PRE-MATCH LUNCH
This season lunches will again need to be booked in advance (by 23:59 on the Thursday) using a simple on-line reservation & payment system. Due to a maximum capacity this will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
The link to book your place at a lunch is:-
https://events.liveit.io/ian-tynedale/tynedale-rfc-pre-match-lunch-booking-202425-4/

Once payment is made an email ticket/receipt will be sent.

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HARROGATE RUFC V TYNEDALE RFC
Saturday 18th March 2025 (KO 3pm)

It’s a short trip down into North Yorkshire this Saturday when we travel down to play our old friends from Harrogate.

TYNEDALE V HARROGATE

Tynedale first played Harrogate RUFC in January 1987. Tynedale won an untidy game 3-4. The match had been moved to a pitch at the Grammar School in Harrogate.
The next meeting was in a league match at Harrogate on the 12th. March 1988 which Harrogate won 24 – 7.

In all League matches Tynedale’s record against Harrogate has been Played 14, Won 9, Drawn 1, Lost 4, Points for 313, Points against 254.
That drawn match was the last one played by the two teams, on 16th November 2024 at Tynedale Park.

LIFE IN NORTH 1
When Tynedale played that first league match the newly formed Northern Division One League consisted of Winnington Park, West Park, Kendal, Otley, Hartlepool Rovers, Tynedale, Wigton, Hull & ER, Harrogate, Widnes and Middlesbrough.
Tynedale finished as runners-up to Kendal that season.

It took another 12 years, until 2000, for Tynedale to earn promotion from that League! Harrogate were promoted in 1990 to what was then Division 4 (North) – now National 2 (North).

Tynedale’s team in the first league match played at Harrogate in March 1988 was Adrian Tallantyre; John Rutherford, Derek Hunter, Ian Dodds, Mark Richard; Gary Taylor, Gary Rutherford; Richard Parker, Alan Gledson (Capt), Chris Dixon; Paul Walker, Angus Murray; Mickey Lee, Graham Yates and Fred Dickinson. Reps. Charles Ayton, Paul Deegan.
Seven farmers (six of them in the forwards)!

Gary Taylor And Graham Yates are now Vice-Presidents at Tynedale.

THE OLDEST CLUBS IN NATIONAL TWO (NORTH)
Otley 1865
Preston Grass. 1869
Harrogate 1871
Tynedale 1876
Sheffield 1902
Fylde 1919
Wharfedale 1923
Billingham 1924
Chester 1925
Sheffield Tigers 1932
Lymm 1960
Hull Ionians 1992
Hull 1992
Leeds Tykes 1998

Tynedale 33 Harrogate 33 – 16th November 2024
Nearing the end Harrogate held a 33-21 lead having led for most of the game. Poor ball retention meant that Tynedale had struggled to get a foothold until the last 10 minutes, when replacement Ben Haigh went in under the posts for Cam Grant to convert, before Will Roberts blasted down the right wing to bring things level. For Harrogate Thomas Steene could have won it deep into injury time, but he put a 23-metre penalty wide.
The draw meant that Tynedale had not won any of the first five home matches played in the season. In fact they had no home success to crow about until 14th December when they beat Hull at Tynedale Park..

HARROGATE THIS SEASON
On their return to our league Harrogate have struggled near the bottom of the league but as we all know our league this season contains no ‘lame ducks’ and the bottom teams are more than capable of defeating the majority of other teams in the league.
Harrogate’s home results have been better than their away form and if anybody doubts Harrogate’s quality they just need to look at their last two home matches where they have defeated Fylde and Hull Ionians.
With every point vital in Harrogate’s bid to avoid relegation we are sure to have a very difficult, competitive match against a fired-up Harrogate side.

HARROGATE’S LEAGUE RESULTS TO DATE:-
Billingham 33 Harrogate 12
Harrogate 29 Wharfedale 35
Sheffield 57 Harrogate 19
Harrogate 31 Preston Grasshoppers 38
Lymm 57 Harrogate 24
Harrogate 22 Chester 16
Fylde 61 Harrogate 14
Harrogate 33 Sheffield Tigers 34
Hull Ionians 25 Harrogate 23
Tynedale 33 Harrogate 33
Harrogate 39 Otley 7
Hull 29 Harrogate 12
Harrogate 22 Leeds Tykes 47
Wharfedale 18 Harrogate 15
Preston Grasshoppers 38 Harrogate 31
Harrogate 31 Lymm 36
Harrogate 13 Sheffield 46
Chester 29 Harrogate 26
Harrogate 27 Fylde 24
Sheffield Tigers 34 Harrogate 18
Harrogate 35 Hull Ionians 23

OFFICIALS
Referee: Daniel Rowlands
AR1: Brendan Fitzmaurice
AR2: Rebecca Rees

GROUND
Harrogate RUFC Ltd.
Apollo Capital Stadium,
Rudding Lane
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 1DQ
info@harrogaterugby.com
01423 815420

HARROGATE WEBSITE
https://www.harrogaterugby.com/

CORBRIDGE TO HARROGATE
99 miles - 1hour 49minutes

WEATHER FORECAST
Dry, light cloud, gentle north-easterly breeze, 7 degrees.

OTHER TYNEDALE (Senior Section) MATCHES THIS SATURDAY

SATURDAY
Harrogate Georgians v Tynedale Raiders - CANCELLED
Tynedale Hadrians – No Fixture
Tynedale Centurions v Alnwick Lions (2.30pm) – County No2 Cup Final
Tynedale Colts – No Fixture

SELECTED SQUADS