23 May CHAMPIONS SHADE FIXTURE AGAINST HUDDS

Report from David Armitage, the home team manager.

An improvement in Huddersfield home result with 5 winners and a score of 17 – 11 but we lost ground overall with the away side going down by 19 – 9 and the overall result showing a loss of 26 – 30.

In the first game against Skipton we had 8 winners and 32 points. This week against Leeds we have 9 winners and only 26 points. It’s the aggregate score where the bulk of the points are and we need to win big to get the points. The team scores

Home                                      Away
John Bloomer 13 – 21.             Adrian Cooper 21 – 17
Stephen Haigh 21 – 11.             Roger Stopford 21 – 16
Peter Kain 21 – 10.                    Garry Senior 21 – 18
Alan Bamforth 5 – 21.               Dave Pollard 21 – 16
Tony Cross 21 – 17.                    Tony Butterfield 9 – 21
Andy Wike 11 – 21.                     Derek Hewitt 5 – 21
Andy Carter 21 – 14.                  Tim Poulter 4 – 21
Ray Whitwam 21 -9.                  Peter Hopkinson 9 – 21
Total ag. 134 – 124.                    Total ag. 111 – 151
Points 17 – 11.                              Points. 9 – 19

The league table shows Halifax in 1st place with 74 points with Huddersfield in 6th place on 58 points

It’s only 2 games into the season and we need to start winning big to have any chance of winning the trophy and we are looking for a big win in our next game against Castleford.