All-stars gather at Upper Park event; LOCAL RUGBY UNION.Byline: BY RON ROBY West Park Reporter THERE is a welcome return to rugby action at the Upper Park tonight when the Wooden Spoon Anti Assassins take on Gogledd Cymru, the North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. regional rugby team, kick-off 7.30pm. The Anti Assassins, a North West select XV, are renowned for their attacking style and now carry the official backing of the RFU RFU Rugby Football Union RFU Reserved For Future Use RFU Relative Fluorescence Units RFU Ready For Use RFU Radio Frequency Unit RFU Reconfigurable Functional Unit RFU Request for Update RFU Remote Focusing Unit Wooden Spoon Charity. The Anti Assassins have announced a strong line-up with Tim Fourie of Sedgley Park Sedgley Park is a residential neighbourhood to the north of Salford and Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury. Situated in the town of Prestwich, Sedgley Park is roughly bounded to the north by Scholes Lane, to the east by Bury Old Road and to the west by Bland Road/ in the second row and Waterloo's Martin Bell at number 8. Tom Foden of Chester is at stand off along with Lancashire's Jason Duffy, Freeman Payne and Neil Kerfoot in an exciting back division which also includes former Manchester winger Mick Leach Michael 'Mick' Leach (born Hackney, London January 16 1947, died 1992) was a footballer with QPR in the 1960s and 1970s. He signed professional forms in 1964 and made his debut in 1965 in a 5-0 win against Colchester United and during this early period of his career he was, . There will be an opportunity for a number of Birkenhead Park players to shine with forwards Gareth Jones, Jon Feldman, Joe Pollard and Jamie Johnstone included in the AA's squad. The Gogledd Cymru team contains players from 12 North Wales clubs as well as a number of Englishbased players. On Monday the 2009 Wirral Central Venue Leagues for schools was launched at Birkenhead Park with Year 8 teams from Woodchurch, Park High, South Wirral, Ridgeway A ridgeway is a road or path that follows the highest part of the landscape. Roads and pathways
Meanwhile the Park first XV squad face another frustrating week of inactivity - but only if scheduled opponents Sheffield Tigers manage to win their delayed Intermediate Cup tie at Walsall which was due to be played last night. If Tigers win then they will play their next cup tie on Saturday against Middlesbrough but if they lose they will travel to the Upper Park for an important North 1 clash. Coach Shaun Gallagher said: "For the second successive week we don't know if we will have a game or not on Saturday, it is a very unsatisfactory situation and could mean we go five weeks without a game. "I don't know how the RFU think we can prepare for a match with only two or three days' notice particularly when things like programmes, sponsorship and corporate hospitality come into play. "The loss of revenue will be significant particularly on top of the festive break." If the match against Tigers does take place kick off will be at 2.15pm. Next game: Birkenhead Park v Sheffield Tigers, North 1, Saturday 2.15pm, |
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