Rugby World: The Champions

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EAGER EGREMONT TIGERS’ STAR ARRIVALS PENRITH’S SPONSORSHIP COUP LINLEY’S GOOLD RUSH
SPOTLIGHT ON…
BLOW FOR BEVERLEY sponsor of the town’s football club
BEVERLEY, relegated to North One and of Bolton Wanderers.
this season, suffered a double
setback when head coach Anthony JAMES THE SIXTH
Posa and director of rugby Graham JAMES LUND, 36, Penrith’s captain
Hodgson left in the space of three for ﬁ ve seasons, is back with Wigton,
weeks. The departure of Posa after becoming the sixth recognised prop
ﬁ ve years was partly prompted by with the club. Coach Malcolm Brown
doubts about the club’s future. said: “It’s a position where you can’t
Chairman Malcolm Cunningham have a shortfall and his arrival will
said: “Due to the uncertainty add extra competition for places.”
regarding the sale of our ground and Two sons of prominent
the effect on the club’s ﬁ nances, it rugby-playing fathers have also
has become clear we cannot sustain returned to the club after starting
our present level of expenditure in their playing days in the colts team
the short to medium term.” there. Andy Brown, 26, had been
Coaching duties will be undertaken working in the London area and is
by James McKay and Junior Tupai, the son of Joe, a prop who played for
together with captain Dave Worrall. Wigton in the 1980s. And John Story,
Pocklington have a new pair in 21, is back after studying at the
charge with front-rower John-Paul University of St Andrews. Fred, his
GOOLE
Kelly becoming captain and ﬂ y-half father, a former owner of Carlisle
Henry Mitchell being appointed as United FC, was an Aspatria stalwart.
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RELEGATED to Yorkshire Three this season, maybe, but Goole are
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brother Sandy, a threequarter, has SKIPTON GET BIZZIE
looking ahead with a five-year plan, assessing the development of
been captain for the past two years. SKIPTON kicked off their debut

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facilities to cope with a burgeoning mini-youth section and women’s
season in Yorkshire One with a
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rugby. New chairman David Webster said: “A lot of clubs would like to
FRANK’S PLEDGE multi-year sponsorship deal with the
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claim they’re 100% amateur but we can do that with pride. We started
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in Yorkshire One 21 years ago and finished as high as third in North Two
supporter of the colts game in Bizzie Lizzie’s group of restaurants
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East as recently as 2001. But we found the physical strength of some
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Northumberland clubs a bit too much and we slipped downwards.”
been elected as the ﬁ rst president old connections because Mark
Jamie Noon, the Newcastle and England centre, played for Goole as
of the HALBRO North-West Colts Davison, director of the company,
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League and has pledged to was a popular ﬁ rst-team captain
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is back with his home club and helping director of rugby David Rose
continue the further development during the early 1990s.
with the nurturing of youngsters. Centre James Dougherty is the new
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of the game at that level. Berwick, the border-straddling
captain of a side that has few ‘outside’ recruits. Webster added: “The
He said: “Many clubs have already club with English and Scottish duality,
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NEW-LOOK EGREMONT North Lancs-Cumbria. McGrady has been the saviour of a lot of clubs.” the Scottish U18 programme.
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THE hard labour is over for returned to the club from Carlisle
Egremont, who have unveiled their while McQuire is turning to coaching DAN’S THE MAN ALL FIRED UP
£500,000 redevelopment which after injury problems last season. IT WAS worth the wait for Creighton, MERSEYSIDE Fire & Rescue Service
features a ﬂ oodlit all-weather Brett Cullinane, a familiar name a Cumbria League club, who claimed hosted the Tenth World Fireﬁ ghters
multi-use games area and a in West Hartlepool’s days in the their ﬁ rst silverware in over a decade Games that involved international
changing pavilion. Project leader and Guinness Premiership, has moved when winning the Moffat Tens, teams from South Africa, France,
former player Ian Marr said: “The down the road to Hartlepool. beating Dumfries 10-0 in the ﬁ nal. Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong,
new set-up will enable us to increase Cullinane, 35, from Otahuhu in New Dan Greenslade was Player of the among others, descending on the
the number of people participating Zealand, can play at either hooker or Tournament after scoring ﬁ ve of his Hoylake and Waterloo clubs for
in sport in the community. We are prop, and was a West recruit from side’s seven tries in the competition. a sevens tournament.
also expanding our youth rugby the Pukekohe club 11 years ago. Relegation means Penrith are Linley & Kidsgrove have
programme and the generous back where they were in Two East appointed experienced prop Scott
support of our sponsors, Energy SCULLY THE TIGER two years ago, despite some debate Goold as their new captain for their
Solutions, will enable us to meet the AMBITIOUS Shefﬁ eld Tigers, about a possible move to Two West. campaign in South Lancs-Cheshire
increased running costs.” who are targeting promotion from Robert Dawson is continuing as Four. Goold takes over from Matt
This major advance for Egremont North One to National Three North, captain but Penrith have a new main Oxford but club stalwart Dave
coincides with the 50th anniversary have recruited Dave Scully, the sponsor in millionaire businessman Jennings continues as coach, a post
of the club lifting the Cumbria Cup former England A and Barbarians Ges Ratcliffe, 42, also a major he has now held for 18 years. n
three consecutive times. scrum-half, and Simon Bunting,
an ex-Rotherham and Doncaster
SHORT PASS
SUPER MACS Knights prop. Scully, 43, has moved
ST BENEDICT’S, from Whitehaven, from National One to regional level
A GROUP of 28 players from Middlesbrough club Acklam raised £3,000
have appointed joint coaches Elliott due to work commitments in the ﬁ re
for Macmillan Nurses by cycling the coast-to-coast route from St Bees in
Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay. They achieved the feat ten days after England
McGrady and Ian McQuire in an service. Bunting, 38, has changed
centre Jamie Noon blazed the trail in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
attempt to bounce straight back to clubs for similar reasons.
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