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ALL GOLDS<br />
Vs. NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
THE PRINCE OF WALES STADIUM<br />
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ALL GOLD<br />
CONTENTS AND INFO<br />
04 WELCOME TO THE ALL GOLD<br />
05 #GetGaryToLauras30th<br />
06 BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME<br />
08 CLUB DIRECTORY<br />
10 TOM FORD - SUPPORTING LOCAL SPORT<br />
12 MATCH PREVIEW<br />
14 MATCH REPORTS<br />
16 UPDATE FROM THE BIRTHPLACE<br />
18 SKY TRY PROGRAMME<br />
21 WEST OF ENGLAND UPDATE<br />
23 ALL GOLDS CLS MATCH PREVIEW<br />
24 ALL GOLDS CLS FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
26 ALL GOLDS CLS MATCH REPORTS<br />
27 ALL GOLDS CLS vs. NOTTINGHAM OUTLAWS PREVIEW<br />
28 OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER<br />
32 THE SUPPORTERS VIEW<br />
34 FANTASTIC 50 - JOE McCLEAN<br />
35 ‘DREAM COME TRUE’ FOR UNI DUO<br />
36 PLAYER SPONSORSHIP<br />
38 FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
40 ALL GOLDS & NEWCASTLE SQUAD LINE-UP<br />
CLUB INFORMATION<br />
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />
Home Ground: The Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham<br />
Offices:<br />
Oxstalls Campus, Longlevens, Gloucester. GL2 9HW<br />
Telephone: 01242 715332<br />
Email:<br />
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TOM<br />
FORD<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Lionel Hurst LL.B<br />
ADVISORY BOARD<br />
Krista Woodman,<br />
Kevan Blackadder.<br />
DIRECTOR OF SPORT<br />
Andy Pitchford<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
Lee Greenwood<br />
ASSISTANT COACH<br />
Simon Phillips<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
CO-ORDINATOR<br />
Patrick Evans<br />
ALL GOLDS CLS COACH<br />
Alex Davidson<br />
ALL GOLDS CLS<br />
TEAM MANAGER<br />
Martin Lovegrove<br />
CLUB DOCTOR<br />
Phil Cox<br />
WELFARE OFFICER<br />
AND LOGISTICS<br />
David Friend<br />
HEAD SPORTS THERAPIST<br />
Hollie Sims<br />
NUTRITION PARTNER<br />
Nutrition X<br />
SKY TRY AND<br />
COMMUNITY MANAGER<br />
Dan Garbutt<br />
BUCS CO-ORDINATOR<br />
Ken Stone<br />
BUSINESS AND SPONSORSHIP<br />
Michelle Collins<br />
PROJECT OFFICER<br />
Kelly Conibere<br />
MATCHDAY CO-ORDINATOR<br />
Trevor Moss<br />
MEDIA MANAGER<br />
Chris Wilson<br />
SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
Jessica <strong>All</strong>an<br />
REPORTER<br />
Patrick Baines<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Lewis Mitchell<br />
ALL GOLDS TV<br />
Billy Hendle<br />
ALL GOLD DESIGNER<br />
Craig Paul Design Ltd<br />
STADIUM MANAGER<br />
Matthew Clapham<br />
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MATCH<br />
REPORTS<br />
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UPDATE<br />
FROM THE<br />
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WELCOME<br />
TO THE<br />
ALL GOLD<br />
WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION<br />
OF THE ALL GOLD MAGAZINE.<br />
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You’ll find some great<br />
material in this issue, including<br />
previews of this weekend’s<br />
match between the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
and <strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong>;<br />
reviews of the national and<br />
local rugby league scene;<br />
some fascinating history<br />
and news of Gloucestershire<br />
success in a range of other<br />
top sports.<br />
Week by week we are<br />
improving the content of<br />
our new online offer and<br />
we hope you’ve enjoyed<br />
the editions so far. We feel<br />
we’re getting closer to the<br />
kind of product we want to<br />
share with you, and with a<br />
little bit of help from you we<br />
feel we can get there. We’re<br />
looking for feature articles on<br />
rugby league or any other<br />
sporting issues, so if you<br />
have something to get off<br />
your chest, some expertise to<br />
highlight or some memories<br />
to share, please get in touch<br />
with us at allgolds@glos.<br />
ac.uk.<br />
On the pitch we’re getting<br />
closer too! Our last few<br />
outings<br />
have<br />
seen<br />
the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong><br />
more than match very<br />
illustrious opponents before<br />
fading late in the game. We<br />
hope that won’t be the case<br />
this time around as we face<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> for the<br />
second time in a month. The<br />
previous clash saw the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> edge out winners in a<br />
pulsating cup tie, and we are<br />
certain that Sunday’s league<br />
match will be equally close<br />
and entertaining. As the<br />
mid-season split approaches,<br />
this game has acquired<br />
greater significance, with the<br />
winners giving themselves<br />
a good chance of a top 8<br />
finish. We wish both teams<br />
well and look forward to an<br />
entertaining match.<br />
Finally, a big thanks to our<br />
contributors this month,<br />
including Chris Wilson,<br />
Patrick Baines, Lionel<br />
Hurst, Andy Cave and<br />
of course the wonderful<br />
Craig Paul Design, We<br />
hope you enjoy today’s<br />
issue and come back<br />
for more when we face<br />
Hunslet Hawks at the<br />
Prince of Wales Stadium<br />
on May 22nd<br />
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FRIENDS UNITE TO ARRANGE<br />
EPIC 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY<br />
FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE HR ADVISOR<br />
LAURA ADLAM HAVE BEGUN A CAMPAIGN TO GET TAKE<br />
THAT FRONTMAN GARY BARLOW TO<br />
PERFORM AT HER 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.<br />
Laura has played a major<br />
role in the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ off<br />
field operations, creating<br />
players’ contracts as well as<br />
helping out with other vital<br />
administrative duties.<br />
The idea came about when<br />
the 45-year-old singer, who<br />
has written 14 number one<br />
singles, posted on Twitter<br />
that he would perform at<br />
a fan’s milestone birthday.<br />
That proved enough for<br />
Adlam’s friend Fiona<br />
Lane to start the hashtag<br />
#GetGaryToLauras30th.<br />
Fiona said getting Barlow to<br />
attend her friend’s birthday<br />
party would be a dream<br />
come true. “Laura is a huge<br />
fan of his. We’ve gone to<br />
quite a few of his concerts<br />
together. It’s a massive<br />
long shot, but everyone<br />
likes a trier! We’re all<br />
hoping for the best”.<br />
Fiona added: “We all<br />
just think it would make<br />
her birthday such a<br />
memorable experience<br />
for her. But if it doesn’t<br />
happen, she’ll still have a<br />
night she won’t forget.”<br />
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THUNDER IN THE<br />
NORTH EAST<br />
BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER’S STORY REFLECTS THE TURBULENT<br />
TIMES RUGBY LEAGUE HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE PAST<br />
20 YEARS OR SO.<br />
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Both beneficiary and victim of<br />
the Super League vision of big<br />
city franchises which would<br />
involve mergers among the<br />
smaller clubs in the provincial<br />
towns of the North, the <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
were both an expansion franchise<br />
and a club in a provincial town<br />
when launched as Gateshead<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> in 1998.<br />
In the second of a two-part<br />
article, Chris Wilson looks at the<br />
history of Gateshead <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
and how it resonates across the<br />
game today. The first part can be<br />
read here .<br />
Gateshead <strong>Thunder</strong>’s first win<br />
in their debut season came with<br />
a 24-6 Good Friday triumph<br />
over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats,<br />
who themselves were playing<br />
in their first season in the Super<br />
League after promotion from the<br />
Championship.<br />
As the 1999 campaign went<br />
on, the <strong>Thunder</strong> proved to be<br />
obdurate opponents and were<br />
able to boast home and away<br />
wins over St Helens as well as<br />
a 20-16 win over defending<br />
champions Wigan in a game<br />
taken ‘on the road’ to Heart of<br />
Midlothian’s Tynecastle stadium.<br />
The game featured a memorable<br />
try from little-known Irish winger<br />
Brian Carney.<br />
Gateshead won their last three<br />
games to secure sixth place just<br />
outside the play-offs, two points<br />
behind Castleford.<br />
As it transpired, their last Super<br />
League game as Gateshead<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> ended<br />
in a 48-22<br />
win over<br />
Warrington<br />
and their<br />
last at the<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong>dome<br />
was a 66-6<br />
thrashing of<br />
Wakefield in which<br />
Ian ‘Chook’ Herron<br />
kicked a club record<br />
11 goals.<br />
After a respectable<br />
opening day<br />
attendance, crowd<br />
figures dipped,<br />
three times going<br />
below 2,000, and<br />
averaged 3,895<br />
overall. This was better than<br />
three other Super League sides<br />
but was still a little disappointing.<br />
Though competitive on the field,<br />
off the field things didn’t look so<br />
rosy. The balance sheet was not<br />
healthy and talks were taking<br />
place to save the club even as it<br />
named its squad for the 2000<br />
season including new signing<br />
Great Britain international Paul<br />
Broadbent from Sheffield Eagles.<br />
In November 1999 came news<br />
that Gateshead <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
and Hull were to merge<br />
and move lock,<br />
stock and barrel<br />
to Hull. This,<br />
to some<br />
eyes, was<br />
a ploy to<br />
enable Hull<br />
to remain<br />
a Super<br />
League<br />
club – whatever the<br />
motivation behind it,<br />
Gateshead <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
would be no more.<br />
During their sole<br />
season in the league,<br />
the <strong>Thunder</strong> claimed<br />
to have lost<br />
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£700,000, which precipitated their<br />
link with the Hull Sharks, for which<br />
they were paid a fee of £1.25 million<br />
by Super League Europe.<br />
The merger – and that of<br />
Huddersfield with Sheffield<br />
Eagles – caused a huge<br />
controversy throughout the<br />
game and beyond. MPs even<br />
condemned them in a House of<br />
Commons debate and they were<br />
fiercely contested by supporters<br />
and club officials alike.<br />
Fans of the original Gateshead<br />
club who were opposed to the<br />
merger established a grassroots<br />
organization called <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
Storm to fight to keep the clubs<br />
separate. Although this ultimately<br />
proved to be unsuccessful, the<br />
degree of local fan support<br />
resulted in the formation of a<br />
new Gateshead <strong>Thunder</strong> club,<br />
which was accepted to play in<br />
the Northern Ford Premiership<br />
for the 2001 season.<br />
Who knows what Gateshead<br />
could have achieved had they<br />
been allowed to build on a<br />
relatively successful season but it<br />
is probably true to say that Hull<br />
FC were saved by the merger<br />
and would probably not be in the<br />
shape they are today without the<br />
North East pioneers from that<br />
rainy night in Gateshead.<br />
Meanwhile the new Gateshead<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> started life in the 19-<br />
team Northern Ford Premiership<br />
with an 18-0 loss to Hull KR and<br />
finished in 16th place after a<br />
disappointing season. However, a<br />
couple of wins towards the end<br />
of the season and the emergence<br />
of a number of local players<br />
notably Paul Thorman, promised<br />
better for the future.<br />
Most of the next half dozen<br />
seasons were spent in the<br />
bottom two, though a play-off<br />
place in 2005 and again the<br />
following year were worthy of<br />
celebration.<br />
Things changed dramatically in<br />
2008 as, under head coach Dave<br />
Woods, <strong>Thunder</strong> romped to the<br />
National Two title and automatic<br />
promotion losing just three times<br />
and finishing seven points clear<br />
of second-placed Barrow.<br />
Survival in 2009 came at<br />
a cost as the club entered<br />
administration during the<br />
off-season and started the<br />
2010 season in Championship<br />
One with minus nine points.<br />
Basing their squad on talented<br />
youngsters they had good days<br />
- with a win over London Skolars<br />
early in the season - and bad<br />
following a 132-0 thrashing by<br />
Blackpool Panthers.<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> remained a bottom<br />
three side until 2014 when they<br />
finished fourth under coach<br />
Stanley Gene and showed<br />
a marked progression from<br />
previous years thanks, in part, to<br />
a partnership arrangement with<br />
Hull KR.<br />
During the season, the club was<br />
taken over by <strong>Newcastle</strong> Falcons<br />
rugby union club and began the<br />
2015 season with high hopes<br />
of further progression though<br />
their eventual eighth place was<br />
something of a disappointment.<br />
With some key additions to<br />
their squad not least former<br />
Super League star Peter Fox, the<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> are looking at a top-four<br />
finish in <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
With awareness of the game<br />
being boosted by the inaugural<br />
Magic weekend at St James’ Park<br />
in 2015, <strong>Thunder</strong> are hoping to<br />
capitalise by hosting York on the<br />
Friday night before the Super<br />
League matches begin. They<br />
drew a crowd of over 2,500 for<br />
the fixture last season, their best<br />
of the season by a considerable<br />
margin.<br />
After many false starts and<br />
false hopes it seems like the<br />
journey towards a solid presence<br />
of professional rugby league<br />
on Tyneside is at last moving<br />
forward.<br />
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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />
CLUB DIRECTORY<br />
HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF<br />
OFFICIAL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS THAT HEAVILY SUPPORT THE CLUB AND, AS AN<br />
ALL GOLDS FAN, WE ARE SURE YOU WILL FIND THIS CLUB DIRECTORY VERY USEFUL.<br />
If you are interested in contacting any of our partners or sponsors but you feel that you need<br />
more information then please don’t hesitate to call our Commercial Department on<br />
01242 715297 or email allgoldsbusiness@glos.ac.uk<br />
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TOM FORD<br />
A PROFILE OF THE<br />
GLOUCESTERSHIRE SQUASH PLAYER<br />
CLIMBING UP THE WORLD RANKINGS<br />
WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />
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TOM FORD FIRST PICKED UP A SQUASH RACKET<br />
WHILE AT PRIMARY SCHOOL. SINCE THEN HE’S<br />
RISEN FROM PROMISING JUNIOR TO SUCCESSFUL<br />
PROFESSIONAL AND, AFTER RECENTLY WINNING<br />
TWO PRESTIGIOUS CHAMPIONSHIPS, HAS RISEN TO<br />
A CAREER HIGH 64 IN THE WORLD RANKINGS.<br />
At the time of writing, the<br />
22-year-old will be on court<br />
in Egypt in the El Gouna<br />
International championship. His<br />
first few years on the professional<br />
circuit have seen him climb up<br />
the rankings after winning five<br />
PSA titles.<br />
Travelling is something Tom has<br />
become accustomed to, with<br />
the biggest tournaments taking<br />
place all over the globe. “I really<br />
enjoy it. I love going to other<br />
countries. UK travel can actually<br />
be a lot more demanding than<br />
flying abroad, which sounds<br />
strange”. In 2015 the left-hander<br />
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acked up some serious air<br />
miles, playing in tournaments in<br />
the USA, Canada, India, Macau,<br />
Switzerland and Sweden.<br />
Tom turned pro at 18 after<br />
finishing his education at<br />
Cheltenham’s Bournside school.<br />
From Monday to Friday he is<br />
based in Bristol where he trains<br />
under the guidance of coach<br />
Hadrian Stiff. “With squash<br />
being an individual sport I can<br />
mix up my training regime. I<br />
train Monday to Friday in Bristol<br />
then spend my weekends in<br />
Cheltenham. I don’t have to stick<br />
to a set plan - I like the flexibility<br />
of being my own boss. A lot of<br />
my time is spent either in the<br />
gym building up my strength<br />
and stamina or on court with my<br />
coach working on my game.”<br />
Squash is a sport that tests<br />
both a player’s physical and<br />
mental capabilities. The game<br />
mimics the hardest cardio and<br />
aerobic workout you can get.<br />
Constant running and following<br />
the ball, coupled with making<br />
hard, consistent contact with the<br />
ball and your racquet are tiring.<br />
Not only do you need supreme<br />
physical fitness but you need<br />
to mentally prepare for where<br />
your next hit is going to come.<br />
A successful player needs to get<br />
inside his opponent’s head and<br />
anticipate what kind of shot he’s<br />
going to play so he can be one<br />
step ahead.<br />
Tom says the support of his<br />
parents was crucial in the early<br />
years. “I’ve wanted to be a<br />
professional squash player since<br />
I was about ten years old. My<br />
parents used to drive me all over<br />
the country to junior events, their<br />
support enabled me to progress<br />
up the junior system which gave<br />
me the opportunity to turn<br />
professional.”<br />
While training full-time and<br />
competing internationally Ford<br />
also finds the time to organise<br />
the annual East Glos Doubles<br />
Tournament. “This year it’s taking<br />
place on June 4-5 at the East<br />
Glos Squash Club. Essentially it’s<br />
a pro-am so it gives recreational<br />
players the chance to compete<br />
with full time professionals.<br />
Anyone can enter, it’s a really<br />
good way of bringing everyone<br />
together regardless of their<br />
standard to have a good time<br />
and get out on the court.”<br />
When asked to name a career<br />
highlight, the answer didn’t take<br />
much thought. “Late last year<br />
I won back-to-back titles in<br />
Canada - the Goodlife Open in<br />
Ottawa then, two weeks later,<br />
the Saskatoon Boast Open.<br />
They were $10,000 events and<br />
winning them gave me a huge<br />
amount of confidence and saw<br />
my world ranking improve.<br />
“I’m really enjoying things at<br />
the moment. I hope to get the<br />
opportunity to win again and<br />
carry on improving my world<br />
ranking.”<br />
If you want to contact Tom or are<br />
interested in entering the East<br />
Glos Doubles Tournament email<br />
him at tomfordsquash@gmail.<br />
com<br />
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ALL GOLDS vs.<br />
NEWCASTLE<br />
PREVIEW<br />
WRITTEN BY PATRICK BAINES<br />
THE ALL GOLDS WILL BE HOPING A RETURN TO THE<br />
FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES<br />
STADIUM WILL INSPIRE THEM TO A MUCH NEEDED TWO<br />
POINTS ON SUNDAY.<br />
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Lee Greenwood was critical<br />
of his team following a<br />
late collapse at Keighley<br />
last weekend, the second<br />
game in a row they have<br />
wilted late on. Trailing by<br />
just six points at the start<br />
of the last quarter, the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> ended up losing by<br />
24 which angered the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> Head Coach. “We<br />
were competitive for the<br />
first 60 minutes but we’ve<br />
got a bad habit of caving in<br />
at the moment when we’ve<br />
got to defend our try line.<br />
Until we sort that out we’ll<br />
carry on getting beat. They’ll<br />
definitely be some changes<br />
for the <strong>Newcastle</strong> game<br />
which is unfortunate as I’d<br />
like a settled starting line-up.”<br />
Greenwood will be pleased<br />
to welcome back Almer<br />
Tagayuna who missed<br />
the Keighley game with<br />
concussion. The on loan<br />
Widnes hooker recently<br />
extended his loan deal with<br />
the club until the end of<br />
the season. Wingers Jonny<br />
Leather and Phil Cowburn<br />
and prop Alex Davidson<br />
could return to the squad<br />
having missed out against<br />
Keighley.<br />
The home side will be<br />
confident of gaining victory<br />
on Sunday having been on<br />
the right side of a 36-28<br />
score in the iPro Sport Cup<br />
quarter final three weeks<br />
ago. In fact, the Golden<br />
Fern will be looking to make<br />
it three in a row against<br />
<strong>Thunder</strong> having won the<br />
most recent league clash 26-<br />
10 last August.<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> are in desperate<br />
need of two points<br />
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themselves having recorded<br />
just one win in their opening<br />
four league games. An<br />
opening day victory at<br />
Oxford was followed a<br />
week later by a defeat on<br />
home soil to North Wales<br />
Crusaders. Arguably their<br />
best performance of the<br />
season thus far came at<br />
Barrow where they held the<br />
Raiders to a 24-24 draw.<br />
Most recently they conceded<br />
a late try to go down against<br />
Hunslet.<br />
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Footage from the first half of our last home clash against<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> in the iPro Sport Cup<br />
Footage from the second half of our last home clash against<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> in the iPro Sport Cup<br />
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MATCH REPORTS<br />
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ALL GOLDS vs.<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
REPORT<br />
PURSLOW SENDS ALL<br />
GOLDS THROUGH<br />
GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
ALL GOLDS 36 – 28<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
Sunday 3rd April, Prince<br />
of Wales Stadium,<br />
Cheltenham<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> second win in a row<br />
over <strong>Newcastle</strong> in a row earned<br />
them a place in the semi finals<br />
of the iProSport Cup for the first<br />
time but true to form they made<br />
it hard for themselves.<br />
In an increasingly tense second<br />
half, twice the Golden Fern<br />
crossed for back-to-back tries as<br />
they built two-score leads only to<br />
allow the <strong>Thunder</strong> back in to the<br />
game by conceding back-to-back<br />
tries themselves.<br />
Having opened the scoring, they<br />
were pegged back but <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
didn’t help themselves with some<br />
poor handling, Benn Hardcastle<br />
being particularly off form with<br />
at least three of his passes being<br />
picked off by the home defence.<br />
Phil Cowburn had already been<br />
dragged back by the shorts after<br />
snaffling one before Lewis Reece<br />
pounced on a loose ball to set up<br />
an attack finished by Josh <strong>All</strong>ison.<br />
Harrison Elliott added a close<br />
range try as the sides went into<br />
the break level at 10-10,<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> opened the scoring<br />
in the second period through<br />
Jonny Leather and then,attacking<br />
from the restart, Reece sent<br />
Cowburn away for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
to lead 20-10.<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> closed to within two<br />
but goalkicking was their Achilles<br />
heel as Hardcastle missed the kick<br />
to level the scores. The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
went back-to-back again. Steve<br />
Parry’s unbelievable run through<br />
tackle after tackle to the line was<br />
followed by Reece’s more direct<br />
crash over from close range.<br />
Again the <strong>Thunder</strong> closed to<br />
within two points. This time Dan<br />
Parker badly shanked the kick<br />
that would again have levelled<br />
matters and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> finished<br />
the game with Ollie Purslow’s try<br />
in the last minute.<br />
TEAM: Jamie Murphy (g); Jonny<br />
Leather (t), Josh <strong>All</strong>ison (t), Lewis<br />
Reece (t), Phil Cowburn (t);<br />
Courtney Davies (3g), Brendon<br />
Newton; Alex Davidson, Steve<br />
Parry (Capt.) (t), Morgan Evans;<br />
Lamont Bryan, Joe McClean;<br />
Emmerson Whittel.<br />
INTERCHANGE: Almer Tagayuna,<br />
Richard Jones, Ollie Purslow (t),<br />
Harrison Elliott (t).<br />
ROCHDALE HORNETS<br />
vs. ALL GOLDS REPORT<br />
HORNETS UNBEATEN<br />
LEAGUE RUN<br />
CONTINUES<br />
ROCHDALE HORNETS 38<br />
– 16 GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
ALL GOLDS<br />
Sunday 10th April,<br />
Spotland Stadium,<br />
Rochdale<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> defeat at Rochdale<br />
had its moments of good rugby<br />
league but too few of them. As at<br />
Doncaster, the Golden Fern were<br />
competitive and in the contest for<br />
long periods but just lacked that<br />
extra bit of defensive resolve and<br />
attacking spark that could have<br />
brought them the advantage at<br />
key points in the game.<br />
It was also a costly game in terms<br />
of injury with Graham O’Keeffe<br />
suffering a suspected ACL injury<br />
just minutes after coming on as a<br />
substitute on his return to the side<br />
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(t); Courtney Davies, Brendon<br />
Newton; Alex Davidson, Almer<br />
Tagayuna, Harrison Elliott; Lamont<br />
Bryan, Richard Jones; Emmerson<br />
Whittel;<br />
INTERCHANGE: Steve Parry<br />
(Capt.), Graham O’Keeffe, Ollie<br />
Purslow, Morgan Evans.<br />
and field position given away by a<br />
penalty, the Cougars pulled away<br />
to lead 24 - 14. Though Lamont<br />
Bryan’s show of strength as he<br />
scored despite the attentions of<br />
at least four defenders kept the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> in touch, the score went<br />
unconverted and they trailed 24-18.<br />
KEIGHLEY COUGARS<br />
vs. ALL GOLDS REPORT<br />
SAME OLD SCENE<br />
following a broken hand. Almer<br />
Tagayuna received a knock to the<br />
elbow and then one to the head<br />
when he returned to the field in<br />
the second half and may face a<br />
week or so out.<br />
KEIGHLEY COUGARS 42<br />
– 18 GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
ALL GOLDS<br />
Sunday 17th April, Cougar<br />
Park, Keighley<br />
Courtney Davies and others all<br />
took bangs of varying severity<br />
leaving Lee Greenwood with a<br />
selection headache before the<br />
game against Keighley.<br />
After quickly equalising<br />
Rochdale’s early score through<br />
the excellent Jamie Murphy,<br />
the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> fell behind to two<br />
quick tries which seemed to be<br />
the preview to another collapse.<br />
However, this did not materialise<br />
and at 20-4 they were still just<br />
about in the game at the break.<br />
After a period of pretty dire play<br />
in the second half, the Hornets<br />
extended their lead and that<br />
looked to be that but two tries<br />
in almost as many minutes from<br />
Phil Cowburn (thanks to Jonny<br />
Leather’s ball steal) and Leather<br />
himself, as he supported a<br />
magnificent break from Lamont<br />
Bryan.<br />
However, a mistake on the next<br />
set conceded an interception try<br />
and there was no way back from<br />
there.<br />
TEAM: Jamie Murphy (t, 2g);<br />
Jonny Leather (t), Josh <strong>All</strong>ison,<br />
Joe McClean, Phil Cowburn<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
At Keighley it was the same story.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> were competitive<br />
for much of the game but<br />
conceded 12 points in the final<br />
ten minutes to give the scoreline<br />
a lop-sided look to it that wasn’t<br />
really deserved.<br />
One serious bright spark was<br />
the performance of new signing<br />
James Rowland who oozed class.<br />
His kicking game earned the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> repeat sets and he<br />
dummied his way over for his<br />
side’s opening try before giving<br />
Brad Kislingbury his first try for<br />
the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>.<br />
Sadly, Courtney Davies and<br />
Jamie Murphy couldn’t convert<br />
but the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> led 8-6. By the<br />
interval, the Cougars were 18-8<br />
ahead thanks to tries scored from<br />
repeat sets donated by <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
indiscipline.<br />
Rowland’s sublime pass put Joe<br />
McClean through a gap and the<br />
second row celebrated his 50th<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> game by racing through<br />
to score under the posts.<br />
Again on the back of possession<br />
The Cougars had a try disallowed<br />
in similar circumstances to one<br />
Josh <strong>All</strong>ison had chalked off in the<br />
first period but the end was near<br />
and with 15 minutes left, Keighley<br />
captain Paul Handforth saw a<br />
gap and sent loose forward Ash<br />
Lindsay through it for the try.<br />
A penalty immediately afterwards<br />
and a try with the last play of the<br />
game blew the scoreline out to<br />
42-18. Harsh and unfair, but the<br />
story of the season so far.<br />
TEAM: Jamie Murphy (g); Chris<br />
Barlow, Brad Kislingbury (t), Lewis<br />
Reece, Josh <strong>All</strong>ison; Courtney<br />
Davies, James Rowland (t); Ollie<br />
Purslow, Steve Parry (Capt.),<br />
James Walter; Joe McClean (t),<br />
Richard Jones, Lamont Bryan (t);<br />
INTERCHANGE: Emmerson<br />
Whittel, Harrison Elliott, Harry<br />
Kidd, Morgan Evans.<br />
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UPDATE FROM<br />
THE BIRTHPLACE<br />
OF INTERNATIONAL<br />
RUGBY LEAGUE<br />
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The Challenge Cup, which<br />
culminates at Wembley<br />
each year, threw up some<br />
wonderful games last<br />
weekend – and a shock<br />
result not seen since the<br />
Winter era.<br />
Pride of place belongs to<br />
Oldham who won at full-time<br />
Hull Kingston Rovers. A quite<br />
remarkable achievement for<br />
the famous, though currently<br />
part-time, Roughyeds. It<br />
must be remembered also<br />
that the Robins went all the<br />
way to the final last August.<br />
Sky Sports then showed<br />
the superb West Riding<br />
derby between Batley and<br />
Featherstone Rovers and<br />
what a treat this was for the<br />
fans and viewers. Known<br />
since Victorian times as ‘The<br />
Gallant Youths’ Batley won<br />
the first ever competition in<br />
1897. After a titanic struggle<br />
they triumphed over ‘Fev’.<br />
Batley still play at their<br />
revered old venue and how<br />
splendid it looked - all spick<br />
and span, painted in club<br />
colours and maintained with<br />
loving care.<br />
The continued development<br />
of the sport throughout the<br />
globe is so important but<br />
we must never lose sight of<br />
our roots and heritage. York<br />
City Knights also performed<br />
well against higher<br />
ranked opposition but the<br />
Minstermen fell just short.<br />
Conversely Toulouse<br />
Olympique XIII again showed<br />
everyone that they mean<br />
business with a stunning<br />
10-8 success on French<br />
soil against Super League<br />
promotion favourites, Leigh.<br />
These are exciting yet<br />
turbulent times in the land<br />
of treize with the Catalans of<br />
Perpignan sitting atop Super<br />
League but with growing<br />
unrest amongst French clubs<br />
and revolution in the offing.<br />
Indeed, this is being led<br />
by former international<br />
and Carcassonnais,<br />
Marc Palanques. He and<br />
others are pushing for the<br />
Presidential elections to be<br />
brought forward and the<br />
ousting of the man with<br />
THE moustache Carlos<br />
Zalduendo.<br />
It really is time, too, for the<br />
French national team to<br />
return to the great days<br />
of yesteryear when many<br />
thousands lined the streets<br />
of Marseille to welcome<br />
Puig Aubert’s conquering<br />
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The man to whom we all owe so much<br />
heroes back from triumph<br />
in Australia. <strong>All</strong>ez Les<br />
Chanticleers!<br />
Closer to home, I had a<br />
marvellous time on the<br />
Dominic Cotter Show on<br />
BBC Radio Gloucestershire<br />
last week with my co-guest<br />
Caroline Rawlinson of The<br />
Vivid PR Consultancy. We<br />
are next appearing on May<br />
13.<br />
Breakfast so please book<br />
your tickets now.<br />
Back abroad and to another<br />
continent and that entity<br />
without equal, the NRL once<br />
more delivered feats of<br />
human brilliance in the last<br />
round. The closing match<br />
played on Toyota Monday<br />
Night Football saw the<br />
Sydney Roosters host the<br />
Penrith Panthers at <strong>All</strong>ianz<br />
on a night fit for Noah’s Ark.<br />
A constant deluge was<br />
no deterrent to sheer<br />
magnificence displayed<br />
by the Tricolours and<br />
the Mountain Men.<br />
The Panthers ‘got the<br />
chocolates’ but not before<br />
a stunning touchdown<br />
from the Roosters which<br />
was described by the<br />
commentators thus:<br />
“That shouldn’t happen<br />
in these conditions.<br />
Gymnastics, Volleyball and<br />
Rugby League - all in the<br />
four-pointer. Sensational!”<br />
Finally, is Coventry showing<br />
the way ahead? Recently<br />
declaring itself the City<br />
of Rugby, it is pleasing to<br />
see Wasps working with<br />
the Coventry Bears club<br />
in promoting both codes.<br />
Indeed the Bears will play<br />
their League 1 match against<br />
Keighley at the Ricoh Arena.<br />
We wish them well and will<br />
watch developments with<br />
interest.<br />
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Then on Monday June 20 at<br />
Park campus in Cheltenham<br />
Dominic and the station’s<br />
Managing Editor Mark Hurrell<br />
will be the principal guests<br />
at the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> Business<br />
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FESTIVAL CAPS OFF<br />
GLOUCESTER PRIMARY SCHOOLS<br />
SKY TRY PROGRAMME<br />
THE UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S OXSTALLS<br />
CAMPUS HAS ONCE AGAIN HOSTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS<br />
FROM ACROSS THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER IN THE<br />
CULMINATION OF THIS YEAR’S SKY TRY PROGRAMME.<br />
Sky Try is the biggest ever<br />
programme of Rugby League<br />
opportunities in schools and is in<br />
its second year of delivery by the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>.<br />
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Nine schools and around 300<br />
pupils from across the city have<br />
benefited from six weeks of<br />
coaching at Year 3 and 4 level<br />
followed by a festival that was<br />
attended by over 100 children.<br />
The format for the tournament<br />
was based on the RFL’s Primary<br />
Rugby League model, a modified<br />
version of the sport which aims<br />
to introduce children to the<br />
game in a fun, inclusive and<br />
developmental way.<br />
The touch Rugby League format<br />
includes modified rules such as<br />
guaranteeing six tackles for each<br />
team and small squads, which<br />
means that kids are able to play<br />
more of the time and they were<br />
well received by players and<br />
teachers alike.<br />
Speaking after the festival, Julie<br />
Bassett, a teacher at Hempsted<br />
Primary School, was full of praise<br />
for the programme and the<br />
festival: “This is the third year<br />
that Hempsted C of E Primary<br />
School have taken part in the<br />
Gloucestershire <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ Sky Try<br />
scheme and we have thoroughly<br />
enjoyed it. After some amazing<br />
coaching from Lewis and George<br />
this year we took three teams<br />
to the festival at Gloucestershire<br />
University; Hempsted Cherries,<br />
Hempsted Whites and Hempsted<br />
<strong>Golds</strong>. Every child enjoyed the<br />
experience, played a lot of rugby<br />
and left with huge smiles on their<br />
faces. As usual we had huge<br />
support from our parents.”<br />
Following on from the coaching,<br />
the Community programme<br />
will be running ten weeks of<br />
community coaching, starting in<br />
June, to give those young players<br />
the opportunity to continue their<br />
Rugby League journey.<br />
Programme manager Dan<br />
Garbutt explained: “With so<br />
many players across the city<br />
being introduced to the sport<br />
we’re keen to provide an outlet<br />
for the school game. This club<br />
activity, which will be mirrored<br />
in Cheltenham, will provide just<br />
that and it’s hoped that we can<br />
support volunteers to develop<br />
this coaching into stand-alone<br />
community clubs”.<br />
Parents and players wishing to<br />
find out more info should email<br />
dgarbutt@glos.ac.uk<br />
The Sky Try programme for the<br />
county now changes its focus<br />
to secondary school level, with<br />
the upcoming 1908 Cup and<br />
Golden Fern Cup taking place<br />
in May, before it switches back<br />
to Primary level in June as<br />
Cheltenham schools get their<br />
opportunity to be involved in the<br />
project.<br />
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WEST OF ENGLAND<br />
UPDATE WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
Bath & Wiltshire Romans RLFC<br />
have a new home ground for the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> rugby league season.<br />
They will play at Corsham RFC<br />
at Westrop. The ground share<br />
begins immediately with training<br />
and social events now being<br />
scheduled.<br />
Club chairman Chris Chatten said:<br />
“This is a very positive move for<br />
the club on a number of fronts. It<br />
enables us to develop a second<br />
team; we will have enhanced on<br />
and off-pitch facilities and the<br />
opportunities for sponsors are<br />
going to be greater too.”<br />
The Gloucestershire Warriors<br />
have added to their coaching<br />
and leadership teams with the<br />
appointments of Paul Bolger as<br />
assistant to head coach Matthew<br />
Robinson and Ben Brinkworth as<br />
captain.<br />
Bolger a student at Glos Uni<br />
brings experience to the set up<br />
while prop Brinkworth has played<br />
33 times for the club since making<br />
his debut in 2010.<br />
The Warriors will be playing their<br />
home games at Gordon League<br />
RFC and will host three double<br />
headers with the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ CLS<br />
side this summer.<br />
West of England 9s will have nine<br />
participants this year. Swindon St<br />
George will host the tournament<br />
at Swindon Supermarine RFC’s<br />
ground on Saturday 7 May with an<br />
11am start.<br />
Last year’s tournament, also<br />
in Swindon, saw Cheltenham<br />
Phoenix run out winners defeating<br />
Bath & Wiltshire Romans 10-0 in<br />
the final.<br />
The West of England fixtures<br />
have been released and are now<br />
available on the website HERE<br />
The ten-team league has been<br />
split into two Pools and the<br />
opening games in Pool 1 see<br />
2015 champions Bath & Wiltshire<br />
Romans travel to Gloucestershire<br />
Warriors and Portsmouth<br />
Seahawks hosting Bristol Sonics.<br />
In Pool 2, Cheltenham Phoenix<br />
entertain Southampton Spitfires<br />
while Somerset Vikings host<br />
Swindon St George.<br />
Matches take place on Saturday 14<br />
May with a 2.30pm kick off except<br />
for the Warriors game which is<br />
to be played as a double-header<br />
with the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> CLS side’s<br />
match with Torfaen Tigers.<br />
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CONFERENCE<br />
LEAGUE SOUTH<br />
UPDATE<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
ON THE CHARGE!<br />
London Chargers have<br />
announced their arrival in the<br />
Conference League South by<br />
beating both of last season’s<br />
Grand Finalists in their opening<br />
two matches.<br />
They followed their 23-16 win<br />
over Valley Cougars with a 26-16<br />
defeat of champions Nottingham<br />
Outlaws last weekend.<br />
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The Chargers were formed from<br />
an amalgamation of the West<br />
London Sharks and the South<br />
London Storm and went on to<br />
dominate the London league as<br />
well as winning the national Harry<br />
Jepson Trophy three years in a<br />
row.<br />
An application to join the CLS<br />
was the logical progression and<br />
they have justified their inclusion<br />
with two good wins and a place<br />
in the leading pack at the head of<br />
the table.<br />
The Chargers are third on points’<br />
difference as the Outlaws lead<br />
the way following two good wins<br />
over Torfaen Tigers and the West<br />
Wales Raiders.<br />
Valley Cougars recovered from<br />
their defeat by the Chargers<br />
to beat the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> 36-28 in<br />
Gloucester before thumping the<br />
Raiders 62-18 last weekend and<br />
they are in second place after four<br />
weekends of matches.<br />
The Raiders have started slowly,<br />
losing their opening two matches<br />
and Torfaen are also yet to win<br />
having been battered 54-0<br />
at Nottingham and 68-10 by<br />
Coventry Bears in their last game.<br />
Both the Bears and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
have won one and lost one of<br />
their two matches to sit in midtable<br />
and both will be looking<br />
to put together a run of wins<br />
as the season goes on to be in<br />
contention for a play-off place.<br />
Round 5 takes place this weekend<br />
with Outlaws looking to bounce<br />
back from their defeat last week<br />
with a win over the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>.<br />
Coventry Bears host West Wales<br />
Raiders hoping to inflict more<br />
misery on their visitors with<br />
another big win while on Sunday<br />
the Valley Cougars and Torfaen<br />
Tigers lock horns at Treharris<br />
in what should be a fiercely<br />
contested derby.<br />
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ALL GOLDS CLS FIXTURES &<br />
DATE K.O. OPPONENTS RES FULLBACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING STAND OFF<br />
Sat Apr 2 14:30 A Coventry Bears (CLS) 28-34 UREN MCKISSICK 3T KISLINGBURY HODGE BARLOW THOMAS<br />
Sat Apr 9 14:30 H Valley Cougars (CLS) 28-36 THOMAS 1T MCKISSICK HODGE 1T FESTA BARLOW GIBBS<br />
Sat Apr 23 14:30 A Nottingham Outlaws (CLS)<br />
Sat May 14 14:30 H Torfaen Tigers (CLS)<br />
Sat May 21 14:30 A London Chargers (CLS)<br />
Sat Jun 11 14:30 H Nottingham Outlaws (CLS)<br />
Sun Jun 19 17:30 H West Wales Raiders (CLS)<br />
Sat Jun 25 14:30 A Valley Cougars (CLS)<br />
Sat Jul 2 14:30 H London Chargers (CLS)<br />
Sat Jul 26 15:00 A West Wales Raiders (CLS)<br />
Sat Jul 23 14:30 A Torfaen Tigers (CLS)<br />
Sat Aug 13 14:30 A Valley Cougars (CLS)<br />
Sat Aug 20 14:30 H Coventry Bears (CLS)<br />
Sat Sep 3 14:30 H Torfaen Tigers (CLS)<br />
Sat Sep 10 14:30 ? Conference League South Play Off R1<br />
Sat Sep 17 14:30 ? Conference League South Grand Final<br />
THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | CLS = Conference League South<br />
Sin-binned Red Card (Sent Off) | T = Try | C = Conversion | P = Penalty | DG = Drop Goal<br />
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RESULTS <strong>2016</strong><br />
SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP 2ND ROW 2ND ROW LOOSE FWD SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4<br />
GIBBS 3G BRADBURY SHARRATT (C) 2T KIDD 1T JONES ARCHER O’KEEFFE RICE-WILSON 2G DIMECH HINTON WORMHOUDT<br />
RICE-WILSON 4G BRADBURY UREN 1T WALTER 2T TRUE (C) JONES BINKS DAWSON WHITTALL DIMECH WORMHOUDT<br />
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CLS MATCH REPORTS<br />
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COVENTRY BEARS vs.<br />
ALL GOLDS CLS<br />
REPORT<br />
PERFECT START FOR<br />
ALL GOLDS<br />
COVENTRY BEARS 28 –<br />
34 ALL GOLDS CLS<br />
Saturday 2nd April, Xcel<br />
Leisure Centre, Coventry<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
Three tries from wing Lewis<br />
McKissick all engineered by the<br />
excellent Brad Kislingbury laid the<br />
foundations for a debut win in<br />
the competition for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’<br />
Conference League South side.<br />
However, they had to show grit<br />
to dig out the win having let<br />
a 20-12 interval lead slip. After<br />
Rory Sharratt wriggled over the<br />
line from close range to open<br />
the scoring with the Bears yet<br />
to touch the ball, the first half<br />
developed very well for Alex<br />
Davidson’s men.<br />
Though the Bears levelled the<br />
scores, McKissick went over twice<br />
in four minutes to give the <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> the advantage. The sides<br />
exchanged scores before half<br />
time with McKissick completing<br />
his treble seven minutes before<br />
the break.<br />
The Bears resumed the second<br />
half with more determination.<br />
They patched up their weakness<br />
down the right and began to run<br />
with more purpose. Tom Tsang<br />
scored with a neat chip and<br />
chase but Harry Kidd went over<br />
to keep the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ noses in<br />
front.<br />
Two tries in as many minutes<br />
from the Bears turned the game<br />
on its head and put them two<br />
points in front. Things got heated<br />
as both sides conceded penalties<br />
for dissent while in possession<br />
and it was a miracle that the<br />
referee kept his cards in his<br />
pocket.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> finished strongly<br />
and captain Sharratt forced his<br />
way over to put the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
back in front and Liam Rice-<br />
Wilson’s conversion and late<br />
penalty saw them home.<br />
TEAM: Jack Uren; Lewis<br />
McKissick (3t), Brad Kislingbury,<br />
Sam Hodge, Chris Barlow;<br />
Dieter Thomas, Archie Gibbs<br />
(3g), Callum Bradbury, Rory<br />
Sharratt (Capt.) (2t), Harry Kidd<br />
(t), Connor Jones, Stef Archer;<br />
Graham O’Keeffe,<br />
INTERCHANGE: Liam Rice-<br />
Wilson (2g), Kaine Dimech, Jono<br />
Hinton, Wijnand Wormhoudt.<br />
ALL GOLDS CLS vs.<br />
VALLEY COUGARS<br />
REPORT<br />
NO HOME COMFORTS<br />
ALL GOLDS CLS 28 – 36<br />
VALLEY COUGARS<br />
Saturday 9th April, Gordon<br />
League RFC, Gloucester<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
A young <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> side made a<br />
promising start against the Valley<br />
Cougars but were eventually<br />
overwhelmed and a brief second<br />
half fightback came too late to<br />
save them from a disappointing<br />
home defeat.<br />
As against Coventry, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
built a lead but proceeded to<br />
fritter it away. However, unlike<br />
against the Bears, they were<br />
unable to recover and seal the<br />
win as the 2014 champions<br />
showed too much power and<br />
organisation for the home side.<br />
Making their debut at Gordon<br />
League, the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> took<br />
advantage of early rustiness from<br />
the Welsh side and posted three<br />
good tries to lead 18-4.<br />
Jack Uren, with a fine run from<br />
dummy half, James Walter after a<br />
good offload from Chris True and<br />
Dieter Thomas with a solo effort<br />
all crossed under the posts to<br />
give Liam Rice-Wilson three easy<br />
shots at goal. Once the Cougars<br />
had found their feet, they ground<br />
their way upfield and used their<br />
powerful pack to batter their way<br />
over the whitewash.<br />
With a 22-18 lead at the break<br />
and running down the hill, the<br />
visitors increased their lead early<br />
in the second after Sam Hodge<br />
was sin-binned for a professional<br />
foul and by the time they had two<br />
men in the bin themselves in the<br />
last fifteen minutes, the Cougars<br />
led 36-18.<br />
Late tries from Hodge and Walter<br />
came too late to save the game<br />
for the home side.<br />
TEAM: Dieter Thomas (t); Lewis<br />
McKissick, Sam Hodge (t), Joe<br />
Festa, Chris Barlow; Archie Gibbs,<br />
Liam Rice-Wilson (4g); Callum<br />
Bradbury, Jack Uren (t), James<br />
Walter (2t); Chris True (Capt.),<br />
Connor Jones; Jack Binks;<br />
INTERCHANGE: Hanley Dawson,<br />
Connor Whittall, Kaine Dimech,<br />
Wijnand Wormhoudt.<br />
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NOTTINGHAM OUTLAWS<br />
vs. ALL GOLDS CLS<br />
PREVIEW<br />
CHAMPION OUTLAWS AWAIT<br />
ALL GOLDS CHALLENGE<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
THIS WEEKEND THE ALL GOLDS’ CONFERENCE LEAGUE<br />
SOUTH SIDE FACE THEIR TOUGHEST FIXTURE TO DATE AS<br />
THEY TRAVEL TO CHAMPIONS NOTTINGHAM OUTLAWS.<br />
The Outlaws lead the table<br />
again this season and the task<br />
has been made doubly difficult<br />
by the fact that they suffered<br />
their first league defeat of the<br />
campaign last weekend at the<br />
hands of London Chargers.<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>, too, were<br />
defeated last time out and will<br />
be looking to make amends<br />
with a strong performance this<br />
weekend.<br />
Head coach Alex Davidson is<br />
once more looking forward<br />
to the challenge and<br />
picks some positives<br />
from the 36-28 defeat<br />
by the Valley Cougars:<br />
“Last time out<br />
we required<br />
more rugby<br />
intelligence in<br />
contact and in our<br />
play,” he said,<br />
adding: “Some<br />
more physicality<br />
wouldn’t have<br />
gone amiss!”<br />
“Doing what<br />
we do well we<br />
caused Valley major problems,<br />
demonstrated by the length<br />
of the field set finishing with<br />
Sam Hodge’s try in the corner.”<br />
Hodge leapt to catch Liam<br />
Rice-Wilson’s pinpoint kick to<br />
the corner and touch down for<br />
the score that sparked a late<br />
revival, but one which came<br />
too late.<br />
Meanwhile, having won<br />
their two opening games by<br />
comfortable margins, the<br />
Outlaws came a cropper in the<br />
capital going down 26-<br />
16 to the Chargers,<br />
but they<br />
are not a<br />
champion<br />
side for<br />
nothing and will be looking to<br />
bounce back on home turf.<br />
“This week will be no different<br />
with Nottingham’s physical<br />
pack who are well drilled,”<br />
Davidson added. “This week<br />
I’m looking for improvements<br />
from the lads to progress them<br />
as players.<br />
“Some lads are really standing<br />
out currently and hopefully<br />
they’ll continue to do so.<br />
I’m looking to players to<br />
start challenging them now,<br />
creating a healthy competition<br />
in the squad.”<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> CLS squad to<br />
face Nottingham is: Andy<br />
Gamble, Archie Gibbs,<br />
Brandon Denton, Callum<br />
Bradbury, Chris True, Connor<br />
Whittall, Dieter Thomas, Don<br />
Tydeman, Hanley Dawson,<br />
Jack Binks, Jack Uren, Joe<br />
Festa, Jono Hinton, Kaine<br />
Dimech, Lewis McKissick,<br />
Mitchell Dent, Sam<br />
Hodge, Stef Archer,<br />
Wijnand Wormhoudt<br />
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OLD ENOUGH<br />
TO KNOW<br />
BETTER<br />
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AS A CURTAIN RAISER TO SUNDAY’S MATCH, WE ARE<br />
DELIGHTED TO HOST THE FIRST EVER GAME OF MASTERS<br />
RUGBY LEAGUE TO BE PLAYED IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
AS THE HALCYONS FROM THE NORTH EAST<br />
WORCESTERSHIRE RAVENS CLUB TAKE ON MEDWAY<br />
DRAGONS MASTERS BASED IN GILLINGHAM, KENT.<br />
Masters RL is a modified<br />
version of the game for<br />
over 35s. Essentially it is a<br />
mix of touch and full rugby<br />
league designed to protect<br />
ageing bones. Andy Cave<br />
from the Halcyons explains<br />
what Masters RL is all about<br />
and why it is one of the<br />
fastest growing forms of The<br />
Greatest Game.<br />
I have been a keen follower<br />
of Rugby League from the<br />
age of five, but never played<br />
the game and hadn’t even<br />
heard of Masters RL until last<br />
year.<br />
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union safely, and for those<br />
carrying injuries or disabilities.<br />
Small wonder that so many<br />
rugby league clubs in the<br />
UK, Australia and New<br />
Zealand (where the game<br />
began) are now recognising<br />
the importance of having a<br />
Masters section.<br />
I was invited along to what<br />
was basically a reunion<br />
game for players from the<br />
old Redditch Halcyons,<br />
Worcester Saints and<br />
N.E.W Ravens sides. I really<br />
couldn’t understand how it<br />
was possible to play “noncompetitive<br />
rugby league”<br />
- surely a contradiction in<br />
terms if ever there was one.<br />
And how was it possible for<br />
old codgers like me (then<br />
aged 55) to play against fit,<br />
fast and huge blokes in their<br />
late 30s?<br />
I had read the rules, seen<br />
how different age groups<br />
wore different colour<br />
shorts and understood<br />
the modifications from the<br />
normal rules of the game<br />
designed to give greater<br />
levels of protection with age;<br />
but surely it couldn’t really<br />
work in practice?<br />
35 to “seasoned” 65 year<br />
olds wore huge grins as they<br />
formed the traditional postmatch<br />
huddle and posed for<br />
photos. Many were playing<br />
with old mates they hadn’t<br />
seen, let alone played with,<br />
for decades, including my<br />
brother who could never<br />
have dreamt he would be<br />
celebrating his 50th birthday<br />
playing rugby league<br />
(unbeknown to his wife!).<br />
Every sport has more explayers<br />
than current players<br />
and rugby league is no<br />
exception.<br />
Historically once rugby<br />
league players, be it<br />
professional or amateur,<br />
could no longer meet the<br />
physical demands of the<br />
game their only option was<br />
to take up rugby union and<br />
they were lost to the game.<br />
In June I will be joining 40<br />
other players on a tour to<br />
France where we will be<br />
playing new Masters teams<br />
from Toulouse, Carcassonne<br />
and Avignon, whilst on 26<br />
June there will also be a first<br />
Masters RL festival in Wales<br />
at the home of South Wales<br />
Scorpions.<br />
In August we welcome the<br />
touring Australian Masters<br />
and next year the GB Masters<br />
will tour Australia and New<br />
Zealand coinciding with the<br />
World Cup.<br />
The “Spirit of Masters” is<br />
really all about cameradarie<br />
and having fun; the essence<br />
of social rugby. The official<br />
Masters motto is “we don’t<br />
stop playing because we<br />
grow old; we grow old<br />
because we stop playing”. It<br />
could just as easily be “old<br />
enough to know better but<br />
still daft enough to do it<br />
anyway”.<br />
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Well, after 50 minutes of<br />
running more than I had<br />
in the previous 30 years,<br />
it all made sense and I<br />
was absolutely hooked.<br />
The game ended, like<br />
every Masters game, in an<br />
honourable 0-0 draw – no<br />
matter how many tries are<br />
scored.<br />
<strong>All</strong> of the 30 players, ranging<br />
in age from a fresh-faced<br />
Masters RL enables those<br />
players to stay with their first<br />
love and carry on playing<br />
with their mates for many<br />
years to come. It means they<br />
remain actively involved with<br />
their clubs. It also introduces<br />
newcomers into the game<br />
at any age - the chairman of<br />
Masters RL played his first<br />
game of rugby league at 62;<br />
it is ideal for rugby union<br />
vets no longer able to play<br />
For more information about<br />
Masters RL go to http://www.<br />
mastersrl.co.uk/ or contact<br />
Andy Cave on 07946 384546<br />
Last year Medway Masters<br />
featured in a BBC “Get<br />
inspired” article. To see them<br />
in action and learn more<br />
about Masters RL go to<br />
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/<br />
get-inspired/33279690<br />
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FANTASTIC<br />
BALL CREW<br />
OPPORTUNITY!<br />
The University of Gloucestershire <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> Rugby League Club is looking for<br />
enthusiastic boys and girls to become its<br />
<strong>2016</strong> Ball Crew for all home games at the<br />
Prince of Wales Stadium<br />
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1. Ball Crew t-shirts supplied at each game<br />
2. Post-match meal with opportunity to meet the players after the game.<br />
3. You will receive 1 adult match day ticket for each game you attend<br />
4. You will receive free entry to games when not attending.<br />
5. At the end of the season if you have attended 7 games or more you<br />
will receive a signed match ball by the team and you can keep your<br />
Ball Crew t-shirt.<br />
*Minimum age 11 years<br />
If you are interested in becoming a Ball Crew member for<br />
this professional rugby league club we would like to hear<br />
from you by email at allgolds@glos.ac.uk<br />
www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />
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THE<br />
SUPPORTERS<br />
VIEW<br />
A FEW WORDS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE ALL GOLDS<br />
SUPPORTERS GROUP, LEE RANDALL.<br />
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HELLO AND WELCOME.<br />
AFTER TWO LONG AWAY<br />
TRIPS TO ROCHDALE<br />
AND KEIGHLEY THE ALL<br />
GOLDS END APRIL AS<br />
THEY STARTED IT WITH<br />
A HOME GAME AGAINST<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
HERE AT THE PRINCE OF<br />
WALES STADIUM.<br />
HISTORY WAS MADE<br />
In the iPro Cup the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
created history by reaching<br />
their first ever semi final in an<br />
exciting encounter against<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> running<br />
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out 36-28 victors and setting<br />
up a semi final clash away<br />
at York City Knights next<br />
Sunday.<br />
SAME OLD STORY<br />
This seems to be the story<br />
of the season so far as the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> seem to match<br />
their opponents for 60-70<br />
minutes and then fade off<br />
in the last ten to give the<br />
scorelines against us a false<br />
reading and this continued at<br />
Rochdale and Keighley.<br />
The preparations didn’t<br />
start well at Rochdale as a<br />
disruption with the team<br />
bus meant the players only<br />
arrived 30 minutes before<br />
kickoff and this showed at<br />
the start of the game as the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> started off slowly<br />
and at half time trailed by<br />
20 points to 4. They came<br />
out in the second half with<br />
a spirited performance and<br />
got the scoreline back to<br />
a respectable 26-16 but an<br />
inception try for Rochdale<br />
on 75 minutes and another<br />
try three minutes later made<br />
the final score 38-16. And<br />
that was the same old story<br />
at Keighley. After 60 minutes<br />
it was only the missed<br />
conversions that meant the<br />
scores were not level at 24-<br />
24 but trailing 24-18 with 20<br />
minutes to go a respectable<br />
scoreline was on the cards.<br />
Once again the team faded<br />
late on and 18 unanswered<br />
points from Keighley in the<br />
last 15 minutes meant a<br />
disappointing 42-18 defeat.<br />
50 UP<br />
At Keighley Joe McClean<br />
became just the third player<br />
in <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> history to reach<br />
50 appearances for the<br />
Golden Fern. The other two<br />
players being Phil Cowburn<br />
and Matt Bradley. Well done,<br />
Joe. Here’s to the next 50!<br />
SUPPORTERS’ PLAYER OF<br />
THE MONTH FOR APRIL<br />
It’s that time of the month<br />
again where we decide on<br />
who is the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> player<br />
of the month for April.<br />
The voting will open on<br />
Monday and you can vote<br />
on the supporters page on<br />
Facebook. (Gloucestershire<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> Supporters) If you<br />
haven’t already liked our<br />
page, then make sure you<br />
do in order to cast your<br />
vote. There will be four<br />
nominations and you can<br />
vote by liking the picture<br />
of the player you think has<br />
performed the best in April.<br />
Enjoy the game<br />
Come On You <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
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THE<br />
FANTASTIC<br />
50 CLUB<br />
MCCLEAN’S RING OF CONFIDENCE<br />
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The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ Fantastic 50 club<br />
was launched in June 2015 to<br />
honour those who have worn the<br />
Golden Fern on 50 occasions.<br />
The club’s inaugural member<br />
was Phil Cowburn. Shortly<br />
afterwards Matt Bradley reached<br />
the landmark and now comes<br />
the third member of the club,<br />
Joe McClean.<br />
Joe reached the milestone<br />
at Keighley having made his<br />
debut in the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong>’ first ever<br />
game against Hemel Stags. To<br />
celebrate the occasion, he scored<br />
a superb 40-metre try early in<br />
the second half to put his team<br />
right back in the game.<br />
Casting his mind back, Joe<br />
recalls: “I remember being<br />
extremely proud to play in the<br />
first professional game for the<br />
<strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> back in 2013 against<br />
Hemel.<br />
“Unfortunately we didn’t come<br />
away with the win but it was a<br />
close fought game which I really<br />
enjoyed and it made me realise<br />
how much I was going to have<br />
to improve if I wanted to be<br />
successful in this league.<br />
“Four seasons on and with<br />
50 games under my belt, I’m<br />
extremely proud of the distance<br />
the club and I have travelled in<br />
the sport.”<br />
That distance includes<br />
international recognition as<br />
part of the triumphant Scottish<br />
side that won the European<br />
Championship in 2014. Selected<br />
again in 2015, Joe saw <strong>All</strong><br />
<strong>Golds</strong> team mates Steve Parry,<br />
Courtney Davies, Lewis Reece<br />
and Jamie Murphy take the<br />
title with Wales.<br />
Looking to the future,<br />
Joe says: “I’m looking<br />
to consistently<br />
perform<br />
to a high<br />
standard. I<br />
would like to<br />
see the club<br />
continue to<br />
improve, get out<br />
of this pool of<br />
Southern teams<br />
fighting at<br />
the bottom<br />
and begin<br />
reaching play<br />
offs year on<br />
year until<br />
promotion.”<br />
Having played<br />
a number of<br />
positions including a spell at<br />
centre “because I’m so quick”,<br />
Joe may have designs on Parry’s<br />
number nine shirt. “After my<br />
performance at Rochdale there<br />
could even be a future with me<br />
at hooker, who knows...”<br />
But as to the rumours<br />
of him forming a<br />
brass band with<br />
Phil Cowburn, he<br />
says the project<br />
is on ice for the<br />
moment. “Internal<br />
issues in the band<br />
have put a halt to<br />
the world tour<br />
and Phil now<br />
only performs in<br />
his room, alone,<br />
with the door<br />
shut late at night.<br />
I’m now talking<br />
with Richard<br />
Jones regarding<br />
potential progression<br />
routes.”<br />
It’s on the field where the<br />
progress has been substantial<br />
and fans of the Golden Fern<br />
will be eagerly awaiting further<br />
barnstorming performances<br />
in the seasons to come as<br />
Joe embarks on game 51 and<br />
beyond.<br />
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‘DREAM<br />
COME TRUE’<br />
AS UNIVERSITY<br />
DUO EARN<br />
WORLD CUP<br />
SELECTION<br />
TWO UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE STUDENTS<br />
HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND AT<br />
THE NETBALL ‘NETS’ WORLD CUP.<br />
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Nineteen-year-old Kellie<br />
Hull and 20-year-old Thea<br />
Thompson will represent<br />
their country at the Under<br />
21 Netball ‘Nets’ World<br />
Cup that will be hosted in<br />
Wellington, New Zealand,<br />
between 20 and 27 August.<br />
Both students made it<br />
through trials in Bristol and<br />
London in March to make<br />
the final cut – a squad of 12<br />
players.<br />
‘Nets’ is a version of netball<br />
that is played indoors on<br />
high-tensioned netted<br />
courts, where the ball<br />
doesn’t go out of play.<br />
Gloucester-born Kellie is a<br />
first year student studying<br />
Sports Development and<br />
Coaching. She said: “I saw<br />
videos of Nets and was<br />
interested instantly. The<br />
idea of having no ‘out<br />
of court’ as well as the<br />
opportunity to score two<br />
points from outside the<br />
‘D’ was really appealing to<br />
me. I didn’t know what to<br />
expect from trials but when<br />
I heard I had made the<br />
England World Cup squad<br />
it was like a dream come<br />
true.”<br />
“I started playing netball<br />
at school when I was nine<br />
and fell in love with the<br />
sport straight away. I now<br />
play for Worcester Reds<br />
who are in the National<br />
Premier League Division<br />
2 and the University of<br />
Gloucestershire first team.”<br />
Thea is a second year<br />
student studying Primary<br />
Education and hails from<br />
Barnard Castle in county<br />
Durham. She said: “I’ve<br />
been through trials, made it<br />
into the long squad initially<br />
and so I’m absolutely<br />
delighted to be called up<br />
for the World Cup squad.<br />
I can’t wait to get out to<br />
New Zealand and represent<br />
my country.”<br />
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<strong>2016</strong> PLAYER SPONSORSHIP<br />
Whether you are a supporter, small business or a friend of the<br />
club, sponsoring a player or staff member is a great way to<br />
get involved with the #FollowTheFern.<br />
PACKAGE INCLUDES:<br />
• Company/individual accreditation<br />
alongside chosen player’s photograph<br />
in each match day programme for the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> season.<br />
• Company/individual accreditation<br />
alongside player’s profile on website<br />
• link from player profile to your<br />
• company’s website<br />
• Player’s shirt at the end of the season<br />
• x10 match day tickets of your choice<br />
• Tannoy announcement as player’s<br />
sponsor when the player scores<br />
COACHING TEAM<br />
LEE GREENWOOD<br />
HEAD COACH<br />
SIMON PHILLIPS<br />
ASSISTANT COACH<br />
PAT EVANS<br />
PERFORMANCE COORDINATOR<br />
36<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
ALL GOLDS <strong>2016</strong> SQUAD<br />
AARON LYONS<br />
PROP<br />
ALEX DAVIDSON<br />
PROP/SECOND ROW<br />
BRENDON NEWTON<br />
HALF BACK<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
PROVIEW<br />
SPORTS<br />
ACADEMY<br />
SPONSOR<br />
JESSE<br />
MCINTYRE<br />
CHRIS BARLOW<br />
FULL BACK<br />
CONNOR JONES<br />
SECOND ROW<br />
COURTNEY DAVIES<br />
HALF BACK<br />
SPONSOR<br />
LANGLEY<br />
JONES LTD<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
BAGLAN SAFETY<br />
LIMITED<br />
JAMES ROWLAND<br />
HALF BACK<br />
EMMERSON WHITTEL<br />
SECOND ROW<br />
GRAHAM O’KEEFFE<br />
PROP<br />
SPONSOR<br />
NEIL GAYLER & CO.<br />
FINANCIAL PLANNING<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
CARLAIN<br />
PROPERTY<br />
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HARRISON ELLIOTT<br />
PROP<br />
HARRY KIDD<br />
SECOND ROW<br />
JAMES WALTER<br />
PROP<br />
SPONSOR<br />
PETER<br />
ROWAN<br />
SPONSOR<br />
PROVIEW<br />
SPORTS<br />
ACADEMY<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
JAMIE MURPHY<br />
FULL BACK<br />
JOE McCLEAN<br />
PROP<br />
JONNY LEATHER<br />
FULL BACK<br />
SPONSOR<br />
THE<br />
GREENWAY<br />
HOTEL<br />
SPONSOR<br />
HOLIDAY INN<br />
EXPRESS<br />
CHELTENHAM<br />
SPONSOR<br />
BROOMFIELD<br />
AND ALEXANDER<br />
ACCOUNTANTS<br />
JOSH ALLISON<br />
CENTRE<br />
LAMONT BRYAN<br />
SECOND ROW/LOOSE FORWARD<br />
LEWIS REECE<br />
CENTRE/SECOND ROW<br />
SPONSOR<br />
THE<br />
GREENWAY<br />
HOTEL<br />
SPONSOR<br />
CRAIG PAUL DESIGN<br />
LIMITED<br />
SPONSOR<br />
RICHARD<br />
EVANS<br />
LUKE STEPHENS<br />
HOOKER<br />
MORGAN EVANS<br />
PROP<br />
OLLIE PURSLOW<br />
PROP<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
BRIAN STACK<br />
37<br />
PHIL COWBURN<br />
FULL BACK<br />
RICHARD JONES<br />
SECOND ROW<br />
STEVE PARRY (C)<br />
HOOKER<br />
SPONSOR<br />
GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
WARRIORS<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
SPONSOR<br />
ALL GOLDS<br />
SUPPORTERS CLUB<br />
ALMER TAGAYUNA<br />
HOOKER<br />
SPONSOR<br />
Available to sponsor<br />
Call 01242 715332<br />
#FollowTheFern<br />
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ALL GOLDS FIXTURES & RES<br />
DATE K.O. OPPONENTS RES FULLBACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING STAND OFF<br />
Sun Feb 21 14:00 A Coventry Bears (IC) 24-48 LEATHER MURPHY ALLISON 1T KISLINGBURY COWBURN 3T NEWTON 2T<br />
Sun Feb 28 14:30 A North Wales Crusaders (LCCR3) 36-40 LEATHER 1T MURPHY 1T ALLISON KISLINGBURY COWBURN 1T DAVIES 1T 6G<br />
Sun Mar 6 15:00 A Doncaster (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 40-8 LEATHER MURPHY 1T ALLISON KISLINGBURY COWBURN 1T DAVIES<br />
Wed Mar 16 19:30 H South Wales Scorpions (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 44-22 LEATHER 1T BARLOW 2T ALLISON KISLINGBURY COWBURN LOMBARDO 5G<br />
Sat Mar 19 15:30 A Toulouse Olympique (LCCR4) 62-28 LEATHER 1T BARLOW ALLISON COWBURN MURPHY DAVIES 4G<br />
Fri Mar 25 19:30 H Coventry Bears (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 28-29 NEWTON BARLOW 1T ALLISON KISLINGBURY COWBURN DAVIES 1T 4G<br />
Sun Apr 3 15:00 H <strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> (ICQF) 36-28 MURPHY 1G LEATHER 1T ALLISON 1T REECE 1T COWBURN 1T DAVIES 3G<br />
Sun Apr 10 15:00 A Rochdale Hornets (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 38-16 MURPHY 1T 2G LEATHER 1T ALLISON McCLEAN COWBURN 1T DAVIES<br />
Sun Apr 17 15:00 A Keighley Cougars (<strong>KPL1</strong>) 42-18 MURPHY 1G BARLOW KISLINGBURY 1T REECE ALLISON DAVIES<br />
Sun Apr 24 15:00 H <strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Thunder</strong> (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun May 1 15:00 A York City Knights (ICSF)<br />
Sat May 7 15:30 A Toulouse Olympique (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun May 22 15:00 H Hunslet Hawks (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jun 5 15:00 H Barrow Raiders (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jun 12 14:30 A Hemel Stags (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jun 19 15:00 H North Wales Crusaders (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jun 26 15:00 A York City Knights (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jul 3 15:00 H London Skolars (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
Sun Jul 10 14:30 A Oxford (<strong>KPL1</strong>)<br />
THE KEY | Home games appear in bold | KPC = Kingstone Press Championships | LCC = Ladbrokes Challenge Cup | IC = iPro Cup<br />
Sin-binned Red Card (Sent Off) | T = Try | G = Conversion | P = Penalty | DG = Drop Goal<br />
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ULTS <strong>2016</strong><br />
SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP 2ND ROW 2ND ROW LOOSE FWD SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4<br />
DAVIES 5G PURSLOW PARRY (C) DAVIDSON REECE McCLEAN WHITTEL LOMBARDO 1G ELLIOTT 1T KIDD 1T EVANS 1T<br />
LOMBARDO 1T PURSLOW PARRY (C) DAVIDSON BRYAN McCLEAN WHITTEL NEWTON ELLIOTT 1T KIDD 1T EVANS<br />
NEWTON PURSLOW PARRY (C) EVANS BRYAN REECE WHITTEL LOMBARDO ELLIOTT KIDD DAVIDSON<br />
NEWTON 2T PURSLOW PARRY (C) 1T EVANS BRYAN McCLEAN ELLIOTT 1T POULTON WHITTEL DAVIDSON 2T KIDD<br />
NEWTON PURSLOW PARRY (C) 3T ELLIOTT BRYAN McCLEAN WHITTEL LOMBARDO KISLINGBURY DAVIDSON 1T EVANS<br />
LOMBARDO PURSLOW PARRY (C) 2T ELLIOTT REECE McCLEAN WHITTEL TAGAYUNA BRYAN 1T DAVIDSON EVANS<br />
NEWTON DAVIDSON PARRY (C) 1T EVANS BRYAN McCLEAN WHITTEL TAGAYUNA JONES PURSLOW 1T ELLIOTT 1T<br />
NEWTON DAVIDSON TAGAYUNA ELLIOTT BRYAN JONES WHITTEL PARRY (C) O’KEEFFE PURSLOW EVANS<br />
ROWLAND 1T PURSLOW PARRY (C) WALTER McCLEAN 1T JONES BRYAN 1T WHITTEL ELLIOTT KIDD EVANS<br />
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ALL GOLDS<br />
HEAD COACH:<br />
LEE GREENWOOD<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
HEAD COACH:<br />
MICK MANTELLI<br />
40<br />
ALEX DAVIDSON<br />
ALMER TAGAYUNA<br />
CHRIS BARLOW<br />
COURTNEY DAVIES<br />
EMMERSON WHITTEL<br />
HARRISON ELLIOTT<br />
JAMES ROWLAND<br />
JAMES WALTER<br />
JAMIE MURPHY<br />
JOE MCCLEAN<br />
JOSH ALLISON<br />
LAMONT BRYAN<br />
LEWIS REECE<br />
MATT BRADLEY<br />
MORGAN EVANS<br />
OLLIE PURSLOW<br />
PHIL COWBURN<br />
RICHARD JONES<br />
STEVE PARRY<br />
THOMAS RUEDIGER<br />
JOE BROWN<br />
DARRELL OLPHERTS<br />
JOSH ATKINSON<br />
PETER FOX<br />
AARON TEROI<br />
BEN HARDCASTLE<br />
VINCENT RENNIE<br />
CRAIG COOK<br />
RHYS CLARKE<br />
HARRY ALDOUS<br />
DAN PARKER<br />
FRAN WELSH<br />
EVAN SIMONS<br />
JASON PAYNE<br />
JOSH STOKER<br />
MIKEY WOOD<br />
REFEREE: C. STRAW<br />
RESERVE: S. RACE<br />
TOUCH JUDGES: T. OWEN & J. PAGE<br />
MATCH COMMISSIONER: A. BARNBY<br />
MATCH ASSESSOR: ALAN SMITH<br />
NEXT HOME GAME<br />
HUNSLET HAWKS<br />
SUN 22 MAY <strong>2016</strong> | KINGSTONE PRESS<br />
LEAGUE 1 | KICK OFF: 15:00<br />
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS<br />
Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW<br />
www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />
Tel: 01242 715332 | Official Website: www.allgoldsrugby.com<br />
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