v Fleetwood H H H H H H H H H H H H disruptive injuries throughout the game. On a glorious afternoon Craig Harvey kicked two penalties and the conversion of James Annetts well crafted second half try. Wirral then had what could have been the match winning try from Jason Widnes v Wirral A H A A H H A A A H H H Green ruled out by the Manchester Society referee for being held up. In response, Sale had also scored two penalties through Andy Rowley and an equalising try from Danny Waddy after 67 minutes. It was the Sale pack though that kept Points For Week 16 25 16 22 22 22 22 22 19 25 25 the pressure up in the last quarter to set up O’Brien’s last second intervention. Points for Season 101 119 88 116 91 68 104 113 85 116 95 Saturday 29th. September Saturday 6th. October Leigh 6 – 43 Altrincham Kersal Kersal were always in control at Round Ash Park. Playing into the first half wind they scored two tries through Louis Altrincham Kersal v Manchester H H H H H H H H H H Taylor and John Geddis to turn round 17—6 ahead and then added three more through Sam Momncur, Sean Clayton Anselmians v Wirral H A A A A A H A H A and and Tony O’Connor. Liverpool St. Helens 18– 26 Vale of Lune Carlisle v Sale H A H A A H A A A A Controversy ruled the day at Moss Lane. LSH had just extended their lead to 18-10 when a not particularly looking dangerous kick was hoisted by Vale, which LSH full back Neil Hull looked to be back to touch down over the line. The Fleetwood v Widnes A A A A A A A A A A referee however saw it differently and ruled the ball to still be alive so allowing a try for Vale’s James Curran. One or more LSH players then made their opinions known to the referee who gave Vale’s James Moore a penalty from half Rochdale v Liverpool St. Helens H A A A A A H A A A way, which he landed. Playing into the wind, LSH just couldn’t get back into the game and two further Moore penalties Vale of Lune v Kirkby Lonsdale H H H H H H H H H H settled it. Manchester 5 – 38 Carlisle Wilmslow v Leigh H H H H H H H H H H Carlisle crossed the Manchester line six times. Paul Lancaster three times, Glen Weightman twice and Paul Halliday once. Late in the game Manchester got their solitary score. Reports say, however, that Manchester deserved far more from the game than they got. They had their chances, played aggressively and were no pushover. On another day the Cherry Tree Farm score could have been much tighter. Lees Lane Rochdale 53 – 10 Anselmians Mottram St. Andrew Half backs Dom Serridge and Rob Neave put on an excellent tactical display, apparently knowing exactly when to bring their backs and forwards into play. Anselmians had no answer to the variety produced by Rochdale as they ran in seven tries. Open : Sale 80– 0 Fleetwood Tue - Fri Twelve tries without reply says it all. Fleetwood never gave up but were simply outclassed. 8.00am - 5.30pm Widnes 25– 21 Wirral Sat 8.00am - 5.00pm This always looked like one that would go to the wire. In the event Widnes managed four tries, one of them a penalty Sun 10.00am - 4.00pm try to which Wirral responded with three of their own, all converted by Craig Harvey. At the end Wirral were pounding the Widnes line. The home side were yellow carded down to 13 players and maybe the visitors should have snatched it but they didn’t. Are you tired of hearing the same old rubbish from traditional investment advisers?

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NEXT MATCHES AT THE MEMORIAL GROUND Saturday 6th. October 2012 Saturday 13th. October League North One West Bateman Premier League Vikings v Fylde Wilmslow v Leigh

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Next week it’s Manchester away for a 3.00pm KO. You all know 15. Ollie Wilkinson 15. Houlton where it is, the closest away fixture we could possibly have. No excuse for not turning up to support the Wolves. In fact, several of our most loyal supporters live closer to Manchester than 14. Ben Day Danilos Pizzeria 14. Lyon Wilmslow. So let’s have a really good turn out. 13. Richard Hughes Rick Green 13. Jason Carson

Proper away games resume on the 27th. at Widnes. 12. Craig Cooper Easyfish 12. Ryan McKinstry 11. Ollie McCall David Barker 11. Adam Dyson

10. Bob MacCallum Wilmslow IT 10. James Wilkinson Today’s Referee 9. Jon Baltrop 9. David Wood Will Quibell Bristol Referee’s Society 1. Andy Vassell 1. Matt Newton 2. Alex Donaldson Norman Herring 2. Ian Wood 3. Tom Hall 3. Tom Baker PLAYERS AND THEIR SPONSORS 4. Ben Jones 4. David Penn The players and coaches would like to thank those organisations and individuals who have supported the cause of Wilmslow rugby by 5. Mike Clifford Jonty Fallows 5. Mark Welch becoming their personal sponsors. All the funds raised are directed 6. Rick Jones Drew Donaldson 6. Alex Middleton-Adams towards funding coaching, kit, equipment, physios and team travel. 7. Dominic Clancy Jon Hitch 7. Chris Morgan Ben Day - Danilos Pizzeria Trattoria, Hale 8. Mike Black (capt.) Vision Express Wilmslow 8. Calvin Crompton Bob MacCallum - Wilmslow IT : Jack Walmsley - The Hotel TV Company : Mike Clifford - Jonty Fallows Subs Subs Craig Cooper - Easyfish of Chapel Lane : Alex Donaldson - Norman Herring : Danny Jones Leech Mike Black - Vision Express Wilmslow Jordan Ayrey Millard Ollie McCall – Mark Shotton Rick Jones – Drew Donaldson Jack Walmsley The Holliday TV Company Richard Hughes - Rick Green Dominic Clancy – Jon Hitch Sam Cutts – David Barker

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