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Kelso RFC EVEN Kelso president Jim Hewitt agreed that Peebles did not deserve to lose this game which ended any slim hopes of promotion. While Peebles did play the better rugby, Kelso scored the most points and take their place in League One next season. None the less the Peebles lads did the auld Burgh town proud. Greg Raeburn kicked Peebles into a three point lead after only eight minutes of play. Thereafter for most of that first half Peebles were on the attack and hardly out of the Kelso half of the field.
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However they failed to cross the home team whitewash and at half time it was Kelso who were in the lead thanks to a try by prop Rhys Morgan and a conversion by full back Greg Ponton. During that first 40 minutes Peebles did have several attacks at the Kelso line. Scrum half Murray Johnston was closest to scoring when he was eventually bundled into touch on the corner flag after breaking blind from a ruck on the Kelso 22. On the 20 minute mark there was a difference of opinion between the two
sets of forwards which saw referee Ian Kenny yellow card Peebles’ Roddy Guiney and Kelso’s Ian Wallace. Just before the half hour Stevie Hamilton, with the wind at his back, put in a long kick from his own 22. This bounced in the 22 and just went into touch on the wrong side of the corner flag which resulted in Kelso getting a scrum back in the Peebles half. Fortunately Andrew Wallace the Kelso second row appeared to drop the ball as he attacked the Peebles line and the danger was cleared. However that clearance
was short lived and Kelso took the lead. They won a lineout in the Peebles 22 to set up a rolling maul which Peebles could not stop and Morgan crossed for the try. A bad end to a half that at least in terms of possession and territorial ground Peebles won. But it’s points that count. At the start of the second half Peebles took the lead. Possession was won in their own half with Callum Anderson, leading by example, making ground before passing to Scott Stoddart,
who fed Murray Johnston.
through the defence to score a try.
Johnston’s long grubber kick and chase saw him get the touch down.
Ponton added the conversion for a three point advantage.
From the Kelso restart Callum Anderson was again instrumental in taking play, along with Stevie Hamilton and Scott Stoddart, back to the Kelso 22. From that enterprise Peebles won a penalty in front of the Kelso post and Raeburn added the penalty points to make it 11-7 to the visitors.
With the game entering the final minutes this was helter skelter rugby.
The sharpness of Kelso fly half Andrew Skeen was to the fore next when he took a scrum ball 15 metres out from the Peebles line and managed to glide
Johnston was again forced into touch at the corner flag and a forward rush at the Kelso line saw the ball knocked forward. But Kelso were to have the final say with Ponton kicking a penalty to make the final score 1711. Congratulations to Kelso on their promotion but at the same time, well done Peebles.
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Bollington CC Bollington Cricket Club was formed in about 1885 by bringing together smaller clubs in Shrigley Vale and Bollington Cross. The Cricket Club has, for over 100 years, played an important part in the lives of an enormous number of residents of the town. Francis Greg JP provided a specially laid out ground at ‘Gnat Hole’ which included a pavilion and bandstand and paid £20 for a roller to make sure the summer wickets were properly prepared! He was the first BCC President and he held the office for some years. On his death in 1901 the Recreation Ground was bequeathed to the people of Bollington. There was much local rivalry with near neighbours Macclesfield Cricket Club and an excerpt from their history talks of crowds of up to 5,000 for these fiercely contested derby matches. The glory days of Bollington Cricket on the Recreation Ground were before the First World War. In 1905 the Macclesfield Courier carried the report of an astonished journalist: ‘Fancy a village of 6,000 challenging and playing a city like Manchester with a population of over 60 times that.’ When the
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Cheshire County Cricket Club was formed in 1908 a number of County matches were played on Bollington Recreation Ground. Old photos show the ground full of spectators both standing and seated on the many benches. At that time the club enjoyed much success, providing stiff competition for clubs from towns with several times the population. This trend is echoed today. Originally in the Lancashire & Cheshire League, and then the Meller Braggins Cheshire Cricket League along with the likes of many of our local rivals such as Pott Shrigley and Prestbury. Following a sustained period of success on and off the field over the last few years the first XI now compete in the ECB accredited Cheshire County League division one, a standard on cricket the defies the size of our small village club. The senior teams comprise a first XI, second XI (Saturday league and some Sunday Cup Fixtures) and a third XI. Senior nets are Tuesday and Thursday evenings in spring and summer and winter nets run after Christmas at Tytherington High
School on a Sunday.(see senior page) Historically, the junior section of the club has been responsible for the development of many of today’s established seniors. Enjoying a fantastic revival at the moment our junior section offers youngsters participation in the sport at the following levels: An introduction to the basic skills of the game for 7 to 10-yearolds using lightweight equipment and a plastic ball. In 2005 this was held on Tuesday evenings, during the summer term and about 25 youngsters regularly turned up. The club offers coaching (by qualified coaches) and competitive participation in various league and cup competitions (See Junior page for age groups) Coaching is usually Monday or Wednesday evenings, Summer Term, and winter nets run in the Spring Term at Tytherington High School on a Sunday. Many of our older junior players regularly get opportunities to play senior cricket-in fact some of our best seniors have come through the junior section! The junior section has a
membership of about 7080 and there is no doubt that the ground is a hive of activity from the end of April until mid July when the junior season ends. The club continues to use the facilities until mid September when the senior season ends. Bollington Cricket Club has worked hard for and achieved Sport England’s Clubmark. This is an accreditation that is awarded by the English Cricket Board when the club can demonstrate that it meets the ECB criteria for the playing programme, child protection, sports equity and ethics and club management. The club has also been invited to act as a Focus Club for the Cheshire Cricket Development program. In 2008 BCC had the honour to be nominated by the Cheshire Community Coach to be the Chance to Shine club for the area as a result of our thriving junior section. Chance to Shine is an initiative run by the Cricket Foundation aimed at getting cricket back to its grass roots and into state schools. We are the only club in the borough to be selected and there are only a handful in Cheshire. This involves working in local schools and providing events and competitions for
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these school children to participate in, hopefully to include Kwik Cricket Festivals at the Recreation Ground. Bollington Cricket Club is an important factor in the future of the Recreation Ground. In an age where exercise is an endangered species and the Government is looking for ways to encourage young people away from their games consoles and adults away from the TV we provide the opportunity for anyone who is interested to participate
in cricket and related physical activities. We also provide free entertainment throughout the summer months, which is watched and hopefully enjoyed by many. On a fine day many families bring a picnic down to enjoy whilst watching the match. The promotion to Division 1 means that some local derbies against Macclesfield and Poynton will be amongst the fixtures—guaranteed to pull in a good crowd!
Takeley FC Reece Barrett followed up Saturday’s hat-trick in the 5-1 home win over Burnham Ramblers with the late winner on Tuesday night to book Takeley’s place in the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy final. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder came off the bench in the semi-final to bag the only goal of the game to upset Essex Senior League champions-elect Barking and deny them a shot at the double. Takeley will face Waltham Forest in the final. Barrett, whose older brother Nick started the game, told the Broadcast: “At the start of the season the aim was maybe not
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to win the title, but to get to a final and make the top four. To get a cup win would now be great. “To get the winner in the semi-final was unbelievable, I didn’t know how to celebrate so just ran to the corner and all the players came up to me it was great. “That was in the 83rd minute, but it felt like we played another half an hour after that when they came back at us. “Barking have been in and around the top of the league for a few seasons and this is their year. “Hopefully we can do the same next season. “I think most of the lads will stay, the club is like a
family and the pitch, club and facilities are really nice.” Takeley, who have lost just twice since November in all competitions, claimed their fifth Essex Senior League win in a row on Saturday with the triumph over Ramblers. Barrett’s goals were added to by skipper Jason Todd and leading scorer Charlie Cole with his 51st of the season. With Cole taking many of the plaudits this term with his scoring exploits, Barrett’s treble was something of a surprise, even to the player himself. “The hat-trick on Saturday was a bit unexpected,” he added. “I think the last one I
scored was when I was 15 so when the goals went in I was buzzing.” It is the Barrett brothers’ first season with the club and they are enjoying the campaign at Station Road. “Last season me and my brother Nick were at Sawbo with Dassy [manager Marc Das],” added Barrett. “When he joined Takeley he said we could come with him and so we did. “I like playing for him, he tells me to express myself on the pitch, be creative and try to get a goal.”
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Lewes RFC 1930 – 1937: Club founded and played at Mountfield Road until Albert Turner presented land to the Borough of Lewes in 1937 in memory of his brother Stanley. This consisted of over 40 acres, most of it on the south side of the Cockshut stream, and the then Lewes Borough Council agreed to 'maintain and improve the area for public recreation'. About 12 acres were initially developed and a wooden grandstand and changing rooms built - they still stand today and are used as changing rooms. The remaining 28 acres or so were let by the Council as grazing land to a local farmer - and remain so to this day nearly 70 years later - unimproved and unmaintained - so much for 'public recreation'. The famous England 'flying winger', Prince Obolensky, once played here for the 'Oxford Greyhounds' - a photograph is held in the Clubroom. 1939 - 1945: During the war years Richard Rees, then aged 17, who was later to become our President, helped to keep the Club going by arranging irregular games which included using some local servicemen in order to field a full team. Thirteen Club members gave their lives on active service during World
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War II and are commemorated in the Clubhouse. 1946 – 1964: Two teams were fielded, playing mostly against Sussex Clubs, usually arriving by public transport. Players were notified by a card, posted on Sunday, arriving Monday. Players signed the tear-off slip and posted it back, to arrive at the Team Secretary by Wednesday morning! The Club expanded to four men's sides in the early 1960's. A bar was created in the original 'pagoda' building. 'Lewes Sports Club' was formed with Lewes Priory Cricket Club and non-resident members, Lewes Hockey Club and Lewes St. Michaels Cricket Club, to hold the drinks licence. 1965 1970 Old Clubhouse bar extended. First tour to Blois (France), the twin town of Lewes - these exchanges continued for over 25 years. At the 1968 AGM, a group of players, dissatisfied with the way things were going, voted the whole Committee off and replaced them with younger members. Two of those 'younger members', Terry Powell and Peter Sealey, remained on the Committee until 2014. Appointment of first Club Coach (Doug Hallums, later followed by Terry Powell) in Sussex and regular floodlit
training was reflected in improvement in playing strength. A sixth men's side fielded occasionally. Richard Rees was elected President in 1970 - an office he held until 2005. 1972 - 1976: Three pitches in use. Stand erected. County KO Trophy presented by Lewes RFC. Merit Table instituted unofficially. Five men's and colts' sides fielded regularly. Competition victories lead to better fixtures. In 1972 1st XV score 1000 points and Club becomes strongest in Sussex. Sussex Cup winners 1977 - 1981: Drought completely destroys pitches. Games played for three years at Priory School and on cricket outfield. Financial crisis as inflation increases playing, travelling and equipment costs. First XV unbeaten in Sussex for three years, win County KO Trophy for the seventh time. Colts win Sussex Shield KO Competition which Lewes RFC present to Sussex RFU. Lewes DC re-lay pitches and partners Rugby and Cricket Clubs in rebuilding of Clubhouse. Tours made to France and Holland. Teams from France, Holland, USA, Portugal and Czechoslovakia entertained. Club field six men's sides, Colts, U16, U14 teams and Mini rugby.
1982 - 1991: In 1985 Lewes RFC played Gloucester RFC, led by England Captain John Orwin,in the last 32 of the RFU Senior KO Cup losing by 24 points to 10. Development of junior rugby with U14 and U16 teams, Sussex KO Cup won for eleventh time. Club reaches 2nd round of John Player Cup on three occasions. Club plays in London Div I of Courage League. Covered stand destroyed in 1987 hurricane but improved and re-built following season. 1991 - 1995: Relegated from London Div I to London League Div III, South East. Twenty-fifth anniversary tour to Blois and Blois return tour to Lewes. Juniors and Minis increasing in strength. U14s and U16s flourish. Colts side re-established. Club reaches third round of Pilkington Cup. 1996 - 2000: Club embarks on major re-development and re-structuring exercise and wins London League Div III, South East. Sussex Cup finalists 1997 and 1998 and position in London 2 consolidated. First Women’s team and Development Squad established. Leagues re-structured and Lewes placed in new London League III South East. 2001 – 2003: Lewes launches web-site and re-
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furbishes some facilities such as new floodlights. Youth Section continues to flourish and U18 side wins Sussex Shield KO Competition, 2001. Several young players selected for county honours and two players in girls’ squad selected for England team. Lewes youth policy bears fruit with many young players progressing into men's sides. Lewes Women’s team continues to strengthen, gaining promotion in 2003. 2004 – 2006: We celebrate our 75th season, with success for all teams - none more so than the Womens' XV who become County Champions and the first XV who
establish themselves back in London 2 South and again reached the Trophy Final. Funding for Phase 2 of our development plan to re-drain Pitches 2 and 3 and extend training lights to cover Pitch 2 - is successfully negotiated and the work commenced in the summer of 2005. Our greatly respected President for the last 35 years, Dick Rees, retires and the Club hosts a 'Tribute' dinner attended by 70 members - including 6 from the 1949 First XV of which he was Captain. The Club becomes a limited company in 2006. 2007 - 2008: Relegated from London South 2
to London 3 South East. New perimeter fencing installed gives professional look to ground and enables other forms of sponsorship. Paul Taylor retires as Director of Rugby after eight years. Pitchside advertising boards installed in 2008. Bar refurbished, funded by the Sports Club and Shepherd & Neame for the cellar including new pumps, the major bar refurbishment work was carried out by Dave Winsor. 2009 - 2012: In June the council complete the remedial drainage work to the training pitch. Nigel Baker returns to the Club as the men's coach following his spell
at Haywards Heath. 2013 - present: The ladies are promoted to RFUW National Challenge South East 1. A new committee formed around the concept of One Club joining the separate committees and budgets of senior and junior committees. Although the 1st XV is relegated to London and SE Division - Sussex Spitfire 1, the club appoints former Sale Academy player-coach Mike Stubbs to aim for immediate promotion. Clubhouse interior refurbished. Junior sides flourish to 300 players.
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Ebbsfleet UTD FC Gravesend & Northfleet Football Club was born as a merger of two existing neighbouring clubs – Gravesend United and Northfleet United. Both had been playing football in the area since the 1890s, with Northfleet notable as a Tottenham nursery side in the 1930s. The newly merged club formed in April 1946, moving into Northfleet’s superior facilities at their Stonebridge Road ground, with most of the directors coming from Gravesend United. The Fleet played their first ever game on 31 August 1946, against Hereford United, and ran out 3-0 winners in front of over 5,000 fans. Despite lofty ambitions and full-time investment, the Fleet teams of the Forties and early Fifties yielded only two Kent Senior Cups and it was not until 1957-58 that the club tasted league success, with manager Lionel Smith’s starstudded and attacking side claiming the Southern League title and scoring 135 league and cup goals along the way. But the success did not last, and financial concerns meant that the Sixties were a torrid time for Fleet fans. Nevertheless, during this period the club enjoyed their best ever FA Cup
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run when they reached a Fourth-Round replay at Sunderland, setting an existing record of five months as the longest cup run of any team in the long history of the competition. Relegation and promotion seasons came and went, notably in 1967 when the entire Board resigned enmasse, leaving the club with nothing but a ground and considerable debts. Things picked up after Tony Sitford’s appointment as manager in 1974, and the Fleet duly won the Southern Division title in 1974-75. Despite a hoped-for Premier Division title challenge over the next few years, consolidation instead followed. A brief title challenge was mounted in 1976-77, but the Fleet did take home the Southern League Cup that season, following victory over Weymouth in the final. Fleet’s decent showing over the next two seasons meant they qualified as founder members of the newly created Alliance Premier League (later Conference) in 1979-80, finishing an excellent fifth in its inaugural season. Following relegation once again in the early Nineties, the Fleet won the Southern Division by a country mile in 199394, with hot-shot goal
scorer Steve Portway netting goals for fun. Another cup run followed in 1995-96, Fleet playing 10 games to reach Round 3 and lose out 3-0 to Aston Villa at Villa Park. In May 1997, the club transferred to the Ryman Premier Division in an effort to cut travelling distances and reduce costs, and after a few seasons in mid-table, came from nowhere under manager Andy Ford to land the Ryman League Championship in 2001-02, following a nervous and titanic struggle with Canvey Island, which saw the two meet at Stonebridge Road in April 2002 in front of an official 4,068 (but probably more like 6,000) fans. Back in the top-flight of non-league football, the Fleet had a few narrow brushes with relegation, with Andy Ford stepping down in January 2005. New manager Liam Daish oversaw a move to full-time football and made slow but steady progress with the capture of signings like striker Charlie MacDonald. 2007 was the year it all changed for the Fleet. First, in May 2007, 61 years after the formation of Gravesend & Northfleet, the club announced a change of name to Ebbsfleet United to take advantage of the
massive regeneration of their locality. Then in November 2007, it was announced that the club was to be taken over by internet venture MyFootballClub.co.uk, a revolutionary idea involving paid members owning the club, voting on decisions and picking the team, a deal that was ratified in February 2008. On the footballing side of things, the Fleet enjoyed their most memorable moment in more than six decades, clinching victory in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium, a 1-0 win over Torquay United in front of 40,186 proving enough to take home the silverware. With hopes high for 2008-09 and the club’s highest-ever playing budget voted on by MyFC members, the eventual league position of 14th and flirtation with relegation was disappointing. But the Fleet emerged with heads held high after a truly punishing schedule of 16 games in six weeks saw them climb from 22nd to mid-table. Defence of the FA Trophy fell just short of another trip to Wembley, the Fleet edged out by Stevenage Borough at the semifinal stage. With the fall in MyFC membership in February 2009, Fleet faced an uncertain future,
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releasing almost their entire first-team squad. Liam Daish remained as manager and rebuilt a squad that almost, heroically, defied the odds but fell to relegation on the final day of the 2009-10 season. The manager was forced to rebuild again in 2010-11 as the club embarked on its first season at a lower level in nearly a decade and once more the manager proved his talent for assembling a squad as Fleet unexpectedly won promotion back to the Premier Division at the first attempt. It came courtesy of a third-place finish in the league and a 4-2 win at Farnborough in the play-off final to cap a truly memorable season that also saw the club progress to the First Round (and get within 30 seconds of winning through to the Second Round) of the FA Cup.
Returning to the Blue Square Bet Premier Division for the 2011-12 season, the club finished a creditable 14th in their first season back in non-league’s top flight. The following season, however – despite much initial optimism – saw the Fleet struggle to compete and a relegation that looked inevitable from early on was confirmed in April 2013, Fleet finishing second bottom of the division, a long way adrift of safety. Off-field matters dominated, with several appeals for investment throughout the season until fans were faced with the very real threat of the club closing or taking voluntary demotion down the nonleague Pyramid. In May 2013, a purchase proposal from a Kuwaiti company, KEH Sports Ltd, was put to MyFC who voted to sell their
interests in the Fleet and so began a new era for the club as it pulled back from the brink of closure. KEH – with former Charlton CEO Peter Varney as vice chair – began an immediate ground restoration programme, with the long overdue replacement of two roofs at Stonebridge Road and refurbishment of the entire stadium. Ex-Charlton defender Steve Brown replaced Liam Daish, his record-breaking eightyear term ended by mutual consent, with ex-Charlton manager Steve Gritt as assistant, while KEH promised a competitive transfer budget in a bid to propel the Fleet back towards the Conference Premier. That season Fleet were just pipped to promotion by Dover Athletic, losing the promotion final 1-0 though did pick up
the Kent Senior Cup at the same opposition’s expense. With promotion a target for the next season, 2014/15 didn’t go quite so well and Brown was relieved of his duties in November 2014 to be replaced by former Welling United boss Jamie Day. His considerable shake-up of the squad in mid-season didn’t quite produce the desired effect and although Fleet reached the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy, they dropped away badly in the league to finish 8th. Former club skipper Daryl McMahon was handed the manager’s reins in time for the 2015/16 season with Fleet once more determined to go allout for a place in the National League.
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Tottonians RFC The last league fixture took place with Totts assured of a fourth place and Brighton having turned around their season after Christmas confirmed one place above the relegation places. The game was, however, played at high pace and intensity with the lead yo-yoing between the teams. It was fairly even for the first seven minutes with Brighton the first to score. A few phases got the blues backs against Totts forwards and a missed tackle on the half way line put them behind the away side. Crisp inter passing and the Blues ran round under the posts but the simple conversion was missed 5-0. Totts were on the front foot from the kick off and earned a line out on the oppositions twenty two. Good carries by Dylan Baptista and Tom Gregory got Totts closer before the ball was spread wide. Mike Searle's double miss pass found John Andrews and he sprinted in to touch down in the corner 5-5. Blues applied pressure from the kick off but
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Totts turned them over and launched a long kick which was knocked on by Brighton on their twenty two. Ieuan Williams picked up from the scrum and set up a ruck from which Pierre Alex Clark kicked over the defence. Josh Andrews cleared the kick and gathered the ball to touch down for his second try In the same corner, an excellent Pierre Alex Clark conversion giving Totts a 5-12 lead on the half time mark. The next ten minutes was all Brighton culminating in three, five metre scrums. From the last of these the Blues picked up and drove over for a converted try 12-12. Totts kicked off in injury time and Dylan Baptista caught the ball and made good ground into Brighton's half. From the ruck the ball was knocked on by Totts giving Brighton possession. They worked their way down field to score their third try which was converted, 1912 at half time. Totts retained possession from the re-start and a multi phased move
got them down to the blues twenty two before defence strayed offside. Pierre Alex Clark kicked for touch and a well structured catch and drive carried Totts over the Blues line with Ollie King at the back to touch down 19-19. Brighton hammered away at Totts from the kick off but knocked on allowing Gianni Thompson to pick up and make ground down the wing. A couple of phases later Pierre Alex Clark unleashed a thirty five metre drop goal to give Totts the lead for the first time 19-22 with fifteen minutes of the second half gone. Totts were under the cosh for the next twenty minutes, eventually a series of penalties and tap and goes from the Blues caused Totts to run out of defenders and their second row ran through to score try number four 24-22. Totts forced Brighton into touch from the kick off and launched a line out drive which got Totts down to Brightons five metre line. The ball was picked up out of the ruck by Mike Searle and he forced his
way over in the corner for Totts bonus point try and another Pierre Alex Clark touch line conversion gave Totts a 24-29 lead with ten minutes remaining. The Blues hammered away at Totts for the next five minutes with resolute defence holding them at bay until Mike Searle was carded for a ruck offence on his own five metre line. Brighton tapped and went from the penalty and a couple of pick and goes put them over in the corner for their fifth try. The conversion to give them the lead hit the posts 29-29. Totts had time to earn themselves a penalty but the long range shot went wide for the game to end honours even. A decent result for Totts to get three points against fierce competitors. The home side had the bulk of possession but Totts took their chances well and Pierre's boot gave Totts the extra points needed for the draw. The lads can now have a well deserved rest after an arduous but highly successful season.
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Woodbridge RFC It was early January in frosty old Suffolk when a few letters appeared in the Woodbridge Reporter from local people looking to form a rugby club. They got together (beer may have been involved) and surprisingly quickly organised a side to play a team from Woodbridge School. The newly formed club side did well to come a close second (remember this is a heroic tale) to the school with a score of 16 – 17. Interest grew over the Summer of ’69 (the same year that singer Bryan Adams got his first real 6 string!) and a stronger fixture list was arranged for the club’s first full season that Autumn. The club’s membership grew quickly and, in 1970, a 2nd XV was created. The young club was gaining a good reputation not only for hospitality off the field (something we’re still very strong at) but also for hard endeavour on it. Up until mid 1974 the club had been vaguely nomadic, playing on spare fields across Ufford, Melton and Bredfield. One of the founding members; Mike Lubbock still remembers getting showered in pubs after matches but then standing outside wet and freezing until the landlord would open the
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bar – happy days. In ’74 we (notice it’s ‘we’ now all the hard work’s been done!) put in a successful planning application for land in Bromeswell and raised funds for a new clubhouse. The clubhouse, Hatchley Barn, was completed in 1976. We have aways been immensely proud that we own our clubhouse. Not only that but it’s so good it won a National Playing Fields Award in 1977. Mike Lubbock became the Club’s first captain, then coach and latterly spent 24 years as President. He is now Honorary Life President and said, “The early years were a lot of fun and a lot of hard work but it was all worthwhile as the Club now has arguably the best pitches and clubhouses in Suffolk.” The Club’s superb facilities and friendly atmosphere have attracted players and supporters from throughout the area. In the early 1990s it started a junior section where senior players taught their children to play the sport they loved. A first step in a growing legacy. On 31 Jan 2015 WRUFC Honorary Life President Mike Lubbock (accompanied by Adam) went to the Leicester v Northampton LV Cup match and was
(quite rightly) treated as a Guest of Honour including a mention in the programme. They were met by Steve Kenney also an old Tigers scrumhalf (365 appearances, 1975-90). Steve took Mike to the President’s Box and introduced him to Dusty Hare, Paul Dodge, Peter Toms, Peter Wheeler and others. Tigers did not disappoint with a win over Northampton. Woodbridge’s participation in women’s rugby started most recently in October 2006 when Glyn Gough set himself a challenge to get a girl’s team at Woodbridge Rugby Club. The rumour whistled around the local area through schools and eventually filtered through to a nearby struggling ladies team based in Ipswich. Ipswich Captain Emma ‘Magic’ Johnson saw this as an opportunity to create a feeder team onto their side, intrigue took her along to the first training session on the 6th November 2006 along with a couple of fellow players. Glyn’s determination to support a new side in the Club was impressive and gradually the squad grew, as did the age of the players! It was becoming clear that the side was unlikely
to be a youth side but a new ladies team! The first match was set up against Colchester, away on Friday 2nd March 2007, following a convincing win, spirits were high and training numbers grew week by week averaging 20 on a Wednesday night. In April 2007, the team officially affiliated and became ‘The Amazons’ for their first game at home on the 23rd September 2007. The squad goes from strength to strength and achieved promotion in each of their first two years of playing, losing only 2 games in the last 2 years! Over the years the club has continued to invest in facilities. In 2007, we bought land to provide a much-needed third pitch and additional parking for our very own barmy army of supporters. And if that wasn’t enough, a new £200k extension with 3 more changing rooms, a refs room more loos and a gym was opened by Mike Lubbock on 25 August 2012. In 2013, we realised that we had expanded the changing facilities but left the social area largely unchanged. Consequently, the large number of youth players, parents and coaches who turned up on Sunday mornings were in danger
of breaking some rule or other about too many rugby players and supporters in too small a space. So, for the second time in 5 years, fundraising swung into gear and, with the significant help of the RFU, we extended the social area – doubling the main clubhouse room, adding some storage, covering the spectator terrace and fitting a disabled loo (which works). Die hard members will miss the sunken dance floor but we now have much more space and aspirations to hold our own balls – always comforting. In 2013 one of our coaches was inspired by the 2012 Paralympics. Richard Wilding suggested that we start a
wheelchair rugby team to pick up on support for the game and fill a gap in the east of England for training facilities. The Woodbridge Wheeled Warriors were born after several taster sessions at Woodbridge School sports dome. Hard on the heels of fundraising for Club extensions the team got to work on raising some £40,000 for hi-tech chairs and a trailer to cart them to the weekend league games that are the modus operandi for the sport. The Wheeled Warriors train every Sunday morning at Rock Barracks and entered a league in 2014. So there you have it – a state of the art Rugby Club with great facilities
(did I mention wifi and a sodding great telly?) fit for the greatest sport on the planet in the loveliest community….ahhh. Woodbridge Rugby Club now fields two senior teams, the Warriors 1XV and Saxons 2XV, a senior women’s team, the Amazons with development squad, the Valkyries at U18 and U16. The Veteran’s team plays eclectically, season by season as and when demand rises. We’re also lucky to have over 320 junior boys and girls training on Sundays under the supervision of a delightful crew of hard-working volunteer, RFU qualified coaches. Woodbridge Rugby Union Football Club works hard to maintain
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the right blend of “work hard – play hard” to help members develop mental and physical fitness while enjoying the game both on and off the pitch. Add to this our hard-training Wheelchair Warriors and you have a Club truly made by the community for the community. Current club President, Rob Simpson comments, “I grew up in the club watching my dad and uncle playing at Bredfield and then at Hatchley Barn. I joined the club while still at school and played Colts and then Senior rugby. It is such a friendly and happy club, It’s a delight to watch my own children playing!”
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Trearddur Bay FC A football club faces a race against time after being locked out of their ground due to a legal dispute. Officials at Trearddur Bay FC were shocked last week when the gates to their Lon Isallt ground were padlocked, throwing the past weekend’s fixture into chaos. Despite being privately owned, Lon Isallt was leased out to Anglesey Council , to whom the club paid rent. League round-ups: Prestatyn Town are crowned Huws Gray Alliance champions But in a surprise move, enforcement agents on behalf of the private landowner, who has not been formally identified, have now placed signs warning that anyone
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walking onto the land could be subject to criminal or civic procedings. According to Anglesey Council , the matter looks set to be resolved in court. But despite moving Saturday’s game to their opponents’ ground, the club is desperate for the impasse to be resolved by their next home fixture at the end of the month. Gwilym Owen, the club’s secretary, said: “We were due to play Abergele at home this past Saturday, but thakfully we haven’t played them away yet, and they were kind enough to switch the fixture to their own ground. North Wales football scores: March 10 and 11 “But we can’t carry on
like this with a big game against Llangefni coming on March 29, we’re desperate for it to be resolved before then. “We haven’t been able to treat the field all week, there’s a lot of concern about what’s going on.” Following a meteoric rise up the leagues, the first team plays in the Welsh Alliance First Division, the third tier of Welsh domestic football. Meanwhile the reserves, who also play at the same ground, perform in the Welsh Alliance Reserve League. A public meeting is set to be held at Trearddur Bay Village Hall this Wednesday at 7.30pm in a bid to sort the matter out. Local county councillor Dafydd Rhys Thomas
discovered notices attached to all the access gates and immediately alerted club chiefs. His colleague, Cllr Jeff Evans, said: “Everyone’s aware of support this club has. To just close the gates without notice has come out of the blue. “There should have been more dialogue before the landowners decided to take this drastic course of action.” Former President of the Football Association of Wales and fellow local member, Cllr Trefor Lloyd Hughes, has concerns the impasse could have a negative effect on the club. He added: “What’s concerning is how the landowners have dealt with the matter.”
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Southam RUFC Southam Rugby Club celebrates its first player to play for a Midlands and England team Joe Tresadern a student of Southam College and regular for Southam Colts for 2 years recently had the honour of representing his college and club in the Midlands under 18 squad last week. Joe and fellow Southam player Finn Wilde both made it to the last 40 ( from a pool of over 14000 lads playing in the Midland area age group) , unfortunately Finn cruelly sustained a concussion 5 minutes from the end of the last trial game that automatically ruled him out of the final squad. Southam were confident of having 2 players in the final squad, a terrible blow for Finn who took the news very well. The Midlands squad had one England selection
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opportunity playing against the North last week and Joe playing on the wing scored a 70 metre interception try to give the Midlands a 19:17 win. The Midlands is a feeder for the England Counties under 18’s squad, this squad of 23 is the product of 64000 colts who play under 18’s in the leagues below the National 1 (Coventry, Plymouth Albion, and Jersey) league. England selected their squad after observing other divisional games. Joe has today, 8th March been asked to join the 23 player squad this Friday for a 3 day training camp at Leicester Grammar School in preparation for the England Counties under 18’s games v Ireland at Ashbourne Rugby Football Club in Dublin on Weds 12th April and again on Sat 15th April.
Joe has followed the RFU’s Aspirational Pathway to full international honours. Joe has played for South Warwickshire and the County and this England County team runs in parallel with the England under 18’s England squad that is drawn from the academies associated with premiership sides. Joe will be afforded a full international cap for making this squad. The coaches and management teams at
Southam led by Dan Winfield, Warwickshire again lead by Dan Winfield and Guy Jackson and assisted by Gary Gilkes and other coaches are very proud to see the product of their time and effort rewarded in such fantastic way. Joe is wished all the best as he takes a fantastic opportunity in the international representative arena of rugby.
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NEW HARBOUR CLUB TO OPEN IN KENSINGTON - NEW KENSINGTON CLUB WILL BE LONDON’S THIRD HARBOUR CLUB Harbour Clubs, one of London’s finest health and fitness club groups, is opening a brand-new space on Cromwell Road, Kensington following a £5.5m transformation. The club, which closed as a David Lloyd Club on 31st December 2016 will reopen on Thursday 1st June to become London’s third Harbour Club. The state of the art club joins Chelsea and Notting Hill in the exclusive Harbour Club collection which has been central to London lifestyles since 1993. The new club is situated over five floors at Point West, with seven group training areas including group fitness studios and a dedicated HIIT training area for Harbour Club’s SYNRGY training sessions. As well as studios and training areas, there is a restaurant and a business lounge for members, meaning Kensington Harbour Club is not only a place to train, but to work, relax and meet with friends. Family is at the heart of the club with a crèche for the littlest members, activities just for kids and classes and areas that families can enjoy together. Alongside fitness favourites such as swimming coaching and Taekwondo, the club also features the latest innovation in group and family fitness, a PRAMA interactive fitness studio – the first of its kind in London Sinead Johnson, Group Family Manager for Harbour Clubs explains, ‘In the PRAMA studio we are focusing on something unique; there are no treadmills, no rowers, no exercise bikes. PRAMA combines great instructors, lights and music with workouts designed for all levels of fitness. There’s a combination of interactive screens and pressure sensitive flooring and lighting, tracking your heart rate and guiding your movements to put the play back into training. At Harbour Club we’ve designed PRAMA programmes for everyone to enjoy, from energetic five year olds to our sassy senior members.’ As well as PRAMA, Kensington Harbour Club is offering Blaze - a unique style of training in a boutique style studio that uses Woodway Treadmills, strength, martial arts and boxing equipment. The Harbour Club Kensington will house the following facilities: · State of the art gym space with dedicated zones for strength, cardiovascular, activity, stretch and sports performance · Functional Training area with SYNRGY360, the ultimate jungle gym - Monkey bars, rope pulls, TRX® suspension and a host of playground apparatus for group and solo training · Blaze studio · PRAMA studio · Group cycling studio · Mind and body studio · Boditrax: high tech health and fitness assessment · Personal training with dedicated personal training pods for those who want privacy whilst exercising · A dedicated Reformer Pilates studio · An indoor pool and a dedicated kids splash pool · Spa facilities with a spa bath, two saunas, a steam room and relaxation beds. General Manager Rob Sambles said, ‘We are absolutely delighted for Kensington to be joining Chelsea and Notting Hill in this prestigious group of West London clubs – the UK’s most exclusive collection of health and fitness spaces. We believe that our members will be blown away by the state of art equipment and superb facilities at the brand-new Harbour Club Kensington, and cannot wait for families to begin experiencing first-hand what it has to offer.’ For further information please visit www.harbourclub.com/Kensington
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