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Hayton's View - Moore signs off with try rush
11:56am Saturday 26th April 2008
"THIS week's Cumbria Cup final seems almost anti-climactic after winning the league and every league match," writes Kendal Director of Rugby Chris Hayton.
"Striving every week to win has built pressure albeit gradually.
"As the players try to improve week on week, and the coaches, Bully and Dave work to improve plays or develop new strategies, the pressure creeps up.
"With one match to play Hoani Moore at No.15 still hadn't scored a try. With at least a half a dozen moves designed to put him into space, none had so far come off despite hours on the training field. Then at last on Saturday bingo! - Hoani scores and an audible sigh of relief went up from the players and coaches alike.
"After the first it all appeared so easy and he scores another three. He's cracked it.
"The bad news is that he flew home on Tuesday and will be scoring his tries for North Harbour this week!
"Nick 'Noodles' McKain also flew home this week and with international clearance forms hurriedly scanned and e-mailed, he will be playing in New Zealand this week as well. Such is the sporting world of today.
"How we lift ourselves this week is going to be the problem. The after effects of Saturday's party/leaving-do will have worn off, but the high that everyone felt at the club on a double championship winning weekend will be hard to come down from.
"Aspatria will know this and will hope to catch us out.
"The wily Mike Scott and enduring Adrian Bateson both have the experience to be able to impress upon their team that this is their chance.
"We have been able to pick our strongest available team and Dan Stephens is now recovered from his bout of tonsillitis and will start.
"The battle of wits between him and Mike will be tasty.
"Cup rugby is about one game only, a quick stir-fry compared to the long simmering stew that is the league.
"Whatever the outcome it will be mouth watering."
The Story Cumbria Cup final is at Penrith Rugby Club tomorrow (3pm kick-off). The team bus leaves Kendal Rugby Club at 12.45pm followed by the supporters' bus at 1pm.
Squad.
Forwards: B. Coxon, D. Green, R. Harryman; L. Hayton, G. Gore; R.
Quarry, M. Wilson, G. Holmes.
Backs: J. Gough, D. Stephens; I. Voortman (captain), B. Ashley; D. Murray, B. Ashley, C. Park.
Bench: D. Bowles, A. Martindale, W. Wharton, R. Tomlinson, J. Howse, G. Coulter, N. Michelini.
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The interesting brochure you can obtain from the car park at Foulshaw Moss says that more than several thousand years ago the Witherslack Mosses were part of an extensive wetland in what is now the Lyth Valley and on the flat ground west of the Kent Estuary. The Mosses - Meathop, Foulshaw and Nicols - are raised peat bogs brought about by sphagnum moss that draws up, acidifies, and holds water like a giant sponge, creating waterlogged conditions as it grows. Sphagnum grows from the tip, leaving the lower part to die. Waterlogging halts decay of these dead bits that build up and up over thousands of years, to form deep domed mounds of peat that are raised many feet above the surrounding ground. The Witherslack Mosses have dried out partly as a result of forestry and the invasion of scrub. Over time, drainage and peat cutting led to the loss of more wetland and now only significant fragments remain. Specialised peatbog flora and fauna have been unable to thrive because of the area being too shaded and too dry. Recently conifers have been removed and also masses of rhododendrons have been cleared. Hundreds of peat and plastic dams have been installed to bring about the ‘sponge’ effect of the peat. At Foulshaw, the remains of a 15ft to 16ft wide prehistoric trackway has been uncovered. This is believed to have been constructed in the mid-Bronze Age to allow people to cross the once huge wetland. Trunks of ash and birch were laid side by side and supported on logs. Foulshaw Moss is open to the public. Nichols Moss, a really squelchy one, is only suitable for a hundred yards or so before you encounter pathless very wet moss. It is a delight to stand and look ahead but as there is no walkway do not continue. Pause just on its edge from where you might spot red deer. Meathop is a lovely walk but only for those with a permit from Cumbria Wildlife Trust or if you are a member. The parking is difficult. After the first short grassy track, follow a wider track, left, that winds round right by a pasture and into fine conifer woodland. Beyond this a wide walkway takes you out some distance into the moss, from where you will spot all sorts of interesting lowly plants. To visit Foulshaw Moss, on the A590, it is best to approach the entrance from the direction of Kendal. If coming from the opposite direction continue on past the entrance and make use of the Levens underpass to make a U-turn and approach from the north. This avoids trying to make a right turn across a narrow section of the busy A-road. The entrance is not signposted until you have turned off the road. The entrance turn, a cart track, lies just before a large layby on a narrow section of the A-road. Just beyond the turn, stands a huge sign saying ‘Dual carriageway a mile ahead’. To approach the entrance, drive the dual carriageway at Levens until it ends. Continue a short distance along the two-way road and begin to signal your left turn. Watch out for the large sign ahead. If you reach the layby you have gone too far.
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