Fixtures and Results 2013 - 14 Club President Wolves Vikings Developmentals N1W Standish Media Services 1 Raging Bull 3S NIGEL DAY September 6 New Brighton W DE LA SALLE W Broughton Park D 13 KENDAL L Altrincham Kersal W MOORE 2 W Welcomes 20 Carlisle L CALDY 3 W Anselmians 2 AWO 27 VALE OF LUNE W Firwood Waterloo L SANDBACH W KIRKBY LONSDALE October 4 Broughton Park W WIRRAL D Wirral 3 L 11 WIDNES L Warrington L MANCHESTER 2 L 18 Warrington ROSSENDALE W Birchfield 2 L Today we welcome our visitors from Kirkby Lonsdale, having made the trip down from Cumbria. 25 KIRKBY LONSDALE Blackburn BROUGHTON PARK 4 KLRUFC have had a good start to the season with 5 wins from 7 played, including their last four games, November 1 Eccles ALDWINIANS Christleton 1 which puts them fifth in the league, two places and 3 points ahead of Wilmslow. 8 Winnington Pk (Vase) 15 BIRKENHEAD PARK Lymm Winnington Park 2 22 Wigton WHITCHURCH LIVERPOOL UNI VETS The issue of injuries within rugby seems to dominate match reports and bar discussions across all the 29 Bolton leagues, never more so than here at Pownall Park; the Wolves have been struggling with injuries, December 6 PENRITH Liverpool Collegiate FIRWOOD WATERLOO especially in the backs, Rick Jones was quoted as saying he had nearly two complete back lines 13 Kendal ALTRINCHAM KERSAL Moore 2 st nd 20 BOLTON Lymm 3 unavailable through injuries, which proves that the combined 1 and 2 team training sessions are 27 hugely important to allow players to step up and fill gaps in the team above. Never more has this shown January 3 CARLISLE Caldy ANSELMIANS 2 its worth than with the last two weeks where players playing out of position , or in a different team, have 10 Vale of Lune FIRWOOD WATERLOO Sandbach 3 stepped up to the mark and not shirked their responsibilities when called upon. The games against 17 BROUGHTON PARK Wirral WIRRAL 3 Widnes and Warrington, when the team sheet was depleted of 1st team regulars, those selected gave 24 31 Widnes WARRINGTON Manchester 2 everything they had. Unfortunately they ran out of steam against Widnes but put together an intelligent, February 7 WARRINGTON Rossendale BIRCHFIELD 2 controlled performance against Warrington to run out victors 45-23. 14 21 Kirkby Lonsdale BLACKBURN Broughton Park 4 28 ECCLES Aldwinians CHRISTLETON 1 During last week’s game, two events happened; the first occurred midway through the second half, during a passage of play just outside the Warrington 22, an outrageous dummy was thrown by March 7 Birkenhead Park LYMM WINNINGTON PARK 2 14 Wammo—a front row prop forward) which signalled howls of disbelief and calls for a yellow card to be 21 WIGTON Whitchurch Liverpool University Vets issued…..mainly from his parents! 28 BOLTON Bolton LYMM April 4 The second was created by a player who every week just gets on with his job, more often than not 11 Penrith LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE Firwood Waterloo 18 NEW BRIGHTON De La Salle BROUGHTON PARK 3 punching well above his weight and with his usual ‘Iceman’ like approach to the game; Bob McCallum, 25 passed the 2000 point scored for the Wolves! Very well done, Bobby, can we have more of the same today, please? Senior Colts (U18s) Cheshire Vase In the bigger picture, rugby fans are going to be treated to a wealth of international rugby over the next Round 2 Raging Bull Intermediate Colts League : Division A 12 months, starting with the curtain raiser to the Autumn Internationals, The Barbarians versus Saturday 8th. November Australia, which kicks off next weekend at Twickenham. Five weeks follow with a variety of fixtures September 7 Penrith January 4 COCKERMOUTH Winnington Park v Wilmslow 14 CALDY 11 Vale of Lune between the Northern and Southern hemisphere countries battling it out, trying to gain an insight as to 21 Bury 18 progress being made towards the World Cup 2015. Although the opposition will be different from 28 CHESTER 25 FYLDE country to country, it could be useful to gauge the development of the squads prior to the Six Nations October 5 Wirral February 1 County Cup Rd which starts in February 2015. Then comes the World Cup in September 2015, seemingly ages away 12 SEFTON 8 19 Cockermouth 15 PENRITH however when you are building, or developing, a squad with a specific target in mind, it probably is only 26 VALE OF LUNE 22 just round the corner! With the increase in player injuries, and so many International, and domestic, games between now and then, there will be a lot of fingers crossed! Stuart Lancaster is already without November 2 Fylde March 1 League Cup Rd 10 of his ‘front line’ forwards for the Autumn Internationals, even though some are still likely to be 9 Caldy 8 League Cup Rd 16 BURY 15 League Cup Rd named in the 33-man squad for the World Cup. 23 Chester 22 County Cup Rd 30 County Cup Rd 29 League Cup Rd And finally, on behalf of everyone at Wilmslow Rugby Club, I would like to wish many congratulations December 7 WIRRAL April 5 to our own Gemma and Rusty on the arrival of ‘Baby Jackson’, we look forward to a family visit to The 14 Sefton 12 League Cup Rd 21 19 Memorial Ground! 28 26 League Cup Finals May 3 County Cup Finals Are delighted to sponsor Ollie McCall and wish the Wolves every luck for the 2014/15 season. 2014 - 2015 SEASON Hon. President Wolves Captain Wilmslow RUFC Nigel Day Mike Black Kings Road Immediate Past President and Vice Captains Wilmslow Hon. Club Chairman Ben Day and Bob MacCallum SK9 5PZ Jon Hitch Wolves Team Manager Hon. Secretary Mike Blackett Tel : 01625 522274 Rob Milner Vikings Captain Hon. Treasurer Matt Pearson pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Tony Kersh Vikings Team Manager Bryn Lewis Hawks Captain Tom Sneesby Hawks Team Manager James Senior Head Coach Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Rick Jones Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : Coaches 2000 Points for the Wolves Refereeing [email protected] Richard Hughes Congratulations to Bob MacCallum, whose fifteen points at From time to time this column tries to constructively Warrington last week took him to 2006 points for the Wolves. comment on the good and not so good of refereeing. Our esteemed record keeper is away this week on holiday but be sure he’ll have plenty to add on this achievement Last week’s referee Robert Sheard from Lancaster always NORTH 1 WEST : RAGING BULL NORTH WEST when he’s back from his holidays. seems to be able to provide a fluid, pacey sort of a game Wilmslow RUFC is an http://www.rfu.com LEAGUES http://www.rfunorth.com http://www.rfu.com with a low penalty count. Last week only sixteen penalties open community http://www.nowirul.org.uk If the way Bob played last week is anything to go by, I should were shared equally amongst the two sides in a game which think he’s also made several thousand tackles for the team. saw nine tries. There was no real nonsense from any of the based club, offering a players who were presumably too busy playing rugby to get game to anyone SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS 2014-15 involved in fisticuffs or such like. coming through the How does he do it? 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