On Saturday 22nd October the beginnings of a new Open Age Rugby League team could be found on a South Liverpool playing field, locally and affectionately known as The Mystery.
The first training session of Liverpool City RL, led by Ian Balshaw, was attended by a good number of Liverpool based lads who had previously shown interest in playing Rugby League in Liverpool. The session, which focused around a match, allowed the lads time and space to get to know one another and re-establish themselves with the core skills and laws of the games.
“There was fantastic enthusiasm for all who turned up and took part on Saturday. Lads who wanted to play and develop Rugby League in their city. One lad was allowed to leave work for a couple of hours to come and train.” Commented Tom Sumner, organiser and participant of Liverpool City. Ian Balshaw backed this up, “We were made up with the response we got from the first press release and letters we sent out. Saturday’s session is a fantastic foundation to build on and with confirmation of more lads turning up on the 5th the only way is up.”
The next session is to be held on Saturday 5th November 2011 and has had interest from Sky Sports News in covering the session and the start up of the team. It has also been arranged for all participants to head to the Fly in the Loaf public house after training, where both 4 Nations games will be shown.
For information on Liverpool City RLFC and the open sessions please head to
www.pitchero.com/clubs/liverpoolcity .
You can also contact Ian Balshaw on 07592342806 or
ianrbalshaw@gmail.com, alternatively, Tom Sumner on 07809728218 or
tom.sumner1@gmail.com .
