U11s entertain Bath and Saracens

Maidenhead U11s v Bath & Saracens U11s

Sunday 16th January 2000

MAIDENHEAD under 11 teams entertained teams from Saracens and Bath on Sunday.

The A team faced the tough opposition well, despite having a run of poor results recently.
The first match was against Saracens and the trend of the game was set right from the outset. Maids took the first kick and the ball went straight to the biggest boy on the other team and he powered forward, well supported by his teammates - surging for the line to open the scoring at 5-0. By half time the score was 20-0.
The second half saw better play from the Maids, some determined tackles from Robert Mayne and Tom Miller but they still conceded three further tries to take the score to 35-0.

Maids' second game against Bath was altogether more encouraging - even though the boys lost there, seemed to be more flow and thought to their game. At the end of the first half the score was 5-0 and despite the continued efforts of the whole team, and some strong tackles from Jordan Haynes and Michael Ward the final score was 20-0.

Bath and Saracens also played each other and the score finished 0-0.

Maidenhead B team also played both teams on the day and had better results playing some exciting rugby. The first match was against Saracens B team and the result was a 5-5 draw with Maidenhead's try coming from Tom Crackell. Interestingly enough the Saracens try was the result of a last ditch surge for the line before the final whistle, just denying the Maids a deserved victory.

Bath B team then played Saracens B team and the result was Bath 0, Saracens 24.

Maids then played the Bath B team and once again it was a close affair and the Maids scored twice. The first was from the powerful Dean Rogers who looks very difficult to stop if allowed to build up a head of steam. The second try was from the nippy Joshua Cooke, but Bath also scored twice and the result was a 10-10 draw.

 

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