SUPER SATURDAY 2017 NORTH EAST GATESHEAD STORM V CATTERICK CRUSADERS CRAMLINGTON ROCKETS V WALLSEND EAGLES MIDLANDS DERBY CITY V SHERWOOD WOLFHUNT COVENTRY DRAGONS V NORTHAMPTON DEMONS EAST RL KINGS LYNN BLACK KNIGHTS V LUTON VIPERS HEMEL STAGS V BEDFORD TIGERS LONDON BRIXTON BULLS V SOUTH LONDON SILVERBACKS LONDON CHARGERS V HAMMERSMITH HILLS HOISTS SUPER SATURDAY Today, the curtain comes down finals day. A fantastic event on a number of community in Bristol saw Gloucester- Rugby League competitions shire Warriors take home the across the country. Plate trophy, as Swindon St George won the Grand Final. The four events taking place across four venues and four I would like to thank all the regions has rightly seen the host venues for their support Rugby Football League chris- today, as well as all of to- ten today: #supersaturday. day’s Match Officials. We have teams from all over I would also like to give a the country competing; from special mention to Fiona Hemel to Hammersmith, Cov- Allen and the Team 13 Volun- entry to Cramlington, and from teers who are supporting the areas as diverse as Brixton logistics of the finals up and and Wallsend. down the country. Super Saturday will truly show Finally, good luck to all the best of Rugby League tal- teams participating today, ent across the country. may the best teams win! All of the teams participating I hope everyone enjoys their today have played in league Rugby League. competitions since May and have then battled through play David Raybould offs to reach the finals day. Competition Manager As a prelude to this weekend’s fixtures, last Saturday saw the West of England hold their GATESHEAD NORTH EAST SHIELD STORM This will be Gateshead Storms’ 2nd appearance in the Shield Final. With their last one back in 2014, when they just lost to Whitley Bay and after just missing out on the final in the last two years Storm will be looking to put something right this weekend. Craig Banks | Adam Eglin | Jamie Humble | Ryan Crowson Steve Murray | Aaron Stephenson | Liam McDermott Jason Burke | Neil Emmerson | Lewis Hill | Charlie Chu Chris Burnett | Rob Reay | Sam Jones | Nathan Dent Ieaun Bodman | Thomas Skidmoor | Matthew Banning Dom Mewes | Aidan McDermott CATTERICK NORTH EAST SHIELD CRUSADERS Catterick Crusaders have enjoyed another great year of growth both on and off the field. The club now provides playing opportunities from U8's-Open Age, as well as Touch Rugby League. This season, the goal for the Open Age was to consolidate on last season and again complete all our fixtures. Having achieved that, the Shield Final comes as an added bonus to another great season of growth. 1. Joe Hargreaves | 2. Jonny Saint | 3. Ste Balewai 4. Martin Chambers | 5. George Robinson 6. Callum Smith | 7. Ricky Lee | 8. Harry O'Connor 9. Jim Tynan | 10. Andrew Stubbs | 11. Jared Poole 12. Matty Mitchell | 13. Joe Grieff | 14. Ben Smith 15. Connor Murray | 16. Mike Tebbs | 17. Josh Bell 18. Don Payne| 19. Callum Priestley | 20. Matty Opie NORTH EAST CRAMLINGTON GRAND FINAL ROCKETS This is the first Grand Final for the Rockets, made all the more special by the fact 75% of the squad are ex-juniors and the average age is only 19. Head Coach, Dave Townend, in his first year at the club, has been shortlisted for NE Coach of the Year for how he has developed his players and improved the standard across the whole set up. Joe Morris | Ryan Hull | Liam Hawthorn | Michael Mitchell Jonny Ward | Louis Platt | Fraser Boldy | Alex Dodds Jack Redfern | Patrick Douglas | Jack Tait | Sam Long Connor Lye | Joey Bell | Tom Callighan | Aiden Orritt Matty Gordon | Jake Macdonald | Carl Hill | Karl Campbell WALLSEND NORTH EAST EAGLES GRAND FINAL After enduring Grand Final heartbreak in 2016, the Wallsend Eagles set out in 2017 to recapture the North East Crown. A successful league campaign, with only a solitary defeat, allowed the Eagles to finish on top of the League for the third year in a row. In addition to this, graduates from the U16 team have made their debuts, ensuring a bright future for the Eagles and NERL. However, things didn’t go to plan in the North East Cup as a rampant Jarrow Vikings inflicted a heavy defeat in the NERL Cup Final. This was followed by a nervous end to the season as this cup final defeat was followed by league loss at the ever improving Cramlington Rockets. Coaches Bradley and Rutherford will be looking to avenge this defeat in the Grand Final and end the summer with another League Championship. Aidan Phillips | Harry Watson | Dale Fullwood | Chris McCabe | Liam Blackburn | Karl Bloxham John Boles | Kai Downey | Dan Avery | Ciaran Wrightson Tyler Walton | Liam Climpson | James Robison Sean Wood | Tom Wood | Matt Tumelty | Austin Phillips Nathan Baldwin | Joe Mehaffey DERBY MIDLANDS DIVISION ONE CITY Derby City RLFC was founded in 1990 by three ex-army Rugby League players in the Blessington Carriage pub, Derby. Paul Crowe became Derby’s first coach and the first home games were played on the council pitch at Markeaton Park. Derby City went on to win the BARLA East Midlands Championship in season 1998/9 and in the summer of 1999 was invited to join the Northern Division of the fledgling Rugby League Conference. After a few poor but improving seasons Derby started the2005 season with wins against Mansfield, Thorne Moore and Sheffield to top the table for the first time. This was followed by a two-point loss to Lincoln but wins against Worksop, Rotherham and Mansfield kept City at the top after eight games and the Minor Premiership was clinched with a thrilling 23 – 21 win at Thorne. Unfortunately the hat trick against Thorne in the play-offs was just a step too far for the team and they lost 28 – 16. Derby City moved up to the Midlands Premier division for season 2006 and Nottingham were the team to beat. Derby lost at home but gained a handsome win at Moderns. The season ended in mid-table respectability with five wins out of 12. With the closure of the Asterdale in 2008, Derby’s long term home, the team relocated to Derby RUFC. Despite excellent facilities the club went into decline but continued with junior teams for two seasons until a re- emergence in 2011. A Move to the Stute and an excellent relationship with Ilkeston RUFC has seen the recruitment of good new players and the fielding of a Merit Side. The Merit team were losing Grand Finalists in 2014 and the first team losing Grand Finalists in 2015. The club is still thriving both on and off the field but have yet to win a major trophy. Lewis Thompson | Arron Robinson | Alex Brown Thomas Pottinger | Ross Chapman | Jamie Baxter (c) Lewis Chapman | James Mann (vc) | Joshua Jackson Jack Waggett | Lee Rowland | Jake Smithurst Lewis Sturgess | Owen Gregory | Daniel Rollins Russell Hurcombe | Paul Crick | Joshua Horsley Michael Wallis SHERWOOD MIDLANDS DIVISION ONE WOLFHUNT Sherwood Wolf Hunt are one of the Midlands’ newest clubs’. Forming in 2014 in North Nottinghamshire they quickly established themselves as a formidable outfit, winning the Midlands Division 1 title in their first full season. This will be the 3rd time they have played in the Midlands finals, having won it in the last two consecutive seasons. Coach: Glenn Holt Assistant Coaches: Adam Bates / Andy Kinta 1. Peter Alldread | 2. Joe Ducker | 3. Mason Hardwick 4. Tobias lieber | 5. Daniel Dykes | 6. Lee Steemson 7. Devon Gurney | 8. Jordan Flynn | 9. Thomas Hughes 10. Ben Lee | 11. Curtis Green | 12. Chris Whitehead 13. Lee Chapman (Cap) | 14. Jono Colie | 15. Terry Titi 16. Shaun Underwood | 17. Jake Mason | 18. Olly James 19. Tom Hardwick | 20. Charlie Mason | 21. Joe Fletcher MIDLANDS COVENTRY PREMIER DRAGONS 1 Ethan Priest | 2 Jay Neath | 3 Craig Mcgory | 4 Ben Nuttall 5 Joe Gregory | 6 Lawerence Goddard | 7 Harry Kaufman 8 Dale bowyer | 9 Adam Barnett | 10 George Carlton 11 Elliot Norman | 12 Mark Hyslop | 13 Ashton Leiua 14 Connor Slater | 15 Rich Sinnett | 16 Paul Gascoigne 17 Toby Adlington | 18 Tobias Rochester Bremner 19 Louis Smith | 20 Scott Clendening Fenton NORTHAMPTON MIDLANDS DEMONS PREMIER Northampton Demons were formed in 2007 as Northampton Casuals. After two initial years in the East region, the club won the 2009 East Grand Final and Harry Jepson Trophy, a feat that was repeated in 2010. The club rebranded as Northampton Demons in 2010 and moved to the Midland league in 2011. In 2012, Demons one the Midlands Grand Final and the 2nd team narrowly lost the Division 1 final. The club then lost to London Skolars A in the Harry Jepson Final. In 2013, the club became a founder member of the Conference South, but struggled that season. With changes in the club to the current coaching team of Patrick Wilson and Matt Jones, the club re-entered the Midland league, winning the 2014 and 2015 Grand Finals. 2016 saw the club lose the Grand Final to Coventry Dragons and then lose in the Harry Jepson Final to West Warriors of London. Sponsors Bridge Substance Misuse Programme - a charity helping ex alcohol and drug addicts rebuild their lives. Harniss Ltd - a consultant and provider of building services HTC Arbor Services - a local company providing tree surgeon services Seb Ward (C) | Dom Ward | Grant Wond | Sam Martindale Ollie Furniss | Ben Younds | Ben James | Dave Marks Will Merry | Elliot Holden | Josh Dawes | David Stephenson Mitchelle Stephenson | Carl Suidak | Jamie Partidge Michael King | Daniel Docherty | Marcus Stock Ethan Roberts | Scott Howkins | Jacob North Paul Stewart | Jake Siddons EAST RL KINGS LYNN DIVISION ONE BLACK KNIGHTS Kings Lynn Black Knights was formed in 2012 by Teresa & Reg Dunn and Neil Langley, in order to bring a new sport to the area and get people from different backgrounds and nationalities playing for the team.