Staffordshire Sport
Stafford Rugby - Stafford Slip up Against Shrewbury
Stafford missed their chance to secure their place in Midlands North West 3 next year by slipping up at fellow strugglers Shrewsbury. Stafford are only three points clear of the bottom two teams with three games remaining.
Stafford Rugby - Stafford Rugby Girls Gain Regional Honours and National Recognition.
Four Girls from Stafford Rugby clubs Under 15 team gained selection to represent the West Midlands in the National Regional Festival held at Lichfield. The girls all from Walton High school play for the newly formed under 15 girls team of Stafford Rugby Club. They were selected after first gaining county honours for Staffordshire earlier in the year and then attending a number of regional trials and matches for the West Midlands .
The national festival brings together the top 200 girls from the whole of England and is greatly supported by the RFUW and is the window to view potential international players of the future. Following the festival two girls, E.J Bennett and Emma Jones for the under 18 age group and Chelsey Fuggle for the under 15 age ,were selected to attend trials to gain places on the national school of rugby elite development programme. Unfortunately for E J she was injured early on in the trial and was unable to show her full potential to the selectors.Regional Honours
At under 15 level Chelsey Fuggle was successful and has been selected for the Schools of rugby for the following 2008/ 9 season. Where she will be coached by some of the best RFUW coaches in the country.
Ladies Team manager and coordinator for the girls section at Stafford Rugby Club, Neil Maguire said "We are tremendously proud of these girls and their achievement in such a relatively short space of time. I am hopeful that if they keep going and take advantage of the opportunities presented to them to develop by the RFUW that one day we will see a Stafford girl pulling on an England shirt. The development of the under 15 and 18 youth teams is very important to the club and we invite any girls of high school age to come down to the club and see what girls rugby is all about!"
Four Girls from Stafford Rugby clubs Under 15 team gained selection to represent the West Midlands in the National Regional Festival held at Lichfield. The girls all from Walton High school play for the newly formed under 15 girls team of Stafford Rugby Club. They were selected after first gaining county honours for Staffordshire earlier in the year and then attending a number of regional trials and matches for the West Midlands .
The national festival brings together the top 200 girls from the whole of England and is greatly supported by the RFUW and is the window to view potential international players of the future. Following the festival two girls, E.J Bennett and Emma Jones for the under 18 age group and Chelsey Fuggle for the under 15 age ,were selected to attend trials to gain places on the national school of rugby elite development programme. Unfortunately for E J she was injured early on in the trial and was unable to show her full potential to the selectors.Regional Honours
At under 15 level Chelsey Fuggle was successful and has been selected for the Schools of rugby for the following 2008/ 9 season. Where she will be coached by some of the best RFUW coaches in the country.
Ladies Team manager and coordinator for the girls section at Stafford Rugby Club, Neil Maguire said "We are tremendously proud of these girls and their achievement in such a relatively short space of time. I am hopeful that if they keep going and take advantage of the opportunities presented to them to develop by the RFUW that one day we will see a Stafford girl pulling on an England shirt. The development of the under 15 and 18 youth teams is very important to the club and we invite any girls of high school age to come down to the club and see what girls rugby is all about!"
Stafford Rugby - Stafford RUFC and Staffordshire University / Stafford RUFC have formalised their long-standing partnership agreement with Staffordshire University (Stafford campus) by signing an RFU Club
Rangers Commercial Unit have an AM-AM Golf Open - coming up at Stafford Castle Golf Course on Newport Road. It`s on 18th September.
Teams of 4 players are required at a cost of £100 a team, with a 2 course meal included in the Clubhouse. Team and selected hole prizes are available.
The schedule goes as follows:-
12:15pm Arrival
1:00pm Shotgun start from all tees
5:30pm Dinner in the Clubhouse
6:30pm Presentation of Prizes
All proceeds are to go to the ground development programme.
The Club celebrated winning the Staffs Challenge Cup with the Sunday team celebrating its 5th Division League Championship.
The individual awards were dominated by two players. Saturday's Adam McMahon (brother of Stafford Rangers striker Paul) won the players player trophy by one vote and also won the leading goalscorer trophy with 26 goals. The runner up in the players' vote, Steve King won manager's player award.
The Sunday awards (manager's and players' player) went to Tom Rowe with leading goalscorer going to Lee Bufton.
Clubman of the year went to retiring treasurer Eddie Murdoch for his hard work over the last few seasons.
Club Chairman Andy Richardson praised the Club coming through a testing season with the succesful Sunday team having to be disbanded and a large number of Saturday players leaving the club.
On a bright note, Andy announced that next season Riverway will again have two Sunday teams with one in Division 2 and one in Division 5.
Rangers Commercial Unit have an AM-AM Golf Open - coming up at Stafford Castle Golf Course on Newport Road. It`s on 18th September.
Teams of 4 players are required at a cost of £100 a team, with a 2 course meal included in the Clubhouse. Team and selected hole prizes are available.
The schedule goes as follows:-
12:15pm Arrival
1:00pm Shotgun start from all tees
5:30pm Dinner in the Clubhouse
6:30pm Presentation of Prizes
All proceeds are to go to the ground development programme.
Stafford Riverway FC
Riverway celebrated a succesful season for the Club with a three course meal for fifty players, wives and girlfriends at No 5 Restaurant in Gaol Mews, Stafford (one of our main sponsors).The Club celebrated winning the Staffs Challenge Cup with the Sunday team celebrating its 5th Division League Championship.
The individual awards were dominated by two players. Saturday's Adam McMahon (brother of Stafford Rangers striker Paul) won the players player trophy by one vote and also won the leading goalscorer trophy with 26 goals. The runner up in the players' vote, Steve King won manager's player award.
The Sunday awards (manager's and players' player) went to Tom Rowe with leading goalscorer going to Lee Bufton.
Clubman of the year went to retiring treasurer Eddie Murdoch for his hard work over the last few seasons.
Club Chairman Andy Richardson praised the Club coming through a testing season with the succesful Sunday team having to be disbanded and a large number of Saturday players leaving the club.
On a bright note, Andy announced that next season Riverway will again have two Sunday teams with one in Division 2 and one in Division 5.
