The Ring o' Bells
130 CHURCH LANE · MARPLE · 0161 427 2300
Your traditional local pub & restaurant where good beer, great food and a warm welcome is guaranteed.

We are proud to announce that the Ring o' Bells has just agreed a two year shirt sponsorship deal with Marple RUFC. We will be providing the Under 12's with their shirts and hope to follow their campaign with great interest. 
Many thanks to Dave Cross & Dave Pritchard for giving us the opportunity of further supporting our local community.

To learn more about Marple Rugby Club follow this link: http://www.marplerugby.com/ 

Dave Pritchard presents Peter with a new shirt complete with our name emblazoned across the front.

It's a perfect fit!!!

Marple U12's Match Report 2nd November 2008

A perfect day for playing Rugby, our new sponsor Peter, Landlord of The Ring o' Bells, was there to watch ( but due to a colour clash, the boys wore red ) and the boys responded, with a real gritty, never say die attitude, which will hopefully, see us turn the corner, from the poor efforts, that we have shown of late. Even the sight of a GIANT second-rower, failed to put the boys off. straight from the kick-off, a knock-on, put us on the attack and credit to the pack ( even against said giant ) they held their own, a special mention goes to Zak Bray and James Hardy, two boys who are new to the game and both play in the Front-Row along with Edward Males, Haydn Barry , Tom Harrop, Jan Loots, Joe Tadman, Anthony Roberts and Sam Bennett who make up the pack. A jinxing break by Nick Pritchard, took us from deep in our own half to within 15m of the line, when a slip halted a possible, try scoring opportunity. Sedgley eventually scored from a line-out, when their big 2nd rower, bundled over to make the converted score at h/t 0-7. 

The second- half continued to be as competitive as the 1st, but Sedgley's big pack set a maul up and drove over for the 2nd converted score of the game. Marple continued to battle on, with Milo Tarimo, Alistair Hawksworth, Tom Williams and Scott Pavitt all tackling anything that moved. Joe received a kick, Richard Cross turned his ankle and Scott also got a knock which put all 3 out of the game, but the changes, which in previous weeks, unsettled the boys, this time galvanized them. A late converted try from Sedgley ended the game 0-21. 

Man of the Match Milo Tarimo, for his endless running and tackling, Moment of the week, Bill Morris for his excellent take under pressure from 2 opposing forwards. Well done boys and lets keep this aggressive, competitive streak going.