Results - Saturday 21st February
Old Yardleians 1st XV 30 - 15 Burntwood
Old Yards avenged defeat earlier in the season at Burntwood with a comfortable win at home. Playing high quality, disciplined rugby it gave the supporters a treat on a sunny Saturday afternoon. A brace of tries by Seymour Seaton and accurate goal kicking by Ian Walker led the way.
Wednesbury 2nds 0 - 85 Old Yardleians 2nds
A big win and a double for our second team over Wednesbury.
Results in our league:
Bishops Castle & Onny Valley 13 - 12 Moseley Oak
Cleobury Mortimer 16 - 19 Leek
Handsworth 23 - 7 Newcastle (Staffs)
Old Yardleians 30 - 15 Burntwood
Tamworth 9 - 16 Willenhall
Veseyans 22 - 35 Shrewsbury
Current League table:
Midlands 4 West (North) Short Format Long Format
Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adjust
Willenhall 17 17 0 0 567 109 458 34 0
Shrewsbury 16 13 0 3 416 150 266 26 0
Burntwood 16 12 0 4 351 145 206 24 0
Tamworth 17 11 1 5 376 176 200 23 0
Old Yardleians 16 10 0 6 363 203 160 20 0
Newcastle (Staffs) 17 7 1 9 268 296 -28 15 0
Veseyans 16 7 0 9 312 258 54 14 0
Leek 16 6 0 10 281 313 -32 12 0
Handsworth 15 5 1 9 169 324 -155 11 0
Moseley Oak 15 4 0 11 147 495 -348 8 0
Bishops Castle & Onny Valley 16 3 1 12 120 440 -320 7 0
Cleobury Mortimer 17 0 0 17 173 634 -461 -2 -2
FUTURE EVENTS:
Saturday 28th February
- 1st XV vs. Veseyans away in the league
- 2nds vs. Kings Norton at home
- 3rds vs. Kings Norton away
- BBC: Six Nations - 15:00 Scotland vs. Italy, 17:30 Ireland vs. England
- Followed by a live band at the club - X-Changed - Tickets £5 from Steve Sidwell or Committee Members. Come and enjoy another great Old Yards night out!
Saturday 7th March
- 1st XV vs. Willenhall away in the league
- 2nds vs. Willenhall at home
- 3rds vs. Redditch at home
Saturday 14th March
- 1st XV vs. Shrewsbury home in the league
- 2nds vs. Veseyans at home
- 3rds vs. Silhillians away
- BBC: Six Nations - 16:00 Italy vs. Wales, 17:00 Scotland vs. Ireland
Sunday 15th March
- BBC: Six Nations - 15.00 England vs. France
Friday 1st May
- Old Yardleians AGM at the Clubhouse - Have your say on your club!
- U15s and U11s Tour to Southport
Saturday 2nd May
Friday 8th May
- Club Annual Dinner - Speaker Darren Garforth a Leicester Tigers Prop with 25 caps for England, see Steve Painter for tickets
Saturday 9th May
- Mini & Juniors Presentation Evening
Club Stuff:
Tesco for Schools Vouchers
Please can you bring all your Tesco Vouchers for Schools up to the club and put them in the box behind the bar. Pat is again collecting them for the Mini & Juniors to enable them to get additional equipment.
England vs. The Barbarians - 30th May
Anyone interested in tickets for the above please email Mark Baldwin or call on 07766 443811. Well priced with discounts for juniors and tickets sold in pairs.
Replica club kit
We are now able to offer 1st XV replica kit for sale to club members at the following prices. As we have to place individual orders it is cash up front please:
1st XV Playing Top - £35 - Please give me your chest size in inches, number for the back if required and name for the back if required.
1st XV warm up top - £26 - Please give me a size S, M, L, XL, XXL or XXXL and number if required. Numbers will be in green to distinguish the top from the original 1st XV ones.
I need your requirements and a cheque made payable to OYRFC immediately. Please send to Mark Baldwin, 142 Solihull Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3HS.
Easter Tour
Please pay the balance of your tour money to Bobo or Marcus this Saturday. Failure to do so could cost you your deposit. Games have now been arranged on the Saturday against Penryn RFC and the Sunday against Newquay Hornets, so bring your kit as well.
Raffle Tickets
Thank you to everyone who has sold their RFU raffle tickets and returned the stubs with cash to Kim. They should have been sent to the RFU last weekend but we have agreed a one week extension. Therefore can anyone still with tickets return them to Kim or Mark this weekend.
Anything to say
Please email me details of any Old Yards information, trivia or jokes so I can add them to the next update.
Mark Baldwin, Hon. Secretary, 25th February 2009
mark.xc@blueyonder.co.uk