ROUGHYEDS chairman Chris Hamilton has been nominated for a ‘Pride in Oldham’ award in the professional category.
An Oldham man born and bred, Chris was one of four founder members of Oldham RLFC (1997) Ltd, following the decision of the Oldham Bears board of directors, with the approval of shareholders, to take the original Oldham club into voluntary liquidation because of massive debts.
He has had an unbroken association with Roughyeds, at the top level, since day one, as chairman and CEO for most of the last 14 years and as chief executive in the short period when he wasn’t the chairman. continue reading
ROUGHYEDS put up a stunning performance at Workington on September 4 to finish their regular league campaign with a memorable 24-20 win, our seventh in the last nine outings and one which will give everybody a confidence boost ahead of the play-offs.
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WELL done, Houghie and the boys! While our 29-24 Grand Final win against Widnes Vikings in the Reserves Under-23s Championship was not exactly the most stylish performance we’ve produced at this level this season, it was more than enough to bring silverware to the club for the first time in eight years, discounting the Law Cup and the SEAT Trophy which we won in pre-season.
For the record, these were the boys who brought home the bacon: continue reading
OUR interest in the 2011 Co-operative Championship One play-offs came to an end at Rochdale Hornets on Sunday (Sept 11) when we went out 39-18 to a Rochdale side that hit top form at just the right time.
It was the fourth time these derby rivals had clashed this year and it was the first Hornets victory, but there was no denying they were the better side on the day this time, as the score would indicate.
Tony Benson, the Oldham boss, acknowledged that Roughyeds were well beaten. continue reading
A DISPUTED try by Leigh left-winger Ben Sumner five minutes from the end took a tight game away from Oldham RL under-18s in their last run-out of the season at Whitebank last night.
Roughyeds were defending a 16-14 lead when Sumner raced clear on what looked to be a forward pass. The nearside touchjudge stood his ground, but the referee over-ruled him and awarded the try, which John Darbyshire converted to give Centurions a hard-fought 20-16 victory.
Oldham, lively on attack and resolute in defence, dominated the first half to lead 16-4 at half-time with tries by scrum-half Nathan Brown and one each for second-row pair Jack and Tom Breheny, two of which were converted by stand-off Tom Shaw.
Leigh’s only reply was a try for Sam Singleton, but the visitors looked shaken by the force of Oldham’s defence which caused them to complete only ten of their 24 sets in the first half. continue reading
