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May 19th, 2009
After a highly succesful awards evening the weekend before the under 14’s took to the field for one last time this season against Northampton Boy’s Brigade Old Boys RFC who were on tour in Lancashire.With Dave Jones hard at work on the internet it was obvious from their website that this team would provide stern […]
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April 28th, 2009
With a slightly disappointing season behind them, the Under 14s attended the Aldwinians Tournament boasting the best teams in Lancashire bar Aldwinians themselves and Preston who were competing for The Lancashire Cup today.To make matters more difficult, five regulars were absent due to injury and other commitments and even on the day another player cried […]
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April 8th, 2009
Thanks to a lot of hard work behind the scenes the under 14s were lucky enough to go on tour a couple of weeks ago to the beautiful surroundings of the Independent School, Worksop College.
On the Friday night two mini-buses set off from Green Lane waved off by parents no doubt planning a quiet, restful […]
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March 27th, 2009
Ormskirk came to the business end of the season in a confident mood and were looking to beat Rochdale after an easy win over them earlier in the season.
Rochdale kicked off and were soon deep in the Rochdale half and were soon awarded an attacking scrum. From this ‘Kirk drove forward but a misunderstanding […]
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March 23rd, 2009
Ormskirk u15s 26pts - Warrington u15s 7pts
This was a repeat of last year’s semi-final, but that’s where any similarity finished. It was a great game with both sides giving their all, no quarter asked or given, but still played in a very sporting fashion. Warrington arrived with confidence and this season have made a number […]
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March 18th, 2009
Ormskirk u15 37*pts - Southport u15 7pts
Ormskirk had to travel to Waterloo Road, Southport for this home quarter final match due to the Southport side having to kick off earlier than had been planned. It didn’t make any difference as the “home” side had an enjoyable morning at the seaside in a very one-sided match. […]
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March 10th, 2009
Ormskirk u15s 33pts - Altrincham u15s 26pts
Ormskirk came out of a dark period on Sunday, with a performance that was absolutely top class - they played some of the best rugby for the past two seasons as they built up a good lead, lost it and then won the game with a piece of magic.
The […]
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February 18th, 2009
Ormskirk travelled to West Lancashire’s Northern parishes this weekend to assist Tarleton with hosting Hemel Hempstead(Camelot)RFC who had travelled to the region to get away from the snow and to understandably get the chance to play some quality rugby! Hemel had played Tarleton on Saturday and a close game had shown that the visitors had […]
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January 13th, 2009
After all the freezing weather of late it was good to see an overnight rise in temperatures which meant that the local derby against Tarleton could go ahead. Ormskirk travelled with an almost full squad keen to get back to winning ways after a disappointing end to 2008. After some recent excellent victories, including Widnes, […]
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December 30th, 2008
With the under 14s’ chances of qualifying for the later stages of the Lancashire Cup hanging by a thread it was vital to make use of home advantage against last year’s finalists West Park. Unfortunately late in the day the lads were told that the match would now be away and so making a tough […]
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November 12th, 2008
On Remembrance Sunday, the Under 14s travelled down to Stockport for a late re-arranged match against their A team known locally as Stockport Storm. Owing to their B team playing first and a respectful minute’s silence the kick-off was delayed to 11.30. Due to various parades and injury/sickness Ormskirk travelled with a much reduced […]
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November 12th, 2008
West Park welcomed us to their Annual Tournament last Sunday and having been squeezed out of the semi finals by one try at the last tournament, we were determined to improve on our performance.
Unfortunately some of the children seemed to be half asleep for the first game against Macclesfield (who beat us in the semis […]
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October 20th, 2008
The under 14s travelled down to Aigburth cricket ground last weekend for their fixture against Liverpool Collegiate. The sun was shining although the pitch was a little soft. A good sized squad made the journey with places up for grabs for the big Lancashire Cup fixture against reigning champions Preston Grasshoppers the following weekend.
The game […]
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October 20th, 2008
Despite valiant efforts all round, it was not to be the Under 8’s day! In a tough group they lost the first game to an aggressive Lymm, won the second against Widnes and in the deciding third game, lost by one try to Blackburn. Had our troopers won this last game they would have made […]
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October 11th, 2008
Thanks to our sponsors DIRECT ACCIDENT, the under 8s squad looked a million dollars in their new kit, and they gave a performance to match.
The ground was very soggy but our little troopers battled on without too many mud dives! All three games were played in true sporting spirit. Our teams excelled themselves, demonstrating running […]
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October 6th, 2008
Aldwinians u15 13pts - Ormskirk u15 11pts
After being swept aside 28-5 in this Lancs Junior Challenge fixture last season, Ormskirk were keen to show how well they had improved. They certainly did that and were ever so close to creating one of the upsets of the first group matches. That Aldwinians won with a converted […]
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October 5th, 2008
After last season’s exploits in winning the Lancashire Plate the under-14’s were keen to get off to a good start in this season’s competition. Today’s opponents were last season’s beaten cup semi- finalists,Bury who were sure to test Ormskirk to their limits. Unfortunately Ormskirk were missing players, most notably Harry James out for a few weeks […]
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October 5th, 2008
Ormskirk u15 60pts - Bolton u15 12pts
In their second game of the season the u15s continued their open rugby and treated the travelling supporters to a feast of trys. Straight from the kick off the scene was set as Eddie Webster tackled three defenders on the trot, forcing the last over his try line to […]
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September 29th, 2008
For the second match of the season the under 14s were on their travels to Bolton, last season’s Lancashire Vase winners. Having beaten them in the league section of the cup last year they were keen to settle some scores on their own ground.
The game started tentatively with Bolton securing and maintaining some good early […]
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September 28th, 2008
The U15s started the new season in ruthless fashion as they totally destroyed a plucky Southport outfit. Things were a understandably a bit rusty to begin with, but after 5 minutes they crossed for the first of 10 tries after a good forward charge from a penalty saw the ball fed well to the backs. […]
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