Please find below the latest news from the Matlock Rugby Team, as provided regularly by David (Matlock Rugby Vice President).
A
HAPPY, HEALTHY, PEACEFUL AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AT MATLOCK RUGBY!
MIXED
FORTUNES FOR THE BLUE BOYS AT NEWARK
NEWARK
1ST XV 18 MATLOCK 1ST XV 17
Prior
to the match Vice Presidents Tin Bestwick, Andy Shooter, Ian McCluskey and
yours truly were hosted by President Alan of Newark Rugby to a fabulous lunch.
As soon as the final whistle blew both club officials expressed their views on
the refereeing and as you can imagine we were in agreement. Having said that
their report can be read in full from the hyper link below. Again many thanks
to our scribe, Tony Hooton.
Our
'paparazzi' Colin Baker has posted photographs of the game and they too can be
downloaded from the below link. There are a couple of shots of our 2nd XV
coming out of the changing rooms. Hopefully we will have action shots in the
future, maybe next week?
NEWARK
2ND XV 15 MATLOCK 2ND XV
19
Our
2nd and 3rd XV 'scoop' and coach, Chris Loeber, posted his following report:
"The
seconds and thirds welcomed the New Year with just one fixture – the 2nd team
away at Newark. Unfortunately we were unable to honour the 3rd team
game at Worksop due to lack of numbers with 3rdteam talisman Bruce
away terrorizing the locals on the ski slopes of Andorra!
However
the 2nd team recorded an excellent 19 – 15 victory at Newark.
Newark were one of only two teams to have beaten the seconds prior to Christmas
– a 33 – 32 thriller early in the season, so it was very pleasing not only to
avenge that defeat , but to do so without playing at our best.
Some
post Christmas blues, or was it the after effects of over indulgence, resulted
in a rather stop start performance with the team not being able to impose their
free flowing style on fairly strong opponents who play in the league above us.
Having
said that we did score “ the try of the season” when a break from our own 22
saw the ball go through numerous sets of hands with skipper Chris Perry being
on hand to go over.
Our
other tries came from the excellent Harry Boyd with Harry and Chris Buckley
each adding a conversion.
From
a Club point of view it was very pleasing that two 17 year olds were in the
second team squad, Mark Thornley and Joe Thompson.
This
Saturday the second return to league action with an away fixture at Chesterfield.
The thirds are looking for a pool game – isn’t it about time we played Tupton
again!"
SATURDAY
14TH JANUARY
As we
go to press the 1st XV do not have a fixture next Saturday but as Chris Loeber
states in his report the 2nds have an away fixture over the hill at
Chesterfield with a 2.15pm kick off. I look forward to seeing support for the
Blue Boys against our near neighbours.
FINALLY
SOME SAD NEWS
JAMES
GEORGE
Last
week I received the sad news that James George has died. His brother and Matlock
Rugby Vice President, William George, contacted me and has asked me to
communicate the following through the Newsletter:
"Dear
David,
Sad
news I am afraid – my brother James George died on the 2nd January
2017 after a year long struggle (bowel cancer). He was only 63 and played
for Matlock in the 70s while a student and then joined Waterloo where he played
in the first team for a season before moving away in the course of his medical
career.
He
leaves a widow (Angela) and daughter Jennifer.
He
was diagnosed on Xmas Eve 2015 and at first chemo and radiotherapy appeared
successful but in late summer a further scan revealed trouble necessitating
further radio therapy. He gave lectures in Glasgow and London to fellow
physicians about 6 weeks before he died.
James
was consultant physician in Carlisle until he retired about 18 months ago
but remained active in research and part time work until shortly before his
death. He leaves a wife (Angela) and daughter Jennifer. The funeral
has been provisionally arranged for Saturday the 14th in
Carlisle Cathedral.
He
remained interested in Rugby and attended many internationals both at home and
abroad.
There
may be some members who may remember him as a fierce and able wing forward
(much better than me) and will be interested to hear my news."
On
behalf of the Club I have extended our sympathies.
Yours
in rugby,
David
Matlock
Rugby Vice Presidents
P.S. don’t forget
to book your place on 1st July to celebrate the Club's 90th anniversary also
the next VP lunch on Saturday 4th March (details of both events to
follow)
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