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Celtic Crusaders 10...Whitehaven 17..tries from Calvert, Sice and Doran

New signings for Oldham

Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:04
Oldham has closed in on two signings ahead of Sunday's home game against Whitehaven. David Tootill, from Hunslet Hawks, and Keighley’s Lewis Reed, will go straight in to the squad to face Haven.

Nil Pointe...
Even with ex-Osprey Pitman, Scorpions fail to score...
South Wales 0 - Haven 34
Tries McAvoy, Sice (3) and Gee (2) Goals from Karalius
(5)

Welcome Aboard


Jesse Joe joins Haven...help couldn't come soon enough!....

SL Salford take 4th round tie

4th Round 18 Whitehaven v 58 Salford
April 15 2012
Haven tries: Gee, Varkulia and Houghton/Rudd goals (3).
Squad: Mal Wiper, Jessie Jow Parker, Loz Hamzat, Shane Ackerley, Craig Calvert, Scott McAvoy, Carl Rudd, David Houghton, Sam Gee, Lee Doran, Isakka, Brad Crellin, Andrew Beattie; Richard Varkulis, Paul Cullnean, Howard Hill, Carl Sice.

Salford tries: Nero,Sneyd (2), Moon (2), Adamson, Williams, Veivers, Smith, Ashurst. Goals kicked by Sneyd (9)
Squad: Josh Veivers,Ashley Gibson, Joel Moon, Danny Williams, Sean Gleeson, Chris Nero, Matty Smith, Marc Sneyd, Adam Neal, Iafeta Paleaas, Wayne Godwin, Adam Sidlow, Luke Adamson;Lee Jewitt, Matty Ashurst, Jordan James and Stuart Howarth.


Not so Good Friday
Town 30 Haven 12
Whitehaven: Youds, Calvert, Wilson, McAvoy, Wiper, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Smith, Hill, Isakka, Doran, Beattie. Subs: Parker, Varkulis, Cullnean, Haggerty.

Tries: Calvert, Wilson; Goals: Rudd 2

Workington Town: Carter, Miller, Mossop, Rooney, S Dawes, Bainbridge, Forber, MacDonald, Mattinson, Coward, Phillips, Shackley, Olstrum. Subs: Stack, Whitehead, Thackray, Robinson.

Tries: Mossop, Miller, Stack, Phillips; Goals: Forber 6, MacDonald

Attendance: 1,529

Referee: Matt Thomason

Gateshead 18...Haven 30 (April 1 2012)
Tries from Karalius,
Wiper, Calvert (2), Varkulis and Bauer. Goals: Rudd 3

Whitehaven: Bauer, Calvert, Fox, McAvoy, Wiper, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Sice, Hill, Haggerty, Doran, Beattie. Subs: Smith, Isakka, Cullnean, Varkulis

Gateshead Thunder: Peers, Thackeray, Mitchell, Neilson, Brown, Walsh, Stamp, Welton, Hodgson, Weller, Barron, Payne, Steen. Subs: Clarke, Stoker, Cakacaka, Parker

Gateshead Tries: Peers, Mitchell, Clarke; Goals: Stamp 2, Clarke 1

How they Wiped the Slate Clean

Challenge Cup
Whitehaven 52 Hunslet 6
..Tries: Fox(3), Calvert, Rudd, Bauer, McAvoy, Isakka and Varkulis. Rudd kicked 8 goals.

League Latest

March 18 2012
Whitehaven 30 Rochdale 10
Tries: Calvert 2, Bauer, McAvoy 2; Goals: Rudd 5

Whitehaven: Bauer, Calvert, Fox, McAvoy, Wiper, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Sice, Hill, Isakka, Doran, Beattie. Subs: Smith, Varkulis, Barker, Cullnean.

Tries: Calvert 2, Bauer, McAvoy 2; Goals: Rudd 5

Rochdale: O’Connor, Bloomfield, Davies, Bannister, English, Crook, Roper, Hobson, McDermott, Cookson, Middlehurst, Baines, Donoghue. Subs: Wood, Bowman, Lucas, Newton.

Tries: Newton, Bloomfield; Goals: Baines 1

March 11 2012
Doncaster 48- Haven 16
Tries from Crellin, Bauer and Rudd. Haven
Squad ..Ackerley, Wilson, Wiper, Bauer, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Smith, Varkulis, Fox, Isakka, Beattie, Crellin: Sice, Haggerty, Cullnean, Bewsher


Haven 10...Barrow 18 (full time)

Haven tries: Hamzat and Gee. Rudd kicked one goal.
Barrow tries from Toal (2)Harrison and Backhouse. Kaighan kicked the goal.
Haven:M.Wilson, M.Wiper, L.Hamzat, S.Ackerley, C.Calvert, R.Valkulis, C.Rudd, S.Cunningham, M.Haggerty, C.Sice, S. Gee, D.Barker, A. Beattie; P.Culnean, M.O'Neil, A.Bauer, S.Fox.
Barrow: A.Ballard, B.Pugh, R.McGoff, A.Litherland, D.Toal, L.Haney, M.Backhouse, L.Harrison, J. Finch, A. Bracek, L.Finch, S.Kaighan, L.Campbell; B.Marwood, A.Venter, J. Gordon , L.Dutton.
Town win another Derby Encounter
Town 44- Haven 16
February 26 2012
Workington Town: Miller, Dawes, Mossop, Rooney, Olstrum, Carter, Forber, MacDonald, Mattinson, Coward, Whitehead, Phillips, Robinson. Subs: King, Shackley, Tunstall, Thackray.

Tries: Forber, Rooney, Miller, Carter, Thackray (2), Phillips, Shackley; Goals: Forber

Whitehaven: Youds, Fleming, Bauer, Wiper, Calvert, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Smith, Varkulis, Doran, Isakka, Crellin. Subs: Sice, George, Bewsher, Cullnean.

Tries: Fleming, Bauer, Sice; Goals: Rudd and George

New South Pacific Signings....

Thousand Haven Points from Rudd's Boot
Whitehaven 44 -Gateshead 18
Tries Calvert (3), McAvoy, Smith, Fleming, Varkulis and Bauer. Rudd kicked six goals
Thunder tries from Waller , Williams and Welton.

Haven: Johnny Youds, Chris Fleming, Craig Calvert, Richard Varkulis, Scott McAvoy, Andreas Bauer, Carl Rudd, Ben Karalus, David Houghton, Chris Smith, Lee Doran, Isakka, Brad Vrellin; Mal Wiper, Scott George, Paul Cullnean, Peter Bewsher. Gateshead: Jason Payne, Ashley Williams, Ashley Thackery, Sam Walsh, Josh Neilson, Olyy O'Mara, Will Bate, Tom Hodgson, Ryan Clarke, Robin Peers, Mi8ke Mitchell, Brett Waller,Matt Barron; Ryan McBride, Josh Taylor, Stephen Welton and Joe Brown.

WHITEHAVEN’S away game at Hunslet
February 15 2012
Hunslet Hawks 34 Whitehaven 18
Hunslet Hawks: Danny Ratcliffe; Stuart Kain, Lee Brickwood, Josh Nathaniel, Dennis Tuffour; Luke Herriwell, Danny Allen; Andy Yates, Luke Haigh, Steve Lewis; Richard Blakeway, John Oakes, David March. Subs: Joe McLocklan, David Tootill, Steve Dooler, Ryan Benjafield.

Tries: Nathaniel, March, Ratcliffe 2, Lewis, Oakes; Goals: Ratcliffe 5

Whitehaven: Jonathan Youds; Craig Calvert, Max Wiper, Scott McAvoy, Chris Fleming; Carl Rudd, Ben Karalius; Dave Houghton, Sam Gee, Richard Varkulis, Luke Isakka, Lee Doran, Brad Crellin. Subs: Chris Smith, Andreas Bauer, Paul Cullnean, Andrew Beattie.

Tries: Fleming, Houghton, Calvert; Goals: Rudd 3.

Referee: Dave Merrick (Selby)

Attendance: 305

New Coach...New Purpose

Whitehaven 34 (12-32) Leeds Rhinos 32
Carl Rudd was on form watched by a modest crowd of 855.
Whitehaven: Youds, Hamzat, McAvoy, Bauer, Fleming, Rudd, Karalius, Houghton, Gee, Isakka, Barker, Doran, Beattie. Subs: Sice, Haggerty, Crellin, Wiper, O’Neill, Smith.

Tries: Fleming, McAvoy, Hamzat, Wiper, Crellin, Bauer; Goals: Rudd 5

Leeds Rhinos: Watson, Jones-Bishop, Pring, Normington, Duckworth, Ward, Olds, Ambler, Casey, Smith, Stott, Pitts, Singleton. Subs: Quinlan, Syron, Bravo, Nicholson, Leary.

Tries: Duckworth 2, Nicholson, Ward, Normington, Bravo; Goals: Casey 3, Olds 1

Haven Coach Mixes and Matches Squads...
Haven 22 (16-6) Oldham 22 (January 22 2012)

The first half squad list was: Benson, Ackerley, Wiper, McAvoy, Calvert, George, Rudd, Cullnean, Sice, Haggerty, Isakka, Barker, Cunningham. Subs: Smith, Houghton, Hill, Beattie. Subs: Smith, Houghton, Hill, Beattie.

Second-half: O’Neill, Fleming, Youds, Wilson, Hamzat, Bauer, Karalius, Houghton, Gee, Hill, Beattie, Doran, Crellin. Subs: Smith, Isakka, Haggerty, Cullnean, Rudd, McAvoy.Tries: Barker, Fleming, O’Neill, Hamzat. Goals: Rudd 2, Youds 1

Oldham: Greenwood, Robinson, Fogarty, Cookson, Gillam, Reid, Dallimore, Stenchion, Clough, Boults, Clarke, Rigby, Thompson. Subs: Ellison, Smith, Whitemore, Rigby, Bentley, McCully, Lantree.

Tries: Clough, Gillam, Bentley, Dallimore

Goals: Dallimore 3

Referee: J Cobb

Attendance: 402

Town 26- Haven 18
Sunday,January 15
at Derwent Park

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News and Star report

Barrow relegation....and final shape of Third Division

Whitehaven and Workington Town will compete in a 10-team Championship One next season.

The RFL has finalised the structure of the Championships for 2012 following the demotion of Barrow Raiders to the third tier. Subject to their business plan being ratified at the Championships clubs’ meeting this week Wrexham-based Crusaders RL will be accepted in to Championship One next season but will not play in the Northern Rail Cup. In addition to the three Cumbrian clubs, Rochdale Hornets, Doncaster, Oldham, South Wales Scorpions, London Skolars, Gateshead Thunder and Crusaders RL will compete in the third tier.

Read details of the Barrow relegation over payments to players.....