Training Sunday 26th October 2008

The clocks have gone back, brill another hour to lie in – you should be so lucky – it’s Sunday and you’re needed at CRFC. Opening the curtains and yes – British weather at it best – rain, rain and more rain.

The training pitch was looking rather sorry for itself, Andy first to arrive, shortly followed by Stuart (Fraser’s dad) – head down, brolly up - car parking to deal with (wait til’ I see the SQM) – Thank you Stuart for your efforts this fine morning – who’s turn will it be next? – Duties are Duties.

A good number turning up – even with the weather and half term, some will a bout of illness (that time of year again!). Andy, John and Adrian took to players out, plenty of running on the cards – keep them warm. Very good support from the parents today – brollies out.

A match at the end – one team wearing red bibs – I couldn’t tell the difference they all looked the same – brown to me (William with mud all over his face – Tristan with war stripes across his, all the player as muddy as could be). Good luck parents! – Good luck washing machines!!!

Training over – Andy thanks all the players for their hard work – the parents appreciating the efforts of all the players as well, on this wet, wet day. Andy with a kind word to each player as they left – great to see. Daniel D again with another couple of knocks. Hope you don’t have to big a ‘shiner’

Andy sets out a couple of cones to carry on his own training – He was all but finished at 12:05 – what’s that all about – the kids must have worn him out.!!!. Coaches – Thanks again.

Enjoy the half term and see you at training next.

Great to see Matt again for his second visit to Camberley – Hope you enjoyed yourself today.
Another warm welcome to Jac and his mother Lynne – Welcome to Camberley RFC.

Training Session Wednesday 22nd October

Not to bad a night, 17 players turning out for the training session - coaches of Andy, John and Alan. Working on the contact zone and tackling each other in running moves.
This lead to four small teams playing two matches – plenty of passing, running and tackling – each player having plenty of turns to get stuck in. The hour soon over.

Charlie H walks over to his Mum, with a gleeful smile and says “ I scored a try” - It certainly makes it all worth while – well done coaches. End of the Festivals and back to home training this Sunday 26th October - see you all on Sunday – If not enjoy the Half Term.

Camberley Festival Development Squad

Camberley Tournament Pool results for Development Squads

Farnham 4 v Windsor 0
Cobham 6 v Dorking 0
Camberley 7 v Eff & L’Head 1
Haslemere 0 v Sutt & Epsom 4
Camberley 0 v Windsor 2
Dorking 0 v Haslemere 2
Cobham 1 v Sutt & Epsom 0
Eff & L’Head 0 v Farnham 4
Camberley 0 v Farnham 7
Cobham 6 v Haslemere 0
Eff & L’Head 0 v Windsor 3
Dorking 0 v Sutt & Epsom 3

Semi finals

Farnham 0 v Sutt & Epsom 1
Cobham 7 v Windsor 0

Final

Cobham 4 v Sutt & Epsom 1

Camberley Team

Charlie H, Charlie R, Connor, Daniel S (Captain), Freddie, Gregory, Henry, Jake, James C, Myles, Stuart, Thomas and Tristan.

A few changes from Wimbledon the week before. The players certainly looked up for it, with Andy and Tim warming them up and giving them a good team talk.

Camberley v Effingham & Leatherhead. (Camberley won 7-1)

An electric start from Camberley and really playing well through out - good passing, good tackling with all the players working hard. I’m sure I didn’t even see a missed tackle. Camberley were on top of Effingham all the way. Tries from Henry, Thomas, Jake and Freddie x 4. Andy was very please – high fives all round.

Camberley did very well against Windsor and the certainly didn’t reflex the game as they again played very well. Against Farnham (more like an ‘A’ team) – seem to get the ball out to the wings quickly.

All in all a pleasure to watch – Well done to all the players and the coaches. Not too much Candy floss and coke after the game!!!.

Camberley Festival 'A' Squad

Camberley Tournament Pool results for ‘A’ Teams

Drifters 0 v Windsor 6
Cobham 1 v Dorking 0
Camberley 4 v Eff & L’Head 2
Haslemere 1 v Sutt & Epsom 4
Camberley 1 v Windsor 2
Dorking 4 v Haslemere 0
Cobham 1 v Sutt & Epsom 0
Eff & L’Head 6 v Drifters 1
Camberley 7 v Drifters 0
Cobham 6 v Haslemere 0
Eff & L’Head 1 v Windsor 2
Dorking 3 v Sutt & Epsom 0

Semi finals

Windsor 0 v Dorking 1
Cobham 4 v Camberley 0

Final

Cobham 3 v Dorking 1

Camberley team

Ben, Blake, Charlie A, Daniel D, Fraser (Captain), George, Jack, Max, Miles, Rupert, Sam and William.

Looking forward to a good start, from the warm up of the Cobham festival a few weeks before.
They were up against Effingham and Leatherhead in their first pool match. Team talk from Tim and Richard - Miles and Jack were on first for a six minute burst on power in the pack. The game started with Camberle – playing well rising to the challenge – good work all round –passing, tackling, rucking and mauling. Half time Camberley 3 -1 up. Change Daniel and Charlie now on. Again Camberley played very well. Final score Camberley Won 4- 2 (tries from Blake, Fraser and William x 2).

Match report – Camberley v Drifters (Camberely 7 – 0)

Camberley v Drifters

Fraser the half way to meet the referee and the opposition - Drifters

Camberley to start - Miles good run forward into the Drifters half, tackle and passed to Jack. Camberley passing well along line. Ruck – Miles pushing forward – ball picked up by Camberley pass to William darting run towards the wing – pass to George on the right –over for try.

Re start - Drifters start and into Camberley half, maul – both teams pushing. Drifters off side.
Penalty - Miles with the ball run forward and pass to Rupert. Camberley passing well. Tackle and scrum. Scrum to Drifters in their half. Drifters with ball – good tackle – maul – Camberley pushing - ball out to William a good run to George and over - TRY.

Drifters start –tackle Miles – Drifters dropped ball – picked up by Camberley. Blake with the ball good run pass to Max across the pitch – good quick passing – tackle and ruck out to Sam pushing forward near to Drifters line – through and over –Try.

Drifters start – good passing along their line –tackle by George and out of touch. Line out to Camberley. Miles with the ball – turn and pass to Blake – run and passed to Ben – on to the wing, good running – along the wing missed tackles by Drifters – Ben still running forward – over Try.

Drifters start. Camberley at the 7 metre line ready (two feet). Run by Drifters good tackle by Miles and down – ruck – pushing by camberley – driving over. Now with possession Rupert with the pick up – out to Blake and quick pass to George - fantastic fast run to right wing - good tackle by drifters - Momentum with George over - TRY.

Half time – Team talk by Tim and Richard – V Good first half.

Start – Drifters – towards Camberley line, good tackle by Camberley - ball loose, picked up and pass to George, tackle by Drifters and out of side. Lineout to Drifters, in their half. Daniel collects ball – pass to Miles – passed to Sam – Try

Start – Drifter with the ball pushing into the Camberley half - tackle – maul both teams pushing -
Camberley pushing well – pushing Drifters backwards to half way line. Ball out - Max, over the half way into Drifters half. Tackle down and scrum to Drifters.
Well pushed again by Camberley - ball out, Rupert picks up good pass to Fraser – dropped. Scrum to Drifters – Good push by Camberley and won – Rupert with ball again pass to Fraser with a good darting run through – pass to Blake – tackle by drifters near to try line –pass out to William and DIVING over the line – Try.

Game over –Very well done – great rugby.

Camberley through to the Semi’s and draw against Cobham. It was al long day by now and the cold weather was starting to seep through. The players didn’t seem to have the sparkle of the morning session. All over to next time. Well done to the players and Coaches for all their efforts.

Camberley RFC Minis Festival 2008

Camberley RFC Minis Festival 2008 was held on Sunday 19th October. The Camberley U10’s would like to thank all the U10’s teams who attended for making this a great and memorable rugby event. The team were;

Under 10’s ‘A’ Squads

Camberley, Effingham & Leatherhead, Drifters, Sutton & Epsom, Windsor, Cobham, Dorking and Haslemere.

Under 10’s Development Squads

Camberley, Effingham & Leatherhead, Farnham, Sutton & Epsom, Windsor, Cobham, Dorking and Haslemere.

The success of the day was down to all the teams, their enthusiasm and the sterling efforts of all the players and the quality of the rugby played. We also greatly appreciated the efforts by all the U10 teams in supporting our event by supplying referees and lines Judges to keep the day on schedule. Again many thanks and see you next year.

Results

Winners U10 ‘A’ Squad – Cobham - Very Well done

Winners U10 Development Squad – Cobham – Again very well done.

Camberley Teams

Camberley had two teams at this event and the spirit and quality of rugby played was a pleasure to watch, Very well done.

The team would also like to thank the parents of the U10’s for their invaluable support in making this a great event. Thanks as always to the coaching staff. A special mention to the pitches marshals of Adrian R, Tim and Duncan to whom without their hard work, I’m sure we would still being going during the hours of darkness. (Any volunteers for the next occasions)

Paul and Trevor for their early start with the Car parking – thank you.

Dave H, Richard and Alan for their fine efforts to referee on our behalf – thank you

Gordon, Jeremy and Tom for taking on the lines as Line judges – thank you (they certainly looked in fine fettle running up and down – or maybe not!!).

Sara and Denise for updating the score from the referee for all the teams – thank you

Jo – First aid – Thank you (Hope your feeling better)

And all the rest for your support on the day – thanks.

You would be amazed what was left around the U10’s pitch when all the teams has gone home, something out of the Generation Game!! – A pair of trainers – with expensive inner soles, an umbrella, a fold up camping chair –green in colour, eight red water bottles and a white carried (certainly looks expensive), another umbrella and numerous empty bottles.

See you all at training – Don’t forget the clocks change on Sunday 26th.

Official Photographers www.functionphotography.com

Training Wednesday Night 15th October

Another fine night for training at Camberley RFC – until it started to drizzle. Good turnout of 23 players.

Richard commenced the warm up with some exercises, which lead to them being split into three groups as Richard, Adrian and John did a different training exercise, one being scrum training. I’m sure it was the first time in the scrum for a few of them as you could hear cries of ooh, argh and ouch as they pushed against each other.

This lead to a game at the end (I’m sure the lighting has improved – as you could actually see them across the park). Camberley have probably put more money into the meter. The play certainly looked hard going as most of the players have now had a taste of the competitive festivals in the last few weeks. Good luck to those who are chosen to represent the U10’s at the Camberley RFC Festival this weekend 19th October.

Wimbledon 'B' Festival 12th October 2008

Wimbledon 'B' Festival 12th October 2008

It was very foggy on the drive up to Wimbledon RFC– On arrival the sun was shining brightly– A great day for this rugby festival.

The Camberley team started to arrive and made their way to the two pitches allocated for the U10’s.
It was just a piece of grass with no makings and on a slope – who brought the climbing rope!!!.

The coaches of Andy and Adrian were welcoming the players on arrival. Tim arrived a short while later with the tent (we might not need it – but this is the UK). Tim asked anyone for a drink – What the head coach buying the teas- WHAT ever next – Where has it all gone wrong!!!.

Freddie’s mum Joanne had brought a great spread of grub – you lucky boy – you won’t be running that fast with all that food inside you! I was offered a pick of the delicacies – politely decline, I’ll await a greasy bacon buttie later.

With the u10’s teams now gathering, most of the tents were being put up around the area allocated for our day’s play – I heard “hope we haven’t put the tent up on the pitch”. Time was moving forward towards 10am - about half an hour to the start, when a Wimbledon official appeared. He said - pointing into the distance “we’re now over there” – the pitch playing area for the U10’s had been changed – Thanks for the notice!!. .No problem for Camberley. The new tent – easily picked up and walked across the field, hope there is no unexpected gust of wind – could get exciting!. It was plonked down neatly into a corners of the new allocated area – Settled at last. The players didn’t seem to mind. Well at least this pitch was FLAT. All ready for the great day of rugby ahead.

Andy, Tim and Adrian started to coach the Camberley team of Daniel S (Captain), Clint, Connor, Freddie, Greg, Henry, Jake, James H, Stuart, Thomas and Tim

There were ten teams in the U10’s festival – divided into two leagues the teams were Camberley, Chobham, Richmond, Esher, Guildfordians, Kings, Old Reigatians, Teddington, Rosslyn Park and Wimbledon (the hosts). 6 minutes each way with 2 minutes at half time. Nine players on each side.

In Camberley’s league were Chobham, Richmond, Esher and Guildfordians.

Results

Camberley v Guildfordians. Camberley 0 - 6
Camberley v Esher. Camberley 1 - 2
Camberley v Chobham. Camberley 0 - 5
Camberley V Richmond. Camberley 0 – 3

It was great to see the Camberley players playing their hearts out in this competitive rugby competition. They all did extremely well and hopefully the three new players to the team enjoyed it to. Certainly beats tag rugby!!.

A thank you to the coaches Andy, Tim and Adrian and our ever reliable referee ALAN.

Match Report for Camberley V Guildford
This was Camberley’s first game and Andy picked the team to take on Guildfordians RFC. Thomas and Clint were subs for this first match.

Daniel the captain for Camberley made his way to the centre spot to meet the referee and the captain of Guildfordians. Guildford to start.

Camberley lined up with Daniel taking control – Henry, Tim and Stuart in the pack, all the others in a line. Guildfordians started - a good tackle by Daniel, and another Camberley tackle went in. Guildfordians pressing into the Camberley half. Knock on. Camberley scrum. Henry, Tim and Stuart ready, Greg puts in the ball. Guildfordians pushing to early - eager to play. Scrum reset.
(Daniel took control of the Camberley line of Jake and James, with Freddie and Connor on the wings.
Guildfordians get hold of the ball and with their possession pass and run to the corner – Daniel chases hard and tackles the player with the ball - but over the line and down for a try.

Re start – Henry passed to Stuart who passed to Tim – Tim had momentum moving towards the Guildfordians players, tackle by Guildfordians - ruck with Camberley pressing, turn over to Guildfordians – who pass along line and run into Camberley half – Henry with a good tackle - down and into a ruck. Scrum to Camberley – who drove forward, scrum turned again. Scrum reset. Out and possession to Guildfordians running towards Camberley’s try line – missed tackle – Tim put in a good tackle-hanging on but momentum took the Guildfordian player over the line – Try.

Re start. Good run by Tim who was tackled – Turn over – Guildfordians running with ball – Tackle again by Camberley – Long pass over the top, ball falls to the ground next to a Guildfordian player, picked up and through the gap – Try

Re start. Camberley pushing into Guildfordians half – turnover Guildford moving forwards – good tackles by Camberley. Guildford passing well - another long ball - again it falls at the feet of a Guildfordian player (Where’s the luck when you need it!!) . Good work by Camberley and a ruck formed. Scrum to Guildfordians. Out and Guildfordians quick passing along their line – Over try line and ball touched down – Try and Half time.

Andy rallied the team together ready for the second half.

Stuart and Henry with the ball – start and tackle by Guildfordians – Ruck formed – Camberley pushing well – ball not out – Greg waiting and he tried to grab hold – Referees whistle and scrum to Camberley. Now well into Guildfordians half. Great Scrum - Greg with the ball – dived and passed out to Daniel – a good run and tackle – ruck formed and turn over - Guildfordians with the ball – darting run which found the gap to the left side – Connor gave chase but over for a try.

Re start. Camberley into Guildfordians half and pushing forward well, tackles by Guildfordians - maul both teams pushing hard and onto the floor, Guildfordians with the ball now pushing into Camberley’s line. Henry down – Referee didn’t notice – calls from the sideline – Guildfordians continue - forward again through and over – Try.
(shame the ref didn’t stop the game).

Restart – Thomas with the ball pressing into Guildfordians half. Tim and Greg followed passing along the Camberley line – out of play.
Line out to Guildfordians – ball in their possession good tackles. Ball out again. Line out to Camberley. Stuart with the ball and a good run into Guildfordians line and through – Guildfordians tackling well – ruck – good pushing by Camberley – ruck and Guildfordians gain possession – good tackle by Thomas ball out. Game over.

Andy and Tim grouped the players together. Andy spoke to them and gave a very positive team talk, especially as it was their first game – The players went through the game and areas for improvements.

Hazy, Lazzzy, Sundaaaay, afternooooon – I’ll have to stop singing to many praises!!!. Andy and Tim worked on a few moves with the boys ready for the next game against Esher – Guildfordians match now all but forgotten.

As Thomas, Daniel and a couple of other rested – Thomas said “It was a bit unfair – I was scratched by one of the girls” (playing for Guildfordians). I believe I said to Thomas “Oh Well” (thinking – live and learn, you’re got it all to come!!!)

Camberley’s next game against Esher was about to start. The sun still beating down (sun hat, cream and shades needed). Tim and Stuart rested (They both had had a good first game).

It was like watching a completely different team – their efforts were first class – must have suddenly dawned on them all, that this was a competitive day of rugby. Thomas with the ball tightly in his grasp headed straight into the Esher half pushing forward towards their try line, good work all round. Esher unable to get the ball out. Good tackles by Connor, James and Jake in succession - most of the play with Camberley – a good darting run by Freddie across Esher’s defensive line.

Against the run of play – Esher squeezed over the Camberley try line.

A great game to watch ending Camberley 1 – Esher 2.

Great Camberley support from the touch line as well.

The festival was a great success for Camberley – the players got better and better as each game went by – certainly something to build on for the start of this rugby season – and next week at the Camberley festival.

Both Tim and Andy were extremely pleased with the team’s performance throughout this festival.

Medals all round!!.

Official event photographers http://www.dephoto.co.uk/

Another reasonable night for training this Wednesday– no rain, still cold but not as chilly as last week – not surprising as I was wearing a warm coat. Good turn out of 20 boys again – Jo took the boys out for the warm up session. When Andy arrived the players were split into to groups. Andy, Tim and Alan put them through their paces ready for the Wimbledon Festival this Sunday. The others were training with Richard with the help of Andrew (James H dad) holding the pads – certainly didn’t sign up for that, but thanks. A training match to finish the training session was good to watch.

Tim and Andy have now put their heads together and the team selection for Wimbledon has been made.

Tim says, “I would like to congratulate the players on having made the selection for the Wimbledon Festival to go and represent the Camberley Under 10’s Squad”

Charlie H, Clint, Connor, Daniel S (Captain), Freddie, Greg, Henry, Jake, James H,
Jonathon M, Max, Stuart, Thomas and Tim.

WELL DONE, HAVE A GREAT DAY AND GOOD LUCK.

Details of Wimbledon RFC www.wimbledonrfc.co.uk

Cobham ‘A’ Festival Sunday 6th October 2008

You can tell it was a Sunday Rugby Festival day, as the heavens had opened. On arriving at Cobham RFC – cars were being directed to park on the grassed area by The Fairmile Arms – Will certainly be interesting on leaving - anyone with a 4 wheel drive!! (Certainly for some of the old school they had different ideas).

Arriving at the U10’s pitch it was pretty bare compared to the other pitches, where tents were being erected. John arrived with his gazebo – what a welcome sight that was. It took a matter of minutes to put up and a decision was made to attach the guy ropes – only the Met office had predicted Wet and WINDY!!. Now we were under cover. In the distance you could see a packhorse carrying a large object – it was Richard struggling with the new tent (wouldn’t you dragging it 300m or so –have a try yourself sometime). From the practice the week before the tent was up in no time at all.

The team of players arrived, Ben, Blake, Charlie A, Daniel D, Fraser, George, Jack, Miles, Max, Rupert, Sam and William. The coaches started the training –all wrapped up in waterproofs – Jo helping with the all important warm up. Surprisingly most of the parents were inspecting the inside of the new tent. I don’t know what had happened but the players had placed all their bits and bobs neatly around the inside of the tent – maybe this is what the parents were actually looking at – or was it the miserable weather.
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There were six teams in the U10’s festival – Cobham, Camberley, Sutton & Epsom, Brighton, Old Reedonians and Richmond. The matches would be 6 minutes each way with 2 minutes at half time. Nine players on each side.

In our group, Pool 1, we had been drawn with Sutton & Epson and Cobham.

Results of Pool 1

Camberley v Sutton. Camberley won 3 tries to 2.
Camberley v Cobham. Camberley lost 4 tries to 0.

Camberley were now through to the Festival Semi Final against a very good side in Brighton.

Result

Camberley v Brighton. Brighton won by 4 tries to 0.

Tim got the boys together in the tent and warmly congratulated them on all their efforts, as all the coaches had done throughout the days play. Thankfully the rain had eased up.

It was a cracking effort by Camberley, so VERY WELL DONE, especially considering the size of some of the other teams players – which certainly helped in the bulk of their pack. It was great to see the quality of rugby played at the U10’s with some very comprehensive passing and re-cycling of the ball.

Did anyone see who took our tent? It must have weighed a ton.

Match Report for Camberley V Sutton & Epsom

Camberley first game was about to get underway against Sutton, who on previous occasions had always given us a good run.

The game started well, Sutton with the ball - Camberley putting in some good tackles, Sutton spilling the ball. Fraser collected it and Camberley pressed forward. Turnover and Sutton now in possession passing well along their line, couple of missed tackles and Sutton were close to our try line. Sutton again passed well along the line, finding the gap, Try – Sutton one up.

From the re- start Camberley into Suttons half, ball spilled (not surprising as it was very wet). Rupert put in a very good tackle followed up by a tackle from Ben. Sutton AGAIN passing well, good tackles by Camberley. Sutton with the ball in their own half –tackle by Ben, ball spilled again and turned over, Blake picks it up and with a darting run, with pressure and tackles from Sutton he drove on (there was a pass on to William) but Blake’s momentum took him over 1-1.

Restart – Sutton pushed into the Camberely half. Scrum to Camberley. Out to Fraser with a very good run through. Play near to the Sutton try line, Sutton had the ball on their touch line and dropped – Daniel dived onto it and Try 2-1. The ref blew for half time.

Camberley started – turnover to Sutton who were passing and pressing up to Camberley’s try line. Scrum to Sutton - ball out – Sutton’s possession and moved it forward looking dangerous – forward pass. Pressure off. Scrum to Camberley – ball out and turnover to Sutton, but a knock on. Scrum to Camberley, passing well George got the ball and made a very good run up the right wing. Scrum to Camberely into the Sutton half. Rupert good pass to Fraser with another good pressing run, William now with the ball dart to Sutton’s corner, some good tackles that lead to a turnover of the ball. Sutton’s scrum. Now raining very hard. Ball still well into Suttons half - maul - Rupert pressed forward with the ball pass to Charlie and a drive over the line - try number three (3-1).

Sutton with the ball from the restart – Sam put in a good tackle. Sutton pushing along the wing – knock on. Daniel off Miles on and into the Scrum – near to Camberleys’ line. Ball out into Sutton’s possession – pushing forward –darting run and over for a try, 3-2. Refs final whistle game over – Very good game by both teams in the difficult playing conditions. Result 3-2 to Camberley (not the slow start that can sometimes be expected!!!).

Into the tent for the well deserved rest and team talk ready for the next game.

A big thank you to Cobham for their hospitality and great festival.
(Next year please book the good weather in advance)

Official photographers at Cobham were

www.nakphotograpy.co.uk

Wednesday Night Training - 1st October 2008

The nights are certainly drawing in as the coaches turned up get the Wednesday evening training session started. The flood lighting from the clubhouse was already on - illuminating the training pitch.
A good number of players turned out – 20 in total, even thought it was a very cold night. As the players started their warm up and training they didn’t seem to notice, for the parents the drop in temperature was very noticeable. Certainly spotted a few parents frequenting the bar for a more cosy vantage point of the training session below.
Richard, John and Alan got the players working hard during training and finished with a match. Some good plays with Fraser, Thomas and George running over the try line. Good luck for those attending the Cobham A Festival.

Camberley RFC U10’s 2008 – 2009 Season

Great to see that the new rugby season is underway for the U10’s at Camberley RFC and certainly looking forward to an exciting rugby season ahead.

Most of the boys and girls of the U10’s squad have turned out for the training sessions on both the Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. The last two Sunday’s have seen fantastic weather – long may it last – certainly for the parents at least!!.

The U10’s have a good squad size of over 30, many who have played for Camberley RFC for a few years. The squad would like to welcome the new players who have joined us this season, Ben, James, Harry, Freddie, Stuart, Olivia and Tate. New players are always welcome to come along and join in. See the website for details.

The excellent coaches are lead by Head Coach Tim and his merry band of men (Coaching staff) Andy, Richard, Adrian, John and Alan. They are presently developing the U10’s squad for the forthcoming rugby festivals at Cobham RFC, Wimbledon RFC and Camberley RFC. Certainly great events to see the players in action.

The squad manager for this season is David, who has taken over from Denise – in the club house the other day another manager said
“that will be a hard act to follow” I don’t quite know what that means, maybe she was a juggler or had a party piece or something!!!. Seriously a huge thanks to Denise for all her hard work and efforts for this squad over the last few years.

Another thanks to the invaluable Jo for her continued involvement with first aid for the U10’s and organising the stock for the first aid kit
– There have certainly been enough knocks so far keeping her very busy. I’m sure the only thing left to do is paint a large capital ‘H’ on the ground – Get the emulsion and paintbrushes out.

Training Session at CRFU on Sunday 28th September.

What a beautiful morning once the mist had lifted, the sun beaming down on the training pitch. Tim had brought down the new tent. Still in its box ready to be erected. (Many thanks to Alan for the donation to purchase this for the U10’s players - or is it for the coaches – or parents? – let’s see how cold it gets shall we!!).
Tim and David cracked on and started to put the tent up – in the distance, the race was on as the U9’s were putting up their new tent to. The U9’s were leading, but Tim and David thought they had sussed it out until Tim said “I think it’s inside out”. This was the case so back to the drawing board. (More like a sketch from Laurel and Hardy or was it Abbott and Costello – Do you remember that kids?).
The U9’s tent was up and looking proud, ours was still in a heap on the floor. A thanks to the U9’s for later helping us after a few laughs –at our expense. The players and parents were starting to arrive – Adrian walked into the tent and said “great, enough room for a mezzanine” – well I’ll leave that to him – yes - and whilst you’re at it don’t forget the bar!!!.

A great training session today – Thank you coaches – we also had a new arrival, so welcome to Matt- Hope you enjoyed your day with us.

At the end of training the players gathered around for a team photo – kindly taken by Jeremy. You might just be able to spot the tent, if you look hard enough!!. See if you can spot Tom who crept into the shot

Gordon offered his services to help take the tent down with the coaches – it was down in a flash and packet away neatly in its shiny new nylon bag. Job well done – as they all looked down at the bag – I certainly saw a few pats on the back!!, surely everything was in the tent bag for the next time - only for Daniel to spot the instructions blowing across the rugby field. Could have been a disaster!! – What no instructions - What no U9’s helpers.

Will that be the last mention of the Tent!!!. After training Daniel and Sam certainly had lots of enjoyment from the cardboard box the tent came in – before they put it into the recycling bin.

Looking forward to the next three festival weekends to watch the squad in action.

Cobham ‘A’ Festival on the 5th October
Wimbledon ‘B’ Festival on the 12th October
Camberley Festival on the 19th October