Fixtures and Results 2014 - 15 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 NEW BRIGHTON October 4 Broughton Park W WIRRAL D Wirral 3 L 11 WIDNES L Warrington L MANCHESTER 2 L 18 Warrington W ROSSENDALE W Birchfield 2 L Today New Brighton make the journey across from the Wirral to Pownall Park for their last, and 25 KIRKBY LONSDALE L Blackburn L BROUGHTON PARK 4 L Wilmslow’s penultimate game, of the 2014-2015 season. Last weekend, New Brighton entertained local November 1 Eccles W ALDWINIANS L Christleton 1 L rivals, and league champions elect, Birkenhead Park and, despite coming second, they made Birkenhead 8 Winnington Pk (Vase) W Aldwinians (L&BS Jug) W Birchfield (L & BS Bowl) L 15 BIRKENHEAD PARK L Lymm L Winnington Park 2 L Park work for the victory. At the risk of being premature, our congratulations go to Birkenhead Park for 22 Wigton W WHITCHURCH W LIVERPOOL UNI VETS L their winning season and we wish them well for next season. 29 Bolton L ALTRINCHAM K’SAL (Jug) W December 6 PENRITH P Liverpool Collegiate W FIRWOOD WATERLOO L Last weekend’s trip to Penrith, for the 1st VX, resulted in a ‘back to earth with a bang’ scenario following 13 Kendal P ALTRINCHAM KERSAL L Moore 2 W 20 BOLTON W Lymm 3 L the euphoria at Winnington Park two weeks ago when The Wolves demolished Crewe and Nantwich, 37 27 -0, to raise the Cheshire Vase. That performance demonstrated the results of hard work from players January 3 CARLISLE W Caldy W ANSELMIANS 2 W and the coaching team alike when almost everything came together on the day from the youngest to the 10 Vale of Lune W FIRWOOD WATERLOO W Sandbach 3 W oldest; the newest to the experienced; from prop to fullback, everyone had a part to play and when called 17 BROUGHTON PARK W Wirral W WIRRAL 3 W upon everyone came up to scratch! A large contingent of devoted fans travelled down the Northwich by 24 PENRITH W 31 Widnes P WARRINGTON Manchester 2 -pass to witness The Wolves’ triumph with their usual vociferousness! Almost 20 years ago, the 1st XV st February 7 WARRINGTON P Rossendale W BIRCHFIELD 2 won the Cheshire Plate against Birkenhead Park so we offer our congratulations to the current 1 XV 14 Kendal L Warrington L squad, Pudsey, Jonah, and Hughsey, in bringing back the silverware to the lair! 21 Kirkby Lonsdale L BLACKBURN L Broughton Park 4 L 28 ECCLES W Aldwinians CHRISTLETON 1 L Talking of competition results, leads me to mention that the Junior section of the club, is extremely well March 7 Birkenhead Park L LYMM L WINNINGTON PARK 2 W 14 Widnes W Lymm (Jug) L represented across all age groups, U12 through to U16, in their respective Cheshire Cup. In the 21 WIGTON W Whitchurch W Liverpool University Vets L Cheshire Cup finals; the U12’s play Stockport (Davenport to the older members!); U13’s play Sandbach; 28 BOLTON W Bolton LYMM U14’s play Macclesfield and the U15’s play either Lymm or Bowdon and the U16’s are in the Plate final April 4 Crewe & N’twich (Vase) W against Crewe. 11 Penrith L LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE W Firwood Waterloo W 18 NEW BRIGHTON De La Salle BROUGHTON PARK 3 25 WARRINGTON Last week the Vikings (2nds) travelled to Liverpool Collegiate and sneaked across the line in first place to finish their league campaign with a very creditable fifth place. Well done to the players and, of course, Yippers and Bryn. The Hawks (3rds) travelled to a wind-swept Crosby coast, last weekend, to play Senior Colts (U18s) Following the withdrawal of so many clubs from the Waterloo, sorry; Firwood Waterloo, with a ‘mature’ squad and came away with a reasonably convincing win. The Hawks’ league campaign comes to an end today against Broughton Park, at Pownall Park, Raging Bull Colts League : Conference B Intermediate League, it when a win or draw will see them safe in the Raging Bull North West Leagues » Division 3 South for September 7 Penrith L January 4 BURY W became so meaningless 14 CALDY W 11 Chester L next season. This may seem odd for a team currently sixth in the league but having four teams all on 48 that it was abandoned and 21 Bury L 18 FYLDE P points, two teams having been dropped from the league for ‘inability to complete fixtures’ and three 28 CHESTER P 25 SANDBACH W from 23rd. November, the going down all add to a tense afternoon! Good luck, Hawks surviving clubs were October 5 Wirral W February 1 County Cup Rd 12 SEFTON C 8 Bury placed in a new 19 Cockermouth C 15 CALDY Today, if you hadn’t already noticed, is also the first day of the well-established annual Wilmslow Rugby 26 VALE OF LUNE L 22 FYLDE competition based on two Club Junior Festival, two days of rugby, attracting teams from across UK and Ireland Junior Festival. conferences of six clubs To quote the Festival Chairman, Tony Kersh, the principle aim of the festival is to have fun at the same November 2 Fylde L March 1 League Cup Rd each. time as developing, and promoting, rugby across all ages. The festival organisers work to ensure that the 9 8 League Cup Rd 16 15 League Cup Rd event is player focused and that means being child focused. With playing age groups that range from 23 Caldy L 22 County Cup Rd U7's to U12's, the Wilmslow festival is a family event and is recognised by our attendance figures, 2500 30 County Cup Rd 29 League Cup Rd players and their families are expected to visit the club (over 80 individual teams) for the day….and that December 7 CHESTER L April 5 doesn’t include the volunteers. If the success of the festival is in proportion to the amount of work that 14 Fylde W 12 League Cup Rd 21 Sandbach W 19 goes in to organising it, it will be a resounding success. Have a very successful weekend to all involved. 28 26 League Cup Finals May 3 County Cup Finals Just to remind you, the Wolves’ final game of the season is next weekend, at home, against Warrington, so a final afternoon in the sun at Pownall Park before you start getting prepared for the new season! Are delighted to sponsor Ollie McCall and wish the Wolves every luck for the 2014/15 season. th Saturday 28 . March 2015 North 1 West 2014 - 2015 SEASON Hon. President Wolves Captain Wilmslow 18 - 15 Bolton Wilmslow RUFC Nigel Day Mike Black Wilmslow enjoyed sufficient possession of the ball and territory to have won this game several times over. That they had to Kings Road Immediate Past President and Vice Captains settle for a meagre three point margin was more a testimony to the obdurate and tenacious defence put up by Bolton than to Wilmslow Hon. Club Chairman Ben Day and Bob MacCallum the Wolves own shortcomings. In the end two tries from the outstanding New Zealander Vili Tuipulotu and three kicks, two SK9 5PZ Jon Hitch Wolves Team Manager penalties and a conversion, from Lawrence James proved to be just enough. Hon. Secretary Mike Blackett Rob Milner Bolton, battling to get out of the bottom three in the table, played as though this was their last stand. Their defence was Tel : 01625 522274 Vikings Captain organised and committed. Their forwards frequently counter rucked aggressively to disrupt ball on the Wilmslow side and if Hon. Treasurer Matt Pearson some of their play with hands in the ruck and tackle appeared illegal, it was generally to the satisfaction of the referee, pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Tony Kersh Vikings Team Manager Matthew Riley, and that’s what mattered. In open play, they kept a good defensive line and always got men across when the Bryn Lewis prolific Wolves backs tried to run. It must have been like running into a swarm. Even right at the end when Wolves winger Hawks Captain Harry Patch looked as though he had to score, Bolton got three men across to haul him down. They had their moments of Tom Sneesby good fortune too, when James seemed to be going clear midway through the second half but was unintentionally and unseen Hawks Team Manager by the referee tripped. With so much of the play in their half of the field, they didn’t get many chances to attack but they still James Senior managed two tries on the counter and briefly led for a few minutes in the second half. Strictly, of course, it wasn’t Bolton’s Head Coach last chance to avoid dropping down a league but they have to now win at least one of their last two home games, probably Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Rick Jones both of them, and then hope that results elsewhere go their way. Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : Coaches [email protected] Richard Hughes The Wolves weren’t all that far off from putting in a good display but they never really got on top of their opponents continual harassment. 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