for a few hours today this morning a dozen or so went down to the stanley rangers ground and helped cut the grass around the pitch, it looks in fine fetal now ready for the opening season,
we are going to use the side of the pitch also for training, the club is intend to do more improvements at a later date

roll on the new season

first game of the season for cas panthers under 10s this saturday when we entertain garforth tigers "friendly",training has been going well we have been back two weeks now and have recruited well signing two from lock lane and 1 from oulton raiders. also the teams in each league have been decided with the fixtures to follow shortly. u10s group1 lock lane cas panthers stanley rangers eastmoor dragons dewsbury celtic stanningley drighlington shaw cross www.yorkshirejuniorsarl.co.uk/ other groups can be found on here

first game of the season for cas panthers under 10s this saturday when we entertain garforth tigers "friendly",training has been going well we have been back two weeks now and have recruited well signing two from lock lane and 1 from oulton raiders. also the teams in each league have been decided with the fixtures to follow shortly. u10s group1 lock lane cas panthers stanley rangers eastmoor dragons dewsbury celtic stanningley drighlington shaw cross www.yorkshirejuniorsarl.co.uk/ other groups can be found on here

Speaking from the Crigglestone perspective I'm feeling a bit gutted for the lads about this . Last season was a weird one for them really with a few coaching changes over the year . But in all honesty most of the teams in the top division , they have either beaten once , twice or only been beaten by a 2-4 point difference . ( plus I've heard Celtic ain't that good - only what I've heard , don't mean to offend )
I can't see it doing them any good by playing a division below I really can't .

On another topic - I had my touchline manager talk last night but forgot to ask if a liason officer was still needed . Does anyone else know (or would ask)
many thanks

found it a bit strange myself certainly both crigg and heworth are worthy of the top group,i dont know about dewsbury celtic but from what ive heared they ship in a lot of points,time will tell but on paper both groups 1 and 2 look very strong and it may be a case of mixing and matching over the season with teams trading places.

in group 2 townville,oulton,crigg,heworth and garforth will all be competative given what i saw of them last season and that all you hope for that the games are competative and not run away score lines.

not too sure ive got a meeting with our welfare officer tommorow night and i will try and find out for you,onething for sure is without a touchline manager from each team the game cant be played.

Thanks Brayton , much appreciated

quite shocked myself tbh , i can see group 2 being competitive but very shocked to see crigg and heworth not in the top tier.

i think Shaw cross used the get out of jail with a few wins back end of the season

no liason officer required just a touchline manager from both teams.

first week games are now out with us playing local rivals lock lane at home in the first leauge game.

others of interest on here are

drighlington v stanley

hunslet parkside v crigglestone

very tough start for Stanley in the 10s

dont think it matters where or who you get its going to be very hard,i dont know about dewsbury but i cant see a weak link anywhere amongst the others.

im happy to get lock lane at home has its a fixture the kids look forward to and it has the added spice that two of their best players have joined us over the close season, so its going to be a very nervous week for them two kids.

no liason officer required just a touchline manager from both teams.

Thanks again

Sorry about the above post - didn't quote that v . well !

Drigg v Stanley looks a hard game from what I saw last season but I'd put my house on Cas. Panthers in the other ( not bitter and twisted or owt , but I would be amazed at anything but a Panthers win )

The groups at under 11's are wrong on the web site, The fixture secretary pasted last seasons top group instead of this years.

cas panthers u10s warmed up for the new season with a convincing 44-12 win over a big garforth side,we scored 9 tries but only mannaged 4 conversions which is a worry but we looked strong all over the park and credit garforth they never gave up and will cause teams a lot of trouble in group2.

just back from my hols lewis missed his first game which was a friendly against lock lane, from the result it was a closer encounter than previous games but the new stanley under 12s won 28 -10, next weeks game is against shaw cross and is their first league game in division II. if anybody is interested in bring a new starter to the game or even a player that would like to change clubs you can pm me or contact Paul his no. is on the web site, our coaches are Paul Lord and Graham Harwood www.stanleyrangers.org.uk/ www.stanleyrangers.org.uk/under11_08.htm training will start on the 5th August weds/ fri nights your more than welcome to come train before committing

just back from my hols lewis missed his first game which was a friendly against lock lane, from the result it was a closer encounter than previous games but the new stanley under 12s won 28 -10, next weeks game is against shaw cross and is their first league game in division II. if anybody is interested in bring a new starter to the game or even a player that would like to change clubs you can pm me or contact Paul his no. is on the web site, our coaches are Paul Lord and Graham Harwood www.stanleyrangers.org.uk/ www.stanleyrangers.org.uk/under11_08.htm training will start on the 5th August weds/ fri nights your more than welcome to come train before committing

stanley rangers under 11's first run out won the Shaw Cross charity challenge festival this weekend.

Stanley rangers under 13's pre season 70 to nil winners at cas panthers, and just won the Charity Challange cup final at shaw Cross 28 to 8 V shaw cross.

right start of the season for the under 12s at stanley and we at home against shaw cross k.o. 11-30 this saturday we are in the division two league and will have games against :-
crigg all blacks
drighlington
dudley hill
methley warriors
normy knights
shaw cross
upton

Crigg all blacks u 10's beat Parkside 50-12 today . Bit of a worry for them though - only a 9 player squad .

looks like its gonna be a little bit to easy for you fellas in group 2 and await the league to rectify this problem.

stanley u 10 had a tough start to the season with an away trip to bradford side drigg but came away with a superb 32-4 victory in a game which Stanley dominated all over the park .

well done lads

we opened up our season (stanley under12s) with a well deserved win against shaw cross, on previous games they have been thrilling and this one too lived up to the expectations, on a very hot day stanley had gone to a half time lead 21 -6 and then shaw cross made a spirited come back in the second half, the final score ended up 33 -14, we had one of two new players in the team and he gelled very well



if your youngster plays local please feel free to add to the posts

Well done Stanley u10's , away win at drigg is a bloody impressive result . Congrats to all .

our game "cas panthers vs lock lane" has been put back until monday night
because lane couldnt raise a side over the weekend due to holidays.

i took advantage of the day off and went and watched stanningley vs eastmoor u10s which finished 38-18 to the home side,very little in it in the first half but stanningley were very aggressive and it clearly upset the eastmoor boys who started backing off their opponants,two fights also in the second half the second involving around 8 kids which is a worry but im quickly learning that when you go to play stanningley you after fight fire with fire or they will just bully you off the park.

a great win for stanley maybe the young girl who coaches drig will realise that playing half the team a year under age will eventually catch up with you,still take nothing away from stanley thats a very impressive result.

funny you should say that , last year i told my other half that it will catch them up soon and today it looked that way