Shaw Cross Sharks ARLFC

DOUGIE

We have received a complaint from Kirklees Leisure Services that parking is taking place on the grass at

Grange Road playing fields, particularly by  4 x 4 vehicles.

This must cease forthwith or we shall be in trouble.  Please get this message around.

The Sharks are holding a EX-PLAYERS RE-UNION NIGHT on Friday 24th September in the Club, all former players/coaches etc are welcome to meet up with old friends and playing colleagues, if you know of anyone who has played or been involved at Shaw Cross who might like to come along let them know, Supper will be provided and the night is normally a great get together for everyone, spread the news. 

Ive arranged for an Aussie lad called Chrisy to play for you this season, he will arrive back end of October with his girlfriend Krystal. If anyone knows of anyone who is renting a room out short term or a place they can rent near the club, would be a big help. Also they will be both be looking for work, Can you please keep your ears open for anyone who has any jobs going. Krystal can do bar work and office work, Chrisy will put his hand to anything. He cant wait to get over, I've sold the club well to him.

Shaw Cross Sharks take on Westgate this Thursday 27th August 2010 kick off at 7pm away at Westgate - warm up match for the New winter season. 

Under17s have a friendly on sunday against Waterhead ko @1230 on Leeds road. hope to see you all there cheers Bondy

DONT FORGET FIRST AID COURSE WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST  7PM AT THE CLUB ALL ATTEND PLEASE IT ONLY TAKES COUPLE HOURS AND EVERY TEAM MUST HAVE A FIRST AIDER

Shaw Cross Sharks v Parkside Hawks - Grand Final this Saturday 14th August 2010 - kick off 2pm at Cas Panthers.  (See copy of mail from the RL below)

From RL -

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and your Club for reaching the RLC Yorkshire Finals. All three finals (Merit, Regional and Premier) will take place this Saturday 14th August at Castleford Panthers ARLFC

2010 Yorkshire RLC Grand Final Day

Venue: Castleford Panthers ARLFC - Raglan Close, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 1PL

Merit League Final – 12noon Moorends-Thorne v Leeds Akkies A

Regional League Final - 2pm Shaw Cross Sharks v Parkside Hawks

Premier League Final - 4pm East Leeds v Scarborough Pirates.

Each team should aim to arrive at the venue one hour prior to kick off. Please be aware that there will be a £2 entrance fee for adults and £1 for concessions. Bar and kitchen facilities will be open throughout the day.

+++  Lets have some support for the lads who have had a superb first summer season +++++

Benny

under 17s put in a fantastic display against Nottingham outlaws today beating the home side 52-22. Great performance lads and a big well done to Danny Squires and Tom Barros on their first ever game of rugby league. Things are looking good and lets keep training hard training Weds 6:30. see you all there Bondy

First Aid Course for Junior Teams has been set up for WEDNESDAY 18th AUGUST at 7pm.

All Junior teams require a qualified first aider, can you confirm to either me or Alan Smith ASAP.

Sad to report the sudden passing of a former Shark last week, George Oglethorpe who played with the Sharks Open Age in the mid 80s died suddenly while swimming at Total Fitness Gym in Wakefield, George was a tough tackling back rower and in his earlier career had attracted attention from Wakefield Trinity where he played alongside Aidy Ripley for a while, the news was received at the club too late for his funeral which was earlier this week but a minutes silence will be held before the Summer Conference play- off game this Saturday v Bradford Victoria KO 2.30pm.

There will be a brief meeting at the club at 6 o'clock tomorrow (Wednesday) for anyone who has a child interested in playing for the under 7's this year,. Bring the kids along and hopefully we will have time to get some training done aswel.

shawxsharks.com Editor says...

These boys sound like they are eligible for Under 11s - if you go to Team Pages then the contact details for all teams are on there.

Will someone give Jill this information and which Age Group the two lads come into for next season?

Cheers

i am after some information about my son and his friend to see if they can start or have a trial for training. i would be grateful for times and dates. my son is 11 on the 2nd of sept and his friend is 10 just gone july . thank you for any information

jill shortland says...

Will someone give Jill this information and which Age Group the two lads come into for next season?

Cheers

i am after some information about my son and his friend to see if they can start or have a trial for training. i would be grateful for times and dates. my son is 11 on the 2nd of sept and his friend is 10 just gone july . thank you for any information

Dewsbury Rams "TRY TIME" Summer Camp starts 2nd August to 6th August 10am-3pm. Only £40 for the week!

http://www.dewsburyrams.co.uk/article.php?id=1915BOOK HERE

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SCULLY13 Skills Camp here at Shaw Cross 16th August  to 19th August 10am-3pm. Only £55 for the week!

http://www.scully13.co.uk/content/shaw-cross-sharks-arlfcBOOK HERE

DON'T MISS OUT ON ON FUN FILLED PACKED WEEK OF RUGBY LEAGUE COACHING!!

New u11's pre-season training commences on Wednesday 4th August 2010 at 6pm - Shaw Cross Fields, new players welcome.

i am after some information about my son and his friend to see if they can start or have a trial for training. i would be grateful for times and dates. my son is 11 on the 2nd of sept and his friend is 10 just gone july . thank you for any information

A Big thank you to all our Under 8 coaches - a superb well organised presentation night.  A brilliant season was had by all. 

Under 8s and 9s Presentation Evening was held on 23rd July; a successful evening that was hugely enjoyed by everyone !

The Under 8's Awards were :

Player Of the Year : Robson Sutcliffe

Coaches Player Of The Year : Elliott Richardson

Player's Player Of The Year : Kian Lister

Parent's Player Of The Year : Kieran Rush

Top Defender : Bradley Llewellyn

Most Improved : Josh Ramskill and Jack Clay (joint award)

Top Newcomer : Jacob Kitcher

Clubman Of The Year : Flynn Griffiths

Young Player Of the Year : Elliot Watson

Coaches Young Player Of The Year : Harrison Green

Parent's Young Player Of The Year : Fynnley Wilson

Young Defender Of The Year : Kieran Smith  

Young Clubman Of The Year : Wilson Martin

Special thanks go to

• Coach Paul Sutcliffe for superb organisation (along with Brian Sheard of the U9s)
• SL players Matt Diskin and Keith Mason for attending and presenting the trophies
• All the parents, friends and relatives for fantastic support, not only on the night but all season
• Generous sponsors Jay Tee Construction, DMR Commercials and Mount Tabor Church, who make it all possible.
• Most importantly all the boys who have proudly worn the shirt this season and made it one to remember.

Open age section signing on day will take place next Sunday, the 1st of August.

Everyone from the Under 16's to the open age are welcome to come along, get the formalities out of the way and have some food from the BBQ and put some money behind the bar.

I've attached a link to pictures of Saturdays Summer Conference Teams match with Barnsley Broncos

http://richardland13.smugmug.com/Sports/Rugby-League

Many thanks

Rich

k.williams says...

hi we train sundays and weds you can ring me on 07542341786

hi just wondering when under 18s train i am interested in coming to play thanks

Note to committees and all age groups. The RFL have confirmed that the old CRB forms are now "defunct", new forms are to be readily available from the end of July. Anyone requiring a enhanced CRB registration will have to wait until these are available. Suggest that a CRB registration night is held to re-sweep the club as required.

hi just wondering when under 18s train i am interested in coming to play thanks

next seasons under 17s have started pre season training, mon & weds 630pm @ Leeds road, any news players welcome cheers Bondy

u10s held their presentation night on Friday 16th July. With thanks to Bradford Bulls players Tom Burgess & James Donaldson for attending and presenting the awards.

Awards went to:

Most Improved Players - Jack Flynn & Elis Lomgstaff

Supporters Player of the Year - Logan Stephenson

Gamebreaker of the Year - Tom Ashen

Clubman of the Year - Alex Griffiths

Players Players - Tom Ashen & Joshua Pinder

Player of the Year - Logan Stephenson

Strongman of the Year - Levon Heaps

All the team received their squad award.

A good night and a hopefully you all enjoyed the DVD!?

Training re-commences as u11s on Wednesday 4th August at 6pm.

The ex-under 12s went to New Earswick gala on Saturday,winning 2 of the 3 games.They then played Lock Lane in the final,puting up a great show,but faded away in the second half and lost the game.We went with 14 players but lost one in the warm up when Charlie Willis fell knocking his thumb back and bursting his nose and was taken to the hospital,leaving us with no subs.

Congratulations to the Masters Touch Team for a good win in the Mens Health Comp beating Batley Boys in the Play Off 3-2, a great passing move saw Aidy Ripley turn the clock back and sprint in from 20 metres before Chris Squires went over from a superb Daz Senior ball switching play and putting out a great pass, Chris Squires scored the winner thanks to some really slick handling from Senior Ash Fothergill Mark Chapman and Trent Jordan  leaving Squires a clear run in, it was a close game but the Sharks just had the edge and Troy Ashton lead the way with some direct running and great defence with hamstring victims John Lumb and Jonny Ripley heroically playing the best they could, Richard Patnelli went close several times and the Sharks have now been invited to play Batley Bulldogs Veterans Touch Side on August 1st as a curtain raiser to the Bulldogs home game against Keighley Cougars. Well Done Lads

Sharks Under 14s start pre-season training next Wednesday 21st July 5.30 - 7pm, new players welcome, lets all get there lads and get our training off to a good start with some skills and fitness work.

Under 8s played at Dewsbury Moor gala on Saturday and put up a tremendous performance. The 8 players who were able to attend tackled and ran like their lives depended on it, having to play 3 full games each with no spare players on the bench.

After convincingly defeating both Batley Boys and Dewsbury Moor 'B', they narrowly went down 4-3 to Dewsbury Moor 'A' who won it in the final minutes.

Every single one of the boys was a hero and it is sad that this was the last time that some of them will play together as 5 of them will become Under 9s next year and 3 remain as Under 8s.

To mention them all; Kieran Smith tackled ferociously and will be a big hit in next year's U8s. Kian Lister played his no-nonsense rugby to good effect with an all-action display. Josh Ramskill made the hard yards in every game and was a massive contributor to the team.  Elliot Watson scored some rare tries whilst keeping up his big tackle count, Kieran Rush was tireless in his effforts and refused to leave the field in the last match despite taking a bad knock, such was his desire to help his team-mates. Elliott Richardson did his usual strong running and crashing tackles, and also scored a couple of superb long-range tries. Bradley Llewellyn was irrepressible as ever - copy-book tackling and elusive running to score several important tries. Wilson Martin played his first full games and was just as valuable a team member - making several good runs out wide and making a full defensive contribution.

They were all heroes and deserved all the praise they received - you did us all proud lads !   

magee has had his operation on his heart, and is out of intensive care. He's still feeling a bit rough but is hoping to be home on monday. Get better soon mate x

The Sharks Masters Touch and Pass side produced an outstanding performance in the Mens Health Touch Competition at Celtic outscoring Drighlington by 16 tries to 1, Hat Tricks for Mark Chapman and Jonny Ripley and 2 each for Richard Patelli and Jonny Bates helped the cause but a fine team effort saw Aidy Ripley, Gary Pollard, Daz Senior, Trent Jordan, Ash Fothergill and Mark Land also cross the whitewash, Troy Ashton worked hard despite a tight hamstring in a suberb exhibition of handling and support play, the competition ends next Friday with the Sharks awaiting to see who their opponents will be once all the evenings results are known. 

Would like to thank all teams who attended the Gala on Saturday 3rd July. It was a great day of junior RL and good to see teams from other leagues participating. We hope that all who attended enjoyed themselves and luckily the weather was great. Thanks to all parents who helped out on the day and to the committee for all their hard work in planning and organising the event. We look forward to next year and hopefully we will top this years magnificent day! :D

Just a quick thanx to all over at shaw cross . I am coach at chorley panthers and we attended your tournament on sat 3rd under 9s .top day all enjoyed it good to play new teams thanx for the invite hope to play you again sometime. all the best for the new season . Pete Cunliffe

chris smith says...

I fully agree with what Chris has said. Many thanks to all involved.

Big thanks to everyone who worked so hard today to make the Junior Gala such a success, all the visitors I spoke to said it was brilliant, Thanks to Lee Gilmour for coming down to present the medals, when everyone works together like they did today it makes it a pleasure to be involved, its a great club with great people lets keep working together and keep our standards high, Great Day for all involved Well Done.  

Scunthorpe Barbarians 24 - Shaw Cross Sharks 30

The Sharks summer team came through a tough challenge against a big and very physical Scunthorpe side. We remain top of the league with three matches to play.

Big thanks to everyone who worked so hard today to make the Junior Gala such a success, all the visitors I spoke to said it was brilliant, Thanks to Lee Gilmour for coming down to present the medals, when everyone works together like they did today it makes it a pleasure to be involved, its a great club with great people lets keep working together and keep our standards high, Great Day for all involved Well Done.  

Shaw Cross Sharks v Scunthorpe Barbarians - This fixture has been confirmed by Scunthorpe and in ON for this Saturday 3rd July 2010.  Coach will leave Shaw Cross at 1145am.  Lets all get down and support the lads - we have a 50 seater coach so lets fill it !! 

pre season training for the up coming under 18s season starts on weds 7th july at bywell fields at 6.00pm all those wanting to train see you there

WANTED 6 PEOPLE TO GO WATCH THE WILDCATS THIS WEEKEND  FOR £20 EACH WITH A PRIVATE BOX AND DINNER ANYONE INTERESTED CONTACT MYSELF 07919408563

ALL qualified Coaches -

KSA are running a positive coaching workshop on the 30th 6.30 - 9.30pm at the Zone.

For those of you that have not been on this course I would strongley recomend it, it is also part of the CPD.

For those who attended last time around, that cert expires in September so maybe worth refreshing.

It is only £5 which the service area is heavily subsidising.

Contact Andy Jordan (KSA Coordinator) to book a place - 07577 796851

Under 8s went down 2 tries to nil at home to Cas Lock Lane, but the scoreline doesn’t tell the story of a very entertaining match played in scorching conditions.

Against a much bigger team, the young Sharks tackled and ran ferociously, led by Elliott Richardson who had one of his finest displays for the team and was always in the opposition’s faces to win Man Of The Match. Elliot Watson was Top Tackler with 21 big hits, many of which were one-on-one. Jacob Kitcher’s enthusiasm and attitude really helped the rest of the team and he richly deserved the Special Effort award. Wilson Martin won his first trophy – being awarded Top Trainer for some great efforts during the week and bringing that attitude on to the field today.

Again it is difficult to single out individuals as all the lads fronted up well and did what was asked of them.

Harrison Green made several fearless runs, Kieran Smith has come back from injury and made some solid tackles. Josh Ramskill was eager for work and ran the ball out of defence several times to make good yards. Robson Sutcliffe was his usual self and really looks like a stand out playmaker of the future, similarly Kieran Rush has really made the acting halfback role his own. Flynn Griffiths took more runs than of late and is starting to use his frame to good effect.

Bradley Llewellyn played despite illness and gave a strong display of cover tackling and elusive running despite this. Fynnley Wilson started on the bench but came on to play his part and was a valuable member of the defensive line.

Although that was the last league game of the season we do have 2 gala appearances coming up – firstly our own Gala on Saturday 3rd July, so please come down and support the 8’s 9’s and 10’s in what promises to be a great day.

u10s hosted Eastmoor Dragons this morning in their final game of the season, it was set to be a tough challenge against the strongest team in this group. With the young Sharks on the back foot straight from the kick off and all of the 1st half defending their line and not been able to break the solid Eastmoor defence. A 42 tackle stint on their on line was a massive ask from the boys and hoe they rallied and prevented Eastmoor a score is beyond believe!! 1/2 tim 0 - 0.

The 2nd 1/2 saw the Sharks gain some good field position 5mins after the break Gamebreaker Logan Stephenson some how jinked through the wall of Eastmoor defenders to open the scoring (converted). More pressure from the Dragons and a lot more defending from the sharks held strong again. The final couple of minutes went in the Sharks favour with a few repeat sets of their own camped on the visitors line but the Dragons again held strong and put on some massive tackles but on the 5th tackle quick thinking saw Man of Steel Levon Heaps scoot over for the Sharks 2nd try and the final play of the game. A magnificant display of courage and commitment from the boys and a desrved result for their non-stop efforts to close out the season 10 - 0!

Both myself and Mark are very proud of the team and they should relish in what they have acheived today!! The whole team of Kaylumb Williams, Tom Ashen, Elis Longstaff, Logan Stephenson, Jack Flynn, Alex Griffiths, Levon Heaps, Joshua Pinder, Luke Slack, Jamie Hartley, Jordan Flowers & Harvey Ramsden deservedly all Shared the MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD!!

Flynn shared Man of Steel & Ashen Top Gun, Griffiths was Trainer of the week!

summer conference game called of tommorow

Summer team match v Lincoln City Knights (26/6/2010) has just been called off.  Lincoln cant raise a team.

Shaw Cross Sharks 58 - Leeds Akkies 12. Another superb performance by the Sharks summer team outplaying The Akkies in all departments.  Next match is at home this Saturday to Lincoln City Knights kick off at 2.30pm. 

Under 8s travelled to Castleford Panthers on Thursday evening and came away with a gritty win, 2 tries to 1.

The match was played on a very narrow pitch in difficult circumstances with the home team referee slowing the game at every play the ball, which frustrated the young Sharks and prevented any momentum being maintained.

However an exemplary defensive display and 2 excellent tries saw the lads through to a well deserved win.

Man Of The Match Bradley Llewellyn again excelled in his wing role, saving several tries with great tackles and scoring the first try by outpacing the defence into the corner. Kieran Rush scored the other try with his usual opportunism and agility – he was awarded Top Trainer this week for his great attitude.

Top Tackler went to Josh Ramskill who kept the other flank tight and let no-one past. He also made several good runs.

Special Effort was awarded to Jacob Kitcher, who has his best game for the team and really looks to be developing as a player. He was constantly in the faces of the Panthers, putting in a big defensive stint.

In truth all the boys really knuckled down to a great defensive display, and to only concede one try at this age in such circumstances was a notable achievement.

Harrison Green continued his recent form with several good runs and Kian Lister took the ball up aggressively to gain many yards. Elliot Watson was denied a try by the referee and also made several long runs. Robson Sutcliffe prompted and probed in his usual style and kept all the lads running forward. Flynn Griffiths played a long stint again and gave everything. Elliott Richardson had another tremendous game and was a mountain in defence. Jack Clay, Fynnley Wilson and Wilson Martin played off the bench and made just as big a contribution as the other lads.

To come away from such a difficult place with another win shows how determined the young Sharks really are. WELL DONE BOYS !

Under 8s shared the honours 6 tries each at Dewsbury Moor on Sunday.

Robson Sutcliffe was Man Of The Match, scoring 2 excellent tries and constantly pushing the team forwards. He was closely followed by Elliott Richardson who also scored 2 tries and ran some excellent angles to be a constant threat. He also made 17 solid tackles to be judged Top Tackler.

Elliot Watson had a fine game in attack and defence, highlighted by several strong wide runs, to be awarded Special Effort. Harrison Green has been showing a great attitude in training and really upped his involvement on the field today, to be judged Top Trainer.

Kieran Rush and Bradley Llewellyn also scored good tries and made several try-saving tackles between them.

Kian Lister, Josh Ramskill, and Jack Clay all ran with purpose and were keen to drive the ball up. Flynn Griffiths, Fynnley Wilson and Wilson Martin all benefited from longer game time today and contributed to the team effort.

Shaw Cross summer team are now 4 points clear at the top of the league after a superb display beating a well drilled Parkside Hawks 32 - 6. 

Great day at paintball with under 12,s all enjoyed it  ( hope lee mends quickly after breaking his ankle in 2nd  get well soon from all the lads lee