Cobham C Festival - 4/11/2007

Festival WINNERS !

All boys played out of their skins yesterday and can all be justifiably proud, I don’t like singling out specific individuals generally but the try-saving tackle by Dennis Houston in the final against Cobham must surely stand out as the definitive moment of the day. Well done Dennis and keep up the good work…….just work on those high tackles!

Match stats as follows:

Match 1 WIN Teddington: 2 Sutton & Epsom: 1 Tries from Boxall and Houston

Match 2 WIN Teddington: 1 Cobham: 0 Try from Orchard

Semi Final WIN Teddington: 2 Chobham: 1 Tries, a Wilson-Pierce brace

Final WIN Teddington: 2 Cobham: 1 Boxall and Griffiths


Nick Timms

Grasshoppers 'B' Festival - 4/11/07

WINNERS

A wonderful performance by all the boys with great passing and solid tackling. Overall we scored 24 tries with only 4 scored against.

The backs (David Cecil, James Davies, Alex Anderson, Jonathan Hammond and Greiogair Hogg) displayed a fluid passing game giving our speedy wingers (Josh Day and Aaron Patel) the ability to show their pace, often to devastating effect.

The forwards (Stephen Rac, James Bentley-Fox, Thomas Bywater and Myles Dean) were impressively physical, especially in the semi final game against Finchley which was probably our toughest.

The final was the usual tense affair with Grasshopper’s fast runners having to be constantly repelled. At the prize giving, Teddington’s “boys and girls” were congratulated on their victory! Josh Day, with his long flowing locks, went forward to receive the trophy and the announcer corrected his earlier mistake.

Pool game. Grasshoppers Barbarians. Won 6-0 (try count stopped at this point)
Pool game. Ealing. Won 5-1
Pool game. Farnham Won 4-0
Semi final. Finchley. Won 2-1
Final. Grasshoppers Won 5-2

Report by Stephen Jones

Etihad Cup - 3/11/07

Squad: Benjamin Archer, Henry Clark, Archie Jones, Callum Sirker, Archie Dupree, Frederico Pasquali, Sam Barton, James Gawn, Emmanual Galan, James Viney, Thomas Holland, Nicolas Furrer, Jack Stockham

Playing on the Craneford Way pitches the boys played 2 games each against Upminster & Dorking - the first game against Dorking was a tight game but Teddington ran out good 2 nil winners. Next after only 5 minutes rest came Upminster - we competed well against their big forwards and after a good start they came back and the game ended 1-1. Our second meeting with Dorking was the boys best performance of the day with very good expansive rugby resulting in a comprehensive 4 nil win. To come out top we needed only a draw against Upminster - our head coach told the boys to spread the ball wide to the wingers and out run their large forwards - after a good start and going 1 try up we unfortunately forgot the game plan and kept running into their defence - aided by a couple of even larger subs, Upminster went on to equalise and score the winner just before the final whistle - a good effort from all the boys and we have to wait to see if we qualify for the next round.