St Ives Roosters

St Ives Roosters are a rugby league club from St Ives in Cambridgeshire. They were founded in 1991 as one of the first rugby league clubs in East Anglia. Currently they play in the Rugby League Conference East Division. The clubs colours are red and white and the shirts are hooped with those colours. The ground in which they play at is down Somersham Road on the edge of St Ives.

History

When the club were founded they were called St Ives Sharks. Their first game was against Newmarket at the St Ivo Outdoor Centre. It was a friendly fixture with both clubs having very little experience in their sides. The Sharks won 56-8 [http://www.stivesroosters.co.uk/about.html] .

After the brief Shark era, the club relocated to Huntingdon and thus were renamed Huntingdon Bombers. Eventually in 2001 they returned back to St Ives after sorting out agreements with the ground and fixtures with the local rugby union club [http://www.stivesroosters.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=History] .

In 2003 the first team entered the newly created Rugby League Conference. After being requested to adopt a nickname "Roosters" was chosen after a competition in The Huntingdon Post newspaper [http://www.stivesroosters.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=History] . They have been in the Rugby League Conference ever since.

Leagues

* 1991-????: Eastern Region League
* ????-2002: London League
* 2003-2008: Rugby League Conference

Results

2003

Played: 10, Wins: 2, Draws: 0, Lost: 8.

* St Ives Roosters 4-76 Luton Vipers
* South Norfolk Saints 64-14 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 24-0 Cambridge Eagles
* St Ives Roosters 14-64 Essex Eels
* Ipswich Rhinos 102-4 St Ives Roosters
* Luton Vipers 94-10 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 4-90 South Norfolk Saints
* Cambridge Eagles 12-34 St Ives Roosters
* Essex Eels 84-22 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 28-52 Ipswich Rhinos
* Play-Off: North London Skolars 86-10 St Ives Roosters

2004

Played: 10, Wins: 4, Draws: 0, Lost: 6.

* St Ives Roosters 4-46 Ipswich Rhinos
* South Norfolk Saints 68-10 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 26-14 Cambridge Eagles
* Ipswich Rhinos 78-4 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 14-52 South Norfolk Saints
* Cambridge Eagles 18-52 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 30-22 Hemel Stags
* Middlesex Lions 18-48 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 8-46 Luton Vipers
* North London Skolars 62-4 St Ives Roosters
* National Shield Quarter-Final: St Albans Centurions 32-24 St Ives Roosters
* Eastern Region Shield Final: St Ives Roosters 32-22 Cambridge Eagles

2005

Played: 8, Wins: 2, Draws: 0, Lost: 6.

* St Ives Roosters 34-36 South Norfolk Saints
* Bedford Tigers 12-22 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 50-4 Cambridge Eagles
* St Albans Centurions 70-10 St Ives Roosters
* South Norfolk Saints 32-26 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 28-38 Bedford Tigers
* Cambridge Eagles 18-14 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 18-44 St Albans Centurions
* National Shield Semi-Final: St Ives Roosters 34-32 Plymouth Titans
* National Shield Final: St Ives Roosters 10-74 Blackpool Sea Eagles

Note: National Shield Final played at Butts Arena in Coventry.

2006

Played: 8, Wins: 4, Draws: 0, Lost: 4.

* St Ives Roosters 46-48 South Norfolk Saints
* Bedford Tigers 26-8 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 46-0 Colchester Romans
* Cambridge Eagles 10-52 St Ives Roosters
* South Norfolk Saints 46-14 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 24-34 Bedford Tigers
* Colchester Romans 26-68 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 44-18 Cambridge Eagles

2007

Played: 12, Wins: 8, Draws: 0, Lost: 4.

* St Ives Roosters 28-22 Thetford Titans
* Bedford Tigers 42-10 St Ives Roosters
* Greenwich Admirals 42-20 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 44-22 Colchester Romans
* Cambridge Eagles 20-40 St Ives Roosters
* Thetford Titans 34-22 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 16-56 Bedford Tigers
* St Ives Roosters 50-18 Greenwich Admirals
* Colchester Romans 18-54 St Ives Roosters
* St Ives Roosters 24-0 Cambridge Eagles
* St Ives Roosters 50-10 Thetford Titans
* Bedford Tigers 27-42 St Ives Roosters

Records

* In the 1991-2002 period when the Roosters played in the Eastern Region League and the London League, Dan McCormack was the top-points scorer with a total of 118 points broken down into 24 tries and 11 goals.
* Since 2003 when the Roosters have been playing in the Rugby League Conference, Michael Sykes is the top-points scorer with 228 points overall coming from 12 tries and 90 goals.
* As a team, since 2003, the Roosters have scored 1018 points from 198 tries and 113 goals. No drop-goals have ever been scored though.

ee also

* Rugby League Conference
* Cambridge Eagles

External links

* [http://www.stivesroosters.co.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.stivesroosters.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Roosterpedia]