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4. 2007-2008
President: Andy Deacon
Chief Executive: Douglas Hamilton
Hon. Secretary: Bill Stewart
Hon. Treasurer: Douglas Hamilton
Chairman of Rugby: Alex Kerr
Club Captain: Phil Belgian
Club Coach: Tom Borthwick
Mini/Junior Chairman: James Ritchie
OBITUARIES
Alfred Bywell ('Fred') Spark
Died June 26th 2007 - aged 62 years.
Fred was a keen follower of Tynedale and attended all 1st XV team matches even during the later stages of his illness.
David Walker
Died June 12th 2007 - aged 70 years.
David was a stalwart supporter of the club over many years, and a willing helper at club events.
Tynedale were champions of National 3 League North and were promoted to National League 2 which was level 3 in the English League structure.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Annual Report (2007-2008) can be downloaded/viewed from the foot of this page.
CLICK HERE to download/view Club Fixtures/Results
CLICK HERE to download/view 1stXV Teams, Scorers & Appearances
CLICK HERE to download/view 1stXV Match Reports
It was a day to remember at Tynedale Park on Saturday 19th April 2008 with the FirstXV being presented with the National Three (North) championship trophy after the 22-7 home victory over Fylde.
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The occasion was a real special one for the club with the Raiders being presented with the UBS Wealth Management 2ndXV CANDY League trophy.
Presenting the trophies was ex-England and Lions captain Bill Beaumont, who is currently Vice-Chairman of the International Rugby Board (IRB). Rugby legend Bill was able to make use of a rare 'free' weekend to combine the supporting of his club Fylde and his son Sam, who plays No 8 for Fylde, with the presentation duties.
Over the season 40 different players have represented the 1stXV in league matches and the these players voted for the "Players' Player of the Year" award which was sponsored by the John Lewis Partnership. The voting resulted in a tie with Jack Harrison and Tim Swinson topping the poll. Managing Director of the John Lewis and Waitrose Partnership John Hayes presented the awards to Jack and Tim.
With the Hoppers topping their league, tremendous performances from all the teams in the youth section and the County Senior cup and Senior Shield plus the under 9 and under 15 cups returning to Tynedale there really is a lot to celebrate.
COLTS RETAIN COUNTY CUP
Tynedale Colts retained the County Colts Cup with a convincing 20-8 victory over favourites Percy Park at North Shields on Sunday 27th April 2008.
FANCY A TRIP TO CORNWALL?
The 1st XV will need to travel to Cornwall two, possibly three, times next season. The club is investigating the costs of flying from Newcastle Airport to Newquay as an option, with transfer from Newquay by coach.
We think that there will be space for supporters, if we are able to give the airline sufficient notice, at a cost of between £100 and £135.
Unfortunately dates are not yet available .
If anyone is interested in taking up a supporters place on the flights please contact Douglas Hamilton (01661 852017), John Shotton(01434 607546) or E-Mail the club at tynedalerfc@hotmail.com.
TYNEDALE - THE MOST IDYLLIC SPORTING VENUE IN THE COUNTRY?
John Inverdale, writing in the Telegraph, has suggested that Tynedale could be a serious contender for the title of 'most idyllic sporting venue in the country'.
In his piece, where he acknowledges our promotion to National Division Two, he talks about our 'spectacular Northumberland home', describes our location as 'this glorious part of the North-East' and rightly points out that we are just a few miles from the geographical centre of Great Britain.
Things are really looking good!
COUNTY PRESIDENT J.H.G.SAUNDER
TYNEDALE Rugby Club stalwart John Saunders has become president of the Northumberland Rugby Union for season 2007-2008. John is currently the Club's archivist and was a very popular President of Tynedale between 1992 and 1994.
John, a retired Northern Gas executive, who lives in Hexham with his wife Fay, succeeds Wes Dixon of Ponteland.
John's playing career as a dashing centre was over long before he moved North, and he became involved with Tynedale as a coach with the infant mini-section in the 1970s.
John's son Ed was a star wing forward for Tynedale in the 1980s, and his grandsons Milo and Hector Barnett are involved with the present mini-section.
Away from the rugby field, John is a passionate game fisherman, and a former Hexham Courant angling correspondent.
CLUBHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS - ALI OPENS NEW FACILITIES
Ali Johnson opened the club's £350,000 new facilities in a ceremony before the game against Preston Grasshoppers and a film crew from the BBC were on hand to record the events.
The new developments include additional changing rooms, referees rooms, revamped toilets, a new meeting room and disabled access. Much of the new development was a joint venture with Corbridge United junior football team and has come as a result of generous funding from a variety of sources, chief amongst them being:-
- The Football foundation
- Tynedale Council
- Northumberland Rugby Union
- Myson Radiators Ltd
- Wooden Spoon
- Thompsons of Prudhoe Environmental Trust
- The Smith Charitable Trust
- The William Webster Trust
- The Henry Bell Trust
Chief Executive Douglas Hamilton gave a brief address before Ali Johnson officially opened the facilities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event.
The day was ended with an emphatic win for Tyndale who now enter the last game of the season next week with the best defensive record in the National Leagues!
The improvement in the club's disabled access and disabled facilities, and the building of two new changing-rooms and associated showers, toilets, referees room etc were completed on 26th October 2007.
HONOURS FOR TYNEDALE YOUNGSTERS
Two members of Tynedale Colts and QEHS were selected for the North U18 rugby squad which played in the Divisional championship against the South East, the South West and the Midlands. Philip Scandal (left) and Jonathan Cousin (right) represented the County in a successful campaign against other northern counties before being invited to attend a North assessment day and two development weekends from which the final North squad was selected.
In a warm up match the North comfortably overcame a Newcastle Falcons U19 side, winning 46-5. The North subsequently won all their matches against the three other divisions.
North Results (all matches played at Broadstreet, Coventry):-
London & South-East 20 North 22 - Fri 21st Dec 2007
South-West 12 North 13 - Sun 23rd Dec 2007
Midlands 16 North 22 - Sun 30th Dec 2007
FEAST OF SCHOOL RUGBY
On Saturday 15th September convoys of coaches converged on Tynedale Park carrying pupils from Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh and Ampleforth College, York. For the second successive year these two famous schools competed against each other, on neutral territory, at age groups ranging from Under 14 up to 1stXV.