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Page 1 YOUR FAVOURITE MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FIRST EDITION WWW.WESTLONDONSHARKS.CO.UK HEAD SHARK WELCOMES YOU Sharks Chairman Mike Byrnes welcomes you We are seeing many changes occur within the Rugby League community game. At a National level, a major restructure is planned for the game in the near future. Rugby league is expanding both within and outside of its homelands. The RFL plan is to move to a single summer season. This is a great future opportunity for our club. Here at the Sharks, on the playing field, we have attained many of our goals e.g. win National & Local competitions for Men and Women. Off the field we have a unique club culture, demonstrated with a Global Alumni of many 100’s, reflecting our cross gender, multi-culture, social approach. So in 2010 it was time to take stock, plan the future, and look at making some changes. Foremost was getting the foundation in place. The best possible home for the club. One which can support growth, embraces our culture, and gives our players the best possible facilities (e.g. changing rooms for women). It took much longer than anticipated, but in Chiswick RFC we have found a great partner. It is a major landmark in the history of the Sharks. It can only be successful if we all work toward building the partnership. Welcome to the Sharks and to Chiswick. It’s summer 2011 & the Future of the Sharks is ’ you’. Let’s have success and fun writing the next chapter of Sharks history together....Mike (Byrnsie). Mike Byrnes - Club Chairman BARNSEY RETURNS FOR ANOTHER SEASON Barnesy was looking to do more recruiting and take a step back from coaching in 2011 but after the coach he initially had in mind pulled out, Barnesy has decided to take up the senior coaching position again. With a young child on the way, I think Barnesy has got his work cut out for him this year. Also I am sure Barnesy does not want to lose anymore hair from the stress. After speaking to the players though they are happy that the “Old Man” did not step down from the coaching role. Mark Barnes Coach SHARKETTES KICK OFF 2011 SEASON 11 SEASONS AT SHARKS, OVER 200 GAMES & ARNIE IS STILL GOING STRONG The Sharks Ladies team kicked off the new season with a great selection of players to choose from. The 2010 Season was a year where the Ladies struggled to get numbers to a fixture or training. This year we certainly are spoilt with numbers. It’s great to see a lot of the union women coming down to try rugby league in the summer. With the talent seen at training I think this could be another successful year for the Sharkettes. There has been a lot of focus and work done by the RFL to promote women’s rugby league and we are certainly seeing the benefits from the training sessions they are organizing at rugby union clubs. Ebony Blake who is the South East Regional Development officer and is driving the project was really happy to see the amount of women that have been training with Sharks. “I am really delighted that the training sessions we are holding at the Rugby union clubs at the back end of the union season are working”. Team Manger Christina Ovenden is certainly going to have a busy season trying to make sure the newcomers feel part of the club and also interested. This season Donny Lam will be doing a lot of coaching work with the Sharkettes Team to make sure the new players are getting up to speed with the rules and plays and also make sure the existing players for Sharks have not taken their fin/foot off the pedal. Note to you young fellas out there, if you want to take a leaf out of someone’s book on how to play both games, still at a good standard then take one out of Graham Robbing’s ( AKA Arnie) book. Here is a man who is truly built for the game. Arnie is the only original Shark still playing now. He has seen many players come through the club and Arnie is still out gunning some of the young players. The great long service Arnie has spent at Sharks is truly inspirational. I truly would like to raise my glass to “ARNIE”. Well done old son.

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YOUR FAVOURITE MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FIRST EDITION WWW.WESTLONDONSHARKS.CO.UK

HEAD SHARK WELCOMES YOU Sharks Chairman Mike Byrnes welcomes you We are seeing many changes occur within the Rugby League community game. At a National level, a major

restructure is planned for the game in the near future. Rugby league is expanding both within and outside of its

homelands. The RFL plan is to move to a single summer season. This is a great future opportunity for our club. Here

at the Sharks, on the playing field, we have attained many of our goals e.g. win National & Local competitions for Men

and Women. Off the field we have a unique club culture, demonstrated with a Global Alumni of many 100’s, reflecting

our cross gender, multi-culture, social approach. So in 2010 it was time to take stock, plan the future, and look at

making some changes. Foremost was getting the foundation in place. The best possible home for the club. One

which can support growth, embraces our culture, and gives our players the best possible facilities (e.g. changing

rooms for women). It took much longer than anticipated, but in Chiswick RFC we have found a great partner. It is a

major landmark in the history of the Sharks. It can only be successful if we all work toward building the partnership.

Welcome to the Sharks and to Chiswick. It’s summer 2011 & the Future of the Sharks is ’you’. Let’s have success and

fun writing the next chapter of Sharks history together....Mike (Byrnsie).

Mike Byrnes - Club Chairman

BARNSEY RETURNS

FOR ANOTHER

SEASON

Barnesy was looking to do more recruiting and

take a step back from coaching in 2011 but

after the coach he initially had in mind pulled

out, Barnesy has decided to take up the senior

coaching position again. With a young child on

the way, I think Barnesy has got his work cut

out for him this year. Also I am sure Barnesy

does not want to lose anymore hair from the

stress. After speaking to the players though

they are happy that the “Old Man” did not step

down from the coaching role.

“Another season and this time at our new home.

We want to make this work but it’s all up to

players to turn up to training” says the old man

Mark Barnes – Coach

SHARKETTES KICK OFF 2011 SEASON

try rugby league in the summer. With the talent seen at training I think this could be another successful year for the Sharkettes.

There has been a lot of focus and work done by the RFL to promote women’s rugby league and we are certainly seeing the benefits from the training

sessions they are organizing at rugby union clubs.

Ebony Blake who is the South East Regional Development officer who has been driving the project was really happy to see the amount of women that

have been training with Sharks. “I am really delighted that the training sessions we are holding at the Rugby union clubs at the back end of the union

season is working”. Team Manger Christina Ovenden is certainly going to have a busy season trying to make sure the newcomers are kept up to speed

and also interested. This season Donny Lam will be doing a lot of coaching work with the Sharkettes Team to make sure the new players are getting up

to speed with the rules and plays and also make sure the existing players for Sharks have not taken their fin/foot off the pedal.

11 SEASONS

AT SHARKS,

OVER 200

GAMES &

ARNIE IS

STILL GOING

STRONG

The Sharks Ladies team kicked off the new season with a great selection

of players to choose from. The 2010 Season was a year where the

Ladies struggled to get numbers to a fixture or training. This year we

certainly are spoilt with numbers. It’s great to see a lot of the union

women coming down to try rugby league in the summer. With the talent

seen at training I think this could be another successful year for the

Sharkettes. There has been a lot of focus and work done by the RFL to

promote women’s rugby league and we are certainly seeing the benefits

from the training sessions they are organizing at rugby union clubs.

Ebony Blake who is the South East Regional Development officer and is

driving the project was really happy to see the amount of women that have

been training with Sharks. “I am really delighted that the training sessions we

are holding at the Rugby union clubs at the back end of the union season are

working”. Team Manger Christina Ovenden is certainly going to have a busy

season trying to make sure the newcomers feel part of the club and also

interested. This season Donny Lam will be doing a lot of coaching work with

the Sharkettes Team to make sure the new players are getting up to speed

with the rules and plays and also make sure the existing players for Sharks

have not taken their fin/foot off the pedal.

Note to you young fellas out there, if you want to take a leaf out of

someone’s book on how to play both games, still at a good standard then

take one out of Graham Robbing’s ( AKA Arnie) book. Here is a man who is

truly built for the game. Arnie is the only original Shark still playing now. He

has seen many players come through the club and Arnie is still out gunning

some of the young players. The great long service Arnie has spent at Sharks

is truly inspirational. I truly would like to raise my glass to “ARNIE”. Well done

old son.

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CHISWICK

RFC NEW HOME FOR SHARKS The 2011 season sees Sharks play out of their new home at Chiswick RFC.

Both Clubs started discussions about the move late in 2010 and finally agreed

just before the 2011 Sharks season kicked off. Chiswick RFC are very positive

about the move. I asked Kelvin Campbell (Chairman of Chiswick Rugby ) about

the move so far and he said “So it finally happened, West London Sharks now

at home in Chiswick W4, after months of planning and plotting Chiswick are

really pleased to have the Sharks at W4.. . It's gone very well with the guys

settling well, all opposition have found it to be a friendly atmosphere and Donny

and Barnesy have had a chance to practice their BBQ skills.... I know Donny

works for Vodafone but I have to say I think the future is bright, if not orange”

says Kelvin.

2010/2011 Rugby Union season at

Chiswick also attracted some Sharks

players down to have a run out in the

cold. Paul and Chris Towells, Barnesy

and Donny all turned out for the Chiswick

Chiefs who won their league this season

and got promoted. It was a good laugh

and run around for the Towellsy brothers

especially as they are die hard league

boys. Sharks are hoping to secure this

arrangement with Chiswick long term.

Already we are seeing some of the

Chiswick players coming down to training

and also having their first game of Rugby

League.

Paul and Chris Towells

QUINS RL TICKETS Sharks become a Community Ticket outlet for

Quins RL 2011. Help Support our community club

by purchasing tickets through Sharks. If you're thinking of going to watch any of the Quins RL home games

this year then you can buy your tickets through Sharks.

Ticket Prices:

£15.00 per ticket and £10.00 goes to Quins and £5.00 goes to Sharks.

Support Sharks by purchasing your tickets through Sharks.

Next Home Games:

June 4th

June 18th

June 25th

Contact Donny: 07949915703

BBQ AFTER

TRAINING A HIT Sharks welcomed the new summer by having a

BBQ after Training on Thursday 6th of May.

The BBQ went down well with a great turnout.

Thanks to Towellsey and Cookie who cooked the

BBQ while the rest of the team were put through

their paces by coach Barnesy. The BBQ is

something the Sharks will do frequently.

SHARKS LOOKING FOR

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS After two seasons with THE BARLEY MOW, Sharks are looking for an additional Sponsor.

The agreement has not been fulfilled from The Barley Mow's end yet but unfortunately the show

must go on. We have had Sentinel as one of our sponsors the last few seasons thanks to John

Paul Byrnes. We are hoping to secure another season with Sentinel.

How to Stretch your

Gluteus Maximus? For more advice on this technique

please speak to Arnie directly.

ARNIE’S TOP TIP

OF THE MONTH

CAPTURING THE

MOMENT Nearly every

game there is

one person

who is there to

capture the

moments as

they happen

and that is Sharks loyal supporter and

unofficial photographer Keith Miller. I would

like thank Keith for providing the pictures that

have been posted on the Sharks website and

Facebook site.

Keith Millar

JUNE FIXTURES: MEN’S XIII: 4th Sharks Vs Bulldogs Home

11th Rhinos Vs Sharks Away

18th Sharks Vs Hoists (Magic Weekend)

25th Storm Vs Sharks Away

SHARKETTES: 4th Bears Vs Sharks Away

11th Outlaws Vs Sharks Away

18th Sharks Vs Army Home

If anyone knows of a company that could be interested

please get in contact with Barnesy or Donny.

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RHINOS

EDGE

OUT

SHARKS First Fixture of the 2011 Season

Sharks started the game with the first try of the game in about 8 minutes

from kick off. For some reason Sharks took their foot off the pedal after

that. Rhinos answered back with 3 tries going into the half. Sharks were

giving away too many penalties back to back. Sharks looked tired and they

should do after the amount of sets they defended on the line.

It would be unfair for me to say the only reason the Rhinos won was that

the Sharks were having a poor game. Rhinos capitalized on the Sharks

mistakes which a good team should do and for that they were the better

team on the Day. Player of the day for Rhinos, hooker Cookey certainly

took advantage of the opportunities presented to them on the day.

Dave Madigan just held up short of the line

Sharks fought back but it was too little too late. Storming games from the

young boys, new and old Sharks players. Louis, Madigan and JP played

well from the front, Sammy and Callum making the yards out wide. Sharks

are missing key players which they hope to have back next week after the

bank holidays. A typical start to a new season for Sharks. Captain

Terrence knew this first game was going to be a challenge.

It's always a good arm wrestle when the two teams meet. It's back to the

drawing board for Sharks.

Player of the day for Sharks was Callum McCormack.

Debutants: Ben Hird, Jamie Mathison, Nathan Cook, Louis Robinson, Nick

Aitcheson, Steve Davis, Rohan Tonkin

Sharks Team: Ben Hird, Graham Robbings, Dan Baker, Nick Aitcheson,

Callum McCormack, John Paul Byrnes, Sammy, Dave Madigan, Chris

Towells, Nathan Cook, Rohan Tonkin, Steve Davis, Jamie Mathison, Lewis

Robinson and Terrence Puna (Capt).

Full Time score: Sharks 22 - 28 Rhinos

Try Scorers: Lewis Robinson x 2, Terrence Puna x 1, Dan Baker x 1

Conversions: Nathan Cook x 3

SHARKS

WEATHER

THE STORM

AT THE

SHARK CAGE

After the Sharks women's emphatic 70-16 win over Coventry Bears it was

the turn of the men to try and register their first league points of the

season.

Although the game may not have been the greatest advert for Conference

Rugby League, what it lacked in overall quality, it more than made up for in

pure endeavor. Both teams were looking for their first wins of the season

and the Sharks edged this particular London derby 28-18 thanks in no

small part, to a brace of tries from debutant Ben Sutherland.

The Sharks man of the match scored a try in each half, the second a

wonderful individual effort on the right flank. Further tries from prop Gerry

Dolan, the kiwi duo of Rob McLean and Damian Mohan plus a score from

Craig Kruger were enough for the Sharks to get the two points, although

Storm where never completely out of the game and certainly proved a

stern test. West London Sharks would once again like to thank South

London Storm for agreeing to switch the fixture between the two sides to

Chiswick.

Player of the day for Sharks was Ben Sutherland

Debutants: Ben Sutherland and Matt Clarke

Sharks Team: Dan Baker, Daragh Couhlan, Terence Puna (Capt), Craig

Kruger, Damian Mohan, Nathan Crichton, Rob McLean, Gerald Dolan,

Nick Dave, Matt Clarke, Chris Towells, John Paul Byrnes, Nick Aitcheson,

Ben Sutherland, Adrian Miller, Dan Adamski

Full Time Score: Sharks 28 – 18 Storms

BARMAN STEVE A BIT OF

A SHARK ON THE GUITAR The after match drinks for Sharks really did bring out the talent for the

evening. Even after the few shots of Jager bombs Steve still managed to

play out some tunes to entertain the party.

Barman Steve: what a legend.

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BEARS SHARK

BITTEN BY

SHARKETTES

First fixture for 2011

The 2011 season for the Ladies kicked off with the first of four tries from

Jayne at 49seconds from Kickoff. That's got to be a Sharks record for

the quickest try from. Chrissy had a lot of players to choose from and

with a vast majority playing their first game of Rugby League, it was

going to be an interesting game in terms of players finding their feet.

Coventry had a full team out with only one or two reserves. Coventry

answered straight back with an equaliser try. Coventry number 13 had a

solid game putting in some big hits but that did not phase the Sharks.

Sharks played a basic but structured game. The “Twos” play seemed to

work and made it difficult for the Bears to defend. Going into the second

half Sharks were really in control of the game. Sharks senior players

Christina Ovenden, Caroline Arthur, Kim Davies, Angel and Oli Davies

taking control of the game. Superb kicking from Jayne Goodlife piled on

the points for Sharks.

Newcomers Kaiko and Jade also crossed the line.

Great game from the other newcomers Staci Cascani, Hannah Farnfield, Sam

McCarthy and Wendy Fry.

Second half the Sharks continued their good form. Although Sharks were

attacking well, they still need to work on their defensive line. Sharks asked

Coventry if they would like Sharks to kick off so the opposition team can have

the ball in hand for a spell but the response from the Bears was “No we have

to learn from this so let's play on". Play did continue and Sharks swam away

with it. Sharks will meet the bears in their next fixture up in Coventry on the

4th June.

Sharks Team: Oli Davies, Kate Clements, Jade Wong, Keiko Kato, Staci

Cascani, Chris Ovenden, Kim Davies, Sam McCarthy, Caroline Arthur (Capt),

Leslie Cripps, Sophie Anderson, Wendy Fry, Jayne Goodlife, Desiree Emery,

Whitney Howman, Hannah Farnfield, Amy Turner, Nicola Smith, Yvette

Burton, Rachel Gibson and Angel.

Player of the day: Jayne Goodlife

Full time score: West London Sharks 76 – 16 Coventry Bears

Sharkettes team

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COMPETENT CENTS

SPOIL SHARKS

COMEBACK

SHARKS VS ST ALBANS

The Sharks started the game by far the better and came agonisingly

close to a score after just 5 minutes, on the last tackle Nathan Crichton

kicked forward and the chasing Damian Mohan collected the ball before

playing it to Tom Duffy. Duffy then kicked through and Mohan once again

chased but with the try line at his mercy he was unable to gain control of

the ball. Sharks didn't need to wait long for their opening score though,

Captain Rob McLean intercepted a pass and broke forward, after neat

passing from the Sharks, Ade Lewis cut in from his left wing position and

beat numerous Cents tackles to score on the right side. Duffy missed the

conversion from the right touch line. On 11 minutes it looked as if the

Sharks would notch their second try. Lewis intercepted a pass 15 yards

from the Sharks own try line and burst forward, a last ditch tackle

prevented him getting across the whitewash. The Sharks spread the ball

wide and Cents were penalised, however, a Sharks knock on ended the

promising move. A minute later and Cents had their first try, some neat

sidesteps from the Cents number 6 and he was over under the posts, He

added the conversion and Sharks trailed 6-4. Sharks responded quickly

and J.P. Byrnes scored his first try in two seasons in almost the exact

place Lewis had scored his. Duffy again failed to convert the tough kick

and Sharks led 8-6. Sharks could smell blood now and spent the next few

minutes camped in the Cents 20. As the Sharks piled on the pressure the

Cents kept giving away penalties, Adrian Miller was the Shark to take

advantage and he went over for his first Sharks try. Duffy put over the

extras to hand the Sharks an 8 point advantage. Unfortunately for the

Sharks, this seemed to wake Cents up from their slumber and the visitors

where dominant in the final 10 minutes of the half. On 30 minutes a

break by Cents saw them odds on to score but a superb last ditch tackle

by Chris Towells prevented the try.

Sharks where penalised for offside and survived a full Cents set on their

own goal line. It was though, to be a temporary reprieve as Cents scored

just two minutes later but failed to add the extra two points. On the stroke

of half time Cents scored another try far over on the left flank, an

impressive conversion from the touch line gave Cents a narrow two point

edge at the break. Cents started the second half the better and 10

minutes in, broke through the Sharks rearguard to score after the Sharks

had given away some soft penalties. Before Cents' attempt at adding the

extras the problems for the Sharks where compounded when Matt Clarke

was sent off for showing dissent to the official.

The Cents conversion meant they had a 22-14 lead. With 65 minutes on

the clock Sharks looked like they would cut the deficit, Mohan was sent

away down the left wing but as he lunged for the line he was tackled in to

touch. The numerical disadvantage was starting to tell for the Sharks and

the defence was beginning to tire. The Cents conversion meant they had

a 22-14 lead.

Two Cents tries in four minutes (72 and 75), both converted, broke the

Sharks brave resistance. On the final play of the game, Mohan finally

crossed the line for his well deserved try after some sustained Sharks

pressure. Duffy failed to add the extras but it mattered little as the Cents

wrapped up the win by a score of 34-18. Sharks are next in action on

Thursday evening when they travel to Hammersmith Hills Hoists.

Sharks Team: Daragh Coghlan, Ade Lewis (1T), Tom Duffy (1G), Ben

Sutherland, Damian Mohan (1T), Nathan Crichton, Rob McLean (capt),

Adrian Miller (1T), Nick Davy, Matt Clarke, Chris Towells, Wayne

Broomfield, J.P. Byrnes (1T), Rowan Tonkin, Callum McCormack,

Graham Robbins, Paul Towells, Pedro Mostaldi, Steve Davis, Dan

Adamski. Match Report by Dan Adamski

Adrian Lewis and Nick Davy try to contain a St Albans player

CHRIS TOWELLS GOT THE

SHARK FACTOR Chris Towells showed that he

is not only talented on the

Rugby pitch; he is also handy

with the guitar.

After match drinks at the

Shark cage, while watching

the Eurovision contest

inspired Towellsey to have a

strum. Maybe it was the Irish duo

Jedward or maybe it was English act Blue, all I know is Chris got the

place rocking.

Chris Towells the guitar man

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HOISTS SECOND HALF

PERFORMANCE

PROVED TOO GOOD

FOR SHARKS Sharks up 6-4 at the half only to be denied by

Hammersmith in the second half.

Thursday evening after a down pour of Rain in the capital, Hammersmith

and Sharks kicked off their re-arranged catch up game hosted by

Hammersmith. This is now a local Derby with both home clubs only a

very long stone throw away from each other.

Hammersmith lost the toss and they kicked off the first half. Both teams

knew this was going to be an arm wrestle and an arm wrestle it was.

There were plenty of exchanges from both teams. From the sideline it

felt like there was no love lost between the two teams. Great defensive

work up front from Adrian Miller, Rowan Tonkin, Wayne Broomfield led by

Nick Davy. Sharks worked hard in the first 15 minutes in defence only to

have their line penetrated by a back’s move which put their centre in for

the first try of the game. The Arm wrestle continued for another 15

minutes with Sharks having the ball in hand for most of that time. Sharks

completed sets and got a good kick and chase going but Hoists were

defending well until the 32nd minute. Tom Duffy put a high Bomb on the

right side which was collected by Second Rower John Paul Byrnes for

the equalizer. Tom Duffy converted and sharks were up 6 – 4 going into

the half. A couple of times Sharks looked dangerous on the right hand

side with Ben Sunderland breaking the line and also Terrence Puna

using the kick and chase from a Sharks scrum which nearly paid off.

In the Second Half Sharks were feeling confident. Sharks kicked off, only

to be shocked by Hoists who scored two minutes in with Hoist’s half back

scooting through the Sharks defence to put their centre in for his second

try. Score line 10-6 to Hoists. Unfortunately it did not get any better from

there as Hammersmith received the ball back from the restart and scored

again after two minutes from the previous try. Sharks where now starting

to look a little tired and un-organized the first half. Score line 16-6 to

Hoists. Half way through the second half Sharks where putting up a fight.

New comers Liam Dunsheath and Sean Cookson where substituted into

the game on the wings with Dan Baker moving into the Pack and

Ade Lewis moving from the wing to Fullback. By now Sharks were

complacent and were not doing the basic things right. I guess it’s hard to do

when you’re on the back foot for most of the second half. It seemed a total u-

turn from their performance in the first half. Hoists did not stop and they ran

through another two tries with their half back leading the way. Final score

was 32-6 to Hoists. All I can say is that Sharks had a chance to stay in the

arm wrestle but let it slip away in the second half. I think we were missing

another half back and also a bit of mongrel. Sharks played as well as we

could have but there is certainly room for improvement and I think Sharks

knew that. Coach Mark Barnes' words to the team were “we have a chance

of doing well again this year but we need to get numbers to training to ensure

every single player knows the plays and also train as a team”.

Sharks team: Dan Baker, Ade Lewis, Ben Sutherland, Terrence Puna (Capt),

Tom Duffy, Nathan Crichton, Nick Davy, Adrian Miller, Rowan Tonkin, Chris

Towells, Wayne Broomfield, John Paul Byrnes, Paul Towells, Matt Clarke,

Nick Aitcheson, Pedram Kostaeddz , Sean Cookson, Dan Adamski, Liam

Dunsheath

Wayne Brromfield trying to break a wall of hoists players

KEEP UP TO DATE WITH

SHARKS MATCH REPORTS

IN YOUR LOCAL PAPER Sharks Match reports back in the local paper. Every week on Friday the

Match reports from the previous week will be posted on the website and

printed in the Hounslow Chronicle Local paper thanks to Sharks fan Tim

Street.

FOLLOW US:

Website: www.westlondonsharks.co.uk

Facebook: West London Sharks RLFC

Twitter: @WLSharks

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WOMENS RUGBY LEAGUE

“TRY IT DAY” AT SHARK CAGE

CAGE

On June 16th Sharkettes have a home fixture against the Army Team and it will coincide with the women's “Try it day” arranged by Ebony Blake from

the RFL who has been working with the Sharks closely this year. The day is about getting women’s rugby league on the map on a larger scale in the

capital. Expecting aroud 50 participants for the day.

Programme for the day:

10am - arrive and register

10.30am - 12noon - Coaching clinic (see below rough outline)

12 - 12.30pm - Lunch break

12.30 - 2pm - small 9-a-side games (festival format)

2:30pm – Sharkettes Vs. Army kickoff

Coaching clinic examples:

3 - 4 stations as below and the ladies rotate around to get to grips with the basic skills

* Passing

* Tackling

* Play the ball

If you know anyone that may be interested please advise them to get in contact with Ebony [email protected]

BEN MORIATY AND

JIMMY GIBLIN

TURN OUT FOR

IRELAND “A”

Ben Moriaty and Jimmy Giblin both played for Ireland ‘A’ in the

Donnybrook cup this year played in Philadelphia.

A convincing win in the end for the Irish team.

Ben Moriaty is now living and playing his rugby League in Ireland while

Jimmy Giblin is recovering from an injury and hopes to be back on the

field for Sharks in West London.

Full article found on the Donnybrook website: www.donnybrookcup.com

NATHAN CRICHTON

MAKES SCOTLAND

“A” TEAM Scotland 'A' have announced

their squad to kick off the Home

Nations Championships 2011

against England Lionhearts in

Leeds on Saturday 25th June -

2:00pm KO. The squad boasts a

selection of players from across

the country and from the Scotland

European Cup 2010 Scotland 'A'

squad.

8 SHARKS TURN OUT FOR THE KIWI

SIDE IN ANZAC CHALLENGE The ANZAC Sports Challenge is a sports gala day

in London to bring the two great nations of Australia

and New Zealand together for a day of remembrance

and respect for the ANZACs from 1915 and thereafter. The Kiwi team lost

to the Australian side but the Sharks boys who played were on good form.

Sharks Players: Terrence Puna, Rob McLean, Harvey Woodbridge, Chris

Towells, Adrian Millar, Tom Duffy, Nick Davy and try scoring machine

John Paul Byrnes

Full article on the Scotland RL website: www.scotlandrl.com

Nathan Crichton

DAGS HOMEWARD BOUND Another Shark is leaving London for home. Dan Agland one of the old

Sharks who went home a few years ago then came back had a half

season with Sharks last year but could not play the full season due to

injury has finally left London for good this time he says. We wish Kelly,

Dan and young Sonny all the best from Sharks.

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West London Sharks Sponsored by:

SHARKS SOCIAL 16th JULY It’s a Tradition when both the Men’s and Women’s teams have a home game a Shark Social is in order. This year the committee has decided to hand

over the organisation of the Social night to the Sharkettes. Details regarding the Social will be posted on the website and in the next Shark Tale

edition.

Watch this space.

Date: July 16th

Venue: Club House

Theme: TBC

Organisers: Sharkettes

Fixtures on that day

Sharks 1st VII Vs Hammersmith Hills Hoist RLFC

Sharkettes Vs Nottingham Outlaws RLFC

MAY RESULTS Mens 1st XIII Result Score

30/04/2011 – West London Sharks Vs. Eastern Rhinos Lost 22 - 28

14/04/2011 – West London Sharks Vs. South London Storms Won 28 - 18

21/04/2011 – West London Sharks Vs. St Albans Saints Lost 18 - 34

26/04/2011 – Hammersmith Hills Hoist Vs. West London Sharks Lost 32 - 06

Womens

14/05/2011 – West London Sharks Vs. Coventry Bears Won 76 - 16

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