they should of worked there way through the leagues like most teams have to but it is obvious that some teams in the nwc get special treatment. Us at hindley had to fold for a season when we were in div1 and had to start of again in div 6. Fair enough. Then you get new teams like thatto 3rds put into div4 and orrell who have conceeded games for the last 3 years n still in div2. I think it could work against thatto in the long run because they have got a new team playing against some very good teams in div4 and could destroy confidence struggling every week.

Hindley v Waterhead pp

some very good teams, you must be joking, must be one of the weekest leagues for years with plenty teams already dropped out. i bet thatto 3rds didnt get much choice, was probably join 4th division cos teams already dropped out or play friendlies all season with about 2 free teams available to play. there was an equal amount of teams in 5th an 6th div so no room for anyone.

poor old hindley having to drop down to bottom div cos they couldnt handle it in a high division.

no problem dropping down divisions mate but it seems some teams work to different rules that others. In fact it has made hindley stronger and hopefully a team that will stick together for the next 10 years and work there way through the divisions. In fact we were turned down a place in div 6 for our 2nd team so shows how far we have come from having 6 training a week to over 40 players signed on due to late entry which is fair enough.

good on yer, perhaps thats what the thatto 3rd team want but didnt get much choice. theyd probably expect to be in the 6th and maybe thats were they should be but like i said not much choice. i applaud them for giving it a go when undoubtedly playing established 1st teams is quite a big ask.

cadishead rhinos av been awarded the points from our game with thatto ref my earlyer rant.a number of eliagable players was sighted as the reason

correct result in my view rhino all the best for the rest of the season

Hindley 18-0 Thatto Heath A - Failed to raise a team again.

like i said they should not be in the league
wasting everyones time, the only time they raise a team is when one of the other sides have no game

Cobras 24 - 4 Cadishead Rhinos

Both teams had weaker sides out than the 1st game, we had 8 lads on a stag do so had to draft in 2nds (again) but they did good, although that meant our 2nds going to Leigh with only 13 men!!??? Cadishead had 5 U18s in I believe and they all did good!!

Was a scrappy game with the weather although our pitch help up fine & the ref was sshi11te, kept pulling me n albino when we were only having a bit of banter?

On a sour note one of there lads went to AnE after an high Tackle of Jo, don't think Jo meant it at all, still got sent off so had to play half a game with 12!!

I'm out for rest of season with an ACL injury...dame!

Are Thatto not being thrown out of our division????

Thatto Heath Crusaders A have today notified the NWC that we will be withdrawing to Division 4. We have sent the following E-mail to Ron Girvin to notify him.

We cannot see any real prospect of raising a 3rd team any time in the near future and feel that it would be in the best interests of all concerned if we were to withdraw from NWC Div 4 with immediate effect. Obviously it is deeply regretable having pushed so hard to be included in the division that it has come to this but I don't think it is fair to waste the time of the other clubs in the division by living in hope that we may be able to field a team anytime soon.
If we were to continue giving up games on a weekly basis I feel that it would devalue the competition and be disrespectful to the other clubs in the division, thus harming the reputation of our club in the process. I can only apologise on behalf of the Open Age set up at Thatto Heath Crusaders to the NWC League and the other member clubs in Division 4, at the time of entering we felt we were in a strong position to proceed with an extra team, however the club has been let down by the by the commitment of some players that indicated their willingness to turn out in the beginning. Hopefully a 3rd team maybe something we can revisit with more success in the near future.



Just to clear a few things up about the way we entered the league late. Our request was initially turned down by the League and it was only after a lot of pleading e-mails from our club that we were allowed to enter Division 4 with the withdrawal of a couple of teams freeing up space. Ideally we would have liked to have begun in Division 6 as this would have suited the standard of our players much better. Unfortunately this wasn't possible due to the already large numbers in that division.

Apologies once again to all of the clubs and players in NWC Division 4.

Andy Houghton
Open Age Team Manager
Thatto Heath Crusaders

Saddleworth V Cobras PP... waterlogged pitch

I know hindley did Mayfield 4? - 6

any other scores??

what happened with the swan vrs eccles

Good game at Waterhead the final score was Waterhead 14 Bamber Bridge 30, both teams having lots of good young lads on show. Anyone come up with what happened at Eccles yet?

Swans were winning 12-10 then match abandoned and the ref put a score of 16-12 to Eccles