Eye on the Ball with Alan Irving
No grudges just big hits!
Published 3 September 2008
“I DON’T think it will be a grudge match of any sort, we can’t afford it to be, there will be some big hits, of course, but I am sure the team will be more switched on,” says David Fatialofa.
A game for heroes
Published 27 August 2008
IT was always going to be a game for heroes, so it proved. And all the heroes wore chocolate, blue and gold.
Let the Recre roar!
Published 20 August 2008
THE so-called stars return to the Recreation Ground on Sunday for what has become Haven’s biggest game of the season.
Haven have Sky style
Published 13 August 2008
GRAND Final? – it’s a name of which some of us dare not speak. It’s premature and tempting providence to say the least. Especially when memories of the two losing finals under Steve McCormack are never far away.
Handsome Haven have fans dancing on the terraces
Published 30 July 2008
MAMMA Mia may be all the rage at the cinema box office but, in rugby terms, Whitehaven are suddenly taking the National League by storm.
Never write off Haven...or Leroy Joe
Published 23 July 2008
HAVEN in seventh heaven – look out Halifax!
Champagne corks pop all round
Published 16 July 2008
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping soon after Whitehaven’s main sponsors,Washington, got the news that they had led the winning bid by Nuclear Management Partners to run Sellafield in the future.
Ged repays the faith
Published 14 July 2008
COACHES come and coaches go. Which is why I’m pleased that Ged Stokes is staying at Whitehaven thanks to a new two-year deal.
What a year!
Published 2 July 2008
WHAT a difference a year makes! It’s almost 12 months to the weekend since Whitehaven were preparing themselves for a grand time in Blackpool – the Northern Rail Cup final.
A real conundrum
Published 25 June 2008
I WRITE more in sorrow than anger because I am not alone in wondering and worrying what’s going to happen to rugby league when the RFL finally get round (soon) to telling us the make-up of a bigger Super League and its knock-on effects for the National Leagues.
Gregg’s meteoric rise to England call-up
Published 18 June 2008
CONGRATULATIONS to Gregg McNally on his selection for England Under-18s Academy side and well done to Whitehaven for sticking to a progressive youth policy for helping make it happen.
The future looks bright at Haven – on and off the field
Published 11 June 2008
THINGS in the Recre garden are starting to look a lot rosier – both on and off the field.
Was Gregg’s the best Haven debut ever?
Published 4 June 2008
MY goodness, he can definitely make it. That’s the opinion of Phil Kitchin, one of the most naturally talented footballers in chocolate blue and gold history. No prizes for guessing who he’s talking about.
Greenbank homes saved with a pledge they will be modernised
Published 4 June 2008
RESIDENTS on one of Whitehaven’s original housing estates at Greenbank have been promised their homes will not have to be knocked down after all – but no new houses will be built.
Can Haven upset Reds?
Published 28 May 2008
SALFORD may be streets ahead of any other side in National League One, but can Haven, so badly lamed by injuries, keep pace with them before another big Sky TV audience.
Is young Gregg the answer to injury woes?
Published 21 May 2008
IT’S backs to the wall as injury-dogged Whitehaven try to buy some luck – and time – before any real rot sets in.
How the other half live
Published 14 May 2008
IT was enough to make you go weak at the knees. I certainly did.
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.
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- Cumbria lashed by storms
- West Cumbria sex attacks spark self defence classes
- Rain, mud and lots of support at show
- Man dies, wife fights for life after crash
- Bigger trains for Sellafield workers
- Teacher cleared of nipping infant pupil
- Firemen rescue children from nursery
- Academy Day One
- Mr Berry hangs Mrs Berry
- Attempted sexual assault on teenager
- Firemen rescue children from nursery
- Street sealed off as police raid house
- Homegrown talent shines at Gosforth
- Academy Day One
- Unite's Sellafield members vote for strike
- Rain, mud and lots of support at show
- Workers suspended in bullying probe
- Bouncy castle on harbourside is pure folly
- Court allows man to stay in house ‘at risk of collapse’
