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