Club President DAVID BARKER Welcomes LEIGH - Pitchero

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FINE BENGALI & INDIAN CUISINE Restaurant and Take Away Menus Congleton Rd. Nether Alderley SK10 4TD Tel 01625 890379/890560 www.bengaltigerlily.com info@bengaltigerlily.com 19th. March West Park Away The Mini Festival will for the first time be a two day affair on the 16th. and 17th. April. The rationale behind the change in format is principally to enable the whole event to be held at the Memorial Ground, rather than half here and the other half on the Jim Evison field, where the council impose a number of restrictions on what can and cannot be done. The organisers believe that by consolidating the event over two days on the club’s own land, it will be enhanced and be a more enjoyable experience, especially for those age groups which in the past have had to do their stuff away from the focal point of the club. Two of the teams participating in last year’s festival 2nd. April Altrincham Kersal Home 23rd. April Broughton Pk Away I was sorry to hear that Danny Jones had broken his arm in last week’s home game against today’s visitors, Leigh. He is the latest in what has turned out to be a long line of seriously injured players, leading to a total of 41 players having played for the 1st XV. This means we have had to play some of our younger players who, although promising, really needed a season or so in the Vikings in my opinion. Of those, captain Mike Clifford had played the most games, 19 out of 20, closely followed by Ricky Chadwick, Bob McCallum, Chris Lee, and Mathew King, with 18. We have scored 64 tries; 49 by the backs and only 13 by the forwards, unless we add in the two tries scored by Mr. Penalty try, and converted 39. It was my first visit to Kirby Lonsdale last Saturday and I was impressed by the set -up there. They have a fine clubhouse in what must be one of the most scenic grounds in the country, in a valley surrounded as they are by the benevolent (last Saturday anyway) slopes of the Pennines. Vale of Lune, not too far from there, also have a scenic ground and our own Pownall Park looks pretty impressive when the Styal Wood trees are in leaf. I was away for the game, staying in the Barbon Inn (highly recommended for its excellent food and quality Wainwrights beer) with President David Barker, Jonty Fallows and Norman Herring and we were reminiscing about the characters on the touchline from days past, with particular mention of the sadly missed Dunstan Brain, scourge of referees, and Dougie Lomas, player of the 1920’s, who was impartial in his criticism. Of one Wilmslow player, he shouted, “I am the spectator here number 7, not you, go and get stuck in” and was unkind to the Fylde players, “Come on Wilmslow, you can beat this team of boarding house keepers”. Mention was made of David Garner, touch judge for many years, who was not averse to stealing a yard or two in our favour. At his funeral, Peter Poizer suggested that he must have gained many miles for us over the years. Today, if our linesmen are too honest, spectator opinion is that “he is not from the David Garner school of touch judging.” Following a small contretemps with the referee away at Wirral a few weeks ago, for which unlike one of our players and club coach, he was fortunate not to be cited to the disciplinary committee, yours truly has promised not to be so vociferous in future. Watch this space. Reading Barry’s piece, I am reminded of the immortal remarks of one, Dr. Jammy Clinch, who was playing in the back row for Ireland against Wales sometime back in the 1920s. He was up against a Welshman called Lemon and Clinch was reputed to have said during a minor contretemps, “ Any more of that Lemon and I’ll make an orange out of you - pips and all.”
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