Pat Howdle has stepped down as Director of Rugby at Beverley ARLC bringing the end to a four-year spell with the club.
News of his departure was issued by the club who expressed their most sincere thanks. Howdle took charge at the club in the summer of 2014. During that time the club has developed rapidly and has even played live on TV.
The blue and golds will attempt to play their postponed Ladbrokes Challenge Cup First Round tie away to Shaw Cross this Saturday.
Last week club officials were left feeling frustrated when the Kirklees Council declared all of their pitches unplayable on the Wednesday evening prior to the Saturday. It turned out to be the only postponement of the round.
The blue and golds have announced three pre-season friendlies ahead of their 2018 campaign in National Conference Division 3.
First of these will the toughest and will be against Premier Division outfit Myton Warriors. The Hull outfit will visit the Beverley Leisure Centre on 20 January.
The blue and golds will bring their season to a close this Saturday with their biggest game in their recent history and their neighbours, the Potting Shed, are backing them to triumph in the final.
Beverley ARLC will contest the Yorkshire Premier Division Grand Final against Siddal Academy at in Batley, West Yorkshire in their 1PM kick off.
The blue and golds will return to action this Saturday with a derby clash against East Hull in their kick off 2.30PM at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
It is a game that will make or break their season as Beverley currently sit in 5th place level on points with Bentley, but with a points difference that is inferior by 35.
The blue and gold slipped to defeat on their travels last Saturday but can be proud of their efforts.
Beverley succumbed to defeat on a hot energy sapping afternoon in West Yorkshire that required drinks breaks at the 20 and 60-minute points.
The blue and golds are bidding for a fourth successive Yorkshire Premier Division win this Saturday when they entertain Queensbury for the first time in the 2.30PM kick off at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
Queensbury who are from the Bradford area were promoted from Yorkshire Division One last year and are more than holding their own top division with 3 wins from 7 starts.
Beverley ARLC were on the wrong end of a big defeat as they were turned over 42-0 in their pre season friendly with Myton Warriors.
This match away to Myton, a National Conference Premier outfit demonstrated that there is significant gap between the three divisions that separate the two sides but still proved to be a useful pre-season workout.
Beverley ARLFC held their annual sportsman’s dinner combined with their end of season awards at Lazatts.
170 guests attended the event of which Adrian Morley was the guest speaker. The four individual awards on the night were as follows….
The blue and golds final league fixture of the season away to York Acorn ‘A’ was conceded by the home side who were already bottom of the Yorkshire Premier Division.
The blue and golds chalked up two more league points against a depleted yet spirited Illingworth outfit at the Beverley Leisure Centre last Saturday.
The blue and golds are hoping to bounce back from two successive defeats, which has seen them slip to 7th place in the table, in Saturday’s home derby clash with Hull Wyke.
The blue and golds are hoping to build on last week’s first win of the season at Norland Sharks.
This was a very pleasing afternoons work for the blue and golds in this pre-season friendly, which was the clubs first outing since early September 2015 as they hosted the Scarborough Pirates.