The weather yet again thwarted Globe Holidays sponsored Stocksbridge Rugby in their attempts to complete a tough league campaign in the Yorkshire 4 Counties (phase 2) South section. Another waterlogged pitch forced the clash against Leeds Modernians to be cancelled, despite Stocksbridge offering their playable facilities, a new date is unlikely to be scheduled as the league competition is just about over. Stocksbridge will now finish bottom of the pile, & despite some green shoots of progress throughout a difficult season, success has been hard to come by. There is a friendly fixture at the Coal Pit Lane Arena for supporters to cheer on the ‘blue wall’ this weekend, when Somerset based Midsummer Norton RUFC will provide the opposition whilst on their Northern Tour. Kick off is 2.30pm & Stocksbridge are looking to field players current & past, looking for a run out !!
Some of the 1st XV squad took the opportunity for a game & joined with Hope Valley Rugby to spice up their fixture with local rivals Wortley RUFC, Callum ‘whippet’ Green, Andy ‘clock tower’ Beal, ‘slammin’ SamWhitaker, that man Adam Frith, were joined by Lewis ‘eggsy’ Bowman & young Tom Kerr, who scored for the Valley as they eventually ran out winners by 27pts to 19pts in a keenly contested match.
Tickets for the Club’s annual Presentation Evening on Friday 26th April are now on sale via the Committee or from the Clubhouse Bar, & a good night is sure to be had by all. There are 10 trophies up for grabs, including 2 new categories for this season, & the smart money is on young gun Harrison Norman to cap an outstanding first season in adult rugby to clean up these awards.
This will be followed by the Club’s Annual General Meeting on the next Day, Saturday 27th April from 2pm, where ALL members are asked to attend to have your say on the running of the club, to elect the committee & other Club officials for next season.
The Club would also like to wish popular & long serving Secretary Mick ‘grov’ Gribbins well, as he has been doing it tough recently.
Written by Andrew Tyers
