Durham County Annual
General Meeting The Annual General Meeting will
take place at 7pm on Wednesday 2nd July 2008
at Durham City RFC
History of Durham County
Rugby If you are interested it the History
of Durham County Rugby, you may be interested in seeing the
first part of a serialisation of the of the book Durham
County Rugby Union 1876-1936
This historic account was written by C Berkeley Cowell and
E Watts Moses in September 1936. Follow the link to the
History
Northumberland win the County
Shield competition and gain promotion Congratulations to our neighbours
Northumberland on their Twickenham success over Cornwall to
win the County Championship Shield Competition
2008 County Championship Following defeats by North Midlands
and Northumberland in previous weeks, Durham faced a relegation
battle with north rivals Cumbria at Darlington RFC.
Despite the total commitment of the players from both sides,
it was a game which produced few moments of quality rugby
and lived up to its relegation battle billing.
Durham were defeated 21 - 20 and are now relegated back to
Plate competition for next year.
It looked as though Durham were heading for safety when they
secured a 14 point lead just after half time. Cumbria however,
were not prepared to give up without a fight and eventually
after significant territorial advantage took the lead with
just a few minutes of the game left.
All seemed lost but Durham fought back and earned a long ranged
penalty chance right at the death. With first choice kicker
Moore having been replaced the responsibility fell to replacement
David Kell but his effort never threatened to change the outcome.
County Cup Competitions The county cup competitions have now
have now all been complete. Congratulations to those who
won and better luck next year to all the others.
NE and Cumbria Under
17 and Under 18 Leagues
Not many people outside of the youth sections may realise
that some very successful Under 17 and Under 18 league are
running on Saturdays and Sundays
As usual this is achieved through the
hard work of volunteers with excellent support through the
RFU staff based throughout the North East and Cumbria
To see the results and league tables follow the link or click the associated menu button
County Championship Kicks off
Senior County Cup
Dates for your Diary
Festival and Tournaments
6 Nations Fixtures
2008 Prohibited list
Youth structured season
Follow the link to find out what is going on in The County
The Dunelmain (pdf format)
Despite the total commitment of the players from both sides,
it was a game which produced few moments of quality rugby
and lived up to its relegation battle billing.