Furness
Rugby
Furness Rugby Union Football Club
Furness Rugby Union Football Club
Founded 1902
Founded 1902
The Strawberry Grounds, Croslands Park Road, Off Abbey Road,
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9LA
Tel:-
Saturday 18th May
Here is a partial copy of the email the club received yesterday from Cumbria RFU regarding the proposal of Lancashire CB to play all of their Level 6 games and below within their own CB.
“Yesterday Mel Hanley, Trevor Braithwaite and I attended a meeting with representatives
of Lancashire, Cheshire, the RFU North Competitions Committee and the RFU Competitions
Sub-
You will be aware that they have submitted a proposal that all Lancashire clubs below level 6 play their rugby within their own county.
Last night Lancashire stated their clubs were adamant they would not travel into Cumbria to play league games next season and unless a compromise could be found, their clubs would resign from the English Clubs Championship and they would set up their own leagues within the county boundaries.
An alternative has been proposed. Briefly, this will suggest the following format for season 2013/14:
· The North Lancs/Cumbria league will be split into two divisions – the seven Cumbria clubs will comprise one division and the seven Lancashire clubs will play in the other. Each team will play home and away against the other sides in their division.
When the divisional games are complete the top three from each division, plus
the fourth-
This proposal may or may not be accepted by the Lancashire clubs but it was put forward by their County officials. Next week, all fourteen clubs in the North Lancs/Cumbria League will receive correspondence and they will be asked to vote on the proposal. The alternative is likely to be a full withdrawal of Lancashire clubs.”
Friday 17th May
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Sunday 12th May 
Hope you recognise the photo here. It is of course our Ex roving reporter Steve Trainer, who escaped to Aberdeen last year and looks as if he has taken root and attempting to blend in with the locals.
Monday 6th May
Half a dozen photos from the Ambleside game are here.
Saturday 4th May
The final score for this friendly against Ambleside was, Ambleside 7 Furness 29, with tries from Alex Brown, Alex Mason, Charlie Martin, Cameron McClure and Will Mallinson. The two conversions were by Will Hetherington and Charlie Martin. Ambleside did not turn out the youthful side we were expecting, but their forwards gave us something to think about. The pitch was in good condition and the weather was good, What could you want more for a friendly. Hopefully this will give Ambleside some food for thought, being their first competitive game for six years. Hopefully they will pick up a few more games next season, then maybe they could well be seen in Cumbria 2, or whatever league we are playing in by then. The final Conference games were played today and the final Cumbria 1 league table is here.
Wednesday 1st May 2013
Ambleside look as if if they have made a huge effort and once again got a Rugby team together. We have arranged a Friendly with them this Saturday. This I understand will be there first ‘competitive game since forming. We wish them all the best with their efforts. All players , spectators, or travelling troop should meet at the club at 12 o’clock. Cars will leave at 12.30.
Saturday 27th April
The 2nd team made the long journey to Aspatria to play their final game of the
season. They went down 36 -
Sunday 21st April
A few Photos from the game at Furness can be found here.
Saturday 20th April
The second team came close after travelling to Goforth Greengarth where they went
down narrowly 22 -

Thursday 18th April
Millom have now been able to put together a team to travel to us on Saturday so we now have a game at home. So there is now no changes to what is normal for a sponsors day at the club. The “Old Farts” should meet at 1 o'clock where food expertly prepared by John Mallinson will be served, followed by the first team game against Millom.
Tuesday 16th April
The match report and photos for Saturdays derby game against Hawcoat Park can be found here.
Monday 15th April
After match photograph of most of the players who took part in the Presidents game yesterday and a few other photos can be found here.
Furness Players who took part were, Corne Els, Andries Venter, Will Mallinson and Ethan Guy (South) and George Smith, Charlie Martin, George Kennedy (North).
Sunday 14th April
The North v South Cumbria game took place in perfect conditions, the sides were
suitably shuffled added to and sorted to make up for the missing casualties from
yesterdays club games. For the spectators who turned up they watched a good game
of competitive and fast rugby played by two young squads. The final score of 19 -
We have some photographs from yesterdays 1st team game at Hawcoat Park here.
Don’t forget today we have the North -
Sunday 7th April
We now have the match report and a few photos for yesterdays game against Silloth, Click here.
Saturday 6th April
What a difference a few weeks makes, from playing in the equivalent to a bog all
season today the ground was rock hard and a bit like a dust bowl. Fortunately the
team seemed to revel in the conditions and came away with a 32 -
Sunday 24th March
The 200 Club draw was held in the club house this afternoon. The list of winners can be found here. You nay see a few familiar names among the winners, for a change, but remember you’ve got to be in it to win it.
How to find us.
Furness Rugby Union Football Club was founded in 1902 and is one of only two Rugby
Union Teams in Barrow in Furness. Even though we have a large ground it is not one
of the easiest to find:-
Follow the A590 to Barrow, after passing the Golf Course on the right, take the first left on the roundabout and follow the sign for Furness Abbey, take the second exit on the next mini roundabout, follow the road past the Hospital, which is on the right, continue for a further half a mile (you are now on Abbey Road). Look for a standard Post box on the left (Ostley House on the right) and turn there into Croslands Park Road, continue for a further 200 yards and turn right along side a bungalow down a narrow driveway. This is the entrance to The Strawberry Grounds.
The Club itself is entirely self supporting and depends on the Income from its members over the Clubhouse bar and sponsors to keep our Teams operating.
If you wish to become a member of the club, either a player supporter or Social member do not hesitate to turn up or contact any of the telephone numbers or email address on this web site.
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