Ormskirk RUFC

Ormskirk were the latest team to face the daunting task of visiting Heywood Road to face a Sale team that have aspirations of playing at a much higher level. No other team has come close to Sale this season and it is hardly surprising when they are regularly fielding many Sale Jets (Sale Sharks development […]

ORMSKIRK TIGERS (3rds) 38-21 ORMSKIRK LIONS (4ths)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22TH 2011
DREAMS IN ELYSIAN FIELDS: JACK CALL CUP 2011
‘The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made […]

Liverpool Collegiate 1st XV 17 - 22 Ormskirk 1st XV
In perfect conditions for rugby and in front of a large crowd, Ormskirk produced their best performance of the season as they defeated Liverpool Collegiate in a highly competitive encounter. Collegiate were celebrating playing their first ever match on their new pitch in front of the […]

IN SEARCH OF SAM BOTFIELD
“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
From The Old Man and The Sea, by Pulitzer prize winning American novelist, Ernest Hemingway.
This is a Lions tale of a sunny Saturday October afternoon at Green lane with high expectations involving grim […]

Maxine (Jack Call’s daughter) has asked if anyone is able/wants to attend a memorial service for Jack.
Details as follows:
•St. Michael’s Church, Aughton
•November 6th
•1.45 pm
Please let Monty or Biscuit know if you’re planning to go along.

1st Team v Liverpool Collegiate (away)
12.15pm meet - 3pm KO
1. H Hirsimaki
2. G Bowling
3. V Gately
4. B Davis (capt)
5. D Hitchlock
6. G Roberts
7. M Rothwell
8. G Dawson
9. A Croft
10. G Prytherch
11. J Hodson
12. A Ainscow
13. M. Johnson
14. L Parker
15. A Lambie
Res. M Webster
Res. B McCarthy
Res. A Wilson (TBC)

1. P O’Malley
2. C Parlour
3. D McCready
4. S Clarke
5. J Bennett
6. F Dunn
7. P Shopland-Reed
8. K Mahood
9. S Fogarty
10. P Armstrong
11. A Frost
12. J Thomas
13. S James
14. T King
15. N Gordon
Res. G Pearson
Res. M Waterhouse (TBC)
Res. M palfreyman (TBC)

1. T McDermott
2. A Povey
3. N O’Donovan
4. P Doyle
5. T Gladwin (capt)
6. J Stripp
7. S Tasker
8. P Kearney
9. G Owens
10. R Ward
11. J Lyon
12. S Eve
13. M Essex
14. P Jamieson
15. Joe Hodson
Res. TBC
Res. TBC
Res. TBC

1. B Stevenson
2. S Richmond
3. N Roper
4. R Gibbon (capt)
5. P Waywell
6. E Quirk
7. M Tamblyn
8. C Sibley
9. J Kendrick
10. A Glover
11. I Critchley
12. G Dowling
13. S Lambie
14. J Robertson
15. A Bennett
Res. J Broxton
Res. M Chesworth
Res. A Morrison

Having previously held ‘Strength Camps’ at Fylde RFC Steel Habitat comes to Ormskirk! This ‘Strength Camp’ in Ormskirk will be the 1st to be held at this location. Head coach Mike Waywell alongside his coaching support staff will take charge of this camp, an Everton FC strength & conditioning intern will give the presentations on […]

Ormskirk again came off second best against a team that they will feel they could have beat after a mistake-ridden 10 minute period of the 2nd half allowed Hoylake to run in 3 unanswered tries. Due to a combination on injury, unavailability and suspension ‘Kirk were forced to make 6 changes to the team that […]

HOYLAKE 2NDS 62-7 ORMSKIRK LIONS (4ths) SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH 2011
‘Do you not see how necessary a world of pain and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?’ John Keats, English poet, 1795-1821.
Sometimes, things don’t go according to plan. No matter what the heart tells you, you will hit that […]

1. H Hirsimaki
2. G Bowling
3. V Gately
4. P Davis
5. C Kirby (TBC)
6. M Rothwell
7. G Roberts
8. D Hitchlock
9. A Croft
10. G Prytherch (capt)
11. R Doolan
12. M. Johnson
13. J Hodson
14. B McCarthy
15. L Parker
Res. M Webster
Res. A Wilson (TBC)
Res. R Pope

1. J Edgehill
2. C Parlour
3. D McCready
4. S Clarke
5. T Harper
6. C Coogan
7. P Shopland-Reed
8. G Dawson
9. S Fogarty
10. P Armstrong
11. A Frost
12. J Thomas
13. M Knowles
14. S Lambie
15. N Gordon
Res. G Edgehill
Res. TBC
Res. TBC

1. T McDermott
2. D Jonsonn
3. N O’Donovan
4. B Green
5. S Winder
6. J Lyon
7. S Tasker
8. P Kearney (capt)
9. G Owens
10. M Essex
11. R Ward
12. S Eaves
13. M Waterhouse
14. E Szymanski
15. Joe Hodson
Res. TBC
Res. TBC
Res. TBC

1. B Stevenson
2. S Richmond
3. P O’Malley
4. R Gibbon (capt)
5. C Sibley
6. C Mitchell
7. M Tamblin
8. P Doyle
9. J Kendrick
10. A Glover
11. E Aggri
12. J Broxton
13. J Robinson
14. I Critchley
15. A Bennett
Res. S James
Res. TBC
Res. TBC

Ormskirk were comfortably beaten by a powerful Glossop side that dominated the middle third of the match and were good value for their 6 tries to 3 victory. The game was played in glorious, energy-sapping sunshine and Ormskirk started brightly. After Glossop’s fly-half put his kick-off straight out (probably his only mistake with the boot […]

REDEMPTION DAY PART 2
‘Each player must except the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in the hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game’
Voltaire, French philosopher
No one player is bigger than the team and with this in mind the game started […]

Sam Botfield has organised the latest Primary School Tag Tournament for this Saturday 8th October at the club and he is looking for volunteers to be referee’s and touch judges. It’s a 9.30am start until 1pm. Anybody interested should contact Anna O Malley on 07762 058334 or Sam Botfield on 01695 577054.