Fixtures and Results 2017 - 18 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks CHRIS GEORGE N1W Cotton Traders Halbro 4 East Championship Welcomes September 2 CARLISLE W WIRRAL W Broughton Park D 9 Altrincham Kersal W Vale of Lune HWO TRAFFORD MV AWO 16 WATERLOO W ROCHDALE W Glossop HWO BURNAGE 23 DOUGLAS (IOM) W Preston GH 3 W Manchester W 30 St. Benedicts L ROSSENDALE W DUKINFIELD W October 7 STOCKPORT L Macclesfield 3 W Stockport W 14 Macclesfield 2 W Welcome to Pownall Park for our league game against Burnage Rugby Football Club. 21 Vale of Lune L HEATON MOOR W 28 ROCHDALE W LYMM L Ashton on Mersey Whilst our visitors today are only a few miles down the A34, with their 3G pitch they have not been November 4 Warrington L Stockport W NORTH MANCHESTER W experiencing the ground frost issues we have had and games being cancelled. 11 NORTHWICH W VALE OF LUNE L L Altrincham Kersal W 18 Rochdale L 25 Burnage W PRESTON GH 3 W BURNAGE HWO This season we have had four games cancelled because of weather and pitch conditions, which tends to December 2 BLACKBURN W Rossendale L Hope Valley W have an effect on bar sales. We have also discovered that rearranged fixtures don't seem to suit our 9 Manchester P Macclesfield 3 P LITTLEBOROUGH P team as players sometimes make alternative arrangements when the fixture list has blank dates. The 16 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL P Trafford MV W 23 consequences are a weakened team and more often than not a second place finish as we experienced 30 at Manchester and more recently at home to Altrincham Kersal when they beat us for the first time in January 6 Waterloo L Lymm L GLOSSOP L several years. 13 Douglas (IOM) L STOCKPORT W MANCHESTER W 20 ST. BENEDICTS W Wirral L Dukinfield W 27 Stockport W VALE OF LUNE L STOCKPORT W Burnage were the first rugby club in the area to have a 3G pitch and it seems to have been in great February 3 VALE OF LUNE P Rochdale P Heaton Moor demand not just on the rugby front, but also with the local footballers. I notice from their website that 10 Manchester L they are also one of the first rugby clubs to offer the growing sport of Footgolf. They seem to be 17 Rochdale W Preston GH 3 L ASHTON ON MERSEY 24 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL L creating different ways to boost revenue and get more people down to the club, which I applaud. March 3 WARRINGTON P Rossendale L North Manchester 10 Northwich W MACCLESFIELD L ALTRINCHAM KERSAL More important to us is their form on the pitch, which of late has been good beating Firwood Waterloo 17 41-7 at home and last week winning 31-39 away at Rochdale. We need to be on our game today to 24 BURNAGE Burnage 28 WARRINGTON hopefully break this winning run! April 7 Blackburn Lymm HOPE VALLEY 14 MANCHESTER STOCKPORT Littleborough Turning to the 6 Nations, the wheel seems to have fallen off Eddie Jones’ chariot with England 21 Carlisle Wirral BROUGHTON PARK recording 2 wins and 3 losses and finishing a miserable 5th in the table. It would appear that much 28 work is to be done to create fast ball from the breakdown for our backs before the World Cup in 2019. In the meantime, congratulations to Ireland who played some great rugby befitting of a Grand Slam Raging Bull Senior U18 Colts : League C Following the win. Irish eyes were already smiling after Cheltenham and Twickenham on Paddy's Day really did put conclusion of the cream on the stout. September 3 Macclesfield W February 4 the Preliminary 10 WIDNES D 11 Crewe & Nantwich League season 17 Blackburn W 18 FYLDE But I guess I knew it all along. England’s Eddie Jones doesn’t hold a candle to compare with Wilmslow’s during which 24 Kirkby Lonsdale HWO 25 Makos W Rick Jones. Both Jonah’s teams are lying fifth in their respective leagues but we know which Jonah we each team plays October 1 March 4 each other once, want and it’s the one we can afford! 8 Fylde HWO 11 WIDNES HWO 15 BOLTON W 18 the organising 22 25 WINNINGTON PARK seeding Our current crop of Colts turned out recently in a top of the table clash against MAKOS. If you've never 29 committee will heard of them, don’t worry - it is a name conjured up by the Manchester and Stockport coaches for an November 5 Widnes April 8 FYLDE select the amalgamated team this season. The KO was added into the name as they are small Sharks. Wilmslow 12 15 conference 19 BLACKBURN W 22 Crewe & Nantwich Colts, however, had the game well won by half time with five unconverted tries. They eased off in the 26 Winnington Park 29 leagues. second half only scoring one more try and allowing the MAKOS to run in three. Nevertheless, if they can produce more first halves like the one they put on at Grove Lane, then surely the league title will be December 3 CREWE & NANTWICH W May 6 Cheshire Cup Final The Colts also 10 Fylde W Winnington Park theirs. A number of the Colts are now turning out for the Hawks and its no coincidence that this side 17 MAKOS W have a League 24 Cup competition should be doing so well too! Well done boys - keep it up!! 31 and the Cheshire January 7 Colts Cup to Finally, even the Wilmslow Half Marathon fell foul of the weather last Sunday, being postponed for the 14 Blackburn W compete in. first time I can remember. The new date for the event is now 24th June so please put this date in your 21 WINNINGTON PARK W 28 Widnes W diaries. The Artisan League N1W Forecasts There’s still some way to go before the runners and riders get to the finishing straight. After watching the Irish clean up last week at Cheltenham and then Twickenham, I was wondering whether any of our competitors have a touch of the shamrock about them. Redgauntlet, I think not, Draichgoch, definitely not, H, no, Nob, full of blarney maybe but Irish, I don’t think so. This comp then is between the English, Scots, Welsh and our token Kiwi. It’s still wide open and anyone’s rib of beef, spring lamb or pork belly. I’ll be telling Artisan to soon start maturing the beef so it’s ready for the winner, come the season’s end. Saturday Wilmslow v Northwich Manchester Carlisle v Manchester Waterloo Blackburn v Rochdale Stockport v Warrington v v StBene- Warrington Wilmslow v Burnage Wilmslow v Burnage v Waterloo Burnage v THIS WEEK TOTALTHIS WEEK Alty Kersal Man- v Alty Carlisle v DouglasCarlisle v 10th ValeDouglas of v Blackburn v v Alty Blackburn 24th March 2018 24th March Vale of Lune v v Lune Vale of March StBenedict v Stockport v Stockport v Warrington Northwich Rochdale 2018 chester TOTAL Kersal Lune dict Bar Steward H A A H H A H 19 448 A A H A A H H Basher H A H H A A H 19 398 H H H A H H H Beer Keeper H H H H A A A 22 395 A A A A A A A Braveheart H A A H A A H 22 463 H H A A A H H Chicken Sarney A A A H A H H 19 409 H H H H H H H Dick D & Mutley A A A H H H H 16 451 H H H A A H H Draichgoch H A A H A A H 22 464 H A A A A H H Fiery Basher A A H H H A H 13 454 A A H A A H H Flying Scot H A A H A A A 22 441 H A H A A H H H H A A H H H H 19 475 H A A A A H H Jonty A A A H H A H 16 446 H A A A H H H Kiwi H H A H A A H 25 423 H H H A H H H Millie 29 H A H H A H H 19 453 A H H A H H H Nob H A A H H A H 19 465 H H A A A H H Pilgrims H A A H H A H 19 429 H A A A H H H Red Gauntlet H A A H H A H 19 477 H H H A H H H Romulus & R H A A H H A A 19 465 H A H A H H H Shakey H H H H A H H 22 444 H H A A H H H Super Ted H A H H A H H 19 444 H H A A A H H Uncle Fester A H A H H A H 19 422 A A A A H H H Results H H A A A A H 42-21 41-7 8-15 15-25 29-30 7-28 96-3 Cherry Tree F a r m Lees Lane Mottram St. A n d r e w Tue - Fri 8.00am - 5.30pm Sat 8.00am - 5.00pm Sun 10.00am - 4.00pm Matured Cheshire Ribs of Beef on the Bone, Fillets, Sirloins, Rumps : Hand Made Pork & Cracked Pepper Sausages : Herb Cured Pancetta : Cheshire Pork Loin Chops : Legs and Shoulders of Lamb, Free Range Poultry and lots more………….