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Floodlit Friday On Perfect Pitch One Suits ‘Street As They Overcome Old Covents.
Read more...Responding positively to the special request from old rivals Old Coventrians RFC to switch this Warwickshire League Two fixture to Friday night from the traditional Saturday afternoon, in order that the overly romantic visitors may avoid a clash with Valentine’s Day and field their strongest possible side, Danny ‘Tinkerman’ Rowan ’s boys expected a much tougher encounter than the previous match between the two sides, which ‘Street won in a canter at Tile Hill Lane back in October. Indeed, with no OCs first XV game to be played that weekend, the visitors arrived at floodlit Ivor Preece Field w...
Turner Turns Tide With Timely Turnover.
Read more...Broadstreet Rugby Football Club’s Ivor Preece Field, Binley Woods, was the venue for visiting Huddersfield RFC ’s six game winning streak coming to an end, as the home side’s barnstorming second half comeback gave them victory by 25 points to 21, despite trailing 3 – 16 at the break. A twenty two point burst of scoring in a twenty two minute period after half time saw the scoring of three well taken tries by Nathan Tilsley, Gareth Turner and Jack Gibbons and seven points from the boot of fly-half Ben Palmer; prove enough to give ‘Street an essential four points win, despite Huddersfield grabb...
Thirds In The Spotlight On Friday Night.
Read more...Broadstreet RFC 3rds versus Old Coventrians RFC 2nds on Friday 13th. Street 3rds take on Old Covents’ Twos under the Ivor Preece Field floodlights in a Friday evening contest on 13th February 2015 at 7:30 pm. Spectators are invited to come along to watch this band of rogues and misfits fine athletes in a masterclass display of the art of rugby. Additionally, there will be periodic numeracy tests primarily to confirm just how many Street players are actually on the pitch. This follows last Saturday’s debacle, in which the Manager of Broadstreet 3rds (not to be mentioned by name), not only fail...
Do You Play Rugby And Qualify For Ireland?
Read more...Irish Exiles Midland Festival Day Sunday 15th February, 2015 Broadstreet RFC, CV3 2AY. For boys born in the years 1997/1998/1999, a pathway to International Rugby. Register at: http://www.irishexiles.co.uk Find out more at: http://www.irishrugby.ie/exiles or email:
‘Street Charged Down At Stourbridge.
Read more...Broadstreet Rugby Football Club travelled to Stourton Park to face a resurgent Stourbridge in a return fixture having won comfortably by 33 – 10 in the home leg before Christmas. This was a closer encounter with only ‘Street’s slip-ups proving the difference on the scoreboard, as the hosts narrowly prevailed by 23 points to 17 after the visitors had clawed back from a 20 – 3 deficit twenty seconds onto the second half to grab an-all important bonus point writes Bob Harcourt. With Stourbridge dominant in the first ten minutes it looked like this was going to be a tough contest for travelling ‘...
Broadstreet Best In Basement Battle.
Read more...The Ivor Preece Field , Rugby Road home to Broadstreet Rugby Football Club, was the setting for a must win game for two clubs at the wrong end of the table and; as might be expected, play throughout reflected the importance of victory in this confrontational and, at times, feisty contest which ended in a comfortable five tries to nil, maximum points win, for the hosts. But that was not before visitors Luctonians RFC, from near Leominster in Herefordshire, had gutsily clung on until the second half with some spirited defence and no little attacking endeavour, writes Bob Harcourt Whilst ‘Street...
Last Chance To Join The Perpignan Tour!
Read more...Tourist numbers for the trip to Perpignan over the first weekend in May have swelled to 31 since the Christmas break as more and more of us realise that we need a reason to get away from the wife, kids, mother-in-law, decorating and gardening chores, shopping trips, etc. with the regular season finishing the weekend before and leaving us limited excuses to head up to Rugby Road. The other good news is that we have sufficient playing members to put out a side for a friendly match against local opposition, meaning that we will play a game and watch a professional game over the weekend that we’r...
Short-Handed Street Strive To No Avail As Old Leams Cash In.
Read more...With the Broadstreet 2nd team facing the might of Leicestershire Champions Hinckley 2nd team at The Ivor Preece Field and calling upon several 3rd team regulars to complete their side, it was a depleted Street 3rd team that headed to Bericote Road for this friendly fixture against our old pals Old Leamingtonians, themselves graced with a squad of twenty-five or so experienced 2nd XV and 3rd XV players. Indeed, much to the frustration of manager Danny ‘Tinkerman’ Rowan, two players, Stewart Crawford and ‘Yorkshire’ Gav Barsby, fully kitted out and resplendent in the freshly laundered 3rd XV ki...
Barnstorming Broadstreet Triumph In Tens.
Read more...With Danny ‘Tinkerman’ Rowan graciously allowing a number of 3rd XV stalwarts to bolster the 2nd XV taking on Nuneaton RFC Extras on the adjacent pitch, Street 3rd XV were indeed reduced to a bare fifteen players and awaited the arrival of Alcester RFC expecting a tough encounter in bright but wintry conditions. And they continued to wait … and wait … and wait … until it became clear that the six Alcester lads sat in the visitors’ changing rooms would not in fact be joined by their colleagues, some of whom mysteriously decided to head to Pershore RFC for a non-existent fixture, with others po...
Street Stumble As Nuneaton Nip Over.
Read more...The Broadstreet 2nd Team welcomed a strong Nuneaton RFC 2nd Team labelled the ‘Saxons’ to the Ivor Preece Field with Danny ‘Tinkerman’ Rowan strangely absent. It appears that Danny decided to manage the third team that he’d entered into a prestigious ten aside tournament, so he handed the reigns of the running the second team to his young understudy John ‘I couldn’t stop a pig in an alleyway’ Dodd. With the playing strength available, the squad competed under the banner of the second team, as it was apparent that the only things that the majority of the team had been developing was beer belli...
