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 MANCHESTER 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 21 Vale of Lune L HEATON MOOR W We welcome the players, committee and supporters of our close neighbours from Manchester for this final “Derby” 28 ROCHDALE W LYMM L Ashton on Mersey of the season. For the first time ever Wilmslow, Manchester, Stockport, Burnage and Altrincham Kersal have found themselves together in the same league, so I thought it would be interesting to see how we have faired against each November 4 Warrington L Stockport W NORTH MANCHESTER W 11 NORTHWICH W VALE OF LUNE L L Altrincham Kersal W other in what amounts to a Manchester ‘conference’. Which one of us is currently the top Mancunian dog? 18 Rochdale L 25 Burnage W PRESTON GH 3 W BURNAGE HWO Well, it’s not Wilmslow. If we lose today then we’ll be last in the pack despite our more exalted overall league December 2 BLACKBURN W Rossendale L Hope Valley W position. With Stockport playing Burnage today, we’ll know later on this afternoon. As it is at the moment, 9 Manchester P Macclesfield 3 P LITTLEBOROUGH P 16 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL P Trafford MV W Manchester are top. I didn’t though take bonus points into account as that would have taken far too long to sort 23 out. What the ‘conference’ does show is how little there is between any of the sides, which has been a feature of 30 this league for all of this extraordinary season. January 6 Waterloo L Lymm L GLOSSOP L 13 Douglas (IOM) L STOCKPORT W MANCHESTER W 20 ST. BENEDICTS W Wirral L Dukinfield W Played. Won. Drawn. Lost. For. Against. Diff 27 Stockport W VALE OF LUNE L STOCKPORT W February 3 VALE OF LUNE P Rochdale P Heaton Moor Alt. Kersal. 8. 3. 1. 4. 152. 170. -18 10 Manchester L Burnage. 7. 4. - 3. 156. 142. +14 17 Rochdale W Preston GH 3 L ASHTON ON MERSEY Manchester. 7. 4. - 3. 145. 121. +24 24 ALTRINCHAM KERSAL L Stockport. 7. 3. 1 3. 138. 177. -39 March 3 WARRINGTON P Rossendale L North Manchester Wilmslow. 7. 3. - 4. 164. 145. +19 10 Northwich W MACCLESFIELD L ALTRINCHAM KERSAL 17 24 BURNAGE L Burnage HWO Next season with Broughton Park and De La Salle looking set to come up, the ‘conference’ could be even larger. 28 WARRINGTON W W 31 PRESTON GH 3 All that aside, both Wilmslow and Manchester have plenty to play for today which makes this game very interesting. April 7 Blackburn W Lymm L HOPE VALLEY L 14 MANCHESTER STOCKPORT Littleborough Both will want to win for different reasons. Wilmslow, not least, to avenge the 28-15 beating we got at Grove Park a 21 Carlisle Wirral BROUGHTON PARK couple of months back but most of all to keep their late charge up the league for a second place finish alive. After 28 today, we have Carlisle away next weekend and then a rearranged game here against Vale of Lune the week after, either on the 28th. or earlier in the week under floodlights if that can be arranged. Raging Bull Senior U18 Colts : League C Following the conclusion of We had a great win away at Blackburn last week 5-26 with tries coming from Sean Street (2), Ben Day and Max September 3 Macclesfield W February 4 the Preliminary Wortley. Whilst I mention the try scorers, coach Richard Jones says that it was a fantastic team performance, 10 WIDNES D 11 Crewe & Nantwich League season 17 Blackburn W 18 FYLDE perhaps the best of the season. This win came after the 29-7 home victory against Warrington under the floodlights. 24 Kirkby Lonsdale HWO 25 Makos W during which each team plays Lets hope that this form continues through to the rest of the season. October 1 March 4 each other once, 8 Fylde HWO 11 WIDNES HWO Last week the 2nd XV lost away to Lymm 37-11 and the 3rd XV went down at home 17-39 to Hope Valley. I hope that 15 BOLTON W 18 the organising 22 25 WINNINGTON PARK seeding this week brings back our winning ways. 29 committee will November 5 Widnes April 8 FYLDE select the Dates for the diary: 12 15 conference April 20th. Kings School Macclesfield end of season match and dinner. 19 BLACKBURN W 22 Crewe & Nantwich 26 Winnington Park 29 leagues. April 28th / 29th. Junior Festival May 3rd. Garner Cup Golf at Prestbury GC December 3 CREWE & NANTWICH W May 6 Cheshire Cup Final The Colts also 10 Fylde W Winnington Park TBA Club Dinner. Originally booked for 4th. May but postponed in view of the Wolves late charge 17 MAKOS W have a League up the league with a possible play off on 5th. May 24 Cup competition May 13th. Beating the Bounds - charity walk for East Cheshire Hospice 31 and the Cheshire June 24th. Wilmslow Half Marathon.” Colts Cup to January 7 14 Blackburn W compete in. 21 WINNINGTON PARK W In the meantime, enjoy the game and let’s hope for a bit of balmy spring sunshine. 28 Widnes W The Artisan League N1W Forecasts Last week there was a draw, so no full houses, though 8 people got all the other predictions correct. The Manchester/Waterloo game fooled a lot of people but it was a close result. Redgauntlet’s grip on the league is getting tighter but there are 7 people within 10 points of second place. This week, all home wins with the exception of the Rochdale/Warrington game, seems to be the most popular set of verdicts. The matches at Waterloo and Vale of Lune are expected to be home wins. Everyone has gone for a Wilmslow win. The games which have most divided opinion are at Kersal and Stockport.....though strange things happen when a side is fighting against demotion! Saturday TOTALTHIS WEEK Waterloo Carlisle v Rochdale War- v 7th 2018 April 14h Carlisle v Alty Alty Carlisle v Manchester v Manchester Warrington v Warrington Alty Kersal v Alty Blackburn v v Blackburn v Northwich Manchester Stockport v Stockport v Wilmslow v Wilmslow v V of Lune v ofV v Lune Northwich Douglas v Douglas v Stockport Wilmslow V ofV Lune April Rochdale Waterloo Burnage Douglas rington TOTAL 2018 Kersal Bar Steward A A H H H A 18 491 A A H A A H Basher A H A H H H 12 444 A H A A H H Beer Keeper A H A H H H 12 432 A H A H A H Braveheart A H H A H A 21 515 H H A H H H Chicken Sarney A H H A H A 21 470 H H A H H H Dick D & Mutley A A H A H A 21 506 H H A A H H Draichgoch A H H A H A 21 513 H H A H H H Fiery Basher A H H H A A 15 497 H H A H H H Flying Scot A H H A A H 15 490 H H A H H H H H H H A H A 18 521 H H A H H H Jonty H H H A H A 18 498 H H A H H H Kiwi A A H A H A 21 484 A H A A H H Millie 29 H H H H H A 15 502 H H H H H H Nob H H H H H A 15 511 H H A H H H Pilgrims A H H A H A 21 481 A H A A H H Red Gauntlet A H H H H A 18 532 H H A H H H Romulus & R A H H H H A 18 504 A H A A H H Shakey A A H A H A 21 502 H H A A H H Super Ted A H H A H A 21 499 H H H A A A Uncle Fester H H H H H A 15 465 A H H H H H Results A D H A H A Points 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…………. 2017- 2018 SEASON Hon. President Wolves Captain Flooring and Carpeting : Furniture Wilmslow RUFC Chris George Bob MacCallum Kings Road Immediate Past President Vice Captain Student Accommodation : Refurbishment Wilmslow Nigel Day Robert Taylor SK9 5PZ Hon. Club Chairman Wolves Team Manager Jon Hitch Mike Blackett Tel : 01625 522274 Hon. Secretary Vikings Captain Rob Milner Adam Taher pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Hon. Treasurer Vikings Team Manager Alan Hill Hawks Captain Hawks Team Manager Head Coach Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Rick Jones Andy Vassell wishes the Wolves and all Wilmslow Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : Coaches [email protected] Richard Hughes RUFC teams a successful 2017/18 season.