The blue and golds progressed to the final of the Ray Speckman Cup in an exciting ding dong affair at Bilton last Saturday. Work commitments forced a reshuffle by coach Guy Adams.
Beverley ARLC went into this fixture with a number of absentees due to work commitments. The two Steve Davidsons were missing as were Adam Norton and Mark Nicholson.
These two sides produced an entertaining encounter at the Beverley Leisure Centre last Saturday which but for the final ten minutes looked as if the result could have gone either way. It was probably the blue and gold’s best performance of the season against a side still unbeaten this season.
This was always going to be a tough encounter on the East coast against a side that will contest the Tom Beeutiman Cup Final against Cottingham Tigers next month but the way the blue and golds played in the opening 30 minutes suggested an unlikely victory.
Watching the two sides warm up last Saturday at the Leisure Centre, the sheer physical presence of the West Riding outfit was always going to be a deciding factor in this Yorkshire Cup tie.
This match had to be switched to the Leisure Centre after Beverley’s opponents discovered that no posts had been erected at their council owned pitch at Costello on the Friday before the game.
The blue and golds will start their Hull & District League campaign this Saturday away to Three Tuns (formerly GW Horners). Guy Adams was pleased with the squad’s only run out against quality opposition Wortley Dragons three weeks ago.
Beverley Rugby League club held their annual presentation evening last Saturday at the Hodgsons Pub. The guest of honour for the evening was former Hull KR, Hull FC.
Beverley ARLC concerned at the serious lack of match practice managed to hastily arrange this ‘friendly’ fixture at the Leisure Centre against Premier League opposition.
The blue and golds travelled out to Keyingham last Saturday on a near perfect Spring afternoon welcoming back Lee Stevens, Gavin Platt and Adam Norton from their various work commitments to bolster up the pack.
This was a creditable and encouraging performance by the blue and golds against a side in third place in the league. A combination of suspensions, holiday and work commitments left them without key players
The blue and golds troubled season is now limping towards its conclusion. They managed to field a reasonably strong line up last Saturday at the Roy Waudby Complex welcoming back Steve Davidson after a period of absence
Beverley ARLC bowed out of the Council Cup at the first round stage last Saturday at Costello. In a familiar tale for the visitors. There was effort and enthusiasm aplenty but errors were made at vital stages.
Beverley’s season continues along the same theme. Pride and passion aplenty but littered with mistakes that are so often ruthlessly punished by the opposition.
The blue and golds suffered their heaviest defeat thus far this season on their travels last Saturday. There was no shortage of effort but they were outsmarted by their more youthful opponents as their disappointing run of results continue. They went into the game without their talismanic number nine Gavin Proctor who was sorely missed with the side lacking organisation. The writing was on the wall in the 10th minute…
The blue and golds got their first league points of the season in convincing style on their travels to Lambwath last Saturday. Rich Shaw was able to field easily his strongest side thus far this season. Suddenly the prospects for the season look far brighter with team playing as a well organised cohesive unit. They looked far stronger in the pivotal positions with half backs Steve Connolly and Steve Davidson…
The blue and golds, Beverley ARLC again took the field with a side containing several teenagers and were overawed by a more experienced beefier side. They made a reasonable fist of things in the first half trailing only 12-6 at the interval but the floodgates opened in the second half. The writing looked on the wall for the hosts as the visitors swept to 12-0 lead inside the first ten…