ORMSKIRK
OGRES
Based:
Southport Rugby Club,
Waterlook Road, Southport
Career record: record unknown
Colours: Blue and silver
Honours: None
1986
JAFFA Western Conference - record unknown
Team Notes: Competed in the JAFFA North Western
Youth Two Touch league in 1986. Their full record is unknown. Reached
the semi-finals in 1986, where they lost 67-0 to the eventual
champions, Leeds Cougars.
"Originally a team started by 2 brothers Mike and Dave Astle (their
older brother Mark would have been coach) and played at Redsands in Ormskirk, as
we became a full sized squad we applied to the council and were moved to our own
pitch at Aughton Green. In our first season (1986) we only lost to the L8 Raiders
in the league and the Leeds Cougars in the regional semi finals (in fact they
were the only games we ever lost). The captains were Mike Astle (QB) on offence
and Dave Foot (MLB) on defense. We moved to the rugby club in Southport the
following season where we were joined by a number of the L8 raiders who had
folded and went on to be unbeaten that year. We were also
sponsored by a local paint company. Mike Astle went on to play QB for one of the
Manchester teams and I believe was very successfull, I returned to rugby
union.
Of note this was a junior team only and was not affiliated to any seniors,
all the plays and coaching really came from the players themselves, and we had
great success - apart from against Leeds, where the gulf was very
obvious. "
