: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:54 pm  

its a bigger time warp than HP ever was

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:06 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

another memory from that game was the late geoff clarkson scored a rare try that day.

he was my favourite player from as a young lad

He was tackled by about 6 HKR forwards, maybe 20 feet from the line, reached an arm out, and plonked the ball down on the line.

Ok Ok, it might have been 10 feet out with 5 defenders, but you get the drift.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:33 pm  

one final memory from me for 82.

the day of the whitehaven decider was a thurs and my sister was at school and there was no way she would miss that match.
at about 11:30 she put her hand up to inform the teacher about an imaginary docs appointment and she would have to leave.
within a minute 20 other kids had done something similiar and a class of 30 became 10.

she became part of the 6000 strong convoy heading to cumbria.

finest rugby day of my life.

have you got that dvd fred?

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:02 pm  

none exists of that game i'v pestered BBC and ITV as both had cameras thier but no film exist as club video's didn't 'come in' until a couple of years later.
I do have what appeared on the tv the day after but its only a short piece.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:15 pm  

Fred, do you know who bought Telvista's library when they went belly up? They covered every 82 tour match and lots of matches around 81 to about 84 when they went under? Telvista were a Yorkshire company based close to Yorkshire TV.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:17 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

one final memory from me for 82.

the day of the whitehaven decider was a thurs and my sister was at school and there was no way she would miss that match.
at about 11:30 she put her hand up to inform the teacher about an imaginary docs appointment and she would have to leave.
within a minute 20 other kids had done something similiar and a class of 30 became 10.

she became part of the 6000 strong convoy heading to cumbria.

finest rugby day of my life.

have you got that dvd fred?

Funny thing is, the crowd was officially announced as a little over 5000!!

The Cas CC game was a huge dissappointment. The elements prevented Leigh from going to Wembley that year, and 12000 pyssed wet souls went home absolutely gutted.

There was some fine sides then, and some traditional clubs like Cas and Barrow, was two of them!!

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:59 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

one final memory from me for 82.

the day of the whitehaven decider was a thurs and my sister was at school and there was no way she would miss that match.
at about 11:30 she put her hand up to inform the teacher about an imaginary docs appointment and she would have to leave.
within a minute 20 other kids had done something similiar and a class of 30 became 10.

she became part of the 6000 strong convoy heading to cumbria.

finest rugby day of my life.

have you got that dvd fred?

it was a wednesday

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:15 pm  

i stand corrected

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:21 pm  

Charlie Seeling wrote:

Fred, do you know who bought Telvista's library when they went belly up? They covered every 82 tour match and lots of matches around 81 to about 84 when they went under? Telvista were a Yorkshire company based close to Yorkshire TV.

sorry no but I will make enquiries

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:36 pm  

Televista was owned by a guy called Whitford he was the co-founder of Sheffield Eagles (remember them Charlie ), when Televista went belly up in 1984 they were taken over by The Sports Technology Group, which dd lots of business with different sports (RL include) on video stats and the like, but I cant find any more reference to them after 1999, it would appear they also went 'west' and the 'trace' would appear to stop thier but I will continue digging.