Shevington Sharks Amateur Rugby League Club

SHEVINGTON SHARKS U10’S 16 CLOCK FACE U10’S 24 - 13th April 2008.

What an entertaining game of rugby played out on a very heavy pitch and from the start thanks to Clock face for the loan of four players as Shevington struggling with injuries were only able to field 8 fit players and Clock's gesture certainly played a main part in this great advert for junior Rugby League.

After a first ten minutes where both sides cancelled each other out it was Clock face that scored first and went on to score again before Sharks replied via Clock's own Ben Heyes with a fine individual effort. Half Time Sharks 4 Clock face 8.

The second half produced some fine rugby with both teams using the ball well in view of the conditions. Man of The Match Scott Taylor put Carl Hunt and Sharks Spectators Award Winner Jamie Molyneux through the defence for a try each before scoring the Sharks final try. Jack Fowler and Taylor gave a fine defensive display and earned himself the Coaches Award.

Sharks began well scoring in their first set of six and remained in charge for the rest of the game although a great team effort from Golborne ensured the Sharks never got the opportunity to take it easy.

The scorers for Sharks were Man of the Match and coaches’ award winner Jordan Bentham 2 tries who was outstanding in all departments running the ball hard and fast and tackling very well, Nick Bentham, Scott Taylor, Alex Lewczenko, Josh Finch and Jamie Molyneux. Aiden Mcguire took the Spectators Award with a great go forward performance and Jack Fowler finished Top Tackler.

The Sharks travelled to their namesakes in Warrington and both teams played out a tough encounter certainly not lacking in bite! As per Sharks recent games they struggled to get going in the first half and were behind 16-6 at the interval, in the second half Sharks yet again showed fantastic effort matching Rylands 3 tries each and with the Sharks hitting 100% with their conversions made for an extremely tense finish to the game.

Captain Scott Taylor had a hand in all of Sharks tries from acting half and they were scored by: Man Of The Match and Top Tackler Jordan Bentham who was outstanding and upstanding in all departments, Coaches Award Winner Alex Lewczenko who was again very impressive in both attack and defence and Spectators Award Winner Josh Finch who caught the eye in attack. Sharks other try and no doubt Try of the match came from Nick Bentham after a bold powerplay move on the last tackle from Scott Taylor saw him offload from inside Sharks own half down the short side to Nick who put in a fantastic run taking on half of the Rylands team and leaving them in his wake to score!

SHEVINGTON SHARKS U10’S 24 ORELL ST JAMES U10’S 26 - 2nd March 2008.

Sharks nine available players made the short trip to face a strong Orrell outfit and on a very heavy pitch and gale force winds proved that determination and team continuity could be a match for any amount of numbers. Every Sharks player showed their strength of character after trailing by four 4 to 1 at the break to tie the game 5 tries all by the end, beaten by just a single conversion but winners in the eyes of the supporters and their coaches.

Man of the Match Alex Lewczenko scored a fantastic Hat-Trick and put in an awesome defensive performance, Coaches Award winner Rob Aspinall had a great all round game and reaped his reward using his speed to cross for a fine try, Sharks other score came in the first half from Jamie Molyneux and a quality go forward performance earned Josh Finch a well deserved Spectators Award.

SHEVINGTON SHARKS U10’S 32 THATTO HEATH U10’S 16 - 24th Feb 2008.

The Sharks gave a fantastic stand up performance in this tough encounter against a very determined St Helens outfit to lead 24-8 at the break Thatto rallied in the second half but the Sharks dug in and kept their lead through a hard last 20 minutes.

Spectators Award Winner Alex Lewczenko back to his best ran in a superb Hat-Trick of tries and played a fine defensive match. Man of the Match Nick Bentham scored two fine tries and put in a top tackling Performance, fellow top tackler Scott Taylor took control of the Sharks offensive play with both hands and the boot with Josh Finch being the direct recipient with two tries as he got on to the end of two fine kicks Sharks other try came from Jordan Bentham who won a share of the Coaches award along with Powerhouse Prop Aiden McGuire both players giving super displays in both attack and defence.

The Sharks resumed their fixtures today after the winter break and welcomed back Captain Scott Taylor after his fifteen week injury lay-off.Both teams were low on numbers and Shevington missing a couple of key players were still able to lend woolston two players for the first half and two for the second to play even numbers.

From the start a well organised Sharks were always in control, Man of the Match and Top Tackler Nick Bentham scored four fantastic tries whilst Coaches Award Winner Scott Taylor took charge of the organisation and distribution setting up no fewer than 5 tries for his teamates, some of the Sharks passing and support play was superb and there were also some fine defensive displays, Sharks other tries came from Jordan Bentham 2 Jamie Molyneux 2 Robert Aspinall Josh Finch and Connor Gaskell the latter being a full length effort after taking a kick on his own try line!

Special praise was deserved for George Burrows,Jack Fowler,Sean Akdemir and Connor Gaskell who showed great sportsmanship playing half a game for the Sharks and half for Woolston also Woolston themselves earned great praise from Sharks Coach Mick Taylor for their approach to the game their attitude and the way they never gave up or let their heads go down.

On the coldest darkest day this year this match definately left all players parents and coaches of both teams feeling warm and proud!! Freezing weather and a heavy pitch still did not deter either side from playing out a thoroughly entertaining game of rugby and the Sharks earned themselves plaudits from both sides and even though the Sharks had only seven players on the field by the end of the the match they never gave up and were declared "Warriors!" by Head Coach Mick Taylor.

Alex Lewczenko gave a superb Man Of The Match performance with some strong running,two tries and also finished Top Tackler,well supported by Coaches Award Winner Jamie Molyneux who was again on top form in all departments also scoring a try, Aiden Mcguire gave a fine stand up performance and scored a try whilst Jack fowler was alert to score sharks other try after picking up a loose ball. Making his debut James Bridge took the Spectators Award with an enthusiastic effort and Robert Aspinall, Connor Gaskell and William Ratcliffe put in excellent performances.

The Sharks made the short trip to neighbours Chorley and ran out worthy winners and put well behind them their recent run of results,it was back to basics for the Sharks but this proved to be the platform that they needed to get back on track,Chorley played a full part in this game and showed great determination playing right to the final whistle and never gave up!

Man of the Match Nick Bentham scored a dazzling Hat-Trick and put in a fantastic defensive display, further tries came from a superb solo effort by Alex Lewczenko and tries from Jamie Molyneux and Josh Finch,Spectators award winner Will Ratcliffe shared the Top Tackler award with Robert Aspinall and they were closely followed by other fine defensive performances from Coaches Award winner Jordan Bentham and Aiden McGuire.

The Sharks still have two players out until after Christmas with injury and are on the lookout for some new players to join this great squad of lads, School Year 5. Please Contact us for further information.

Shevington Sharks U10s 10 - Crossfield Cobras U10s 14 - 28th Oct 2007.

What a fantastic performance today from the Sharks taking this epic game to the wire and it was a true shame that they conceded in the final minute of the game after twice coming from behind to level the score. After losing yet another player during midweek with a long term injury the Sharks finally got to field eleven players as they welcomed twins Nick and Jordan Bentham for their debuts and infact their very first game of Rugby League, not that you would have noticed as both players put in superb running and tackling performances,Jack Fowler was Top Tackler and was very well supported by Sharks other pocket sized assassins George Burrows, Will Ratcliffe and Rob Aspinall who all did more than their fair share in defence. Aiden McGuire kept up his great run of form always in the thick of things and picking up a try,Sharks other try was scored by another in form player Jamie Molyneux which was converted by Jordan Bentham.Taking into account all of these outstanding performances it was impossible to pick out any one individual for an award and the coaches decided to give the whole team the coaches award.

This was without doubt the Sharks best performance of the season so far!

SHEVINGTON SHARKS U10'S 8 FOLLY LANE U10'S 24 - 21st Oct 2007.

What a Fantastic Team Performance!! from the the Sharks against a very well organised Folly side, Sharks were again short in numbers but never lacked in effort as they played their hearts out for each other from start to finish and even though the result did not go their way there was a great sense of achievement amongst the whole camp, Jamie Molyneux had a fantastic all round game and quite rightly picked up the Man Of The Match award and scored a fine try, George Burrows small in size but big in heart gave a great defensive performance which was noted from the touchline as he scooped the Spectators Award and this was also the case for Jack Fowler who finished the game as Top Tackler and took away the Coaches Award, Powerhouse prop Aiden McGuire impressed yet again scoring the Sharks other try and Sean Akdemir gave a much improved performance relishing his new role of prop forward.

Head Coach Mick Taylor commented " It has been a difficult time for the Sharks and now losing our Captain Scott for the next 12 to 14 weeks through injury hasn't helped, in fact since the start of the season we have been low on numbers due to sickness and injury, with only a small squad this has shown the true sense of the Team and All For One and One For All Ethic from these lads when week in week out we have been putting players in different positions, playing matches when they have known the odds are against them but they still have trained hard turned up on Sundays and played for each other. The way they supported their captain and each other and seeing the squad before during and after the game today with smiles on their faces reminds us why as Coaches we do this Job and i do believe we have a group of lads here who the more obstacles they have to face seem to become stronger and stronger i can't remember being more proud of the lads as I was today.

Well Done Sharks!!"

SHEVINGTON SHARKS U10'S 8 LEIGH EAST U10'S 36 - 14th Oct 2007.

Sharks entertained Newton with only nine fit players available but never the less played the game to its conclusion. Spectators Award winner Jamie Molyneux gave a very impressive defensive display and also scored 2 fine individual tries, Coaches Award winner Josh Finch scored as well as being Top Tackler, whilst other Sharks tries came from Connor Gaskell 2 and Anton Lowton 1 Storm voted Aiden McGuire as Man Of The Match for an aggressive running display and Will Ratcliffe gave a brave defensive effort.

Head Coach Mick Taylor commented " We have yet to play 11 a side due to numbers of players from both ourselves and opposition teams, so a shortage of players was not a new occurrence, we are a team always capable of scoring tries the big difference this week even though playing similar opposition was the fact we conceded nine tries in one game as many as in our first two matches hopefuly we shall have players back fit for next week then we can put out a full side"

The Sharks travelled away to Milnrow with just 10 men and played out a good spirited and enjoyable game of rugby with their opponents and also found out that Rugby League is a game of two halves!

The Sharks opened the scoring when Man Of The Match and Spectators Award Winner Scott Taylor ran the angle whilst threatening to offload and cut through the defence to score, this was followed by two fine individual tries from Top Tackler Alex Lewczenko and a further score from a powerfull run from Anton Lowton,the hosts replying just once Half-Time Sharks 16 Milnrow 4.

The second half Milnrow rallied and as the Sharks began to lose possession and fall off the tackle they took full advantage setting up a tense finish,Coaches Award Winner Robert Aspinall scored what proved to be the decisive try showing his support skills and getting himself in a good position to receive a pass from Scott Taylor and then using his pace to arc around the Milnrow defence to score!.

Sharks got their new season off to a good start with a victory over the Lions, and it was a good all round effort by both teams and some good skills were on display.

Captain Scott Taylor organised the team well in attack and led the defensive effort as Top Tackler, Aiden McGuire scooped the Man of the Match,Spectators Award and a Hat-Trick of tries in a fantastic go forward performance supported by other scorers: Jamie Molyneux [3],Anton Lowton and Josh Finch, Alex Lewczenko picked up the coaches award for a fine all round performance and it was nice to welcome Robert Aspinall and William Ratcliffe on their Sharks debuts.