A bit of all of the above! The team that started last winter is very different to this summer/winter. We lost 3 key forwards (injuries, kids, etc) and 1 key back (laziness). A few other lads have had to take Saturday work and are only available once in a blue moon. Pretty major disruption.



We went on a recruitment drive before the summer season and picked up several new lads, a few from local RU sides. A couple are still playing, one moved away and another picked up a long-term injury. Alongside that we've picked up a few new local lads who are new to RL but coming on well. Our main issue is forwards, props in particular. Our first-choice pack is strong, but more often than not only a couple are available. Still, we'll be recruiting over the winter and hope to get a few more big lads down.



I think the summer season is due to start on 21st April, we'll be starting pre-season in February at some point. We'll get all that info on the website.



Your comments are definitely appreciated. It's hard to see the wood for the trees sometimes.



Yes, 2.00 kick-off Saturday, see you there!

New season start was due to be March but we got an email a few days ago with a proposed start date of April 21st although this needs to be approved at a meeting on November 29th. We meet the NWC 8 - 12 league on December 6th to ask for admission into junior leagues and then we'll find out start dates for those competitions. a lot of this stuff has been up in the air which has made it very hard to plan as a club.



The mini-season was meant to allow a switch to summer but as we'd already done a winter into summer and then into this mini-league ... we're suffering a bit of burn-out in my view. its a lot of rugby back to back! the mini-season as a result has been a bit 'iffy' shall we say - not really something worth worrying about. Spring is what will count...



New sponsors, new kit, juniors, Clubmark accreditation, hopefully better training base, and a few other new things to come we hope.

i hope everyone of this thread is signed up to the club website? Can't send you a monthly news letter if you are not

Thank you for the message MMP with regards to the game being cancelled this weekend, was not much amateur rugby league on offer this weekend either but at least there was the 4 Nations.



Unfortunately Cronus the days of people working Monday-Friday have long gone and amateur sport suffers for it as your club obvioulsy experiences from time to time- only solution in an ideal world is a large squad base by which you seem to be trying to establish with your recruitment. Loss of players happens at every club and is sometimes a blessing as it enables new players to try out the sport.



Size is not everything and in modern day rugby league it is on the demise. Speed,agility and handling is more important than physical size. Modern day props in rugby league are not as big as they were when i was playing and with your move to summer i suspect that those who are big will be getting rotated every 10 minutes to maintain effectiveness on the pitch.



Good luck with your switch to summer and i will aim to watch when i can.

hope the message got to you in time! if you fancy a bit of touch rugby over the winter then let us know...half chance that we may run a one night a week session so lads can keep a bit of fitness over the long winter months!

It did thank you.



I had hoped to see bronco7 lead the team as he had said he would do in a previous message.



Thank you for the offer off touch rugby but i doubt i could keep up and prefer to watch from the sidelines these days. Good luck with your recruitment and i hope that come summer you have the squad to fulfill all your fixtures. This break will allow the injuries highlighted by Cronus to recover and hopefully a few more players join your club. Those players that you mention you have lost do you/they intend to play come summer.