Ormskirk RUFC

1st XV v Liverpool Collegiate (Home)
Meet @ 12.45pm
1.V Gately
2.D Salisbury
3.H Hirsimaki
4.D Hitchlock
5.P Davis
6.G Roberts
7.M Rothwell
8.K Mahood
9.G Prytherch
10.J Illingworth
11.J Hodson
12.M Johnson
13.J Curley
14.A Wilson
15.A Healey
Reserves: G Bowling, A Wroe, M Webster
2nd XV v Upper Eden (Away)
Meet @ 12pm
KO 2.15pm
1.D MacCready
2.C Parlour
3.S Foggarty
4.S Clarke
5.J Bennett
6.C Mitchell
7.R Williams
8.G Dawson
9.A Kirk
10.P Armstrong
11.S Lambie
12.A Croft
13.J Thomas
14.A Frost
15.A Lambie
Reserves: A Glover,N Gordon, […]

Smile like you mean it
Sometimes I find I drift away
Behind a distant smile……
Ultravox!, Distant Smile, from the album, Ha! Ha! Ha! 1977
No, not the Midge Ure entity from the 80s, but the original John Foxx line up of the mid to late 70s, though both good bands in my eyes. And a distant smile can […]

1st XV v Hoylake (Away)
Meet @ 12pm
1.V Gately
2.D Salisbury
3.H Hirsimaki
4.D Hitchlock
5.I Merrill
6.G Roberts
7.M Rothwell
8.B Davis
9.G Prytherch
10.J Illingworth
11.J Hodson
12.M Johnson
13.J Curley
14.A Lambie
15.A Healey
Reserves: G Bowling, A Croft, P Davis
2nd XV v Upper Eden (Home)
Meet @ 1.15pm
1.D MacCready
2.C Parlour
3.S Foggarty
4.S Clarke
5.T Harper
6.S Tasker
7.R Williams
8.G Dawson
9.A Kirk
10.P Armstrong
11.S Lambie
12.J Thomas
13.A Glover
14.A Frost
15.Joe Hodson
Reserves: R Pope, R Gregg, J […]

And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don’t let them change a thing what you’re doing
Hold your head up, hold your head up
Hold your head up, hold your head high
Argent, Hold your head up, from the album, All together now, 1972.
Cast your minds back to Sept 17th 2011, […]

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
Joseph Conrad, English Novelist.
Not strictly true, as I sing whatever the occasion, and I think you will find the Lions are of […]

Ormskirk Lions (4ths) 20-17 Parkonians 2nds
In the right light, study becomes insight
But the system that dissed us
Teaches us to read and write
Rage Against The Machine, Take The Power Back, 1992.
Guile and bravery are required in any sport, in rugby they are essential. No amount of skill or technique can withstand the onslaught of sheer determination […]

Ormskirk Raiders 3-8 Ruskin Park 2
Ormskirk Lions W-L Prenton 2
The Art of War/The Game of Rugby
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu, Chinese Military General, Strategist and author of The Art Of War, 544BC-496BC.
All […]

Ormskirk Lions (4ths) 20-14 Formby Vikings
3rd December 2011
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” Aldous Huxley, English writer, 1894-1963
The acid test of any fledgling team is how they respond to adversity. Like a boxer who takes a punch to the chin, […]

26th November 2011
“And curlew calls to curlew, and I remember as I go
The merrier sounds and echoes out of seasons long ago
When nights were full of laughter and all the days were bright
And the heart too young to listen to the curlews in the night”
Idris Davies, 1905-1953 Welsh Poet.
Beautiful words from a little known Welsh […]

Eagle 2+1 71-14 Ormskirk Lions (4ths)
Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.
Germaine Greer.
Half-time: Eagle 50-0 Lions. Yes, deal with it.
The second half was a much different affair. I should report that the last […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. 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

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 […]

1. B Stevenson
2. S Richmond
3. P Preston
4. R Gibbon (capt)
5. C Mitchell
6. M Chesworth
7. M Tamblin
8. E Quirk
9. J Kendrick
10. A Glover
11. M Jones
12. S James
13. G Dowling
14. I Critchley
15. N Gordon
Res. E Aggri
Res. P Waywell
Res. A Morrison

PARKONIAN 2NDS 50-7 ORMSKIRK LIONS (4th XV)
Not everything you see will give you the full facts, but if the above score line tells you anything, it should be that Parkonians scored more than The Lions. What it doesn’t point to is the great 60 minutes of competitive rugby that saw the Green men strive […]

1. B Stevenson
2. S Richmond
3. P Preston
4. R Gibbon (capt)
5. C Sibley
6. M Chesworth
7. S James
8. P Kearney
9. J Kendrick
10. A Glover
11. M Jones
12. I Quirk
13. G Dowling
14. I Critchley
15. M Tamlin
Res. E Aggri
Res. A Morrison
Res. TBC