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GMWFL Autumn 2022 – Tough day for Relics over 60 Stripes

A shorter match day report than usual due to the roving reporter being in the playing squad. A tough day for the Relics with one win and two loses leaving them at the foot of the table two points behind Wakefield. The Relics were without a few established players and had to draft Tex inContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2022 – Tough day for Relics over 60 Stripes”

Presentation Night 2023

Tickets now available – £10 eachContact Pat Fitzgerald 27th January 2023 7:00pm The date is set for the 3rd Relics Presentation Night, save the date … Friday 27th January 2023 at Radcliffe Borough, 7pm until 11:00pm. You can expect a great night of fabulous entertainment from our resident Relics trio Hat Trick (Dr John, JoMoContinue reading “Presentation Night 2023”

A concrete and resolute performance for the over 60s whites October fixtures

The night before; there was a quick tap on the smart phone and a weather app checked; it predicted only a 7% chance of precipitation and potential 50KmH wind gusts at Heywood tomorrow. On the day and on arrival, there was no rain nor was there too much wind; it was good conditions for theContinue reading “A concrete and resolute performance for the over 60s whites October fixtures”

Over 70s win two and lose one to go three points clear at the top

Due to other commitments, both intrepid Bury Relic news reporters were not present, so others kindly provided the information on what was a very good day for the Bury Relics over 70s team. The results and scorers were as follows: Bury Relics 2 – 0 Blackpool (Goal scorers were John W and John M). BuryContinue reading “Over 70s win two and lose one to go three points clear at the top”

GMWFL Autumn 2022 Unbeaten start for over 65’s

The Relics over 65’s kicked off their GMWFL Autumn 2022 season unbeaten on the day from their four games, with one win and three draws which put them into second place in the league table.The Relics had the majority of the play in all the games and, on another day, could have finished with fourContinue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2022 Unbeaten start for over 65’s”

A Tough Start For The Stripes New Sept 2022 Season

A new season for the Stripes awaited in Heywood. A scratch team was scrambled together, that included the super utility over 70s player in Goal, Bob Cat and the Parkinson’s England team centre forward, Keith B. When I arrived, they were warming up, by performing a “piggy in the middle” type approach, with Mark TContinue reading “A Tough Start For The Stripes New Sept 2022 Season”

A Steady Start From Bury, Sept over 60s

Bury Relics over 60’s team come into the new season fresh from competing in the Martin Dawson Trophy competition at the weekend. There they reached the semi-finals of the Plate Trophy, and most of that team were the same players as in todays team. In a small quirk of fate, the team to knock outContinue reading “A Steady Start From Bury, Sept over 60s”

GMWFL Autumn 2022 – Good start for Relics over 70’s

The Relics made a solid start in the defence of their GMWFL Over 70’s title. The Division has been reduced to 4 teams this season so there are only 3 games each match day for the teams.Although heavy showers were predicted, the players enjoyed a mild sunny day for the opening day of the season,Continue reading “GMWFL Autumn 2022 – Good start for Relics over 70’s”

Relics 60’s lose on penalties in Plate semi-final

The Relics over 60’s lost on penalties in the Martin Dawson Memorial Trophy Plate semi-final. Having won the Plate in the same competition last season, the Relics were looking to try to better that performance if possible.However, on the day the Relics didn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders and, although dominating some games,Continue reading “Relics 60’s lose on penalties in Plate semi-final”

Bury Relics Annual Golf Day 2022

Thanks and credit go to John W and Tony P for a great day of golf, food and drink, with the inevitable banter. The venue was an excellent choice, with its location on top of hills surrounding Bury, at the Walmersley Golf Club. The hospitality and staff were excellent, I for one will be veryContinue reading “Bury Relics Annual Golf Day 2022”