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[chinaman]

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Rats starting to leaving sinking ship???

Will those muppets Wood and Rimmer follow and how will this effect the new experimental summer amateur league which it would appear is being run on similar autocratic lines?

Pity our great amateur sport has got itself tied in with a basicaly bankrupt organisation and will there still be funding for our league and those paid for running it????

Edited by chinaman, 10 April 2012 - 03:03 PM.

[bowes]

Apart from the Yorkshire Men's League the summer push has been successful so far.

[old papa]

Apart from the Yorkshire Men's League the summer push has been successful so far.

The reason that the Yorkshire Mens League is not has sucessful has the N W Mens league is simple the Yorkshire League where most of the teams are coming from was in decline and had been for a few years. Most of the other teams in Yorkshire are playing in the Pennine League which is a well run league, the problem the Pennine League will have will be in years to come when the young players start to filter into the open-age sections of the clubs these players will have not played in the winter and they will not be keen to do so. The Yorkshire Mens League will then prosper but it will not be a over night thing. Our club is loving the new era with good numbers at training and increased bar taking.

Edited by old papa, 10 April 2012 - 07:53 PM.

[bowes]

If they can get the mostly Pennine League sides in the short summer season to commit to a full summer season 2013 should be much better but the administration leaves much to be desired. 14 league games in 6 months and no fixtures officially published below the premier division a week and a half before the season kicks off makes even the Yorkshire League look well organised.

[old papa]

If they can get the mostly Pennine League sides in the short summer season to commit to a full summer season 2013 should be much better but the administration leaves much to be desired. 14 league games in 6 months and no fixtures officially published below the premier division a week and a half before the season kicks off makes even the Yorkshire League look well organised.

There is a launch night tomorrow at Featherstone Rovers guess the fixtures will be handed out then. Most of the teams in the YML are NCL 2nd teams and they dont always want a full fixture list, if I am honest I dont think we played more than 14 games in the yorkshire league over a 8 month season. A lot of lessons will be learned over this first season and I feel sure over the coming seasons the YML will grow and grow.

Edited by old papa, 10 April 2012 - 09:06 PM.

[Marauder]

The reason that the Yorkshire Mens League is not has sucessful has the N W Mens league is simple the Yorkshire League where most of the teams are coming from was in decline and had been for a few years. Most of the other teams in Yorkshire are playing in the Pennine League which is a well run league, the problem the Pennine League will have will be in years to come when the young players start to filter into the open-age sections of the clubs these players will have not played in the winter and they will not be keen to do so. The Yorkshire Mens League will then prosper but it will not be a over night thing. Our club is loving the new era with good numbers at training and increased bar taking.

Thats ######, about half of our players started playing rugby league in the summer and when given a vote they voted to go to the Pennine, they stated a few reasons why which included after 8 years their other halves where putting pressure on them to do the family thing in the sunshine, and IMO the NW has been more successful in turning to summer because you only have to look where the main admin for the RFL summer game live.

Stating that kids once getting to the open age level will only want to play summer is also poo, all BARLA have to do is restructure and sit and wait, I expect that in the next 3 to 5 years the NCL will have fallen out with the RFL and the rest of the amateur game in the heartlands will have settled down while in the south the game will still be running a short season to cater for rugby union players.

I'd also say Scarborough and ourselves have had the most stable squads in Yorkshire for a long time most of the rest have been one season wonders or struggled for numbers.

Edited by Marauder, 10 April 2012 - 10:25 PM.

[bowes]

More likely Marauders will have switched season and league multiple times in the next few years like they always do.

[TaxiEgg]

Success can only be gauged on games completed and the loss or increase in the number of teams actually playing the game, so far i have noticed quite a number of 24-0 ( points awarded games ) and quite a number of second teams pulling out of the fixtures, which before anyone jumps down my throught happens in the traditional season.
What is a concern, so i am led to believe at least three teams have withdrawn from the NYL.

We have not yet reached the SUMMER season yet as we normally play at this time so to say the switch is a success is rather premature and now the man behind the idea to switch to summer has gone back playing tennis who knows what the future holds.

[bowes]

So far only one side has dropped out of the Conference Youth League (Keighley Cougar Cubs). However, it is a smaller league than last year.

Edited by bowes, 11 April 2012 - 06:23 PM.

[TaxiEgg]

Have a team in Wales not dropped out along with Pilk Recs ?

[bowes]

Have a team in Wales not dropped out along with Pilk Recs ?

It's not been put on the website yet but if you've heard that it's probably true.

[revtype]

Thats ######, about half of our players started playing rugby league in the summer and when given a vote they voted to go to the Pennine, they stated a few reasons why which included after 8 years their other halves where putting pressure on them to do the family thing in the sunshine, and IMO the NW has been more successful in turning to summer because you only have to look where the main admin for the RFL summer game live.

Stating that kids once getting to the open age level will only want to play summer is also poo, all BARLA have to do is restructure and sit and wait, I expect that in the next 3 to 5 years the NCL will have fallen out with the RFL and the rest of the amateur game in the heartlands will have settled down while in the south the game will still be running a short season to cater for rugby union players.

I'd also say Scarborough and ourselves have had the most stable squads in Yorkshire for a long time most of the rest have been one season wonders or struggled for numbers.

[revtype]

In principle well said Marauder. Why have people always directed their comments towards the adult leagues. It is wrong to pre-judge whether at this moment in time summer rugby will be a success or not. There are too many conflicting situations that clubs are in and it will probably take 2 years or so for it to be sorted out satisfactorily. My main concern is for the people who are involved at youth level because of the RFL obsession for the elite pathway. Because of the presence of two SL clubs in Hull it is becoming chlostrophobic. Clubs are finding that their better players are being shunted into service area ,SL clubs scholarship systems and accadamies etc. Who knows there might be a dearth of teams at u15/16 and beyond in the future if the trawling for elitims carries on

[TaxiEgg]

Something even the management of the NCL needs to concern themselves about because without a steady flow of youth players into open age the long term future of the amatuer game is in threat . Are we not turning the clock back to 1973 ?

[Roughyedz]

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=tennis/12/04/10/TENNIS_Wimbledon.html&BID=480

Rats starting to leaving sinking ship???

Will those muppets Wood and Rimmer follow and how will this effect the new experimental summer amateur league which it would appear is being run on similar autocratic lines?

Pity our great amateur sport has got itself tied in with a basicaly bankrupt organisation and will there still be funding for our league and those paid for running it????

So only 10 days left for Mr Lewis and then he's off to Wimbledon ( everything he always wanted ) and who is taking over at the Rubgy League then ???????????

[Roughyedz]

Well ive found the answer myself "Manchester United director Maurice Watkins will take over as interim chairman when Lewis leaves." . . . . So no prizes for guesses as to what Mr. Watkins will be doing 6 days a week ...... Is that the best The rugby League Board can come up with ? a 2 bit Director of a football club part time . . . The rugby league will be lucky to get 6 hours a week out of him ....and im sure at a very GOOD RENUMERATION PACKAGE

[chocolateshoulder]

Richard Lewis was only part time for the last year/18 months anyway

[Marauder]

It's going to be even harder to spot a Stobart trailer with a tennis player on than a super league club.

[Roughyedz]

It's going to be even harder to spot a Stobart trailer with a tennis player on than a super league club.

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