Training for the 2009/10 season will start on Thursday 9th July at 7.00pm prompt.
This year as well as the Tuesday and Thursday sessions a third session, on Mondays at 7.00pm, has been introduced. This Monday session will be a Kirk Barclay fitness session whilst the Tuesday and Thursday sessions will be more of the traditional fitness/rugby sessions. It is intended to run the extra Monday sessions unril the end of September.
All of these sessions are open to all players from Colts to First XV.
Pre-season Tynedale 1st XV matches are:-
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Sat 15th Aug 2009 |
v |
Stirling County |
Home |
KO 3.00pm |
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Sat 22nd Aug 2009 |
v |
Melrose |
Away |
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Sat 29th Aug 2009 |
v |
Newcastle Falcons Devt XV |
Home |
KO 3.00pm |
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RAIDERS |
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Say 22nd Aug 2009 |
v |
Ashington 1stXV |
Home |
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Sat 29th Aug 2009 |
v |
Percy Park 1stXV |
Home |
KO 1.30pm |
Jack Harrison, Joe Graham and Eni Gesinde have been selected for the England Counties tour of Korea and Japan and with Tom Borthwick coaching the side there is a strong Tynedale presence.
All three Tyne boys started in the opening fixture in Korea with Joe Graham and Jack Harrison scoring tries in what turned out to be a one sided match played out in front of 2000 spectators.
In the second fixture Joe Graham and Jack Harrison came on as 2nd half replacements.
In the final match Jack, Joe and Eni all started (playing 68, 75 and 56 minutes respectively) against the professional Top League outfit who led 20-9 at the interval only for the Counties side to score 27 unanswered points in the second period.
Fixtures:-
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Fri 5th June |
Presidents XV |
10 |
v |
England Counties |
108 |
Seoul, Korea |
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Mon 8th June |
East Japan |
31 |
v |
England Counties |
67 |
Tokyo, Japan |
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Fri 12th June |
Yamaha Jubilo |
20 |
v |
England Counties |
36 |
Yamaha, Japan |
Tynedale's scrum half Ross Samson has been selected for the Barbarians side to play against a Bedford Blues XV in the annual East Midlands Mobbs Memorial Match on Tuesday 7th April 2009..
The match is played in honour of Lt Col Edgar Mobbs, the former England, Northampton, East Midlands, Olney and Bedford Modern School wing, who was killed leading an assault on an enemy machine gun post at Passchendale in July 1915.
The game kicks off at 7.30pm at Bedford's Goldington Road ground.
Barbarians team for Mobbs Memorial Match:-
15 Martyn Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons); 14 Nick Royle (Fylde), 13 Andy Henderson (Glasgow Warriors and Scotland), 12 Jonny Kennedy (Sale Sharks), 11 David Jackson (Nottingham); 10 Rory Clegg (Newcastle Falcons), 9 Ross Sampson (Tynedale); 1 Darren Jacques (Redruth), 2 Joe Duffey (Nottingham), 3 Stuart Turner (Sale Sharks and England), 4 Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors), 5 Iain Fullerton (London Scottish and Scotland), 6 Craig Hammond (Nottingham), 7 Luke Sherriff (Nottingham), 8 Henno Venter (Coventry).
Five Tynedale youngsters, Jonathan Cousin, Graham Dunn, Rhys Evans, Ben Frankland and Jamie March were members of the Northumberland U20's squad who started their campaign with a convincing 17-3 victory over Cheshire on Sunday 22nd February in a match played at Wilmslow RFC.
Fixtures/Results:-
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Cheshire |
3 |
Northumberland |
17 |
at Wilmlsow |
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Northumberland |
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Durham |
Durham conceded |
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Northumberland |
6 |
Yorkshire |
46 |
at Northern |
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Northumberland |
45 |
Cumbria |
5 |
at Alnwick |
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Lancashire |
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Northumberland |
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at Vale of Lune |
Four of Tynedale's exciting young stars have been selected for England squads. Rob Miller was in the England U20 squad which played in the U20 Six Nations Championship whilst Rupert Harden, Jack Harrison and Gavin Beasley were selected in a 22 man England Counties squad who played an Irish Clubs XV on Friday 27th February at Donnybrook and France Amateurs at Twickenham on Sunday 14th March 2009.
The Counties side is selected from clubs playing outside the Guiness Premiership.
Tynedale were defeated by National League One side Bedford Blues in the 4th round of the EDF Energy National Trophy
4th Round Draw:-
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Broadstreet |
`17 |
v |
18 |
Bridgwater |
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Cinderford |
10 |
v |
3 |
Hull Ionians |
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Dings Crusaders |
0 |
v |
59 |
Leeds Carnegie |
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Doncaster |
21 |
v |
3 |
Plymouth Albion |
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Exeter |
115 |
v |
0 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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London Welsh |
42 |
v |
17 |
Newbury |
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Manchester |
25 |
v |
33 |
London Scottish |
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Moseley |
34 |
v |
6 |
Henley |
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Mount's Bay |
5 |
v |
43 |
Esher |
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Nottingham |
33 |
v |
22 |
Blaydon |
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Otley |
6 |
v |
34 |
Cambridge |
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Penzance & Newlyn |
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v |
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Southend |
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Rotherham |
16 |
v |
26 |
Coventry |
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Sedgley Park |
50 |
v |
27 |
Kendal |
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Tynedale |
23 |
v |
30 |
Bedford |
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Wharfedale or Launceston |
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v |
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Birmingham & Solihull |
3rd Round Results:-
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Birmingham & Solihull |
31 |
v |
8 |
Redruth |
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Barnstable |
6 |
v |
12 |
Southend |
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Blackheath |
8 |
v |
22 |
Kendal |
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Blaydon |
21 |
v |
14 |
Macclesfield |
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Broadstreet |
11 |
v |
10 |
Westoe |
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Caldy |
15 |
v |
24 |
Hull Ionians |
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Cambridge |
95 |
v |
7 |
Canterbury |
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Dings Crusaders |
40 |
v |
3 |
Westcombe Park |
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Henley |
11 |
v |
8 |
Stourbridge |
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London Scottish |
P |
v |
P |
Basingstoke |
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Mounts Bay |
24 |
v |
7 |
Barking |
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Preston Grasshoppers |
27 |
v |
10 |
Hull |
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Rugby Lions |
P |
v |
P |
Bridgewater & Albion |
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Tynedale |
39 |
v |
5 |
Wadebridge Camels |
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Waterloo |
P |
v |
P |
Cinderford |
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Wharfedale |
P |
v |
P |
Launceston |
Following successful cup campaigns the 1stXV, Raiders, Grasshoppers, Veterans and Colts have all reached their respective cup finals.
In the finals the 1stXv will play Gosforth on Wednesday 22nd April (at Northern, 6.15pm), the Raiders will play Morpeth Reivers on Saturday 25th April (at Ashington, 2pm), the Hoppers will play Medicals U21's on Sunday 26th April (at Morpeth, 2pm), the Veterans will play Alnwick IV (at Ashington, 4pm) on Saturday 25th April and the Colts will play Percy Park (at Blyth, 3pm) on Sunday 26th April.
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Quarter Finals to be played on 17th January 2009 | ||||
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Alnwick |
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v |
Percy Park |
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Northern |
7 |
v |
Tynedale |
31 |
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Gosforth |
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v |
Wallsend |
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Morpeth |
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v |
Ashington |
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Quarter Finals to be played on 7th February 2009 | |||||
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Game A |
Alnwick II |
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v |
Morpeth Reivers |
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Game B |
Northern Wanderers |
0 |
v |
Tynedale Raiders |
112 |
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Game C |
Percy Park Lions |
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v |
Newcastle Uni XV |
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Bye to Berwick Bears | |||||
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Semi Finals to be played on 21st March 2009 | ||||
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Berwick Bears |
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v |
Morpeth Reivers |
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Newcastle Uni |
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v |
Tynedale Raiders |
W/O |
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|
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Final to be played on Saturday 25th April (venue to be decided) | ||||
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First Round to be played on 17th January 2009 | |||||
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Game A |
Novos II |
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v |
Ponteland II |
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Game B |
Gosforth Phoenix |
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v |
Prudhoe & Stocksfield |
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Game C |
Berwick Badgers |
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v |
Medicals II |
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Game D |
Percy Park Pumas |
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v |
Ashington II |
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Game E |
Newcastle Ubi Freshers |
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Blyth II |
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Byes to Tynedale Grasshoppers, Medicals U21's, Morpeth Edwardians | |||||
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Quarter Finals to be played on 7th February 2009 | |||||
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Game F |
Winners Game E |
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v |
Winners Game A |
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Game G |
Winners Game B |
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v |
Medicals U21's |
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Game H |
Percy Park Pumas |
15 |
v |
Tynedale Grasshoppers |
46 |
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Game I |
Medicals II |
13 |
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Morpeth Edwardians |
30 |
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Semi Finals to be played on 21st March 2009 | ||||
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Medicals U21's |
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v |
Winners Game F |
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Tynedale Grasshoppers |
12 |
v |
Morpeth Edwardians |
9 |
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Final to be played on Sunday 26th April (venue to be decided) | ||||
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First Round to be played on 17th January 2009 | |||||
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Game A |
North Shields III |
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v |
Ponteland Extreme Vets |
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Game B |
Blyth III |
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v |
Percy Park Marauders |
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Game C |
Seghill Deputies |
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v |
Novos Centurions |
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Byes to Whitley Bay Rockcliff Rangers, Ponteland Vets, Wallsend Eagles, Tynedale Vets, Alnwick IV | |||||
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Quarter Finals to be played on 7th February 2009 | |||||
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Game D |
Winners Game C |
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v |
Wallsend Eagles |
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Game E |
Winners Game A |
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v |
Winners Game B |
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Game F |
WB Rockcliff |
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v |
Alnwick IV |
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Game G |
Tynedale Vets |
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v |
Ponteland Vets |
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Semi Finals to be played on 21st March 2009 | ||||
|
North Shields III |
12 |
v |
Tynedale Vets |
20 |
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Winners Game D |
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v |
Alnwick IV |
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Final to be played on Saturday 25th April (venue to be decided) | ||||
Following the decision of the RFU Council to make changes to the Leagues it is now anticipated that our current league will be called National 1 next season and will be made up of 16 teams (currently called National League 2 with 14 teams).
To facilitate the anticipated league structure promotion and relegation from/to our league at the end of this season will be:-
To see bigger picture courtesy of NCA click here.
To see article on RFU website click here
John Lewis/Waitrose are kindly sponsoring a 'Man of the Match' award this season. They are providing a bottle of champagne to the Tynedale (not opposition) player who is deemed to have had the best overall game (home matches only).
Awards:-
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OPPOSITION |
MAN OF THE MATCH |
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Mounts Bay |
Peter Cole |
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Wharfedale |
Ross Samson |
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Blackheath |
Jack Smales |
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Southend |
Joe Graham |
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Waterloo |
Eni Gesinde |
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Cambridge |
Jamie Murray |
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Stourbridge |
Tim Visser |
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Blaydon |
Fraser Shaw |
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Launceston |
Stuart Johnson |
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Westcombe Park |
Joe Graham |
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Cinderford |
Greg Irvin |
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Redruth |
Rob Miller |
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Birmingham & Solihull |
Greg Irvin |
Sunday 31st August 2008
QEGS Wakefield won the Tynedale Council Trophy when they defeated past champions Filton College from Bristol in a tense final - a single penalty from QEGS being the only score of the match. As runners-up Filton won the Just Sport Trophy. QEGS flanker Joe Barker was awarded the 'player of the tournament' trophy.
Barnard Castle took the Newcastle Building Society Trophy when they defeated Edinburgh Academy in the play-off for third place. Edinburgh finished fourth and won the Hexham Courant Trophy.
Participating Teams:-
Captains for season 2008-2009 have been appointed as follows:-
Tom Borthwick has agreed to continue for 2008-2009.
Tom played all his rugby for Aspatria and Cumbria as a full back or stand off. In 1990 he secured his level 4 RFU coaching qualification and took over as coach of Aspatria. During the next two seasons Aspatria secured successive promotions into National Level 3.
In 1996 Tom took over as Cumbria coach and in his first season Cumbria defeated Somerset in the final of the County Championship. Between 2002 and 2004 Tom has been assistant England Counties coach and currently carries out various coaching duties on behalf of the English RFU. Tom has coached Northumberland over the past two seasons.
Training on Tuesday and Thursday evenings - starts 19:00 prompt.
Tom Borthwick is senior coach, assisted by Ian Peel.
Kirk Barclay is fitness coach.
Mike Fieldhouse, Chris Irving and Simon Allan coach the Raiders.
Andy Neal coaches the Grasshoppers
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09May 2009 |
Yorkshire |
|
v |
Northumberland |
|
Away |
|
16 May 2009 |
Northumberland |
|
v |
Warwickshire |
|
Home |
|
23 May 2009 |
Lancashire |
|
v |
Northumberland |
|
Away |
|
03 May 2008 |
Cumbria |
0 |
v |
Northumberland |
38 |
at Kendal |
|
10 May 2008 |
Northumberland |
39 |
v |
Durham |
17 |
at Alnwick |
|
17 May 2008 |
Northumberland |
29 |
v |
North Midlands |
5 |
at Tynedale |
|
01 June 2008 |
Northumberland |
25 |
v |
Cornwall |
11 |
at Twickenham |
|
05 May 2007 |
Northumberland |
42 |
v |
Cumbria |
31 |
at Tynedale |
|
12 May 2007 |
Notts, Lincs & Derby |
10 |
v |
Northumberland |
43 |
at Scunthorpe |
|
19 May 2007 |
Warwickshire |
23 |
v |
Northumberland |
17 |
at Coventry |
For the opening match of the County season no fewer than 8 Tynedale players were in the starting line up with 5 others on the bench. Phil Belgian skippered the side.
Will Massey, Hamish Smales, Ben Duncan, Phil Belgian, Ed Holmes, Douglas Jupp, Scott Breerton and Andrew Murray were in the starting team whilst Peter Southern, Keith Dungait, Aaron Charlton, Stuart Johnson and Graham Smith started the opening match on the bench.
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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 |
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