2000/2001 |
1st round |
1: West Hartlepool TDSOB II bye 2: Seaton Carew 6 Horden II 9, played at Mayfield Park 3: Hartlepool II 3 West Hartlepool Amateurs 16 4: Hartlepool Rovers II 45 Hartlepool Athletic 12 |
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Semi finals |
West Hartlepool Amateurs walked over v West Hartlepool TDSOB II Horden II 21 Hartlepool Rovers II 13 |
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Final |
Horden II 36 West Hartlepool Amateurs 0 Played at New Friarage, Thursday 26th April 2001 |
2001/2002 |
1st round |
Hartlepool II 25 West Hartlepool Amateurs 17 West Hartlepool II 6 Hartlepool Athletic 5 Hartlepool Rovers II 10 Seaton Carew 36 |
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Semi finals |
Seaton Carew 35 West Hartlepool TDSOB II 7 Hartlepool II 0 Horden II 80 |
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Final tie |
Horden II 17 Seaton Carew 15 Played at Mayfield Park, Wednesday 1st May 2002. Horden II also received the Pyman Flag, the first time since 1925 that a Flag had been presented. |
2002/2003 |
1st round |
West Hartlepool Amateurs 13 Hartlepool Athletic 21 a.e.t. West Hartlepool TDSOB II withdrew, Hartlepool Rovers II walked over Seaton Carew 20 Horden II 17 Hartlepool II 27 Hartlepool BBOB 28 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool BBOB 7 Hartlepool Rovers II 64 (06/09/2003) Seaton Carew 49 Hartlepool Athletic 7 (23/08/2003) |
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Final |
Seaton Carew 15 Hartlepool Rovers II 12 Played at Mayfield Park, Tuesday 7th October 2003 Final delayed due to League backlog in 2002/03 |
2003/2004 Centenary Season |
1st round |
West Hartlepool II 8 Seaton Carew 20 (10/04/2004) |
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2nd round |
Horden II 25 West Hartlepool II 0 (14/04/2004): Hartlepool II withdrew, West II given a wild card second chance place. Seaton Carew 59 West Hartlepool TDSOB II 12 Hartlepool BBOB 15 Hartlepool Athletic 19 (17/01/2004) Hartlepool Rovers II 76 West Hartlepool Amateurs 0 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 18 Hartlepool Athletic 0 (21/04/2004) Horden II v Seaton Carew |
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Centenary Final Tie |
Hartlepool Rovers II 13 Horden II 13 (05/05/2004) Replay: Hartlepool Rovers II 32 Horden II 27 (12/05/2004) Both played at Hornby Park, Seaton Carew RUFC All players & Officials presented with Commemorative Medals |
2004/2005 |
Preliminary |
West Hartlepool TDSOB II withdrew, Hartlepool Rovers II walked over (06/04/2005) |
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2nd round |
Hartlepool II 17 Seaton Carew II 13 (13/04/2005) West Hartlepool Amateurs withdrew, Hartlepool BBOB walked over West Hartlepool II 53 Hartlepool Athletic 5 (16/04/2005) Horden II 26 Hartlepool Rovers II 0 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool BBOB 5 Horden II 36 (20/04/2005) Hartlepool II 0 West Hartlepool II 36 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 9 Horden II 0 (27/04/2005) Played at New Friarage |
2005/2006 |
1st round |
Seaton Carew II walked over West Hartlepool TDSOB II withdrew |
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2nd round |
Hartlepool BBOB 12 Hartlepool II 13 West Hartlepool II 70 West Hartlepool Amateurs 13 Horden II 69 Seaton Carew II 0 Hartlepool Athletic 13 Hartlepool Rovers II 14 |
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Semi finals |
Horden II 55 Hartlepool II 5 Hartlepool Rovers II 6 West Hartlepool II 6 |
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Final |
West Hartlepool II 10 Horden II 8 a.e.t. Played at Mayfield Park, 26th April 2006 |
2006/2007 |
Preliminary |
West Hartlepool TDSOB II withdrew West Hartlepool II walked over |
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1st round |
West Hartlepool Amateurs withdrew Hartlepool Rovers II walked over (11/04/2007) Hartlepool BBOB 34 Hartlepool 10 Horden II 17 West Hartlepool II 14 Seaton Carew II 0 Hartlepool Athletic 65 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool Rovers II 27 Hartlepool Athletic 5 (18/04/2007) Horden II 31 Hartlepool BBOB 19 |
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Final |
Hartlepool Rovers II 14 Horden II 11 Played at Mayfield Park, 25th April 2007 |
2007/2008 |
Preliminary |
Hartlepool Rovers Heughers 12 v West Hartlepool Stags 34 (09/04/2008) |
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1st round |
Hartlepool 0 West Hartlepool TDSOB II 5 (TDSOB withdrew) (16/04/2008) Horden II 47 Hartlepool BBOB 25 West Hartlepool Amateurs 10 Hartlepool Athletic 22 Seaton Carew 6 West Hartlepool Stags 42 |
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Semi finals |
Hartlepool 0 Horden II 48 (23/04/2008) West Hartlepool Stags 62 Hartlepool Athletic 11 |
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Final tie |
West Hartlepool II 24 Horden II 19 Played at Grayfields, 29th April 2008 |
2008/2009 |
1st round |
To be played on 15th April 2009 A. West Hartlepool TDSOB v Horden. TDSOB have withdrawn, Horden walked over B. West Hartlepool 106 West Hartlepool Amateurs 0 C. Seaton Carew 77 Hartlepool BBOB 7 D. Hartlepool Rovers 41 Hartlepool 5 |
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Semi final |
To be played on 22nd April 2009 Seaton Carew 15 West Hartlepool 48 Horden 39 Hartlepool Rovers 16 |
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Final tie |
Played on 9th May 2009 at West Hartlepool TDSOB West Hartlepool Stags 24 Horden II 14 |
2009/2010 |
1st round |
To be played on 14th April 2010 West Hartlepool Amateurs 3 West Hartlepool II 77 Hartlepool Athletic v Horden II walked over Hartlepool Rovers II 32 Hartlepool BBOB 19 Seaton Carew 8 Hartlepool II 13 |
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Semi finals |
To be played on 21st April 2010 Hartlepool II withdrew v West Hartlepool Stags walked over Hartlepool Rovers II 16 Horden II 19 |
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Final tie |
To be played on 28th April 2010 at West Hartlepool TDSOB Horden II 10 West Hartlepool II 6 |
Harold English Pyman (1876 – 1917), was a West Hartlepool ship-owner, and a rugby referee, later Secretary of the Referees Society and famed for being a martinet on the field. In 1904 he presented a trophy for competition among the junior clubs in the Hartlepool area. Only clubs based within the Hartlepool and District area were eligible to compete for the trophy, and the ‘area’ in question was defined as being within 8 miles of the Heugh Lighthouse on the Headland. Originally the competition was on a League basis only.
The Competition, quickly nicknamed The Pyman League, was a success among Junior Clubs and lower teams from the Senior Cubs. After a few seasons, the League Committee (with Mr Claude Harper as its first Secretary) commenced a programme of games between the Pyman League XV and sides such as the Champion Club of the season, Hartlepool Rovers, and the Tyneside League.
Following the restart of matters Rugby post War in 1920, the Competition was revived as part of the Hartlepool & District Union remit that year and the following six seasons saw the League at its greatest popularity extending to two divisions and talk of a third being run.
The heady days of the early 20s were not last and with a decline in popularity was followed by the League being suspended in 1926 by the Durham County RFU due to allegations of irregularities over the movement of players and an honorarium paid to the Secretary. Since then, the Pyman Cup has been played for on a knock-out competition basis with mid-week matches proving popular. In recent seasons, the Cup has been run as a 20 minutes each way /15 a side competition, however in 2023, which marks the 120th Anniversary of the Cup's foundation, it reverted to its traditional knockout format, 80 minutes each way.
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