NEXT WEEK'S FIXTURES
Monday, 5th July
PRE-SEASON TRAINING
7.00 p.m. (prompt) start
Every Monday and Wednesday
EXISTING AND NEW PLAYERS WELCOME !!
Pre-Season Fixtures
The club and coaching staff are pleased to announce the following pre-season fixtures. Please note them in your diary and ensure you are available for as many as possible. Spectators are, of course, warmly welcomed to all these games
- 14th August - Roundhegians 10s Tournament - TBC
- 17th August - Harrogate Development XV - Away - 6.30 p.m.
- 21st August - Wharfedale Development XV - Away - TBC
- 1st Sept - Tim Baxter Testimonial vs West Yorkshire Police - 6.30 p.m.
Fixtures Update
A fixtures update has been posted by Fixtures Sec Andy Wood. Visit the Fixtures page for full details. The 2nd XV have 20 confirmed Merit Table fixtures and the Vets have SEVEN confirmed fixtures, so it's time for all those Vets to get the boots out of the cupboard, dusted off and put back in the cupboard until the 11th September when we hope to confirm our first vets fixture of the season.
Well done to Andy - there are still a couple of blank weekends, so keep checking back
Div Three Fixtures
With the ink hardly dry on last season the league fixtures have been announced for season 2010/11. Aire open their account on September 4th with a visit to Nunroyd Park by newly promoted York R.I., this is followed the following week with a trip to relegated side Hessle. Full fixtures are available on the Fixtures Page. No doubt Fixtures Sec, Andy Wood will be hard at work over the next few weeks to complete 2nd, 3rd & Vets Fixtures
The 2nd XV will compete in Yorkshire Div 3 Merit Table which will consist of :
- Aireborough 2nds
- Barnsley 2nds
- Castleford 3rd`s XV
- Cleckheaton 3rd`s
- Doncaster Phoenix 2nds
- Huddersfield YMCA 2nds
- Old Otliensians 2nds
- Roundhegians 2nds
- Selby 3rd`s
- Sheffield Tigers 3rd`s
- Thornensians 2nd`s
- West Park Leeds 3rd`s
Six Nations 2011
Although they have been known for a few weeks, here are England's games in the 2011 Six Nations Championship
| Date | Home | Away | K.O. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 4th Feb | Wales | v | England | 7.45 p.m. |
| Sat, 13th Feb | England | v | Italy | 2.30 p.m. |
| Sat, 26th Feb | England | v | France | 5.00 p.m. |
| Sunday, 13th Mar | England | v | Scotland | 3.00 p.m. |
| Sat, 19th March | Ireland | v | England | 5.00 p.m. |
Final Fling !!
The final fling of the 09/10 season saw the Annual Dinner Dance and Awards held in the clubhouse on Friday, 28th May. Thanks go to Barbara Osborn for her superb arrangements with nearly 80 club members sitting down to a superb meal. Chairman, Ted Lester had, once again, been trawling the internet for some of the world's worst jokes and in between managed to present the following awards :
| Award | |
|---|---|
| Vets | Steve Brewer |
| 3rd XV | Adrian Wedgewood |
| 2nd XV | Stu Williams |
| 1st XV | Ollie Catherall |
| Player's Player | Nick Jackson |
| Young Player | Matt Carbutt |
| Most Improved | Liam Godley |
| Coach's Award | Iain Craven |
| Clubman | Jack Osborn |
| President's | David Mackey |
| Volunteer Awards | Andy Wray Simon Carbutt Jim Dolan |
CONGRATULATIONS ! to all award winners. We can now have a break until training starts in July !!