Grasmere Sport Centre, Cockermouth, the venue for the Cumbria Masters Festival, was bathed in sunshine as 15 teams and almost 200 players turned out last Saturday.
This was the largest-ever Cumbria festival as teams from Hull, York, Leeds, Wakefield, Warrington (Crosfields & Rylands), Leyland, Barrow, (Barrow & Hindpool), Blackpool, Leigh and Wigan (St Jude's & Hindley) joined host club, West Cumbria, and newcomers Carlisle.
The new Masters players were warmly welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not many better spots than <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cockermouth?src=hash">#Cockermouth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rugbyunion?src=hash">#rugbyunion</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mastersrugbyleague?src=hash">#mastersrugbyleague</a> on a sunny saturday! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cumbria?src=hash">#Cumbria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Mastersofleeds">@Mastersofleeds</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Paul_Mastersrl">@Paul_Mastersrl</a> <a href="https://t.co/WA6qWo6TKu">pic.twitter.com/WA6qWo6TKu</a></p>— Rob Wilkinson (@getpromotionpr) <a href="https://twitter.com/getpromotionpr/status/856041859248009216">April 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Festival awards:
Master of the Day: Blackpool's Wade Kelly
Masters Moment: for a great GREEN shorter try Ray Timson
Team of the Festival: Hull Dockers (and their helpers from Hindley!)
Masters Cumbria rep, Dave Farrell, summed up the day: "It's been a great festival! A brilliant setting, sunshine and so many players enjoying Masters Rugby League!"
To find out more about Masters Rugby League, which is for anyone over the age of 35. Email mastersrugbyleague@gmail.com to find out more today!
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