WON FESTIVAL !
Squad - Anderson Alexander, Clark Henry, Deane Myles,
Furrer Nicolas, Gawn James, Harrison Ben, Jones Archie
Nagle Joshua, Seddon Benjamin, Sirker Callum,
Stockham Jack, Viney James
1st game: Teddington 5 – Marlow 0
Teddington began the festival as they meant to continue – with an open, free-flowing rugby style. The watchword for the day was passing prior to the tackle. Teddington enjoyed the majority of the possession and were defensively strong. In the end, the score could have been higher, but for a lack of penetration in the last 20 yards.
2nd game: Teddington 15 – Old Albanians 0
This was Old Albanians first outing at the Chobham festival and, despite putting up a brave performance, were somewhat overwhelmed by Teddington’s attacking defence (which saw them pushed back to their own line time and again). The scoreline reflected a fair return for the pressure exerted.
3rd game: Teddington 0 – Guildford 0
This was the crunch game, with Teddington facing the only team that beat them in last year’s festival. Guildford had played every game with a strong mauling style, which saw them occasionally committing up to six players into the loose at any given time. Unfourtunately, they seemed to tire as the festival progressed (possibly due to the energy expended) and, coming up against Teddington, found that the defensive pressure prevented them from matching the large number of tries they had piled on against some of the other teams. Eventually, a draw was a fair result, as Teddington found it equally diificult to find penetration.
4th game: Teddington 5 – Chobham 0
All to play for, with any one of three teams able to win the festival, depending on the outcome of this game. Chobham had showed similar strength to Guildford in their loose play, so it was particularly pleasing to see Teddington adjust their style of play to match – and ultimately overcome – this threat. Some excellent driving rucks and mauls brought Teddington close to a score but in the end, it was a wonderful piece of defence (tackling Chobham behind their own try line) and a piece of snatched opportunism that brought the try.
On the whole, almost all the teams were very evenly matched but Teddington ran out winners due to a willingness to open up the game, an ability to adapt that style to suit circumstances and, above all, a fierce tackling rate that rocked their opposition back in attack. Our first A silverware of the year and an excellent performance all-round.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Cobham B Festival - 8/10/2006
Squad - Benjamin Archer, Thomas Bywater , David Cecil, Henry Clark, James Davies, Fergus Donaldson, Archie Jones, Toby Orchard, Frederico Pasquali, Cameron Petrie, Ben Seddon, Oliver Skyrme.
Results: WON FESTIVAL - HOORAY
Cobham - Won 15-0 (Archie Jones, Ben Archer, Ben Seddon)
Reeds - Won 10-5 ( Ben Seddon, Archie Jones)
Semi Final - Rosslyn Park - Won 10-5 (Archie x2)
Final - Reeds won 15-0 (Oliver Skryme, Archie Jones, Ben Archer)
Started quick out of the blocks (not always with our boys) with a comprehensive win (15-0) over our hosts. We followed this with a close game with Reeds with some excellent defence in the second half. This qualified us for the semis where we met Rosslyn Park - this proved to be our toughest game and was clinched with Archie going over in the corner with the final play of the game! We approached the final against Reeds confident and so it proved with another excellent display with the result never in doubt and ending up 15-0 - Champions
David Donaldson & Richard Davies marshalled the boys excellently - it was a team effort with everyone putting in the tackles and defensively (only conceding 2 trys in 4 games) well organised and committed - well done to all!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
October 1st Festivals
Chobham - Squad - Barton Sam, Bentley-Fox James, Cecil David, Day Joshua, Deane Freddie, Donaldson Fergus, Dupree Archie, Griffiths Tom, Pasquali Frederico, Rac Stephen, Smith Thomas, Stahelin Angus
Results: Rosslyn Park L 5-15
T Wells L 0-5
L Irish D 0-0
Chobham L 0-10
Cobham L 0-10
This was our first B festival for contact rugby and showed that we have still a lot to learn about the new style, coaches as well as players. But we are blessed with incredibly hardworking and enthusiastic boys. The rain came down in buckets, keeping us permanently soaked but never bad enough to cancel, unlike others on that day.
There was significant improvement from all players throughout the day and by the end practically every boys had got the idea of tackling, which still needs improvement. Although the results were disappointing, they learned a lot from their first encounter into contact and this will stand them in good stead for later tournaments. We were unfortunate to lose Freddie Deane after the first game with a knock on the head. Thankfully it was a minor scrape but it did put him out for the rest of the festival. The highlight of the day, nay a “champagne moment” was produced by Angus Stahelin’s last gasp touch tackle in the game against L.Irish, which earned us a draw and epitomised the boy’s commitment throughout the afternoon. Nothing summed it up more than, despite the disappointing results, when it came to half-time in the last match, no one wanted to be subbed off. They performed well and never let their heads drop and that spirit will ensure better days to come.
Guildford - Squad - Archer Benjamin, Beasley Joe, Boxall Thomas, Bywater Thomas, Clark Henry, Davies James, Field Alexander, Hammond Jonathan
Hogg Greiogair, Orchard Toby, Petrie Cameron, Seddon Benjamin.
Played 2 & won 2 - the second a very good performance against Reeds 20-5 - stand out was the excellent rucking and ball retention - unfortunately the heavens opened and the festival was abandoned but a very encouraging start.
Cobham - Squad - Anderson Alexander, Deane Myles, Furrer Nicolas, Galan Emmanuel, Gawn James, Harrison Ben, Jones Emily, Nagle Joshua, Rubini Dylan, Sirker Callum, Stockham Jack, Viney James
Played 3 - Won 1, Lost 2 - Festival Abandoned
Report from David Viney as follows:
Thanks for braving the torrential rain. I thought some real positives coming from the festival. The tackling and spirit shown by our boys (and girl!) intruly atrocious conditions was wonderful. After the comfortable win over Camberley, there was not a big gap between ourselves and Sutton & Epsom /Cobham. Bear in mind the former were Ratt Cup winners and runners-up in the last two years respectively and that Cobham make an early start to their season (having also always been strong in our age group). What I particularly liked was that two of our tries were scored from tackling the opposing side back into their try zone - one from a resulting five yard scrum and one from a dive-on. We came very close to beating Cobham - which would have set up a tantalising final against S&E again (who I thought we matched for the last four minutes of our game against them) - had the festival not been stopped for the conditions.
Results: Rosslyn Park L 5-15
T Wells L 0-5
L Irish D 0-0
Chobham L 0-10
Cobham L 0-10
This was our first B festival for contact rugby and showed that we have still a lot to learn about the new style, coaches as well as players. But we are blessed with incredibly hardworking and enthusiastic boys. The rain came down in buckets, keeping us permanently soaked but never bad enough to cancel, unlike others on that day.
There was significant improvement from all players throughout the day and by the end practically every boys had got the idea of tackling, which still needs improvement. Although the results were disappointing, they learned a lot from their first encounter into contact and this will stand them in good stead for later tournaments. We were unfortunate to lose Freddie Deane after the first game with a knock on the head. Thankfully it was a minor scrape but it did put him out for the rest of the festival. The highlight of the day, nay a “champagne moment” was produced by Angus Stahelin’s last gasp touch tackle in the game against L.Irish, which earned us a draw and epitomised the boy’s commitment throughout the afternoon. Nothing summed it up more than, despite the disappointing results, when it came to half-time in the last match, no one wanted to be subbed off. They performed well and never let their heads drop and that spirit will ensure better days to come.
Guildford - Squad - Archer Benjamin, Beasley Joe, Boxall Thomas, Bywater Thomas, Clark Henry, Davies James, Field Alexander, Hammond Jonathan
Hogg Greiogair, Orchard Toby, Petrie Cameron, Seddon Benjamin.
Played 2 & won 2 - the second a very good performance against Reeds 20-5 - stand out was the excellent rucking and ball retention - unfortunately the heavens opened and the festival was abandoned but a very encouraging start.
Cobham - Squad - Anderson Alexander, Deane Myles, Furrer Nicolas, Galan Emmanuel, Gawn James, Harrison Ben, Jones Emily, Nagle Joshua, Rubini Dylan, Sirker Callum, Stockham Jack, Viney James
Played 3 - Won 1, Lost 2 - Festival Abandoned
Report from David Viney as follows:
Thanks for braving the torrential rain. I thought some real positives coming from the festival. The tackling and spirit shown by our boys (and girl!) intruly atrocious conditions was wonderful. After the comfortable win over Camberley, there was not a big gap between ourselves and Sutton & Epsom /Cobham. Bear in mind the former were Ratt Cup winners and runners-up in the last two years respectively and that Cobham make an early start to their season (having also always been strong in our age group). What I particularly liked was that two of our tries were scored from tackling the opposing side back into their try zone - one from a resulting five yard scrum and one from a dive-on. We came very close to beating Cobham - which would have set up a tantalising final against S&E again (who I thought we matched for the last four minutes of our game against them) - had the festival not been stopped for the conditions.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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