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October 12th 2008

Ex Boothtown Player Signs For Halifax RLFC.

2008/08 Season Training News

June 12th 2008 - 2008 Wembley Trip

After a long consultation with members of the club it has been decided to change the fancy dress for Wembley to the following, Friday night black pants, white shirt, dickie bow and wicked waistcoat. For the match swim shorts and accessories eg! goggles, flippers, snorkle, arm bands, rubber ring or similar but must have an inflatable or accessory and that doesn't mean a blow up doll Rob!.

This year the trip will be by train so you we can all sit back and not worry about getting lost with "No Nav Jackson"

April 27th 2008 - Junior Development

Taking place at Ellen-Royd playing field, Range Lane, Boothtown on the 17th May a junior schools tag festival will take place, starting at 10am. This event is being run by Boothtown Terriers ARLFC, who are seeking to start running a junior section within the area.

Mainly aimed at under 12's this event is supported by the Local Service Area and is funded by a grant obtained from Awards for All. The club obtained this grant to forge school club links, train it's staff, buy kit equipment etc and is the culmination of twelve months hard work by all involved with the project.

WEMBLEY 2008 update FRIDAY 29TH – SUNDAY 31ST AUGUST

£31 match tickets have been purchased, we are sitting in the same seats as last year. Generator is booked 4 rooms of 4 people. Train will be booked at end of May so if you decide you can't go please tell me before 20th may because after that date the cost of the train will have to be paid. I need £50 before 14th June towards cost of train. Match theme will probably be Mr T, easy to do.

Any problems call me on 07835635220

WEMBLEY 2007

Once again the Terriers made the long trek to London for the challenge cup final, this time at the new Wembley. We started on the morning of 24th August with an hearty breakfast at the prospect, our chef Eddie (who did eat all the pies) did us proud with a plateful, of which could have fed Dave Love's tribe. Then it was aboard the minibus that was fully equipped with an indoor roof rack supplied and fitted by Sergeant Charlesworth. Our driver Nick took the reins and threaded his way down the M1 towards London and despite Ben being taken ill and needing his prescription nicotine almost every mile, progress was made pretty fluently. As well as piss and fag stops we also had time to stop off at the services and slag off the Halifax football team and well known amateur ref Andy Mellor.

On reaching London we found that the route given by no nav Jackson was blocked off by the emergency services, so no nav took us on a sightseeing tour of north London, at no extra charge. Finally we reached our destination in the capital and booked into the exclusive digs. We then ventured to the local hostelry where the greatest sporting upset in Terriers history took place, Sergeant Charlesworth winning killer pool. Back at the luxury hostel we got changed into our French outfits in celebration on Catalans first final, all of us dressed as Frenchmen but our driver Nick went a step further and dressed as Fifi the French maid. We went on a pub crawl around the Generator, ending up at the generator nightclub, Nick had to get changed back into his normal clothes as the more the beer flowed the more attractive he started to become. At 3am the oldies made their way to bed for some well deserved beauty sleep (this didn't work for Rob).

Saturday morning and after an hearty breakfast either in the Generator or Robbo's kebab shop we got changed into our builders gear and headed to the tube station. On the way we brightened up the dull lives of everyone we came across and headed to the stadium. When we found our spot on Wembley way we set down the dance floor and started the pre-match entertainment which included accompanying a trumpet player from Queensbury, Scott sweeping Wembley way with his arse hanging out for all to see, the Jackson brothers doing the full Monty and a policewomen having a boogey, all watched by thousands of fellow fans.

As the booze flowed down our necks and with no Bradford fan getting past us without being abused we saw something that can only be seen at a rugby cup final, a policewomen riding on the back of the Queensbury trumpeter while he played the police siren tune (true classic). In the ground and after more beer at nearly £4 a pint we watched the game from our superb seats. When the game was over we made our way back to the digs, stopping off for more liquid refreshment and then got ready for the evening session.

The bar in the digs was all decorated for a Caribbean party, decked in garlands and balloons. Some decided to liberate some balloons and take them with us, little did we know that the said balloons would cause so much bother resulting in Jacko being assaulted by a women OAP. More alcohol was consumed in the pubs around the Generator and then once more we headed back to the Generator nightclub for another late night. On Sunday morning Trent was missing his wife so much he made his own way home by train and the rest of us made a fairly quiet but slow journey up the M1 on our way home. Another cheap but great weekend was over but only 51 weeks to the next.

DONT FORGET £30 BY END MARCH FOR WEMBLEY 2008

Wembley 2007 Photos (Click to enlarge)

On the 27th dec is the clubs annual all day piss up, a must if your a terrier. meet at william the 4th king cross 12.30pm which we then proceed around the local watering holes until we have drunk them dry, and then move on to the town centre where the much sort after award for the last man standing is up for grabs.

Lots more exciting drinking sessions will be on the agenda over the holliday period, but if your a player don't get to carried away with this liver busting venue? mick has called for a training session on saturday 30th dec 1pm at the ground wot a bummer.

Well that's your lot for this year have fun be merry and have a happy christmas and a happy new year. ps remember drink in moderation.

22nd August 2006: Mick Dewhirst's coaching notepads..

An undercover reporter has managed to take a sneak picture of Micks training notes for the forthcoming season.

And also an exclusive sneak peak at next weeks training pitch layout.

21st August 2006: London Cup Final Trip

So the Wembley/Twickenham weekend is upon us, 18 going so should be a good weekend. Looking forward to our return to the Generator, surely Ian's pulled off a master stroke securing these highly sought after rooms.

Will there be a quarantined bed this time, again complete with stay away hazard tape, will the walls be covered in that many bogies again from years gone by that it resembles some kind of groovy wood chip design.

Will we see Kevin Beardmore again, or Hermin the German (besides our own Kevmiester). Will they still use the same washing up bowls as large scale coffee, sugar and teabag bowls.

Memories of last time include being woken up at 6am by Simon Faz Farrar peeing in the army like metal sink, only to be followed by a squeaky fart and a little laugh to himself.

Shower footwear is advised to avoid webbed feet syndrome too.

BUT........

BUT........

The big questions is............will Jason Robinson still work at the cafe come turkish sauna place across the road on the corner, we can but hope.

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Wyke seven's

Over all the day was a great success there was some great rugby played and every body seemed to enjoy the day with Wyke taking the title and Boothtown finishing in third place the only thing that let the day down was the rain.

Boothtown started there first seven's game totally clueless in how to play the game with just one up rugby but as they day went on the rugby improved no end with the terriers taking the touch rugby option and just keeping the ball alive.

Over all every player who played for the terriers put in a great performance and did exactly what they where supposed to do.

Through out the day the terriers had one weapon in which no other team could handle which was the kick and chase with the lighting pace of Ryan Hedges and Graham Charlesworth proving just to much to handle with both players scoring a fist full of try's. The day was also a great success for the Boothtown youngsters with 3 of the squad under the age of 18.

Boothtown terriers Squad

• 1 A Charlesworth
• 2 L Charlesworth 1 Try
• 3 R Hedges 6 Try's
• 4 K Robinson
• 5 G Lee 1 Try
• 6 S Farrer
• 7 G Charlesworth 12 Try's
• 8 S Lindsey 1 Try
• 9 K Smith 1 Try
• 10 W Scott
• 11 B Malls
• 12 S Smith

R Hedges and G Charlesworth shared the kicking honours.

Boothtown Terriers up and coming fixtures are

02/09/06 West Bowling (home)

09/09/06 Emley Moor (away)