Eye on the Ball with Alan Irving
Broken bones may not lead to shattered dreams
Published 7 May 2008
WITH the latest rumours circulating about a possible return of the iconic Aaron Lester, there’s never a dull moment at The Recre.
Now’s the time to put bums back on seats
Published 30 April 2008
WHEN the financial dust settles – the air may well have turned a bit blue at Wednesday night’s annual shareholders meeting with frank questions asked and hopefully answered with equal frankness – Whitehaven Rugby League Club will want to draw a line under it all and focus on matters on the pitch.
Stokes’ rugby revolution gathers speed
Published 24 April 2008
A rugby revolution may be taking shape at Whitehaven as Ged Stokes speeds up the side, but it’s hard to keep pace with all The Recre comings and goings.
Too many cooks or the recipe for success?
Published 16 April 2008
I BELIEVE this team can be a real excitement machine – so says Haven’s new head coach Ged Stokes, who was naturally in exultant mood after his team had played Celtic Crusaders off the Recreation Ground pitch.
Haven must start their own crusade
Published 9 April 2008
MONEY will be made available for team strengthening at Whitehaven but Ged Stokes isn’t in a desperate hurry to get the directors to open their limited purse strings.
Players must now start to repay faith
Published 26 March 2008
MAKING up is hard to do, but whatever it takes and however tough the call may be, such as this Sunday’s trip to Widnes, Whitehaven will have to do it otherwise who knows what might happen next.
Now lessons must be learned from crisis
Published 19 March 2008
SOMETIMES it’s nice to be right, as we at The Whitehaven News were in being the first to say for definite that Whitehaven Rugby League Club had been saved!
Haven seek a silver lining
Published 19 March 2008
Haven seek salvation to find light at the end of the tunnel
Liam is key man for 'Fax clash
Published 17 March 2008
STAND OFF, like fly half in the other code, remains the key position in rugby league.
Haven must show their healthy appetite
Published 27 February 2008
IT remains to be seen whether the BBC commentator who described an England player as “a half wit” during Saturday night’s rugby union international has set a new style of TV punditry.
Grace needs to sweep financial cobwebs away
Published 21 February 2008
WHETHER it’s a coup d’etat or a coup de-grace, depends on your point of view, but the position is that Haven’s new directors have to breathe new life into the club and moreover new money – pretty soon, too.
Crarey aims to keep it simple
Published 13 February 2008
PAUL CRAREY described himself to me recently as “the Kevin Keegan” of rugby league and tongue-in-cheek, or not, he’s already starting to live up to the comparison with some all-out attacking.
Edmondson’s Sunday debut
Published 13 February 2008
GOD, and maybe the weather, work in mysterious ways. Just as well that Barrow couldn’t raise a team for last weekend’s planned friendly against Whitehaven. The weather was so foul you wouldn’t have turned out the dog, but the happy sting in the tail is that Haven fans will have the chance to see their new prop forward blockbuster, Karl Edmondson, make his debut sooner than expected.
Who’d have thought!
Published 13 February 2008
PAUL Crarey’s Whitehaven vs Dave Rotheram’s Workington – who would have thought it, least of all them.
Mystic Al gazes into his crystal ball
Published 13 February 2008
JUST imagine it, next season’s Grand Final in National League One. Against the odds (maybe) unfancied Whitehaven win, but the losers take the major spoils, Salford City Reds returning to Super League from whence they came after their 2007 relegation.
Team of power
Published 6 February 2008
THE big Tongan has hit town – how hard will Saia Makisi hit Workington Town if the 26-year-old powerhouse centre turns out as Haven’s Northern Rail Cup secret weapon at Derwent Park on Sunday?
SERVICES
- Taxi driver banned for 'sexually touching' woman
- Woman attacked outside pub
- 200 homes in Whitehaven to be bulldozed
- Police seize drugs worth £15m
- Rogue roofer avoids prison
- Sports village bid hangs in balance
- Wildlife centre fears ‘death-knell’ for Barney
- Yobs found guilty of racial abuse
- Haven Gambles on new acquisition
- THE ART DEALERS
