Beverley Braves U14s have got the club off to a winning start at their new home with a cup victory.
The U14s had to come from behind as they beat Kells in the preliminary round of the National Cup.
The draw has been made for the 2020 BARLA National Open Cup with the Blue & Golds securing a bye.
This year the competition has attracted an entry of 25 sides. 18 teams will contest the first round on 18 January with 7 sides receiving a bye to the second round on 15 February.
The Blue and Golds will open up their 2020 NCL Division 2 campaign on March 7th with a home fixture against newly-promoted Woolston Rovers at the Leisure Centre.
The match is one of 3 home fixtures in March combined with a tough away trip to Wigan St Judes who only narrowly missed promotion to Division 1 last season.
The Blue and Golds will report back for pre-season training on 10 December.
New Head Coach Tony Spence held a recent meeting of his playing staff to establish a few goals and objectives for 2020.
The Blue and Golds just preserved their NCL Division 2 status in 2019 by finishing 9th in the table.
A mid-table or play-off spot seemed possible earlier in the season until a run of six successive defeats in July and August. Attentions are now turning to 2020.
Harvey Barron a former Beverley Braves player has donated his England shirt to the club.
After been selected to play for his country, the youngster presented his shirt to the club. It will now be on be displayed in their new facility on Thurlow Avenue.
The Blue and Golds will draw down the curtain on their 2019 season with a trip to Dewsbury (2.30pm kick-off) this Saturday.
They face an already relegated Shaw Cross Sharks and are going there looking to end the season on a high note.
Beverley ARLFC went toe to toe with their Cumbrian hosts for 65 minutes but just ran out of steam in the closing minutes.
Up until then, particularly in the first half, an upset against the still promotion-chasing home side looked likely as they led 14-4 at the break and were still 14-10 up deep into the second half.
Beverley ARFLC will make one of their longer trips this Saturday as they face Barrow Island in the National Conference League.
Scott Taylor and his side will head to Ratings Lane for the 2.30PM kick in a match that has little meaning.
Beverley ARLFC will be back in action this Saturday with a trip to Warrington to face Crosfields (2.30 kick-off at Hood Lane).
Following a run of three successive defeats, their play-off hopes have faded and they now sit in 8th place in the National Conference League.
Beverley ARLFC were defeated in their final home game of the season as they lost 42-12 to West Bowling.
Beverley went into the match on something of a hiding to nothing. They also were without a number of players that were unavailable for the fixture.
Beverley ARLFC will welcome West Bowling to the Beverley Leisure Centre for their final home game of the season.
West Bowling arrive in good form and top the National Conference League. While Beverley will go into the match having lost their last two fixtures.
Beverley ARLFC suffered their second defeat in a row as they went down 79-12 to East Leeds.
This was a huge win for East Leeds at the expense of Beverley, their first victory since April.
The blue and golds will rue not converting pressure into points in this clash. There seemed little to choose between the two sides in terms of ability, except the visitors took advantage of every error that the home side made.
All 4 of St Jude’s tries were the result of an error. This combined with scrambling well in defence proved to be the deciding factors in the game.
This performance by Beverley will rank as the best and most complete so far this season. A big crowd basked in the sun and the home side handled the big occasion the better of the two sides.
This latest win moves the Blue and Golds up to 5th with the business end of the season approaches. Beverley faces another crucial home fixture against 3rd placed Wigan St Judes next Saturday.
The blue and golds will take on Hull Dockers this Saturday in their only derby fixture this season. Beverley will face Hull Dockers at 2.30pm kick-off at the Leisure Centre.
The match is also the second leg of the Paul ‘Curly’ Quiney Cup. The match, sponsored by the Middleton family, seems likely to attract the biggest crowd of the season so far to the Leisure Centre with a lot riding on the game.
Beverley ARLFC bounced back from last weekend’s defeat at Bradford Dudley Hill to keep their top six play-off hopes very much alive.
Next week’s opponents Hull Dockers also enjoyed a crushing 60-6 win against East Leeds to set up a tasty derby at the Leisure Centre. This game could now prove to be pivotal in either side’s season.
Beverley ARLFC got back to winning ways as they saw off Clock Face Miners 23-20 at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
This was a heated yet highly entertaining clash in the rain in what was an incident-packed match.