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July 28th, 2009 | by Mark |
issue 4 - 27th July 2009
Rochdale Mayfield Est. 1958
HARD TO BEAT
Rochdale Mayfield and Mayfield Mustangs ARLFC members newsletter.
MEMBERSHIP SECTION
Thanks to the many people who put in the hard work on the members lounge. It looks great and is now more fitting for our club, so enjoy and look after it - It didn’t come cheap! The main building work was completed by Premierbuild (01706364011), the carpentry and windows by Glenn Banks, the upholstery by KLS (07775525989), the decorating by Andy Rogose (07968432820) and electrics by John Summers (01706638925) - so if you like what you see and need work doing at home or work please get quotes from these and mention Mayfield.
Memberships of the club ARE AVAILABLE NOW.
Members of the club will be entitled to use of the refurbished members lounge at the club, reduced cost use of the function room, reduced bar prices, subscription to the newsletter and the comforting knowledge that they are assisting the club in it’s aim to make Rugby league accessible to the people of Rochdale. Vice Presidents will also get acknowledgment in the matchday programme.
Playing member (includes registration) £20.
Member (full and associate) £10.
Vice President (full and associate) £25.
Junior (via Mustangs) £5.
*full members are entitled to vote at AGM’s and Club meetings, associate members have all benefits bar this. The status of a member will be determined by the club Committee.
Dean Hartley and Jack Ashworth are leading on the membership of the club, so contact them, or indeed any committee member, for details and an application form.
SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL @ OLD TRAFFORD
Paul Scanlon-Wells is organising a Super League Grand Final trip for all Mayfield Supporters. Anyone interested should contact Paul at the club on matchdays or on 07988781849.
The Inaugural ‘Rochdale 9’s’ competition
A great day was had by all!
The weather was fantastic on Saturday and the turn out and Rugby played matched it as over 100 players came to Mayfield to compete in the Rochdale 9’s competition.
Watched by a crowd of at least 200 men, women and children, teams representing Mayfield, Rochdale Cobras, Todmorden and Littleborough, along with players from Whitworth and Oldham, challenged hard for the honour of winning the historic Rochdale Charity Cup and Riley Cup.
The initial rounds saw Todmorden and the Mayfield Barbarians through to the Riley cup final, where tough tackling and a great spirit shone through for Todmorden to lift the cup. This was a great effort by the club who are trying to use this competition as a spring board back to regular participation in Rugby League.
In the main competition Mayfield 1sts and 2nds ease through to the Charity Cup play offs along with Littleborough and the impressive Rochdale Cobras.
The final saw Mayfield 1st against Cobras and the first half was an end to end affair which delighted the large crowd with scorching tries and shuddering defence. In the second half Mayfield pushed ahead to win the Charity Cup with the breathtaking attack that was needed to break the Cobras fantastic efforts. The try of the day went to Rob Kershaw who scouped up a loose ball on his own 10 metre line to run the length of the field, outstripping the newly crowned 9’s sprint champion, Leon Rogose.
Fijian ‘T’ Natini from Rochdale Cobras got the player of the tournament award - the Joe Kershaw Trophy and Mayfield captain Benn Coombes recieved the Charity Cup form David Heaton of the Rochdale Amatuer Rugby League.
This was a fantastic occasion that we hope to make bigger and better next year and every year from now on. Credit to Sammy, Pete Duffy and Andy Rogose for the organisation and Wayne and Alyson Hartley, Emma Hilton, Debbie, and Ben Boothman for the drink, food and entertainment - which all made for a great day for amatuer Rugby League in Rochdale.
*****PRE - SEASON TRIAL GAMES*****
Pre - season trial games have been organised for the 1st and 2nd teams. Both teams will be travelling up to Sharlston in Wakefield on Saturday 8th August 2009 for the opening matches at their new clubhouse and ground. The 2nds will kick off at 1.30pm and the 1st team will follow straight after. Sharlston plan to make it a good day with bbq etc. and we’ll take a supporters bus if there is enough interest. Contact simon on 07917883779 if you want to book a spot.
The week after, 15th August 2009, the 1st team will have an opposed run out aginst the 2nd / 3rds at Mayfield, followed by a bit of a ‘bonding session’. All supporters are welcome to come along to watch and join in the ‘bonding’.
NCL summer league
A big thank you is owed to all players and officials who got involved in the summer league trial. it wasn’t much of a success for us and we probably wouldn’t want to enter again or to endorse a move to summer rugby, but at least we put a team on the park and many of the lads showed up well and gave 100% for Mayfield. It beat going shopping anyway!
Sat 6 Jun Saddleworth away lost 38 –6.
Sat 13 Jun Ovenden home lost 0- 38.
Sat 20 Jun Saddleworth home won 24 - 20.
Sat 27 Jun Ovenden away lost 48 - 12.
Sat 4 Jul Dudley Hill home won 30 - 16.
Sat 11 Jul Dudley Hill away 42-6.
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