National 1 Fixures 2017/18

[kingsheathlad]

Play off today.
Sale 14 Old Elthamians 19.
So next season we have. Caldy, Bishops Stortford and Old Elthamians . Not sure if we have ever played them and clubs to visit for the first time. .
MSA. Let's have supporters' coaches please.

[CJB1]

Caldy - Wirral club, on the Dee side rather than the Mersey, keen following, decent facilities from what I hear.

Bishops Stortford, I don't know much about them, presumably an oldish town club?

Old Elthamians, I hear they have a sugar daddy, but play on college facilities. Need to pay attention there, might be prepared to splash the cash. SE London, not far away from Club.

[CJB1]

Oh,and Sale FC have support from Sale Sharks to act as a nursery for the senior club. If they come up in a future season, that will be ratcheted up. Mind you, our relationship with Oak is not dissimilar to this, just a couple of rungs down the ladder.

[grooveavenue]

Birmingham to Old Elthamians - 154 miles and almost in France! Are they Men of Kent or Kentish Men? Pity Sale didn't make it if just for the travel. But well done OE's especially as Sale with their connections with Sharks were no doubt thinking of stepping up.

[Ewart]

Bishop's Stortford were founded in 1920 and because Old Elthamians are west of the Medway they are Kentish Men.

[boris]

National one dream team, well done Jack preece
I thought a few others may have got a sniff or at least a mention.
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[kingsheathlad]

According to a post on Rolling Maul, NCA have released fixtures this afternoon for 2017/18, however can't find anything on NCA site yet.

[Westcountry Mose]

Well, Barnstaple's fixtures are out and if Big Kev is helping out Bury St. Edmunds next season then I may see him at Pottington Road on 23 September.

[kingsheathlad]

If you go on the Bishops Stortford site they have a PDF doucument that shows all the fixtures for the next season. Unfortunately I am not techi enough to copy it to here.
First game Ampthill at home on Sept. 2, Coventry away 9 September and Coventry home on 23 December.

[Phil]

Click on the link below although they have yet to be released officially.

Fixtures

[michaelr]

I wonder if Cov would be interested in a Friday night game. Then again I wonder if we would?

[southernmose]

May 24, 2017 10:20:24 GMT michaelr said:

I wonder if Cov would be interested in a Friday night game. Then again I wonder if we would?

I love rugby under floodlights, it's one of my favourite things. However Friday 22nd is going to be the peak night for office Christmas parties, breaking up from work, etc. Probably not a brilliant idea in this case.

[CJB1]

Calendar duly set up. All fixtures set to 3pm kickoff for now, but some winter away games will certainly change to 2pm or 2.30pm, and I will update the calendar as this becomes clear. To embed this calendar in your own please use this link:

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[Communications Team]

The publicised fixture list represents the currently proposed weekend of fixtures and not the final day the game may be played on. This is down to confirmation by teams involved. We will update the website fixture lists with a nominal Saturday kick off for now, but please do not plan travel etc against it.

As and when fixtures are confirmed we will update the kick off times on the fixtures list to reflect.

[grooveavenue]

So its a little trip down to MK45 2HX in April 2018 to get to know if we score 1000 points along with our earlier promotion confirmation this coming season I read!!

[michaelr]

May 24, 2017 10:25:23 GMT southernmose said:

May 24, 2017 10:20:24 GMT michaelr said:

I wonder if Cov would be interested in a Friday night game. Then again I wonder if we would?

I love rugby under floodlights, it's one of my favourite things. However Friday 22nd is going to be the peak night for office Christmas parties, breaking up from work, etc. Probably not a brilliant idea in this case.

Depends if the Reddings Suite takes bookings for office Christmas parties... buy yes, I see your point.

[owain]

Tough start and very tough run-in - Ampthill at home and away at Cov first up, and trips to Plymouth and Ampthill in the last three games.

[Shy Spa]

May 24, 2017 11:37:52 GMT Communications Team said:

The publicised fixture list represents the currently proposed weekend of fixtures and not the final day the game may be played on. This is down to confirmation by teams involved. We will update the website fixture lists with a nominal Saturday kick off for now, but please do not plan travel etc against it.

As and when fixtures are confirmed we will update the kick off times on the fixtures list to reflect.

I thought clubs had to name a consistent kick-off time for the whole season, and can only vary from Saturday by exception, so unlikely to be much change from these and/or from last season but yes, they still need to be confirmed.

Only one game wasn't played on Saturday last season, Esher v Rosslyn Park moved to Friday night on an international weekend.

[CJB1]

Jun 21, 2017 20:19:29 GMT Shy Spa said:

I thought clubs had to name a consistent kick-off time for the whole season, and can only vary from Saturday by exception, so unlikely to be much change from these and/or from last season but yes, they still need to be confirmed.

While Saturday is hard to move from, clubs, particularly those without lights, do move kickoff times forward for the winter months, and then revert to 3 pm when the clocks go forward.

[Shy Spa]

The Hull game moved to Friday evening, just to prove me wrong !!

But frees up a Saturday afternoon in an otherwise intense spell of games at Billesley at the start of the season, broken only by our nearest away game.

I'm also now thinking that the Worcester game will be a 'Probables v Possibles' development type fixture.

[philhall]

Hi Comms. I need to book the rest of my holidays at work before mid August or else I will have them booked for me and I don't want that. I intend to use all my remaining holiday to free me up for as many home games as possible this coming season. Can someone please email an attachment of the fixtures so that I can print a copy. Thank you kindly. Phil Hall. Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.

[Phil]

Fixtures

[alderman]

Jun 22, 2017 7:47:28 GMT CJB1 said:

Jun 21, 2017 20:19:29 GMT Shy Spa said:

I thought clubs had to name a consistent kick-off time for the whole season, and can only vary from Saturday by exception, so unlikely to be much change from these and/or from last season but yes, they still need to be confirmed.

While Saturday is hard to move from, clubs, particularly those without lights, do move kickoff times forward for the winter months, and then revert to 3 pm when the clocks go forward.

Old Elthamians would certainly be such a club. Always advisable to check before travelling

[philhall]

Can someone remind me which team, if any, has come down from the Championship into National 1?

Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

[southernmose]

Aug 31, 2017 8:31:03 GMT philhall said:

Can someone remind me which team, if any, has come down from the Championship into National 1?

Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

No one, thanks to the demise of London Welsh. 

Which is why some clubs appear to be treating this season as the one to really go for it....

[CJB1]

Aug 31, 2017 9:01:30 GMT southernmose said:

Aug 31, 2017 8:31:03 GMT philhall said:

Can someone remind me which team, if any, has come down from the Championship into National 1?

Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

No one, thanks to the demise of London Welsh. 

Which is why some clubs appear to be treating this season as the one to really go for it....

Absolutely. Mond - or possibly Roth - dodged the bullet last season. It will still be fascinating to keep an eye on the bottom three of the championship. A few clubs are unable to splash the cash as before there could be some surprising names finding life hard.