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Pre-Season (2006-2007)

Pre-Season training will commence on Tuesday 11th July at 7.00pm and thereafter every Thursday and Tuesday at 7.00pm - ALL WELCOME.

Pre-Season Games

Sat 12th August

Stirling County, Biggar

Home

Sat 19th August

Aspatria

Away

Tue 22nd August

Newcastle Falcons Development

Home

Sat 26th August

Harrogate

Home

County Under 20 Championship

Final - at Twickenham (Monday 29th May 2006)
Northumberland U20's 20 v Yorkshire U20's 24

Semi-Final - Sat 29th April 2006

Devon U20's 32 v Northumberland U20's 33

Quarter Final - Sat 8th April 2006

Oxford University Under 20's 17 v Northumberland U20's 43

Tynedale are well represented with the following Tynedale youngsters representing the County:-

Jack Harrison
Hamish Smales
David Warwick
James Rastall
Andrew Ions
Jimmy Scott
Chris Hall

Results this season:-

Cumbria

0

Northumberland

43

Northumberland

20

Lancashire

8

Yorkshire

19

Northumberland

13

Northumberland

59

Cheshire

12

Durham

15

Northumberland

25

Hamish stars for England

Tynedale youngster 18-year-old Hamish Smales made his debut for England Counties on Saturday 11th March and in doing so became the youngest player ever to represent England Counties.

The England Counties team defeated their French counterparts 29-16 in Beaune and it was Hamish who sealed the victory with a fine individual try after 77 minutes when he scorched in from 75 yards. (View Report)

Hamish retained his place in the side for the home fixture against Tunisia on Saturday June 3rd 2006 at Broadstreet - the English Counties side winning 35-7.

Player Movements

Players In

Scott Breerton

Flanker

Ex-Gosforth

Chris Cleveland

Hooker

Kerikeri RFC, New Zealand

Neil Graham

2nd Row

Northumbria University

Mark Honeybunn

Centre. Stand Off

Army, Ex-Rotherham

Cameron Johnston

Winger

Falcons Academy

Ben Marshall

2nd Row

Falcons Academy

Harry Monro

Full Back/Winger

Ex Heriotts

Hamish Smales

Back

England Schools, Sedbergh capt

David Warwick

Centre

Scotland U19's, ex-Stewarts Melville

Matt Schaff

Scum Half

ex-Leicester Tigers Development squad

Ed Williamson

Flanker

Falcons Academy

Sean Tomes

2nd Row

Falcons Academy

Players Out

Ed Parker

Semi-Retirement

Andrew Robson

Semi-Retirement - Andrew intends to play some rugby at Border Park.

County Cup 2005-2006

Senior Cup

Quarter Final - to be played Sat 1st April or Wed 5th April

Percy Park

v

North Shields

Northern

v

Alnwick

Berwick

v

Ponteland

Tynedale

49

v

Morpeth

17

Semi-Final - to be played Wed 12th April

Tynedale

35

v

Northern

17

Berwick

v

Percy Park

won

Final - scheduled to be played Saturday 29th April (Venue to be decided)

Tynedale

v

Percy Park

Senior Shield

Quarter Final - played Sat 18th February

A

Tynedale Raiders

87

v

Northern Wanderers

3

B

Percy Park Lions

WO

v

Novos II

C

Morpeth Reivers

15

v

Alnwick II

0

D

Northumbria Univ II's

30

v

Berwick Bears

23

Semi-Final - to be played Sat 4th March

Tynedale Raiders

41

v

Percy Park Lions

5

Morpeth Reivers

v

Northumbria Univ II

Final - to be played Saturday 1st April at ASHINGTON

Morpeth Reivers

23

v

Tynedale Raiders

5

Junior Cup

First Round - played Sat 21st January

A

WB Rockcliff Vikings

5

v

Morpeth Edwardians

24

B

Border Park

W/O

v

Ashington II

C

Newc Univ Centaurs

70

v

Ponteland II

16

D

Novos III

0

v

Percy Park Pumas

46

E

Team Northumbria

10

v

Tynedale Grasshoppers

13

F

Berwick Badgers

10

v

Gosforth Phoenix

7

G

Alnwick III

12

v

Medicals Serpents

0

Bye - Blyth II

Quarter-Final - played Sat 18th February

H

Morpeth Edwardians

24

v

Border Park

18

I

Percy Park Pumas

36

v

Alnwick III

26

J

Newc Univ Centaurs

40

v

Tynedale Grasshoppers

12

K

Berwick Badgers

29

v

Blyth II

22

Semi-Final - to be played Sat 4th March

Morpeth Edwardians

v

Berwick Badgers

Percy Park Pumas

v

N/C Univ Centaurs

Final - to be played Saturday 8th April (Venue to be decided)

Junior Challenge Trophy

First Round - played Sat 21st January

A

Ponteland Pythons

0

v

Prudhoe & Stocksfield

63

B

Gosforth Nomads

5

v

Tynedale Vets

37

C

Alnwick IV

5

v

Ponteland Vets

23

Byes-WB Rockcliff Rangers, Blyth III, North Shields III,West End, Seghill Deputies

Quarter-Final - played Sat 18th February

D

Ponteland Vets

13

v

Tynedale Vets

40

E

North Shields III

27

v

Blyth III

5

F

Seghill Deputies

27

v

West End

28

G

WB Rockcliff Rangers

16

v

Prudhoe & Stocksfield

10

Semi-Final - to be played Sat 4th March

West End

14

v

Tynedale Vets

49

North Shields III

v

WB Rockcliff Rangers

Final - to be played Saturday 1st April (at ASHINGTON)

Tynedale Veterans

50

v

WB Rockcliff Rangers

14

Under 21 Floodlit League

Tynedale have entered a squad in a 10-a-side North-East Under 21 competition. Matches are played under floodlights (usually on Wednesday nights).

In the first series of matches on 12th October Tynedale beat Berwick (10-0), Morpeth (24-0) and Blyth (12-7) (these matches were hosted by Blyth).

In the second series of matches on 15th February Tynedale lost to Berwick (5-10), and beat Morpeth (26-5) and Blyth (19-0) (again these matches were hosted by Blyth).

Tyndale have qualified for the final of the event which will be held at Blaydon on Wednesday 15th March - 6.45pm start. (Note: was originally planned for March 8th)

Thanks are due to Andy Neal who has agreed to arrange and manage our squad. (As usual any other helpers would be welcome)

Schools International Tournament - Sunday 4th Sept 2005

The seventh International Schools Tournament was held at Tynedale Park on Sunday 4th September 2005. The winners were Filton College, Bristol who defeated RGS Newcastle in the final.

The Filton 'B' squad won the Plate competition, defeating Northumberland Schools in the final. The Tynedale Schools squad lost out to RGS, Newcastle in the semi-final.

Contestants were :-

Contact
Alex Kerr
Organiser; Chairman of Rugby Tynedale RFC
Tel 01434 672816
Mob 07702 093940

e-mail: akerr@northumberland.gov.uk 
Tynedale Veterans

The club will again be fielding a 'veterans' side this season. John Eustace and Ian Lewis have got their heads together and the response to their pleading and bullying has been extremely positive.

The idea is that the Veterans will turn out roughly once a month, giving time for old worn muscles and joints to recover and also preventing players becoming 'tired' and lethargic from playing too many games!

First XV Squad - Statistics (as of Nov 2004)

2003/2004

2004/2005

Number in squad

40

40

Average Age

24.3 years

24.5years

Number of Backs

17

14

Average age of backs

22 years

23.2 years

Number of forwards

23

26

Average age of forwards

26 years

24.8 years

Members over 6ft tall

22 (55%)

21 (52.5%)

Members over 16 stone

12 (30%)

12 (30%)

Number who played mini rugby at Tynedale

14 (35%)

17 (42.5%)

Number who played junior rugby at Tynedale

14 (35%)

18 (45%)

Number who played Colts rugby at Tynedale

16 (40%)

19 (47.5%)

Number who played for Tynedale before 2000

25 (62%)

28 (70%)

Number of Farmers

8 (20%)

10 (25%)

Number of Students

11 (27.5%)

13 (32.5%)

Married

6

4

Number who have represented Northumberland Senior County

17

18

Playing Records

Season 2004-2005

First XV ( End of Season)
45 different players have represented the 1st XV in 30 games.
No of tries scored = 87
Top Points Scorer - William Massey with 241 points (18 tries, 35 conversions, 27 penalties)
Top Try Scorers - Will Massey (18 tries), Ben Duncan (12 tries), Ali Gray (12 tries), Barry Hills (10 tries)
Will Massey is the only ever present - starting all 30 matches.
Click Here to view full details

Season 2003-2004

First XV ( end of season)
39 different players represented the 1st XV in 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 were the only players involved in every match.
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Raiders ( end of season)
65 different players 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 was been involved in all 22 matches - Dicky Hall and James Johnson appeared in 21 matches
 
Grasshoppers ( end of season)
72 different players represented the Hoppers in 22 games
 
Hadrians (end of season)
77 different players represented the Hadrians after 13 games.
 
Total
164 different players 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)
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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)
 
 
 
3rd XV
68 different players represented the 3rd XV in 11 games
 
Total
138 different players represented the club.
 
Click Here to view Fixtures and Results
Click Here to view 1stXV teams, appearances, scorers
 

Season 2001-2002 (End of Season))

 
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)
 
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. 

Senior County Rugby

Season 2005-2006

For the opening match of the County season no fewer than 8 Tynedale players are in the starting line up with 5 others on the bench. Phil Belgian will skipper the side.

Will Massey, Hamish Smales, Ben Duncan, Phil Belgian, Ed Holmes, Douglas Jupp, Scott Breerton and Andrew Murray are in the starting team whilst Peter Southern, Keith Dungait, Aaron Charlton,, Stuart Johnson and Graham Smith start the opening match on the bench.

06 May 2006

Northumberland

16

v

Yorkshire

20

 

 

13 May 2006

Lancashire

23

v

Northumberland

3

20 May 2006

Northumberland

45

v

North Midlands

40

Season 2004-2005

Yorkshire 18 v Northumberland 13
Northumberland 9 v Lancashire 21 ( at Tynedale Park)
Cheshire 13 v Northumberland 15

Female Rugby Section

The Panthers (under 17) squad trains on Saturday mornings from 10:00am until 11:30am and on Wednesdays from 6.00pm until 8.00pm - newcomers are always welcome.

The Panthers are coached by Head Coach, Peter Telfer (Tel 01434 684121), James Johnson (Raiders Captain) and Johnny Williams (Newcastle Falcons, Tynedale 1stXV & England Counties player) with appearances throughout the season from Jo Wells, Northumberland's girls Rugby Development Officer.

Please contact Peter Telfer (01434 684121) or Andy Deacon on 01434 609750 (Home), 07971 526651 (Mobile) if you wish to join or help with this growing section.

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.

Captains for 2005-2006

Captains for season 2004-2005 have been appointed as follows:-