normy knights under 13's had a good win against new earswick 32-4 better game than the score suggests. pitch was in good condition. young ref was spot on. both sides showed great discipline. last game of the season next saturday at home to stanningley.

stanley 10s signed off with a 3 rd straight win at cas lock lane , although the gaffer was not to impressed today the lads enjoyed their crimbo party

good to hear that we have just got back from ours tonight, a few bevvies was drunk tonight while the boys watched a dvd of our coach play for oldham in a lancashire cup final, we then watched the demolition of Dudley hill where lewis crashed in two tries, a good night was enjoyed from all especially me

Final score was Stanley 10's 30 - 24 Cas Lock Lane 10's. Defensivley we went backwards by at least 5 weeks! But a joy to watch going forward, threw the ball about nicely. Very pleased overall with the 1st half of the season, and we know where we need to work, so plenty to look forward to. Enjoy a few weeks off now

what a poor end to the year,
our final match which was to be played this weekend against Crigg all blacks but they have decided to postpone which is a shame as we meet in the Wakefield cup final and would of been a bench mark as the last game wasn't in good weather conditions, I think its down to lack of players, is which ironic as we have suffered for a couple of weeks with players poorly and down to 12 men in one game (another reason for summer rugby) and now we have shook the bugs away for a third week been unable to play, now I don't know what to do this saturday morning between 10 and 1

mind blowing weather

we should be playing Criggstone All Black at home this weekend in a rearranged match but due to lack of green grass the match will have to played at a later date, and tonight I have learned that we have drawn the All Blacks in the Challenge cup away to be played next week

one of the openest pitches to the elements you can get so doubt that game will go ahead too.
ah well sleep in on saturday

Stanley Rangers 8/9/10 and 11's will be playing in the curtain raiser's at The Hearwell before the Catalans game on the 7th Feb. Should be interesting as I can't see us getting any training in before that date

conformation of this weeks game for Stanley Rangers u12s has put a smile to my face at last,
we should of been playing Normanton Knights at home in league the but preference to the junior challenge cup brings a tasty fixture travelling to Crigglestone All blacks, training has been disruptive but the lads are in great spirit and hope to recapture that winning feeling they was getting before xmas break, kick off is 11-30

back to training a week on thursday,the boys are biting at the bit and have been wanting to get back training early.the 7 week break will have done them the world of good i know one lad thats grown a bit and put on a few extra pounds and cant wait to get back on the pitch.

we started back at Crigg last night, and of course they were all chuffed to death to be back - all i got all night was " have we been moved up ?" - i suppose we'll find out the Monday before the Saturday we all k.o.! Think we'll struggle early as a team tbh 'cos it's a big jump up(probably only3 good teams in 2nd group- no disrespect intended )- this is of course presuming we'll move up !2 players have left , but it's bang out of order if they don't put us back up and give us a chance to improve .
Good news is we're playing at half time - AWAY IN CATALANS , AT THE WAKEY GAME !!!


Much fundraising starting - more hard work - but well worth it !

word of warning when driving into the car park at Stanley Rangers be aware of the new wall on the right hand side it can be quite easily knocked down and damage your car as I nearly did tonight

there will also be a gate at the end later

buena suerte

Many thanks - we'll need as much as possible !

Stanley rangers under 12s looked in a fine fighting mood to take the spoils today against the Crigglestone All Blacks winning 18 - 6,
in a hard fought battle Crigglestone endured a lot of pressure in the first half and a 80 metre interception try saw them took the lead which they managed to hold on to for most of the first half where Stanley then took the lead 10 -6 just before the whistle for half time, as Stanley began to tire slightly it opened the game into close battle mostly in the mud and a converted try and two drops completed the job for the Rangers. not sure the field could take another game on there now

It was nice to see Kear down there too

a young chocolate labrador owned by are own whingecat

been some time seeing you but nice to meet up again

Saw the first half and Stanley looked the better side to me - thought they would tire in the second half coming up the hill but obviously not - well done to everyone involved . Enjoyable game , but hunger pains drew me away !

after last weeks freeze which saw our away league fixture for the stanley u12s with Dudley Hill canceled we have the next round (quarter final) of the junior challenge cup, and we have drawn guess who,

Dudley Hill away

having beaten them 20 - 4 at home last year in the league, I hope they can return another strong performance

Stanley Rangers under 10's will be showcasing their talents at Belle Vue prior to the Catalans game on Sunday........we'll be in pink!

Just going up to Shaw Cross to watch first team get destroyed by Leigh miners rangers. my lads founds himself on the bench god help him.

another great performance for the stanley rangers u12s on a cold foggy day,
right from the start they was put under pressure from an inform dudley hill side who wasn't going to go down without a battle in the junior challenge cup quarter final,
scoring the first two tries they never looked back even when dudley tried to claw their way back into the game, at half time it was 8 - 14 to stanley, the second half flowed better, distributing the ball to the wings to increase the final score to 8 - 24,
bit of claret was spilled when a high tackle hit my lad on the nose and was pleased to see him return when it dried up
magic moment of the game was to one of our lads that hasn't scored but has kept his shape on the wing week in week out, ran in to score from and unselfish pass

pure magic

And crigglestone will be in ....erm , black.

lads will be very rusty me thinks

Good day for the lads today - won both of their games , but more pleasing was how they played after only having probably 2 training sessions since the season finished for the break .

stanley won both and i think its a shame that both teams could not compete, crigg deffo group a standard imho , the number 8 had a good day and i spoke to his dad who told me about his break .... hes always been a bit fiery lol.

Number 8 for Crigg was excellent IMHO, 6 looked good also. Was very pleased with ALL my lads to say we'd only had 1 training session since early December. Shame we didn't get to play Crigg, would of been a good game for both teams, they should be in top group IMHO.

Couldn't aggree more - let's hope we meet up in the coming months !