03.02.10

Stanley Rangers under 10’s are holding a race night at the clubhouse on Saturday the 27th of February to try and raise some funds to go towards their proposed trip to the 2010 Scarborough Rugby League Festival. The tournament is an annual event and takes place in May this year, and covers age groups from Under 8s to Under 13s. At the end of the evening there will be an auction involving prizes including signed balls/shirts etc, and other items.

Any donations for the auction are more than welcome, please contact Richard Smith 07904896479.

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02.02.10

After the Under 14s game, Rogger Fagge from BARLA did the draw for the 14s, 16s, 18s Rd 3 of the X Blades BARLA National Cup at the clubhouse.  The Under 14s will be travelling to Ince Rose Bridge, Lancashire on the 14th February. The Under 18s are still to play their game against Queens, but have been drawn against either East Leeds or Castleford Lock Lane.

02.02.10

Yet again freezing temperatures and frozen pitches caused many cancellations of matches this weekend for our teams. The 1st and 2nd team matches were both postponed, as were all the junior team games except for the Under 14s who had a great win against Ellenborough Rangers in the X-Blades BARLA National Cup.

This game was finally at Rodillians RU Club and we would like to thank Rods for their generosity in allowing us to use their pitch. Many thanks from the Under 14s team must also go to Alex from U18s, John Holroyd from the U12s, Barbara Rawlinson, John "Ollie" Holroyd and of course our wonderful dedicated parents who along with Steve and Claire Howden were up on the top pitch at what seemed the crack of dawn both Saturday and Sunday. Also we must thank Ellenborough Rangers for their patience in a weekend that saw the fixture on and off on numerous occasions.

The Open Age team are to play their rescheduled away game against Waterhead on the 6th February, whilst the A team are at home to Manston.

The Under 18s travel to local rivals Normanton Knights in the third round of the Yorkshire League Cup on Sunday 7th February and the Under 16s have a league fixture at home to Victoria Rangers.

02.02.10

The under 8s, 9s, 10s and 11s mini and mod teams are on their winter break at present.

The League will be giving fixtures for the 27th and 28th of February after the February Delegates meeting. The second half of the season will re-commence 13th and 14th March.

Don't forget that our Under 8s, Under 9s, Under 10s and Under 11s will all be playing curtain raisers at the first home game for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on Sunday 7th February at the Belle Vue Stadium.

28.01.10

The Under 18s travel to Queens on Sunday 31st January to play in Round One of the X-Blades BARLA National Cup Under 18s. The kick off will be 11.30am.

For spectators' and teams' information, the advice from BARLA is that should the scores be level at normal full time then an extra time period of 7.5 minutes each way will be played to determine the outcome. If the scores remain level after extra time then the winners will be decided by virtue of a “Golden Score” i.e. a sudden death first score.

26.01.10

Rangers took on East Hull, two divisions higher, and fought hard but were defeated 36-12 in Round One of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. Rangers tries came from Matty Firth and Jacky Hogan with two goals from Gareth Whitehead.

In the Alliance Cup the A team lost 10-48 to Oulton Raiders, Division Two local rivals.

26.01.10

Stanley's Under 16s and Under 14s both travelled away in their BARLA National Cup fixtures. The Under 16s were playing Leigh Miners Rangers and were defeated 10-32. The Under 14s were also on the other side of the Pennines, in their fixture against Thatto Heath Crusaders and came away 26-14 winners.

In the Yorkshire Junior Challenge Cup, the Under 12s beat Crigglestone All Blacks U12s 18-6 in Round One; the Under 13s Wildcats won their Continuation Cup Preliminary Round match against Knottingley 32-0; the Under 13s Rangers had a 44-6 win over Shaw Cross Sharks in the Challenge Cup Round One and the Under 15s were defeated 52-4 by the Hunslet Warriors in the Challenge Cup Round One.

26.01.10

After their win over Thatto Heath Crusaders, the Under 14s will be playing against Ellenborough Rangers from Cumbria in Round 2 at home next Sunday - 31st January - 2pm kick off.

19.01.10

Rangers did themselves proud in a closely-fought tussle against Division One opponents Dudley Hill in the BARLA National Cup on Sunday. At full time the score was 13 13 and extra time was played. Again the score was tied at 19-all so the game continued until the "golden point" was scored first. This went to a try from Dudley Hill who took the game 19-23.

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17.01.10

The GMB National Cup fixture against Dudley Hill has been rescheduled for today - Sunday 17th Jan - at 1.30pm at home. This game has been altered from being played at Dudley Hill to being played at home at Stanley Rangers as the pitch conditions have improved.

15.01.10

The first and second team matches have been postponed tomorrow, Saturday. There will be training at 1pm at the clubhouse. It is possible that matches may be played on Sunday if pitch conditions improve.

13.01.10

The Under 14s and Under 16s are involved in Round One of the X - Blades BARLA National Cup on Sunday 17th January. Both teams will be travelling away to Lancashire - the Under 14s take on Thatto Heath Crusaders and the Under 16s will be playing against Leigh Miners Rangers. Both games are scheduled to kick off at 11.30 am. We wish both the teams the best of luck!

11.01.10

After another weekend that saw all amateur matches postponed because of sub-zero temperatures and snowbound pitches, there is a danger of a logjam of fixtures in the National Conference League and the CMS Yorkshire League, all of which are last in the pecking order behind the Challenge Cup and the BARLA National Cup.

RFL administrator David Lowe has stated that ties in the Carnegie Challenge Cup must take priority over any other fixtures, with the Ace Insurance (Europe) BARLA National Cup fixtures second in importance. The problem centres around the dilemma that the preliminary round of the Challenge Cup needs to be completed as soon as possible given that the first round is scheduled for the weekend of the 23rd - 24th January. So Lowe has informed clubs that the preliminary round games will now default to the weekend of Saturday 16th January (unless already scheduled for the Sunday). If grounds are unfit on that date then, where possible, attempts must be made to play on the Sunday.

Stanley Rangers are drawn in Round One of the Carnegie Challenge Cup away to East Hull in Pool A. In the BARLA National Cup Round Two Rangers are to play against Bradford Dudley Hill away. Both fixtures are currently scheduled for the weekend of the 16th January but at the time of writing the Challenge Cup takes precedent.

11.01.10

No youth or junior games were played this weekend because of the adverse weather conditions. As with the adult games, there will be similar problems at Youth level trying to fit in the cup games along with the fixtures which have to be competed by the end of March in compliance with BARLA's agreement with the RFL and in the Junior game.

08.01.10

Due to the severe weather conditions, all Open Age matches are postponed this weekend.

07.01.10

The Under 12s and Under 13s Challenge and Continuation Cup draws have now been made. The Under 12s will be away to Crigglestone; the Under 13s Rangers will travel to Shaw Cross Sharks; the Under 13s Wildcats are drawn in the preliminary round of the Continuation Cup away to Knottingley and if successful will then be drawn against Headingley Hawks away in the first round. All matches to be played

07.01.10

The BARLA National Youth Cup kicks off on Saturday 17th January. This year Ravensport have become the sponsors of the Cup wihch will encompass the under 14s, under 16s and under 18s age competitions. The company has recently acquired X-Blades UK - the English arm of the Australian footwear manufacturer - and will be supplying a set of customised kit to each of the three winners at the end of the campaign.
In Round 1, the Under 14s have been drawn away to Thatto Heath Crusaders; the Under 16s are also away to Leigh Miners Rangers and the Under 18s travel to Queens for their fixture.

07.01.10

The Under 8s, 9s, 10s and 11s teams are now on a winter season break. The fixtures will resume in March 2010.

05.01.10

Stanley Rangers junior teams - the Under 8s, Under 9s, Under 10s and Under 11s - will all be playing curtain raisers at the first home game for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on Sunday 7th February at the Belle Vue Stadium.

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