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North West Premier
Saturday 7th August 14.30
Lymm RLFC v Wirral Warriors RLFC
Widnes West Bank RLFC v Wigan Riversiders RLFC

The website and the papers havent taken into consideration the game Wirral defaulted on last week.

We have had the game confirmed from John Mcmullan who runs the North West Division.

 

I am writing to inform you of the Play Off Structure for the RLC North West Region. Apologies at only getting this out today.

 

Semi Finals for all three leagues (Premier and Merit) will take place on Saturday 7

th August 2010

 

Home advantage rests with the highest placed team after the regular rounds.  The semi final format is:- 7

th July 2010

 

 

RLC – Premier semi finals1

st  West Bank Bears vs 4

th Wirral Warriors

2

nd Lymm Wolves vs 3

rd Wigan Riversiders

west bank 36-16 wirral score line reflects the result wirral played well we played well in 2nd half after band 20 mins in 1st half when we took control wirral never looked like scoring but were always willing to play which is a credit to them. they are easily the 2nd best in this division but unfortunatly were struggling for numbers. not heard the wigan and lymm score but i think we play the winner next week apparently at eccles and salford.

Congrats West Bank on reaching the final, Wirral are a strong side, your result is the exact scoreline when we beat them 3 weeks ago, so it sets up a nice final!

Lymm 20
Wigan Riversiders 26

Good semi final and a great display from the Riversiders to come back from 10-0 in the opening 10 minutes.

Sets up a West Bank v Riversiders final next week.

congratulations wigan on your win at lymm, couldnt of been easy.

we shall see you men next week in the final at eccles and salford.

should be a great game and the league results wont matter a final is a totally different game.

Good luck to you both ....I hope the drains have held up at E&S!

Last time we played there, there were a few floaters knocking about!

cheers cowies

i was amazed the chose to play it at eccles the place is a s*h*i*t tip

I'll second that. Given that the RFL didn't even produce a trophy for the winners of the NW Merit League last year, it's probably down to it being cheap.

just out of interest, why is it the RFLs responsibility to provide a trophy?

Because the RFL is the governing body of the summer conference maybe???

Are the leagues not independent entities? I'd be pretty sure the merit league is and even the conference? Hence, the governing body is whatever structure the league (made up of member clubs) choose.

As with any league, you are usually constituted independently and then affiliated in some way to the sports governing body. It'd therefore be up to the league, not the sports governing body to provide the trophy...

not being in anyway y, just don’t think it would have been the RFLs responsibility and hence, not their fault if there wasn't a trophy - similarly, the choice of where to play the finals would be up to the league and not the RFL. Can't find the constitution online but the rules of the midlands merit league (which the NW merit kind of league morphed from) can be found and its pretty obvious that that league is independent. It's common for people in our game to just blame the RFL or attribute decisions to the RFL when often its not up to them or anything to do with them!

The leagues aren't independent. Having run the club from inception I have a good knowledge of the structures, they are run in their entirety by the RFL. Last year the RFL decided not to award a trophy to the winners of the NW Final. They had to play the winners of the Yorkshire ML for a trophy. The winners of the Midlands ML received a trophy provided by the RFL. It was a cost issue apparently, a bit lame but there you go. The choice of final venue was also announced by the Regional co-ordinator for the RFL.

Fair enough, but as leagues are made up of their members, isnt there scope for you to include the cost of the trophey in next years admission fee?

Being honest pal the RFL seem to make their structures up on the hoof a bit at present. Although we were consulted about this years league structure at the end of 2009, when they did so the number of clubs they told us were planning to take part was a lot different to those that actually did so. I don't think they know quite what to do with the North West. There's not enough clubs to form two viable leagues but the standard is too varied for one big one such as the Yorkshire Premier. As clubs move up from the Merit League, just as many seem to fold. New Broughton going this year was a real shocker.

With regard to the ML trophy, as they've been included in the finals day (last year we had to host it at Wigan as nothing was forthcoming from the RFL) I presume they have put some money into it this year. So they should it's one of the most positive development tools the game has, allowing clubs to try their hand at RL/Summer Rugby but doing so at their own pace and choosing opposition to fit their standard. The 3 leagues are a great credit to Tim Fellows who started it all off in the Midlands.