| The U8s went
to Saracens Youth Rugby Festival on Sunday
7th November and came away worthy victors of
the trophy. Their passing and running game was
exceptional in all of their matches, their defending
solid and well organised, with everything underpinned by
superb teamwork. They started off in tremendous style
beating the hosts 20-15. They followed this by beating
Amersham and Chiltern 25-15 and then drew with Ruislip in
the tightest match 25 all. In the next match they won
15-10 against Sandal and in a final flourish beat
Caldicott 30 points to 20. Their passing down the line was fast and accurate, the result of which was that the wingers scored most of the 23 tries. But the key on Sunday was teamwork characterised by strong forward running and fluid passing down the lines. A Saracen’s event organiser said "It’s a joy to watch Under 8 rugby of this standard – Maidenhead were superb". A strong team effort from all. Squad: Ben Alderson, William Ansell, Chris Cameron, Jordan Foster, Chris Heeley, Richard O’Reilly, Felix O’Sullivan, Callum Thomas, Stephen Thomson. |
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| Getting into the mood | We won! |
| The Under 8s
won their second match in the Informer Cup
on Sunday 23rd January. They played Battersea
Ironsides at The Stoup, immediately before the
Harlequins-Newcastle match. The boys were again on good
form, passing, running and tackling well, and at half
time were 25-10 up. The opposition were less strong in
the second half and Maids came through strongly to won
45-10. It was a good team effort with four of the squad
scoring two tries (Jordan Foster, Chris Heeley, Felix
O’Sullivan and Callum Thomas); the other try was
scored by Jacob Cooke. The next match in this cup is on 25th March against KCS Wimbledon, again at The Stoup, and if they win this they will go through to the semi-finals and finals on 6th May when Harlequins will be playing Gloucester Squad: Sam Blackman, Chris Cameron, Jacob Cooke, Jordan Foster, Chris Heeley, Richard O’Reilly, Felix O’Sullivan, Alex Pegg, Callum Thomas, Stephen Thomson |
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| Turn that sun off… | Waiting to clap on Harlequins and Newcastle,and getting within touch-tackling distance of Jonny Wilkinson |