The first session will be on Monday 12th July starting 7pm prompt.
Pre-Season training for 2010-2011 season will follow the same format as last year. On Mondays Kirk Barclay will be doing a 'fitness specific' session followed by fitness/rugby sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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04-Sep-10 |
Coventry |
Home |
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11-Sep-10 |
Blaydon |
Away |
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18-Sep-10 |
Wharfedale |
Home |
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25-Sep-10 |
Cornish All Blacks |
Away |
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02-Oct-10 |
Blackheath |
Home |
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09-Oct-10 |
London Scottish |
Away |
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16-Oct-10 |
Rosslyn Park |
Home |
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23-Oct-10 |
Redruth |
Away |
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30-Oct-10 |
Otley |
Home |
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06-Nov-10 |
Barking |
Home |
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13-Nov-10 |
Stourbridge |
Away |
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20-Nov-10 |
Sedgley Park |
Home |
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27-Nov-10 |
Cinderford |
Away |
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04-Dec-10 |
Cambridge |
Home |
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11-Dec-10 |
Macclesfield |
Away |
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18-Dec-10 |
Blaydon |
Home |
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08-Jan-11 |
Wharfedale |
Away |
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15-Jan-11 |
Cornish All Blacks |
Home |
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22-Jan-11 |
Blackheath |
Away |
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29-Jan-11 |
London Scottish |
Home |
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12-Feb-11 |
Rosslyn Park |
Away |
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19-Feb-11 |
Redruth |
Home |
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05-Mar-11 |
Otley |
Away |
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12-Mar-11 |
Barking |
Away |
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26-Mar-11 |
Stourbridge |
Home |
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02-Apr-11 |
Sedgley Park |
Away |
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09-Apr-11 |
Cinderford |
Home |
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16-Apr-11 |
Cambridge |
Away |
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23-Apr-11 |
Macclesfield |
Home |
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30-Apr-11 |
Coventry |
Away |
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FIRST XV |
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Sat 14th Aug 2010 |
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Melrose |
Home |
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Sat 21st Aug 2010 |
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Kendal |
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Sat 28th Aug 2010 |
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Harrogate |
Away |
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RAIDERS |
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Sat 14th Aug 2009 |
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Melrose |
Home |
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Wed 18th Aug 2009 |
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Percy Park 1stXV |
Away |
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Sat 28th Aug 2010 |
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Ryton 1stXV |
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CORBRIDGE CENTURIONS |
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Sat 14th Aug |
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Prudhoe & Socksfield |
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In their 30 league matches the First XV utilised 50 different players which was more than any other club in their league.
Appearances: Jonnie Williams took part in 29 of the matches, starting 27 of them while Joe Graham took part in 28 of the matches, starting 25 of them.. Hamish Smales started 26 of the matches.
Top Scorers: Top try scorers were Charlie Ingall (17), Jamie Murray(13). Top points scorer was Gavin Beasley with 142 points (7 tries, 40 conversions, 9 penalties)
Replacement: Matthew Fieldhuse came off the bench on 16 occasions as well as starting 6 matches.
Click Here to view records of appearances/scorers.
Two squads of Tynedale players, taken almost entirely from the Raiders squad, have won two Sevens Tournaments - the Morpeth Longhirst Hall Sevens and the Scarborough Sevens.
The two tournaments were played on Sunday 25th April and Saturday 8th May 2010 respectively.
In a ten team tournament the Tynedale lads defeated "The Mighty Peth" in the final of the inaugural Morpeth Longhirst Hall 7's and the Raiders squad then went on two weeks later to win an eight team tournament at Scarborough.
Tynedale won the Northumberland Senior Cup for the third successive year when they defeated Morpeth by 24-9 in a hard competitive final held at Percy Park on Wednesday 28th April 2010.
Despite fielding their second string Raiders team Tyne eventually overcame a dour Morpeth side who never really threatened the Tyne line but proved, as expected, a very difficult side to break down.
In a match in which the Tyne forwards, and their back five in particular, proved too much for their Morpeth conterparts Tyne crossed the Morpeth line three times but were never able to run away with proceedings against a tight Morpeth defence.
Tynedale Raiders won the CANDY LEAGUE winning all 25 matches, scoring 1238 points whilst conceding only 207.
In fact the Raiders lost only one match all season, a 20-5 reversal at Wharfedale which was later avenged in the home match with a 54-8 demolition job.
As well as enjoying success on the field the Raiders have provided valuable support to the first team in National Divison One. They provided players who moved up to the first team and also allowed established first team players to get invaluable game time when recovering from injuries.
Back Row player Graeme MacGilchrist in possibly his last season for the club has always led by example and has always had an extremely positive attitude when moving down from the first team squad.
Youngsters Matty Outson, Jonny Cousin and Ben Frankland are possibly disappointed not to have had more first team opportunities but are one's to watch for in the future whilst Graham Dunn, having played most of the season in the Raiders, has recently stamped his mark on the first team. Another two youngsters who haven't had an opportunity with the first team Finlay Mcgowan and Dutchman Jeroen Alma have been outstanding all season.
The Raiders also provided the backbone of the team which won the Longhirst Sevens at Morpeth.
Jack Harrison, Joe Graham and Jonny Williams all started for the England Counties XV when they defeated an Ireland Club XV 29-25 at Stourbridge on Friday 26th February.
The second fixture is against France Amateurs in Lille on Friday 19th March.
John Lewis/Waitrose are kindly sponsoring a 'Man of the Match' award again 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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MAN OF THE MATCH |
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Blackheath |
Joe Graham |
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Cambridge |
Matthew Fieldhouse |
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Esher |
Harry Peck |
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Blaydon |
Joe Graham |
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Manchester |
Jamie Murray |
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Redruth |
Grant Beasley |
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Sedgley Park |
Jonnie Williams |
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Launceston |
Jamie Murray |
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Stourbridge |
Ben Marshall |
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Nuneaton |
Charlie Ingall |
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Wharfedale |
Grant Rastall |
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Otley |
Peter Cole |
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Cinderford |
Hamish Smales |
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London Scottish |
Harry Peck |
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Newbury |
Charlie Ingall |
Tynedale youngsters Jonathan Cousin, Andrew Hall, Simon March, Olly Peters, Kristian Sorenson and Sepp Visser are all members of the Northumberland U20's squad who play the other five Northern Counties in this year's Under 20 Championship.
Fixtures/Results:-
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Sun 24th Jan |
Northumberland |
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Lancashire |
15 |
at Northern |
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Sun 7th Feb |
Yorkshire |
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Northumberland |
13 |
at Driffield |
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Sun 21st Feb |
Northumberland |
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Cheshire |
P |
at Tynedale |
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Sun 28th Feb |
Durham |
12 |
Northumberland |
22 |
at Bishop Auckland |
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Sun 7th Mar |
Northumberland |
20 |
Cheshire |
23 |
at Tynedale |
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Sun 14th Mar |
Cumbria |
17 |
Northumberland |
29 |
at Cockermouth |
Young farmers from Tynedale became Champions at the Young Farmers National finals held in Staffordshire this year.
Representing Northumberland in the Sevens Tournament were ten players from Bellingham and Whitley Chapel YFC's. The team beat Somerset 23-10 in the semi-final and Yorkshire 52-0 in the final, after beating teams from Kent, Warwickshire and Lancashire in the group stages.
The squad comprised Dicky Hall, Jimmy Scott, Mike Woodhouse, Stuart Ridley, James Rastall the captain, Kevin Ridley, James Robinson, Stephen Ridley, Jamie Dixon and Robert Sedgewick.
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
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Captains for season 2008-2009 have been appointed as follows:-
Tom Borthwick has agreed to continue for 2009-2010.
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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08May 2009 |
Northumberland |
26 |
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Yorkshire |
31 |
Home |
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15 May 2009 |
Northumberland |
22 |
v |
Lancashire |
35 |
Home |
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22 May 2009 |
Cheshire |
27 |
v |
Northumberland |
26 |
Away |
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09May 2009 |
Yorkshire |
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Northumberland |
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Away |
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16 May 2009 |
Northumberland |
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Warwickshire |
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Home |
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23 May 2009 |
Lancashire |
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Northumberland |
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Away |
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03 May 2008 |
Cumbria |
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Northumberland |
38 |
at Kendal |
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10 May 2008 |
Northumberland |
39 |
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Durham |
17 |
at Alnwick |
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17 May 2008 |
Northumberland |
29 |
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North Midlands |
5 |
at Tynedale |
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01 June 2008 |
Northumberland |
25 |
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Cornwall |
11 |
at Twickenham |
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05 May 2007 |
Northumberland |
42 |
v |
Cumbria |
31 |
at Tynedale |
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12 May 2007 |
Notts, Lincs & Derby |
10 |
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Northumberland |
43 |
at Scunthorpe |
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19 May 2007 |
Warwickshire |
23 |
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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 |
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Yorkshire |
20 |
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13 May 2006 |
Lancashire |
23 |
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Northumberland |
3 |
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20 May 2006 |
Northumberland |
45 |
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North Midlands |
40 |
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