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U12 MATCH REPORTS Sunday 29 January 2012
Sunday 11 December 2011 First game was against home side Folkestone; both teams agreed to play the newest players in the squad to give them some much needed experience. Bourne’s newest player Blake Crowhurst, who only started training two weeks previous, took to the challenge and scored a debut hat-trick. The excellent performance was completed by a further two tries from Luke Jeffery and one by Ted Shand giving Bourne’s newest players a well-deserved 30-0 win. The second game was a tale of two halves. In the first Canterbury took control of the game scoring 2 very good tries to give them a solid half time lead. Following some key changes, Bourne started the second with renewed belief and after some sustained pressure Ted Shand sold Canterbury’s players three dummy passes to score the opener. This was followed by another very good hat-trick again from the new boy Blake Crowhurst. Harry Talbot in the final minute showed his superior pace and strength by running from his own half, down the wing resisting all tackles to finally cross the line in the corner for Bourne’s fifth. Final score 25-10. Folkestone and Sittingbourne had a second game but this time starting with their strongest sides. The game ebbed and flowed for much of the time with both teams defending very well. Following some very good rucking and mauling some space appeared which Luke Hurton exploited to score and give his side a very slim half time lead. Folkestone were caught napping at the start of the second half. The kick off went to Joshua Hatch, Bourne’s fastest player, who managed to side step his way through the defence before showing his pace by running from half way to score the second. The rest of the game was a repeat of the first half with both teams playing good rugby and defending with excellence. Final score 10-0 to Bourne. Man of the Match was awarded to Blake for his debut hat-tricks and his will to succeed. Squad: Blake, Callum Aitkin, Adam Bartlett, Jacob Butler, Oliver Cooksley, Ryan Creasey, Blake Crowhurst, Oliver Dawes, Jamie Gash, Joshua Hatch, Luke Hurton, Jake Jeffery, Luke Jeffery, Jake Rix, Ted Shand, Ben Simmons, Luke Snare, William Sutton, Harry Talbot, Ben Yardley Sunday 13 November 2011
Sunday 6 November 2011
Sittingbourne fielded one full team with 2 new players and no subs and one Barbarian team with 10 Bourne players, plus 4 boys from other clubs. Sittingbourne got off to a slow start against what turned out to be completion winners Deal & Betts, and although beaten put in a valiant effort losing 6-0. The second game was much better from Bourne; the new boys were now finding their feet and getting involved in all phases of play. The commitment put in by the players kept top class opposition Canterbury from running away with the match only narrowly losing by two tries. Whitstable were Bourne’s third match of the group and the point where some of the more experience players were giving the newer boys the confidence they needed and leading them to some excellent phases of play. Both teams attacked very well but defended better which meant at the final whistle there was nothing between them a 0-0 draw being the result. The last game the boys were heard saying amongst themselves that in this final game they were playing to restore some pride and although not needed to they played their best rugby of the day. The team started with renewed confidence and following a big team effort, Cameron Donaldson eventually opened their account with a well worked try. Before the finish two more boys Cody Scott-Waller and William Sutton had scored. The opposition Thanet Wanderers B did manage to get one of their own but Bourne left the pitch to much deserved applause winning 3-1. Sittingbourne’s full team was Man of the Match Keiran Hughes, Ben Simmons, William Sutton, Jake Jeffery, Luc Jeffery, Rupert Howe, Jamie Gash, Cameron Donaldson, Oliver Cooksley, Adam Bartlett, Ryan Creasey, Callum Aitkin The Barbarians started opening match was against Thanet A, eventual runners-up in the Group. This was one of them that could have gone either way both teams very evenly matched. Thanet were the ones to get the break and scored the only try giving them the win 1-0. Next up was Ashford Saxons, again another very close affair with not much between the sides, the first half Jake Rix and Ted Shand did manage to score for the Baabaar’s giving them a good 2 try lead at half time. The Saxons came out in the second half with renewed vigor and purpose, the Barbarians solid defence made the difference stopping the Saxons in their attempts to score and taking the win 2-0. Folkestone were the third opponents for the Barbarians who were now starting to believe in themselves. Jake Rix was involved in most of the action on the pitch and again got the opening try he deserved. The second half see some changes to the Baabaar’s side and Canterbury supplied some new players two of whom made an impact, Max White and Joe Gransden both scored very good tries giving the Barbarians their second win 15-0. The last group game would decide which team would progress into the Plate final either team could do it. It was again a very even match both sides defending excellently. The break came in the last moments and Ash scored to secure the win and take them to the final which they won. The organisers were very pleased and would like to pass on their
thanks to Canterbury and Deal Betts for loaning players to make
up a Barbarians team, with the 10 Sittingbourne players who were
Man of the Match Oliver Dawes, Jacob Butler, Jake Rix, Cody Scott-Waller,
Ted Shand, Harry Talbot, Luke Snare, Joshua Hatch, Ben Yardley,
Ben Hatser-Moulson. Sunday 9 October 2011 Sittingbourne U12's only played two group games and a Final at the Canterbury Festival and all games were hard close fought affairs with one try deciding all matches. First group game was against hosts Canterbury. Bourne won the physical aspects of the game while the hosts shone in the excellent handling. One lapse of concentration by Bourne was punished and Canterbury scored the try to win 5-0. The second group game was against Folkestone. Bourne were hoping it wasn’t going to be a repeat of last year’s score of Folkestone 25 Bourne 0. Clearly Bourne had improved a lot and this game was a hard fought battle with both sides defending well. Folkestone were to be the ones to let concentration lapse which Bourne immediately took advantage of and Jake Rix scored the only try to win 5-0. Bourne finished the group as runners up which put them into the Plate Final against Cranbrook. This match like the others was very close and either side could have won. Bourne looked likely to get the first try, but following a sustained period of being under attack Cranbrook got the break and scored which left Bourne suffering their second defeat by one try. Final score Cranbrook 5 Bourne 0 . The parents and coaching staff all praised the boys for the good rugby played and certainly didn’t deserve to lose any games. Squad; Adam Bartlett, Jacob Butler, Oliver Cooksley, Ryan Creasey, Oliver Dawes, Cameron Donaldson, Jamie Gash, Joshua Hatch, Keiran Hughes, Luke Hurton, Jake Jeffery, Jake Rix, Ted Shand, Ben Simmons, William Sutton, Harry Talbot, Cody Scott-Waller Sunday 2 October 2011 Sittingbourne U12's first match was against Medway B. From the whistle Bourne took control of the match but with silly mistakes and infringements most attacks were overturned and at one point they were defending with all they had just to keep Medway out. Eventually Bourne got their act together and started making ground. Then following a line-out a maul was set which the forwards pushed 10 metres and just before the try line one of Bourne's most experienced players peeled off to score the first try. Medway to their credit never gave up a with very good defending kept Bourne out and the final score at 5-0. Bourne didn't waste any time in the second match against Whitstable. Within two minutes Jake Rix again showed his determination by scoring the opener and went on to score a second later on. With the forwards in dominant form it wasn't long before Prop Ben Simmons charged over the line for the first of his two tries. The next try was one of the best of the day for Bourne. From a scrum 25 metres from Whitstables try line the scrum half Ted Shand got the ball out to the backs and with some excellent interchange of passing the ball was popped up for Jacob Butler to cross the line to score again for Bourne giving them the win 25-0. Bourne were under attack from the whistle in their 3rd match and despite some excellent defending Oaks managed to score two tries to win 10-0 The last group game's opponents were previous competition winner's and unbeaten Upminster. Although on paper Upminster should have won this match with ease Bourne were in no mood to let them have it all their own way. Upminster eventually broke the deadlock to score the first of two tries. Not giving up Bourne's determination eventually showed and Oliver Dawes scored a consolation try. Final score 10-5 to Upminster. Bourne finished 3rd in their group and went on to a play off with Blackheath. Although every boy on the pitch gave 100% Blackheath proved to strong on the day and took the win 15-0. The coaches and parents were very pleased with the boys performance and applauded the whole team. Squad; Keiran Hughes, William Sutton, Ben Simmonds, Jake Rix,
James Hayward, Jacob Butler, Ted Shand, Oliver Dawes, Joshua Hatch,
Cody Scott-Waller, Harry Talbot, Luke Hurton, Jamie Gash, Luke
Snare, Cameron Donaldson, Joe Dowe, Ben Yardley,
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