Storm Funding Success!
Newton Storm ARLFC have just received notification from Awards for All that our £9,000 grant application has been successful. The funding will pay for the delivery of coaching sessions for Y1-Y6 children in all 11 primary schools where we have an official school/club link. Within the next 12 months, over 500 children will be taught rugby league skills by Newton Storm coaches, who in the past have needed to take time off from work to undertake schools coaching a voluntary basis.
Coaching sessions can start in September 2008 throughout the next school year and the funding also includes for a summer rugby festival in June 2009.
A lot of hard work went into the application by u11's Coach Malc Hankey, with supporting info supplied by Treasurer Ken Tinkley and sponsored by Steve Sexton (St Helens RLFC Development Officer) who kindly acted as a reference for the club.
With the great news surrounding new kit sponsorship and a record number of new players joining our junior teams, the future looks incredibly bright for Newton Storm ARLFC.
Open Age win St Helens 7's
Newton Storm Open Age picked up their first silverware of the season by winning the 2008 St Helens 7's competition organised by St Helens RLFC. After five weekly rounds, Storm finished top of their league playing teams from Pilks, Blackbrook, and two from Portico. Four top teams from the nine who entered then went on to the Finals at the St Helens Festival - held at Sherdley Park.
Open Age coach Craig Bailey would like to thank all the players who took part and the club would like to extend its congratulations to the team. Well done guys!
u7's Chorley Festival Winners
Well done to Newton Storm U7's who competed in the 2008 Chorley festival today.
The team were the overall winners at their age group
Results as follows:
Storm 5 Chorley 1
Storm 4 Atheron 1
Storm 2 Halton 3
Storm 3 Shevington 3
Another excellent weekend for Newton Storm and the u7's players
Benjamin Tinkley, Adam Curtis, Sam Darwin, Zac Cooper, Christian Szalk, Will Boyers,
Rhys Goldsmith & Jake Horan.
Keep up the good work for the new season well done & thanks to all the parents for their excellent support!
u8's win St Helens Festival
Newton Storm u8s produced some fantastic performances at the 2008 St Helens festival to remain unbeaten throughout the day.
The tournament organised by Saints RL was a fantastic advertisement for junior rugby league and attracted large crowds.
The team were presented with the trophy by the Mayor of St. Helens and were a great credit to the club. Well done to all the players involved including the opposition teams from Blackbrook, Clock Face and Portico.
u10's London Tour
Newton Storm ARLFC u10’s have just completed a very successful tour, playing three matches against under 11s teams from London and the Midlands.
On Saturday 5th July 2008, Storm players were delighted to be welcomed to London by Harlequins coach Brian McDermott who kindly spent the day with the team, watching both games against Elmbridge Eagles and Whitton Warriors. Brian even took the time to give the players a rousing half time team talk during their second match, which they really responded to.
The team were then invited to the Twickenham Stoop to watch the Harlequins v St Helens game on Saturday evening and were surprised to have the opportunity to meet Saints coach Daniel Anderson before the game! On Sunday 6th July, Storm travelled 120 miles north to face Northampton Knights u11s team in another fantastic game and a great advert for junior rugby league.
Storm coach Malc Hankey said: “The players and parents have worked extremely hard for the last few months undertaking numerous fundraising activities to pay for the tour in full. Everyone had a fantastic time, some great experiences, and I would like to thank the individuals and local businesses who supported the team over the course of the season.”
The Storm under 10s players would also like to thank Malc and Karen Hankey for all their hard work and organisation, which made the tour possible.
Presentation Events 2007/08
Open Age
Open Age Award Winners 2007/08
Player of the Year - Liam Bostock
Players Player of the Year - Daniel Bathgate
Clubman of the Year - Daniel Cunliffe
Most Improved Player of the Year - Michael Rowe
Top Try Scorer - Liam Bostock
Top Tackler - Russ Burton
Top Goalkicker - Mathew Stafford
Team Awards - Peter Cartledge, Lee Forbes, Kelvin Hampson , Michael Rowe, Michael Strettle, Liam Bostock, Carl Traynor, Daniel Bathgate, Antony Swift, Adam Griffiths, Jon Marsh, John Morse, Gary Mee, Andrew Bethell, Kevin Prior, Craig Smith, Paul Sexton, Richard Bailey, Mathew Stafford, Alan Callister, Peter Edwards, Dean Kelly, Russell Burton, Tom Hopkins, Shaun Dunn, John Archer, Thomas Waring, Daniel Cunliffe, Mike Sharples, Mathew Wharton
The following award was voted by the Newton Storm Committee and Coaches:
Newton Storm Clubman of the Year - Craig Bailey
u10's
The under 10's enjoyed a wonderful presentation night....a great way to end a great season! Thanks once again to Mike Bennett and Ade Gardner for attending and presenting the trophies. Congratulations to all the players, who really enjoyed themselves, and thanks to all the parents for their help and support throughout the year!
Well done to everyone for such a fantastic season, the u10's are sure to carry their form into the London Tour in July and kick off next season with a bang.
Thanks to Karen for organising the trophies for all the teams again, a sterling job, and thanks to all the committee and coaches for my coach of the year award. Karen even managed to keep me in the dark about that one until she presented me with it on the night!
Thanks to Karen and Stardust Catering for all the wonderful food and to Michelle for organising the Storm Cake, which was fantastically decorated by Christine Clegg.
u10's Award Winners 2007/08
Player of the Year - Brad Causer
Players Player of the Year - Ciaran Ellison
Clubmen of the Year - Josh Hankey & Jordan Clegg
Most Improved Player of the Year - Callum Pollard
Top Try Scorer - Brad Causer
Top Tackler - Harry Green
Top Goal Kicker - Mathew Knowelden
The John Hewitt Memorial Trophy: Ram of the Year - Jake Hankey
Team Awards -
Ciaran Ellison, Harry Green, Joshua Hankey, Jordan Clegg, Mathew Knowelden, Jacob Hankey, Brad Causer, Daniel O'Neill, Ben Burns, Ross Tarburton, Dan Burns, Ben Johnson, Jonathan Rushton, Callum Pollard, Alice Lynn.
The following awards were voted by the Newton Storm Committee and Coaches:
Newton Storm Player of the Year "Joseph McCabe Memorial Trophy" - Brad Causer
Newton Storm Coach of the Year - Malc Hankey
Thanks also to Michelle for organising some additional awards that were also presented on the night:
Fitness and Conditioning Coaches - Ant Green and Jay Vizard
Mr Motivator - Kieron Bilsborough
u9's
Thanks to everyone who made the presentation day special.
Thanks to James Roby and Ste Tyrer for attending and signing many autographs.
Congratulations to the entire Under 9s players for being voted Newton Storm “Team of the Year” by Storm coaches and committee members . This award was won by a team who have fought against adversity week after week, playing most games with less than 9 players against squads of up to 15 players.
Storm sadly said "GOODBYE" and "GOOD LUCK" to Emma Lysons who has been with the team from the very beginning.
u9's Award Winners 2007/08
Players of the Year - Emma Lysons & Joshua Szalk
Players Player of the Year - Nathan Arrowsmith
Clubman of the Year - Joseph Tinkley
Most Improved Player of the Year - Mason Bratchell
Top Try scorer - Emma Lysons (21 in 17 games)
Top Tackler - Joshua Szalk (203 in 17 games)
The following award was voted by the Newton Storm Committee and Coaches:
Newton Storm 2007/08 Team of the Year - u9's
Nathan Jezierski, Elliott Cooper, Joseph Tinkley, Conor French, Emma Lysons, James Rigby, Nathan Arrowsmith, Joshua Szalk, Daniel Murphy,
Charlie Pendleton-McGee, Mason Bratchell
The u9's also welcomed 2 new players for the new 2008/09 season:
Thomas Kryger and James Hayes
u8's
A great night was had by all who attended this years u8's presentation night, who after another great season ended it the most succesful in the clubs history.Congratulations to all award winners and many thanks to Mike Bennet for coming down to present the awards.
u8's Award Winners 2007/08
Player of the year - Mike Wynn
Players Player of the Year - Tom Nisbet
Clubmen of the Year - Ben Holcroft & Luke Lapersonne
Most Improved Player of the Year - Ryan Littler
Top Tryscorer - Jack Winstanley
Top Tackler - Tom Nisbet
Unsung Hero - Mason Reilly
Coaches Award - Josh Jackson
The following award was voted by the Newton Storm Committee and Coaches:
Newton Storm Player of the year "Joseph McCabe Memorial Trophy" Jack Winstanley
u7's
A Big Thank you to all who came down and supported the under 7's presentation day and tom all the players. The turnout was brilliant and the weather was fine .
Thank you to the saints players who attended the day to give out awards to the children, James Roby and Ste Tyrer, it was much appreciated.
Thank you also to Helen Goldsmith for all her hard work during the year with the team.
u7's Award Winners 2007/08
Player Of the Year - Jake Horan
Players Player - Benjamin Tinkley
Clubman Of The Year - Adam Curtis
Most Improved Player of the Year - Thom Martin
Top Try Scorer - Sam Darwin
Top Tackler - Sam Darwin
Race Night & Hot Pot Supper
The u10's Race Night & Hot Pot Supper raised a further £1395 towards their tour to London. Many thanks to everyone who attended, bought raffle tickets, sponsored races and helped out on the night.
A big thank you to the following businesses who have given generously to our fundraising endevours
Catalan Sports Tours
Tisdalls Electricals
John Hewitt Memorial
Newton-le-Willows Rotary Club
New-Tonne Lifting Services Ltd
Edwards Newsagents
Sheber
Spar
Totty Maudes
The Cutting Room
Stardust Catering
Storm play host to Vernajoul........ and Thatto Heath!
Saturday 17th May saw Newton Storm play host to French team Vernajoul and near neighbours Thatto Heath at Newton Sports Club. The games played were:
Thatto Heath u10's v Vernajoul u10's
Thatto Heath u11's v Vernajoul u11's
Newton Storm u10's v Vernajoul u10's
A great day was had by all, with some fantastic rugby league skills on display. A big thank you to everyone who turned up to support and enjoy the event. Thanks to Nigel from Thatto Heath under 11's and Eric from Thatto Heath u10's and also to Newton Storm Sponsor Catalan Sport Tours - who organised the tour party for the Catalan juniors.
Please visit our forum for more photos from the event.
u8'S Finish the season in fine style...
u10's Sponsored Walk
It was also a bit of a shock for some of the players when they bumped into Jon Wilkin en route, who was waiting for a lift in Winwick. He was adamant that Saints hadn’t made him get the bus to the game!
In the 6 years of Newton-le-Willows ARLFC history and after years of hard work, fundraising, planning committees, opposition and being moved from pillar to post, Newton Storm is delighted to announce that we finally have a home ground at Newton-le-Willows Sports Club having been voted in as an official section.
Many thanks to all Storm members who have supported Fund a Field events. We now have somewhere to call our home and somewhere to spend the money that we have raised.
We look forward to working with all sections at the club, thank them for their support and here's to making Newton-le-Willows Sports Club the best sporting facility in the area.
u7's secure new kit sponsor
Storm u7's have recieved £400 from The Shaun McManus Trust for a new kit for the forthcoming 2008/09 season when they move up to u8's. Well done to everyone who has helped secure this and a massive thank you to The Shaun McManus Trust for their support and generosity.
Easter Bingo 2008
A big THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported this years Easter Bingo and helped raise a massive £500 for the club. It was great to see so many people there - certainly one of the best attended Bingo nights organised by the club.
Thanks to Karen and Michelle for volunteering on the bingo sales and raffle desk all night and to Craig for bringing, cooking and selling the pies, which went down a treat!
Thanks again to everyone for their generosity in donating prizes for the Bingo and Raffle.
The Giant Easter Egg, kindly paid for by Newton Storm coaches, was certainly a hotly contested prize with this years winner being Megan King cousin to u9's player Conor French.
Thanks also to u10's coach Malc Hankey who m.c'd the event and managed to sort out a bingo machine and sound system in 24hrs!!
Storm u8's make their t.v debut!
Halloween Party 2007
Many thanks to Ken and Rachel Tinkley for organising yet another brilliant Storm function. A great night was had by all, with prizes galore kindly donated by Rob Nisbet. The Viaduct took on the role of Haunted Dungeon with decorations provided by Christine and Paul Clegg, who along with "TheTinks" n "Hankeys" also spent the afternoon putting them up. Many thanks to everyone for all their effort, generosity and support.
Click here to see photos of the event.
Membership Fun Day 2007
A brilliant £382 was raised on the day from sales of food, old kits and raffles with representation from all Newton Storm teams for the first time in the club history!
A big thank you to everyone who helped organise the event, turned up to help set up and supported the club on the day!
Thank you also to Mike Bennett from Saints who handed out medals to all the children who took part in the tag team tournament.
2006/07 Club Records
Jack Winstanley has made Newton Storm history after touching down 57 times in the 2006/07 season as an u7's player, in only 20 games.
Brad Causer set a new record in defence in the 2006/07 season by making 516 first up tackles in 22 games playing for Newton Storm Rams u9's.
Open age win 3 games consecutive games and finish the season in their highest ever Div 6 league position (6th) with 13 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw.
Newton Storm Award Archive
2006/07
Open Age
PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Liam Bostock
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Peter Cartledge
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Richard Bailey
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR - Carl Traynor
TOP TRYSCORER - Micheal Strettle (with 23)
The following award was voted by the Newton Storm Committee and Coaches:
NEWTON STORM PLAYER OF THE YEAR "Joseph McCabe Memorial Trophy" - Liam Bostock
u9's
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Brad Causer
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Mathew Knowelden
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR – Jordan Clegg
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Harry Green
TOP TRYSCORER OF THE YEAR – Mathew Knowelden
TOP TACKLER OF THE YEAR – Brad Causer
JOHN HEWITT MEMORIAL AWARD (RAM OF THE YEAR) – Jonathan Rushton
u8's
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Nathan Jezierski
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Emma Lysons
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR – Nathan Arrowsmith
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Joshua Szalk
TOP TRYSCORER OF THE YEAR - Nathan Jezierski
TOP TACKLER OF THE YEAR - Nathan Jezierski
u7'S
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Jack Winstanley
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Michael Wynn
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR – Luke Lapersonne
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Drew Prescott
TOP TRYSCORER OF THE YEAR – Jack Winstanley
TOP TACKLER OF THE YEAR – Thomas Nisbet
2005/06
u8's
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Daniel O'Neill
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Brad Causer
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR – Alex Turton
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Ciaran Ellison
TOP TRYSCORER OF THE YEAR – Joshua Hankey
TOP TACKLER OF THE YEAR – Jacob Hankey
2004/05
u7's
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Robert Fairclough
PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Joshua Hankey
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR – Daniel Lynch
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Garry Stanton
TOP TRYSCORER OF THE YEAR – Robert Fairclough
Legends Game
Newton Storm Rams u9's took on Thatto Heath in a curtain raiser prior to the St Helens Legends v League Legends game to raise money for the Steve Prescott Fund.
CLICK HERE to view some photos of the day, thanks to all the players for putting on a fantastic game in aid of such a worthy cause, and best wishes to Steve and his family from everyone at Newton Storm.
Drag Night!!!
Chairman Paul Eden, parents from the Under 9's Rams and Open Age players got together for a much celebrated "Drag Night" which included a pub crawl collection to raise money for the club's Fund a Field project.
£270 was collected in total which is a fantastic effort! Thanks to all the "drags" and to everyone who kindly donated to the cause during the pub crawl! If you were out on the High Street in Newton on 14th April, you are sure to have bumped into everyone! A great night was had by all and is sure to be something that is repeated next year!
CLICK HERE to view some photos of the "ladies" in action.
Warning: Some of these images are not for the faint-hearted!!!!!
Easter Bingo 2007
The annual FAMILY EASTER BINGO EGGSTRAVAGANZA took place on Wednesday 4th April 2007 at the Viaduct Club from 7.30pm.
Storm Player gets selected...
Bradley Causer who plays for the U9's Rams team has been selected by Leigh Centurians to represent them in their U9's team. Leigh Service Area coaches have been visiting the schools over the last four weeks to assess childrens rugby skills and hold coaching sessions. On Tuesday 28th November the Centurians held trials and Brad was one of only two children selected from his school. Brad has asked us to thank Newton Storm and in particular his coaches Malc and Derek and we would all like to pass on our congratulations to Brad on what is a fantastic achievment. Well done Badger!!
A spooky Halloween night...
A big thank you to Ken and Rachel Tinkley and Sharron Lynch who organised such a fantastic Halloween Party. Also thank you to Sharon Wiltshire for the decorations and helping set up the event. A brilliant night was had by everyone and it was a great turnout from club members and their guests. Thanks to everyone who donated prizes to be raffled and well done to Bren and the U16’s who were relentless in selling raffle tickets!!! Congratulations to Jordan Clegg and Amy Johnson (u9's Rams) who won “Best Scary Outfit” on the night and to Scott Miszczak (hopefully a new u8's addition!) who won the Grand Prize of a signed Saints Shirt.
Total amount raised was a further£355.20 to the Fund a Field Account
Photos of the event can now be seen by clicking here.
Sponsored walk a real success!
Newton Storm Coaches, Parents and Players took part in a Sponsored Walk on Sunday 17th September to raise money for the clubs Fund a Field Project. The participants were Malc Hankey, Ken Tinkley, Col Ruston, Ian Wynn, Tracey Cooper, Carl Traynor, Liam Bostock, Pete Cartledge, Mike Strettle, Matt Stafford and Adam Griffiths and it is anticipated that we raised well over £1500!. Click here to view some photos of the event!
Membership Fun Day 2006
The inaugral membership fun day was held on 13th August 2006, with representation from all age groups present. A real carnival atmosphere and a great day was had by all. Thanks to Ken and Rachel Tinkley for organising this very successful event which raised £200 for fund a field.
Click here to view all the photos from the event.
Newton Storm'ed Perpignan!
Newton Storm u8’s travelled to Perpignan over the Easter break to play a curtain raiser in the Stade Aime Giral both before and at half time in the Les Catalans v St Helens super league game.
11 players from the Rams plus 5 from the Lightning team were merged for the trip and the 16 strong squad played two 8-a-side games against their counterparts from St Esteve and XIII Catalans. Whilst the French sides played slightly different rules than in the British game, Storm adapted quickly and both teams emerged victorious beating XIII Catalan 16-8 and St Esteve 8-4. Try scorers in all the matches were Robert Fairclough (4), Joshua Hankey (2), Mathew Knowelden, Christopher Wynn, Brad Causer and Daniel Lynch.
The trip saw a total of 50 people from the Storm club, made up of players, parents, brothers and sisters, travel to France for the mini-tour, and everyone agreed it was an experience to savour particularly for the players, who got the opportunity to meet and have photos taken with the Catalan and St Helens players before the game. Mike Bennett, who is a great supporter of Newton Storm was there to meet the lads on the pitch, along with the likes of Paul Sculthorpe, Jamie Lyon, Sean Long and Kieron Cunningham. Mike wished them all the best of luck and said afterwards that all the Saints players and in particular Saints coach Daniel Anderson were delighted that the Storm youngsters had made the trip to play in support of their team.
Newton Storm would like to thank David Foti and Abby from Catalan Sport Tours who made the trip so special for the players, and in particular to David and Paul at CST for sponsoring a kit for the trip, that will also be worn by the Rams team from September 2006 when the new season starts.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE TRIP
Fancy Dress Pub Crawl!
Parents from the U8's Rams, U7's and the club Chairman all enjoyed a Fancy Dress night out in Newton in aid of the Fund a field project! Needless to say a great time was had by all! Pubs participating were the Millstone, Legh Arms, Bluebell, Blue Lion and the Oak Tree. An amazing total of £272 was raised through a collection in each of the pubs, thanks to everyone who contributed! Click here to see the photos taken on the night.
Storm's First Qualified Referee
