Review of 2004 - 2005 Season

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Old Rishworthian RUFC planned a 75th Anniversary that would include rugby, entertainment and fun. We achieved all of these and hope that the club has improved it's standing in Yorkshire Rugby. Fred Dawson was President for a record 20th Season and Gary Morris took over the 1st team captaincy from Darren Wade who had been in charge for 8 seasons.

1st Team Record:- Played 25 Won 16 Lost 9 Points For 692 Against 301

Darren Wade was the top points scorer with 198 and Alex Fearnley continued his remarkable try scoring with 26 tries 130 points. A successful Players Dinner was held on Maunday Thursday with guest speaker N Wheedon of Heath, Fred Dawson and Ray Crabtree entertaining 102 players, members and guests at the clubhouse.

The Club awards for the year were presented to:
Geoff Eastwood Trophy - Player of the Year: Joe Baker
Tommy Edwards Trophy - Players Player of the Year: Martin Brook
Terry Higgins Trophy - Best Newcomer: Andy Callaghan
Peter Firminger Tophy - Most Improved Player: Paul Hartley
Dave O`Boyle Trophy - Clubman of the year: Chris Mitchell
G Hoyle Achievement Award: D Dawson

Darren Dawson introduced the "Sniper Magazine", which proved a hit with players and members cataloguing witty tales of goings on in the club.

The Junior and Mini Section went from strength to strength. The Mini Section now has teams ranging from Under 6 to Under 9`s. The four age groups gained success during the season, but the highlights were the under 7's winning the Harrogate Festival and at Headingley, when 31 mini players provided a half time display in front of nearly 5,000 people during the halftime break of the Leeds Tykes v Saracens match. The club sent a party of 158 people including 90 adults and a further 37 juniors who gave their support to the mini players.

The Under 15`s team was the success story of the Club. They completed their second season of junior rugby and surpassed last season?s performance with some excellent running rugby and solid defence.

Date	Competition	Opponents	Venue	Result
August 28th	Friendly	Skipton 2nd XV	Away	W 64 - 0
September 4th	Junior Vase	Sheffield Medicals	Home	W 32 - 14
September 11th	Friendly	Pontefract Pythons	Home	W 19 - 5
September 18th	Junior Vase	Old Modernians	Home	L 19 - 20
September 25th	League	Halifax Vandals	Home	L 10 - 19
October 2nd	League	Garforth	Away	L 12 - 37
October 9th	League	Wensleydale	Away	W 40 - 3
October 16th	Friendly	Old Crossleyans 2nd XV	Away	L   3 - 31
October 23rd	League	Wharfedale Rams	Home	W 48 - 7
October 30th	League	Aireborough	Away	L  11 - 21
November 6th	Silver Trophy	Halifax Vandals	Away	L   8 - 20
November 13th	League	Knaresborough	Home	W 12 - 3
November 20th	League	Thirsk	Away	W 60 - 7
November 27th	Friendly	Huddersfield 2ndXV	Away	Cancelled
December 4th	League	Wibsey	Home	W 36 - 7
December 11th	League	Knaresborough	Away	L 10 - 15
December 18th	Friendly	Ossett	Home	L 10 - 20
December 25th	Friendly	No Game	Home
January 1st	Friendly	No Game	Home
January 8th	League	Aireborough	Home	Postponed
January 15th	League	Aireborough	Home	L  11 - 13
January 22nd	League	Wharfedale Rams	Away	Postponed
January 29th	Friendly	Old Brodleians XV	Home	W 94 - 0
February 5th	League	Wharfedale Rams	Away	W 22 -12
February 12th	Friendly	Pontefract 2nd XV	Home	Cancelled
February 19th	League	Garforth	Home	W 23 -15
February 26th	League	Halifax Vandals	Away	Postponed
March 5th	League	Halifax Vandals	Away	W 12 - 3
March 12th	Friendly	Ossett	Away	W 7 - 0
March 19th	Friendly	No Game	Home
March 26th	Friendly	Sandal 2nd XV	Home	W 19 - 13
April 2nd	League	Wibsey	Away	W 45 - 0
April 9th	League	Thirsk	Home	W 65 - 6
April 16th	Friendly	No Game	Home
April 23rd	Friendly	No Game	Home
April 30th	Friendly	Cwmtwrch	Home	W 47 - 10