Ormskirk RUFC

On the 19th October we had a re-arranged fixture away against Winnington Park. An experimental team with several players in unfamiliar positions and three players making their Ormskirk debuts warmed up with a game against Winnington Park B. They then played Winnington Park A running out convincing 5-1 winners although the game was very tight […]

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 […]

Saturday 11th October 2008
Last Saturday saw the first of this season’s primary school tag tournaments.  Although the weather was dreary, all the teams put on a good show for the spectating parents and teachers.
Results:

Cup: 1st Ormskirk CE; 2nd Tarleton Holy Trinity; 3rd Aughton Town Green 1
Bowl: 1st Pinfold; 2nd Aughton Town Green 2; 3rd Rufford
Plate: […]

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 […]

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 […]

The eagerly awaited first match of the new season for the U10s was away to Fleetwood on Sunday 5th October. The pitch was wet but the sun was shining and our hosts made us very welcome. Naturally a little rusty initially, the team quickly settled to record a good 6-2 win made possible by sustained […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

With the lads’ Lancashire Plate victory now a fast fading memory it was important to get the new season off to a good start against our old rivals from Southport. Blessed with warm, late Summer weather and almost a full strength squad to pick from the coaches were hoping to keep the momentum going from […]

Ormskirk RUFC’s Tag Rugby Tournaments are in danger of being re-classified as a water sport, such is their well-deserved reputation for attracting rain. And it was no different last Saturday when teams from West Lancs, Sefton and Wigan splashed out on to a sodden Green Lane to contest the Wandering Trophy. But the enthusiasm of […]

Fun was the order of the day, and what a pleasure it was to be able to bask in the glorious sun while our little darlings enjoyed themselves.
After numerous competitions and games it was time for the children to have a rest and enjoy the parents main event of the day – the Mums and […]

On Saturday (17th May) ORUFC hosted the annual RFU West Lancs Primary School Tag Festival.  19 teams from 16 schools entered the competition; the eventual winners Town Green (coached by Norman Hall) will go on to the Lancashire Youth Games to represent West Lancs.
Winners:
Cup Winners: Town Green
Cup Runners Up: Christ Church
Bowl Winners: Ormskirk 2
Bowl Runners Up: […]

Hoping to continue with their excellent form, the Under 7s journeyed to the Wilmslow Tournament, ready for the final challenge of the season. We have had the pleasure of watching our squad of 4 to 7 year olds train hard to develop their skills and passion for this wonderful game come rain, wind, hail, bitter […]

This was a game that the under 13s were looking forward to as it was against a team who are in The Lancashire Cup Final and would give everyone - coaches, players and parents a good idea of where we stood, in rugby terms, against one of the best outfits in the county. A […]

Ormskirk u14s 32pts - Blackburn u14s 7pts
Ormskirk entertained a much improved Blackburn side that played with a great deal of spirit, but got rid of the bad memories of their Plate Final defeat to run out clear winners in a match they dominated despite missing four of last week’s side through injury.

After just 4 minutes, […]

Congratulations to the U13s, U14s, U15s and U16s…….
In an unprecedented finale to Ormskirk’s most successful season at Junior level, FIVE of our teams made it through to Lancashire Finals…….
The Under 13s won the Plate
The Under 14s came runners-up in the Plate
The Under 15s won the Vase
The Under 16s (2nd XV) came runners-up in the Vase
The […]

Blacksticks Blue u14 Lancashire Plate Final
Ormskirk u14s  0pts – Vale of Lune u14s  17pts

Ormskirk travelled to Manchester confident of a good performance in the Plate final. Although having lost 22-10 to Vale earlier in the season, they were in a rich vein of form and were looking to upset the favourites. While the score […]

The under 13s travelled to Manchester Rugby Club confident that if they gave their best then they could win their Plate final. After looking at  recent Rochdale results the general feeling was that they would be a hard team to beat and only a committed performance by all the players would land them the […]

Another glorious spring morning welcomed Blackburn at
Green Lane.
The first game was fast and furious with excellent play from both sides, however, all our drill work and training had paid off, we were by far the stronger side and won easily 7 – 2. 

With a quick change of players we began the next match full of […]