South London Storm
South London Storm was a rugby league club who played and trained at Archbishop Lanfranc School in the London Borough of Croydon. They competed in the London and South East Merit League.
Founded in 1997, Storm were voted Rugby League Conference "Club of the Year" three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
In 2013, South London Storm merged with West London Sharks to form South West London Chargers.
Club Details & Personnel
Club honours
- Harry Jepson Trophy : Winners 2006
- RLC Club Of The Year: 2002, 2005, 2006
- RLC Shield: Winners 2002
- Active Sports Club Of The Year Award: 2004
- BBC London Amateur Sports Club of the Year: 2006
- RLC Premier South Division Winners: 2005, 2006, 2009
- RLC Premier South Division Runners Up: 2007, 2008
- RLC Premier South Grand Final Winners: 2005, 2006
- RLC Premier South Grand Final Runners Up: 2007, 2008, 2009
- London Academy Final: Winners 2009
- London Amateur Rugby League : Winners 2006
- Gordon Anderton Memorial Trophy: Runners Up 1997–98, 1998–99
- London League Cup: Runners Up 2000
- Rugby League Challenge Cup: 2nd Round 2005
Player Records
- Most Tries in a match: 6 Mark Nesbitt vs Aberavon Fighting Irish - 2003
- Most Goals in a match: 17 Tom Bold vs Bedford Tigers - 2009
- Most Points in a match: 38 Darren Bartley vs Kent Ravens - 2007
- Most Tries in a season: 28 Louis Neethling - 2005
- Most Goals in a season: 102 Louis Neethling - 2005
- Most Points in a season: 316 Louis Neethling - 2005
- Most First Grade Appearances: 102 Carl Zacharow -
Club Records
- Most Points Scored: 102 vs Bedford Tigers - 2009
- Most Points Conceded: 100 vs Crawley Jets - 2000 & West London Sharks - 2002
- Biggest Home Win: 94–4 vs London Skolars - 2005 & 102–12 vs Bedford Tigers - 2009
- Biggest Away Win: 76–4 vs Sunderland Nissan - 2005 & Greenwich Admirals - 2005
- Biggest Home Defeat: 0–90 vs London Skolars - 2001
- Biggest Away Defeat: 2–100 vs Crawley Jets - 2000
- Highest Scoring Game: 114 points vs Bedford Tigers - 2009
- Lowest Scoring Game: 22 vs Ipswich Rhinos - 2007
- Longest Undefeated Run: 14 games - 24 June 2006 to 30 June 2007
- Longest Run Without a Win: 9 games - 6 May 2000 to 1 July 2000
Coaches
- Julian Critchley - 1997–98
- Ian Curzon - 1998–99
- Julian Critchley & Graeme Harker - 2000
- Paul Johnstone - 2001
- Andy Fleming - 2001
- Julian Critchley & Graeme Harker - 2001
- Anthony Lipscombe - 2002
- Darryl Pitt - 2003 & 2004
- Rob Powell - 2005 & 2006
- Andy Gilvary & Dave Wilson - 2007
- Marcus Tobin - 2008
- James Massara - 2009
- Paul Brown - 2011
- Ben Cramant & Mick Gray - 2012
Former Players Now At Pro Clubs
- Will Sharp - Harlequins RL
- Lamont Bryan - Harlequins RL
- Corey Simms - London Skolars
- Adam Janowski - Harlequins RL
- Rob Powell - Harlequins RL
- Alex Ingarfield - Harlequins RL
- Jack Kendall - England under 18 England deaf London Irish RFU - Dewsbury Rams RL.
First Grade Playing Record - 2000 to 2011
| Competition | Years | Pld | W | D | L | F | A |
| Rugby League Conference | 2000–2002 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 521 | 1757 |
| Rugby League Conference Play Offs | 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 66 |
| Rugby League Conference Cup | 2003 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 229 | 143 |
| National League 3 | 2003–2004 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 764 | 862 |
| Rugby League Conference Premier | 2005–2011 | 80 | 54 | 1 | 25 | 3234 | 1854 |
| Rugby League Conference Premier Play Offs | 2005–2009 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 400 | 188 |
| Challenge Cup | 2004, 2005, 2007 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 164 |
| Total | 2000 - 2011 | 177 | 93 | 3 | 81 | 5387 | 4934 |
| Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | F | A |
| Aberavon Fighting Irish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 |
| Bedford Swifts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 46 |
| Bedford Tigers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 12 |
| Birmingham Bulldogs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 46 |
| Bradford Dudley Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 57 |
| Bramley Buffaloes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 52 |
| Bridgend Blue Bulls | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 46 |
| Carlisle Centurions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 16 |
| Castleford Lock Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 50 |
| Coventry Bears | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 162 |
| Crawley Jets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 456 |
| Crewe Wolves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 66 |
| East Lancashire Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Elmbridge Eagles | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 612 | 262 |
| Essex Eels | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 38 |
| Gateshead Storm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 20 |
| Greenwich Admirals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 30 |
| Hainault Bulldogs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 94 |
| Haringey Hornets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 58 |
| Hammersmith Hillhoists | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 118 |
| Hemel Stags | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 116 |
| Huddersfield Underbank Rangers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 40 |
| Ipswich Rhinos/Eastern Rhinos | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 526 | 307 |
| Kent Ravens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 2 |
| Luton Vipers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4 |
| Manchester Knights | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 14 |
| London Skolars | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 665 | 670 |
| Oxford Cavaliers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 248 |
| Portsmouth Navy Seahawks | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 278 | 118 |
| St Albans Centurions | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 324 | 546 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 119 |
| Sunderland Nissan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 10 |
| Teesside Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 36 |
| Thornhill Trojans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 58 |
| Woolston Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 76 |
| West Bowling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 |
| West London Sharks | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 712 | 903 |
Second Grade Playing Record - 2003 to 2011
Up to and including 2 July 2011.| Competition | Years | Pld | W | D | L | F | A |
| Rugby League Conference | 2003–2005, 2010 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 342 | 1401 |
| London League | 2006–2009, 2011 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 1131 | 1167 |
| London League Play Offs | 2006–2009 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 142 |
| Total | 2003–2009 | 63 | 18 | 1 | 44 | 1509 | 2618 |
| Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | F | A |
| Bedford Tigers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 46 |
| Crawley Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 176 |
| Elmbridge Eagles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 72 | 429 |
| Farnborough Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 40 |
| Feltham YOI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 52 |
| Gosport Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 172 |
| Greenwich Admirals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 270 |
| Guildford Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 104 |
| Hammersmith Hills Hoists | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 178 |
| Haringey Hornets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 98 |
| Hemel Stags | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 128 |
| Kent Ravens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 112 |
| Kentish Tigers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 24 |
| London Griffins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 38 |
| London Skolars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 138 |
| Luton Vipers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 74 |
| Met Police | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 34 |
| Mudchute Uncles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Oxford Cavaliers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 24 |
| Phantoms RL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4 |
| Smallford Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 58 |
| Southampton Spitfires | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 76 |
| Southend Seaxes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 |
| Southgate Skolars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 113 |
| Swindon St George | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| St Albans Centurions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 88 |
| Sussex Merlins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 146 |
| West London Sharks | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 348 | 670 |