Rugby Events (2003-2004)
Rugby
Snippets
- All the gate takings from the Tynedale v
Blaydon match were donated to Soa's family's benefit fund.
- Jack Harrison (QEHS) was selected for the England U18 team and
participated in a tournament in Italy.
- Several schoolboys with Tynedale connections
were selected for the North Schools Under 18(September) squad and
played in the Interdivisional championships at Castlecroft:
Mike Woodhouse, Jack Harrison
and Matthew
Fieldhouse from QEHS and
Hamish Smailes from Sedbergh. Phil
Ludford from Dame Allans was selected
for the January squad who played North Clubs.
- On their Dutch Tour the QEHS First XV defeated
the Dutch National Under 19 side 27-0
- The Raider's match against Hawick Linden was
abandoned after 62 minutes when both sides agreed to call it a day
after a couple of serious injuries to Tynedale players had badly
disrupted the match. Shane Auld was taken to hospital with a bad
ankle injury sustained late in the first half and Jonathan Mock
then sustained a broken ankle midway through the second period.
Both players were taken by ambulance to Hexham Hospital where
Shane was diagnosed has having severe ligament damage and Johnny a
fracture. The Raiders also lost Cameron Baty, Jerome Parker and
Greg Dawson to injuries during the match.
- The Raiders won the Journal Team of the Month
award for September.
- England International Steve Bates joined the
Tynedale coaching team and assisted in coaching the 1stXV squad on
Thursday evenings.
- QEHS continued their fine run when they drew
13-13 at Barnard Castle on Saturday 27th Sept.
- The County Under 18 Schools side containing 9
Tynedale Juniors from the schools and Colts beat Yorkshire State
Schools on Sunday 28th Sept by 82-14 in an early season warm up
prior to the Northern Championship.
- Steve McCormack created a new service on the
RFU's website called "Terrace Talk" which provides previews of
matches in our league including his own predictions.
- QEHS continued their remarkable run of cup
successes into the new season when they won the Falcons Tens
Tournament on Wednesday Sept 10th, defeating Houghall College in
the final after overcoming Yarm, Barnard Castle, Morpeth and Dame
Allens in the earlier rounds.
- The RFU's Club Competition Task group have
recommended 'clustering' be introduced at levels 4 (our level), 5
and 6, as from this coming season (2003-2004). This means that
three clubs
will definitely be relegated from our league at the end of the
season - no more and no less.
- Ten club members attended a RFU Coaching
course at Tynedale Park for a level 1 Coaching award.
- The Colts won the County Colts cup for the
first time since 1983 when they defeated Berwick 13-8 in a closely
contested final. Click here to read
report.
Border District League
Champions
District League
Administrator, Neil Crooks, was informed that Hawick Harlequins and
Hawick Trades were unable to fullfill their remaining league fixtures
(both had to travel to Tynedale).
At this point there were two
contenders for the league championship - Kelso A and Tynedale
Raiders. Neil recalculated league standings of Kelso and Tynedale
after removing points gained against the two Hawick sides leaving
Tynedale champions.
See photo of
cup presentation + final table & results
Jack wins cap
QEHS captain Jack Harrison
won his England 18 Group cap after taking part in an international
tournament in Italy.
Jack had been struggling with
a calf injury during the weeks leading up to the tournament but
intensive physio ensured Jack made the trip.
England took a squad of 26
players for the International Tournament and succeeded in reaching
the final before being overcome by a very strong France side. To
reach the final England had fine wins over Rumania and Scotland and
despite Jack's lack of match fitness he played a key part.
International
Honours for Tynedale Trio
March 2004
Three Tynedale players have
brought honour to themselves and the Club by being selected for
Scotland International Squads.
Jamie Murray and Paul Boston
fly out with a 12 man Senior Scotland Squad on Sunday 21st March to
take part in the Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens Tournaments. The Hong
Kong Sevens take place 26th-28th March whilst the Singapore Sevens
take place 3rd-4th April.
Ben Duncan has been selected
for the Scotland Under 21 squad which plays France.
Hong Kong Sevens
(26th - 28th March 2004)
Scotland in Pool B with
England, Georgia and China
- Day 1
- Scotland 26 v Georgia
0
- Day 2
- Scotland 12 v England
38
- Scotland 36 v China
12
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- Scotland's defeat by
England means Scotland entered the Plate Championship on Day 3
which they went on to win - an excellent achievement considering
the opposition.
- Scoland defeated
France 28-22 in the final (Paul Boston scoring one of the tries)
after overcoming Italy 20-17 and Kenya 19-7 to reach the
final.
Singapore Sevens (3rd - 4th April
2004)
Scotland were drawn in Pool A
along with New Zealand, Argentina and Malaysia. Defeats against New
Zealand and Argentina meant Scotland were in the Bowl Competition on
Day 2 which to their credit they won.
- Day 1
- Scotland 14 v New Zealand
31
- Scotland 10 v Argentian
27
- Scotland 57 v Malaysia
0
- Day 2 (Bowl Competition)
- Scotland 31 v Korea
7
- Scotland 31 v Hong Kong
0
- Scotland 34 v Canada 5
(Final)
First XV Squad - Statistics (as of Oct
2003)
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Number in squad
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40
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Average Age
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24.3 years
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Number of Backs
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17
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Average age of backs
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22 years
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Number of forwards
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23
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Average age of forwards
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26 years
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Average age of forwards without Richard and Edward Parker
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24.6 years
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Members over 6ft tall
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22 (55%)
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Members over 16 stone
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12 (30%)
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Number who played mini rugby at Tynedale
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14 (35%)
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Number who played junior rugby at Tynedale
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14 (35%)
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Number who played Colts rugby at Tynedale
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16 (40%)
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Number who played for Tynedale before 2000
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25 (62%)
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Number of Farmers
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8 (20%)
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Number of Students
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11 (27.5%)
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Marries
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6
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Number who have represented Northumberland Senior County
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17
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Relegation - Elimination of
Cascade Effect
Uncertainty as to the number of teams to be relegated from our
league caused by the "cascade" effect has been removed by changes
announced by the RFU Competition sub-committee. From our league
(National 3 North) A MAXIMUM OF THREE CLUBS WILL ALWAYS BE RELEGATED
regardless of who is relegated from the league above.
Thats the easy bit!!
The more complicated bit concerns how this is achieved - in order
to sustain this change it may be necessary for a minimal number of
clubs to move across ("level transfer") into a neighbouring league
outside of their normal Constituent Body. (eg. If the bottom three
teams in the league above us are all southern teams then to balance
the leagues one or two clubs will be "level transferred" from
National Three South into our league (National Three North) ). In
the absence of volunteers a panel will be responsible for the
decision on which clubs will be moved to another league.
County Cup Draw (2003-2004)
Senior Cup
- Final - Wednesday 14th April
- Tynedale v Morpeth (KO 7.00pm) at Kingston
Park
- Tynedale beat Morpeth 20-6 to retain the
County Cup.
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- Cup 3 (Junior Cup)
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- Final - Saturday 24th April
- Tynedale Grasshoppers 57 v Alnwick III 24 (at
Ponteland)
- (See report and
pictures)
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- The 'Hoppers reached the final following an
impressive 63-15 win at Wallsend in the semi-final.
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- The 'Hoppers then turned in a truly marvellous
performance to overcome Alnwick 57-24 in the final.
Playing
Records
- Season
2003-2004
- First XV ( end of
season)
- 39 different players have
represented the 1st XV after 31 games.
- No of tries scored =
73
- Top Points Scorer - Phil
Belgian 194 points (3 tries, 1 drop goal, 25conversions, 42
penalties)
- Top Try Scorer - Ben
Duncan (10 tries)
- Peter Southern, Ed Holmes
and Aaron Charlton are the only players to have been involved in
every match.
- Click Here to view full details
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- Raiders ( end of
season)
- 65 different players have
represented the Raiders in 22 games.
- No of tries scored =
88
- Top Points Scorers - Greg
Dawson 118 points (2 tries, 30 conversions, 14 penalties)
- Top Try Scorers - Jerome
Parker (13 tries)
- No player has been
involved in all 22 matches - Dicky Hall and James Johnson have
appeared in 21 matches
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- Grasshoppers ( end of
season)
- 72 different players have
represented the Hoppers in 22 games
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- Hadrians (end of
season)
- 77 different players have
represented the Hadrians after 13 games.
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- Total
- 164 different players
have represented the club
Season
2002-2003
-
- First XV
- 40 different players
represented the 1st XV in 30 games.
- Barry Hills(1
replacement) and Peter Southern(1 replacement) were the only ever
presents.
- No of tries scored =
79
- Top Points Scorer - Phil
Belgian 250 points (3 tries, 2 drop goals, 38 conversions, 51
penalties)
- Top Try Scorer - Paul
Boston (12 tries)
- Click Here to view full details
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- Raiders
- 70 different players
represented the Raiders in 21 games.
- Gary Fleming was the only
ever present.
- No of tries scored =
122
- No of penalties =
6
- Top Points Scorers -
Alistair Hopps 105 points (21 tries), Jonathan Mock 92 points (8
tries, 27 conversions)
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- 3rd XV
- 68 different players
represented the 3rd XV in 11 games
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- Total
- 138 different players
represented the club.
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- Click Here to view Fixtures and Results
- Click Here to view 1stXV teams, appearances,
scorers
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Season 2001-2002
(End of
Season))
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- 43 different players
represented the First XV from 27 matches with only Keith Johnson
starting every match. Phil Belgian was top points scorer with 120
points while Ed Holmes was top try scorer with 8 tries. The First
XV scored 62 tries. (see full
details)
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- A staggering 81 different
players represented the Raiders in 24 matches and not surpisingly
no single player was an ever-present. Top points scorer was Simon
Allen with 95 points while Richard Ponton was top try scorer with
15 tries (from 12 matches). The Raiders scored 111 tries to
date.
Click to view full details of 1st XV appearances
(2001-2002)
Season
2000-2001
38 different players
represented the 1stXV (from 22 matches) whilst 67 different players
represented the Raiders (from 18 matches).
The 1stXV's top points scorer
was Alan 'Remi' Moses with 206 points (including 6 drop goals) whilst
the top try scorer was Simon Clayton-Hibbott with 7 tries.
For the Raiders, Simon Allen
was top points scorer with 101 points whilst Paul Rigby was top try
scorers with 9 tries.