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[daveh]

Will be in Manchester this Saturday 21st April - are there any games Salford/Oldham way to go and watch in the afternoon or can you point me in the direction of a fixture list if anything is available.

[mmp]

Bury Broncos v Crosfields A - 2.30 on Saturday just a few miles north out of Manchester City Centre.

Club details here: http://www.pitchero....bs/burybroncos/

[Ratty]

Will be in Manchester this Saturday 21st April - are there any games Salford/Oldham way to go and watch in the afternoon or can you point me in the direction of a fixture list if anything is available.

Oldham St. Anne's are at home to Hunslet Warriors - should be worth watching.

[usain bolt]

Will be in Manchester this Saturday 21st April - are there any games Salford/Oldham way to go and watch in the afternoon or can you point me in the direction of a fixture list if anything is available.

fixture list 21/4/12 http://www.nationalc...ch_day/fixtures

[suzzy]

Got to be Sharlston Rovers V Bank quay Bulls in the National Cup Semi Final Ko 2.30pm

[tim2]

Got to be Sharlston Rovers V Bank quay Bulls in the National Cup Semi Final Ko 2.30pm

Bit of a trek from Manchester to Wakefield.

[suzzy]

Bit of a trek from Manchester to Wakefield.

Yes but you will get a great welcome and a good pint in the club house

[suzzy]

Sharlston Rovers through to National Cup Final

[Guardsman]

Sharlston Rovers through to National Cup Final

Congratulations to Sharlston on a well deserved win. The score line flattered Bank Quay Bulls.

[daveh]

Went to Bury in the end and watched them tough out a 16 all draw

Summer Rugby ?? Better ask the players about that !!

[tim2]

Went to Bury in the end and watched them tough out a 16 all draw

Summer Rugby ?? Better ask the players about that !!

I keep saying, summer does not mean dry!

Bet it waas warmer than it would have been with the same conditions in December

[daveh]

I keep saying, summer does not mean dry!

Bet it waas warmer than it would have been with the same conditions in December

I was referring more to the state of the ground underfoot than the weather

[tim2]

I was referring more to the state of the ground underfoot than the weather

Muddy? Eorl Crabtree posted a photo of his boots on Twitter after the game at Odsal with the line "Like going back in time"

[Marauder]

I don't know why we keep going on about the weather in winter, it should not bother the players unless they are hiding. and to be truthful for some reason the last few weeks have seemed to be colder than december or january, I don't know if it's because in the winter we expect it to be cold.

[TomTomGo]

Congratulations to Sharlston on a well deserved win. The score line flattered Bank Quay Bulls.

It's not what they are saying on this thread!!! Bank Quay reckon they were robbed and there was a nasty brawl at the end caused by Sharlston!

http://www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/index.php/topic,39166.0.html

[Marauder]

It's not what they are saying on this thread!!! Bank Quay reckon they were robbed and there was a nasty brawl at the end caused by Sharlston!

http://www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/index.php/topic,39166.0.html

Well just going on calling the officials/BARLA for a start doesn't give the guy much credit, BARLA may have appointed the officials but the RFL control them.

[mmp]

Went to Bury in the end and watched them tough out a 16 all draw

Summer Rugby ?? Better ask the players about that !!

Tough out being the words!

The pitch holds water badly in a few areas, we lost many weeks of fixtures in both winter seasons at the site but it really has been the best place for the club we have found - the pitch itself was in perfect condition about a month ago having not been used over the winter but the last week of heavy rain has coincided with a few things that made it really muddy and cut-up. As well as all the usual use we ran one of our schools tournament there on Thursday (see http://www.pitchero....ast-563618.html ) and have another due on there this week!!!

Capacity on the site is a big issue as we've grown quicker than planned - 60% of the field is out of bounds for rugby as used by football and school PE, while the other 40% is being used by Salford scholarship sides for training and by us for our open age and two junior sides. Our training should have switched back to the site starting this week but we've decided to incur the costs of staying at our winter base a little longer to give the pitch a bit more protection.

And if you think it was bad on Saturday - got to credit the U9s and U11s who had to really tough it out in torrential conditions Sunday morning! At least it didn't rain on Saturday!!!

Edited by mmp, 23 April 2012 - 07:46 AM.

[tim2]

BARLA may have appointed the officials but the RFL control them.

Not really true, unless you are graded. Many of the leagues outside Tiers 1-3 tend to use refs who are trained and appointed by the Societies. This system is very random and not particularly efficient.

[suzzy]

[quote name='TomTomGo' timestamp='1335128297' post='2475776']
It's not what they are saying on this thread!!! Bank Quay reckon they were robbed and there was a nasty brawl at the end caused by Sharlston!

http://www.trustinwi...ic,39166.0.html
[/quote What a load of Horse Manure watch the highlights on U-Tube and you will see who started the brawl when a bulls players runs 20m and starts punching the player on the floor no doubt he was unhappy that it was the player who scored the winner i await your return comments.

[ralph2]

Not really true, unless you are graded. Many of the leagues outside Tiers 1-3 tend to use refs who are trained and appointed by the Societies. This system is very random and not particularly efficient.

Nasty brawls at Doncaster in the challenge cup, then Fryston & Bank quay. always the refs & opponents fault, could be a pattern forming. I am very confident that BARLA will nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem.