Carlisle Colts travelled to Keighley in W Yorkshire for their Round 3 game in the National Colts Plate competition, looking to avenge their earlier defeat to another Yorkshire team, Doncaster, in the Cup. With a keen NW wind blowing across the pitch and heavy sticky conditions this wasn’t going to be a flowing backs game. Continue Reading…
Colts v Keighley RFC – National Colts Plate competition
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Colts v Wigton 17th Dec 2011
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Carlisle Colts were a bit ring rusty going into their return league match against local rivals Wigton, having not played together for over a month. With the sticky conditions not favouring an expansive game of rugby, Wigtons bigger forwards had the upperhand in the scrums and the home side’s backs were struggling for ball all Continue Reading…
Colts v Billingham 12th Nov
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Colts v Billingham 12th Nov The Colts travelled to Billingham on Saturday 12th November in what will probably be their toughest away match all season with a depleted team and a number of players playing in completely unfamiliar positions. With two players playing in the second row for the first time it was not surprising Continue Reading…
Colts v Westoe 29th Oct 2011
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A depleted Colts side took to the pitch against NE rivals Westoe, and with a number of players playing out of position it was inevitable that it was going to take time for the side to gel. Westoe were not so charitable to give them that time and were soon in the lead with a Continue Reading…
Colts v Keswick RFC
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The National Colts Cup saw Cumbria rivals Carlisle and Keswick drawn in the second round on Sunday 16th October. Keswick started the match much the brighter team and soon had points on the board with a penalty for infringement at the ruck. Carlisle were still trying to organise themselves when Keswick broke through the home Continue Reading…
Colts v Alnwick 17 Sept 2011
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Despite the early monsoon and the lack of referees the Colts managed to press on with their League campaign in their first home game of the season against a lively Alnwick side. The game was pretty evenly contested in the first 10 minutes until the Alnwick fly half managed to break through the Carlisle defence Continue Reading…
Colts v Wigton 10th Sept 2011
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The first game of the season on Saturday 10th of September in the NE and Cumbria Saturday League, saw Carlisle Colts away to local rivals Wigton. First game nerves saw handling errors on both sides and a sudden deterioration in the weather, meant Carlisle were playing into a stiff wind and rain in the first Continue Reading…
Youth presentation day
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The Youth section held its annual presentation day on Sunday 8th of May. It’s a celebration event, held to recognise and congratulate the 300+ players and coaches for their dedication and hard efforts during the 2010-11 season. Guest of Honour and presenter of medals and trophies was 1st Team Captain, Mark Barron. As well as Continue Reading…
Saturday 19th Other Results
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No further details are available at the moment but the following results will be of interest for Saturday: Crusaders away at Preston Grasshoppers 3. Lost 33 pts to nil. Rumour has it that the hosts didn’t have a 2nd team fixture, so what happened? The Colts had a resounding victory, 43 pts to nil at Continue Reading…
Colts win at Morpeth
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The colts were in fine form at Morpeth on Saturday 5th February. Although the score indicates that Morpeth were a weak side, nothing could be further from the truth, even at 27 nil down they kept coming at us until the final whistle and with out some really determined defence from Carlisle they would have Continue Reading…
