1st January 2007
Teddington Team at NEC Harlequins
Alexander Anderson, Benjamin Archer, Thomas Bywater, David Cecil, James Davies, James Doyle, Fergus Donaldson, Jonathan Hammond, Cameron Petrie, Stephen Rac,
Benjamin Seddon,
Playing on the Twickenham Stoop pitch our opponents were Upminster who brought 2 teams along – a great effort considering the distance they have to travel and that no other club sent a team to the U-9’s !
Against their first team we started a little slowly and they ‘bulldozed’ over for the first try. I don’t know what they feed children in Upminster but they had some very large boys playing (Paul Cecil was born & bred in this part of the world and he agreed their boys were big compared to ours – no comment was made on the fact that Paul is a good example of a mature ‘Upminsterian’!!) We came back strongly and equalised with a try from Jonathan Hammond. The second half was a tight affair with both teams putting in great effort – we did miss a few overlaps when a pass wide would have opened the game up. It all looked certain to be a hard fought draw when Benjamin Archer received the ball, dummy passed and broke through the middle, winning the race to the line – he touched down upon which the referee blew the final whistle! The timing could not have been better - Final Score 10-5
In the second game, against another large Upminster team, we were quick out of the blocks – 2 opportunist tries by Benjamin Archer put us in control to half time. In the second half the confidence showed with some excellent passing and movement and we ran in 3 more tries – two from David Cecil and one from Alexander Anderson put us out of sight. Upminster to their credit did not give up and scored a consolation try late on – Final Score 25-5
All the boys put in great effort and it took some good tackling to bring down the larger boys - they all enjoyed lining up to greet the players onto the pitch of the Quins v Newcastle match and running a lap of honour at half time - well done to all including coaches & parents who all looked just about okay after New Years Eve!
Teddington Team at NEC Harlequins
Alexander Anderson, Benjamin Archer, Thomas Bywater, David Cecil, James Davies, James Doyle, Fergus Donaldson, Jonathan Hammond, Cameron Petrie, Stephen Rac,
Benjamin Seddon,
Playing on the Twickenham Stoop pitch our opponents were Upminster who brought 2 teams along – a great effort considering the distance they have to travel and that no other club sent a team to the U-9’s !
Against their first team we started a little slowly and they ‘bulldozed’ over for the first try. I don’t know what they feed children in Upminster but they had some very large boys playing (Paul Cecil was born & bred in this part of the world and he agreed their boys were big compared to ours – no comment was made on the fact that Paul is a good example of a mature ‘Upminsterian’!!) We came back strongly and equalised with a try from Jonathan Hammond. The second half was a tight affair with both teams putting in great effort – we did miss a few overlaps when a pass wide would have opened the game up. It all looked certain to be a hard fought draw when Benjamin Archer received the ball, dummy passed and broke through the middle, winning the race to the line – he touched down upon which the referee blew the final whistle! The timing could not have been better - Final Score 10-5
In the second game, against another large Upminster team, we were quick out of the blocks – 2 opportunist tries by Benjamin Archer put us in control to half time. In the second half the confidence showed with some excellent passing and movement and we ran in 3 more tries – two from David Cecil and one from Alexander Anderson put us out of sight. Upminster to their credit did not give up and scored a consolation try late on – Final Score 25-5
All the boys put in great effort and it took some good tackling to bring down the larger boys - they all enjoyed lining up to greet the players onto the pitch of the Quins v Newcastle match and running a lap of honour at half time - well done to all including coaches & parents who all looked just about okay after New Years Eve!
