Busy Weekend Coming Up! Home Matches Galore! French in Town!

This weekend we welcome our twinning visitors from Guyancourt - the party will arrive on Saturday, when there will be an evening function in the club.  There will be a friendly match on Sunday morning, KO 10am, with a Linlithgow Select taking on AS Minorange from Guyancourt, before most people head through to Murrayfield for Sunday's Scotland v France match.  Our visitors will depart on Monday.

The weekend's rugby plan is:

SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY

Linlithgow 2s v Haddington 2s at Mains Park (KO 1-30pm)

Linlithgow 3s v RHC Cougars 3s at Kettilstoun (KO 1-30pm)

Merchiston Castle School S1 v Linlithgow Academy S1 at Colinton (KO 2-30pm)

Merchiston Castle School S2 v Linlithgow Academy S2 at Colinton (KO 2-30pm)

SUNDAY 26th FEBRUARY

Linlithgow Select v AS Minorange at Mains Park (KO 10am)

Linlithgow u15 v Musselburgh u15 at Kettilstoun (KO 10am)

Linlithgow Minis v Dunfermline and GHA at Lower Mains Park and at School (10-30am)

Reds Get Stuck in the Mud at Langholm!

Langholm  13 - 0  Linlithgow

Saturday 18th February 2012

As mud spa treatments go, this was up with the best!  However, this was at the expense of rugby, as the standby pitch at Langholm very quickly turned from grass to a quagmire.  Langholm, with the wind at their backs, had ground out a 13 point lead by half-time, and as ground conditions became farcical were able to hold out in a pointless second-half.

Match Report

Match photos courtesy of Graham Black

No Matches for either 2s or 3s as Haddington and Trinity Call Off

Unfortunately, the weekend report is rather bare, as both Haddington 2s and Trinity Accies 2s were unable to raise teams to travel to Linlithgow - so neither the 2s nor the 3s had games on Saturday.  In contrast, the Reds match did go ahead on a surface that quickly turned into a quagmire at Langholm - with play more or less grinding to a halt in the second half!

Great Effort But Only a Valiant Defeat for u16s at Peebles

Last night's Brewin Dolphin u16 Plate semi-final was won 22-0 by the home side, Peebles High School, in a match played under the lights at Peebles RFC.  The scoreline did not do justice to the young Reds who gave their all, but fell just short.  A valiant effort and well done to the team for progressing so far in the tournament!

Read Scoop Wilson's match report

u16s Beat Portobello

The u16s warmed up with a league win in their much rescheduled match against Portobello on Sunday.

Match report from Jason Wright

Linlithgow Edged in Hard Fought Brewin Dolphin u18 Plate Semi-Final

Linlithgow Academy u18  10 - 17  Carrick Academy u18

Thursday 9th February 2012

Congratulations to Carrick Academy who deservedly won a hard fought and close match at Mains Park on Thursday.  Up 10-5 (try from Stuart Mitchell and penalty and conversion from Gary Ballantyne) late in the first half, Linlithgow conceded a converted try in the last minute to go into the break 12-10 down.  Despite huge pressure, with the Reds camped on the Carrick line for about 15 minutes, Linlithgow couldn't add to their score.  Having withstood the immense pressure, Carrick then turned the tables and for 10 minutes they put pressure on the Linlithgow line.

Something had to give and, with just over 5 minutes to go, Carrick claimed an unconverted try in the corner to make the final score 17-10.  Well done to both sides and good luck to Carrick in the final.

Capturing photo action from the biggest game of the season played at Mains Park, were official Club photographer John Preece and unofficial club photographer and travelling supporter Graham Black.  A big thanks to both of them for once again some excellent photographs.

♦ Read Jon Blundell's match report

♦ View John Preece photos ♦ View Graham Black photos

Reds Away at Langholm on Saturday

The Reds travel down to Langholm in this weekend's National 1 return fixture.  The postponed matches have now been rescheduled and the Reds will now entertain Garnock on 31st March and Kilmarnock two weeks later on the 14th April.