WITH the new season approaching, Ellesmere Port Rugby Club have announced their fixtures for the 2004/05 campaign - kicking off away to Ormskirk.

The first team play in the Tetley Northern League South Lancs/Cheshire Division and will be hoping to improve on last term when they only avoided relegation with a final-day victory at Crewe & Nantwich.

However, with the club using the 2003/04 season to blood several new first teamers, it is hoped that the youngsters will have benefited from the experience and will be able to build on the work of recent months.

Ellesmere Port are on the lookout for players for all their teams and if you would like to join the club, new starters are encouraged to attend training sessions at the Whitby Sports & Social Club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7pm.

Professional coach Peter Mc-Crave will bring you up to the standard the teams play in and, for details, contact club captain Steve Foster on 07900 300 063.