Surrey Development Festival 2009

Surrey Development Festival - Sunday 22nd March 2009 at Camberley RFC

The weather is on our side today, with the forecast as bright and Sunny. Mothers Day and the Surrey Development Festival 2009 at Camberley RFC

Well done to the players selected to represent our U10s squad at this festival, Clint, Connor, Daniel C, Daniel S (Capt), Greg, Jac, James C, James H, Matthew G, Matthew W, Myles, Stuart, Thomas, Tim and Tristan.

The teams for this festival are in two groups playing 12-minute games - 6 minutes each way.

Group 1 – Camberley, Chipstead, Emanuel Lions and Old Reigatians (Cranleigh dropped out)

Group 2 – Haslemere, Guildford, Warlingham, Reeds, Kings.

Tim and the coaches were on hand to warm up the squad and had words of encouragement ready for the first game.

Camberley results

Camberley 0 v Old Reigatians 4
Camberley 1 v Emanuel Lions 5 (Winners)
Camberley 2 v Chipstead 3

Well done to the squad for all their efforts.

The final was between Emanuel Lions v Reeds (Emanuel Lions won 3 - 1)

A Superb festival in all, with great rugby being played. Many thanks to all the squads who took part today for their efforts in making this a very enjoyable day.

Thank you to all the Camberley U10’s parents for their invaluable help today aswell.

Match Report

Camberley v Chipstead (2-3)

Chipstead to start. Camberley eager on the 7 metre line. Chipstead pass and player runs through, no tackle by Camberley and he is all the way up to our try line. Tackle and held up, Chipstead push forward and over –Try.

Re start for Camberley – Stuart with very good run into Chipstead half, pass to Jac, who passed to Thomas. Out into touch in the Chipstead Half. Ref awards line out to Camberley. Stuart throws into line, Thomas well caught. Good tackle by Chipstead. Thomas still with ball and pushing well. Out into touch – line out to Chipstead. Ball thrown in and caught by Thomas, passed to Stuart, tackle by Chipstead, turned and passed to Thomas. Thomas moving forward passes along the line to Jac, who passes to Daniel, and then Stuart. All the pressure was on Chipstead. Ball dropped, picked up by Chipstead good run, no tackles – through and try 2-0.

Camberley start. Good run by Daniel (as he had done in the previous matches) tackled and a ruck formed. Hands in by Chipstead. Scrum to Camberley. Stuart has taken a knock to the head – off and Tim on. Camberley ball into scrum and out, passing well, ball intercepted – Chipstead run through as Camberely out of position. 3-0 and the score certainly didn’t reflect the game.

Camberley start. Good run by Tim into the Chipstead half – pass to Daniel and another good darting run – tackled and ruck formed, pushing from both sides. Scrum to Chipstead.

Chipstead with the ball from the scrum – out and along the line good run up to the Camberley try line – Two good tackles by Matt and James C saved a certain try. Out into touch – Half time.

Tim and Richard gave the half time team talk.

Second half - Camberley start. Good run by Tim – tackled and maul formed Tim still pushing forward, good work by Camberley. Tim still with ball. Ruck formed. Scrum to Chipstead.

Camberley won the scrum –good effort all round – and now pushing into the Chipstead half. Greg with the ball to Thomas driving forward and over - Try 3-1.

Chipstead re–start, runs to the touchline, good tackle Daniel C. Another tackle by Tim, ball dropped, loose ball picked up be Matt, darting run and over for try 3-2.

Chipstead re start, running into the Camberley half. Passing along line, good tackle by Daniel. Chipstead still with the ball and close to the try line – Another good tackle and out of touch. Line out Camberley. Camberley have possession from the line out and ball with Daniel C. Tackle and scrum to Camberley. Ball out and Greg with the ball, tackled by Chipstead, Ruck and their scrum half hand in from the side. Penalty to Camberley.

Camberley with the ball, to Daniel who runs forward, tackled and pushed into touch. Chipstead line out in our half. Chipstead throw, caught by Thomas –moves forwards. Thomas good pass to Tim.

Tim passed ball to Greg good running forwards, tackled by Chipstead, but he drives on, pass to Tristan, to Matt to Daniel C. Ball turned over to Chipstead. Good hard tackle by Tim. Ball onto the floor, picked up by Greg – pass to Daniel C, Tristan in support and pushing into the Chipstead half. Whistle and game over. 3-2 to Chipstead. What could have been? Well done

Training - Wednesday 18th March 2009

A dry evening, Richard running the training session with the help of John, Adrian, Mike and Alan. A good number of 15 players have turnned out. Welcome to Ben who has come along to train with us and to try out contact rugby for the first time.

The lead to a game at the end, with all the palyers working hard, the main objective was to offload the ball before being tackled. Well done

Words of encouragement for all the players, ready for the Surrey Development Festival this weekend.

Sunday 15th March 2009 - Home to Newbury RFC

A fantastic day, with the sun shining brightly - is Spring finally here!.

A home fixture against Newbury RFC. Tim organised the morning session, a warm up with all the players and then training in groups.

The games would be back to back. The Camberley A team playing Newbury A’s. This finishes 2- 1 with tries from Blake and Miles. The second game finished 2-1 with tries from Sebastian and Fraser – Well done.

The Camberley B team played against Newbury, which finished 3-0 to Newbury in the first game and 1- 0 in the second. Well done to all the teams for their hard work and effort.

Thanks again to Newbury for making this a great day of rugby. Hope you all enjoyed the days sunshine

Training - Wednesday 11th March 2009

Great to turn up tonight at Camberley RFC to see two of the main floodlights working. Should be quieter by the clubhouse. Richard, John and Mike ready for the training.

Warm up followed by some tackling. Richard strategically placing cones out for passing. In lines of four - they didn’t quite get it – back to the drawing board then!

A game at the end. Good work from all the players, with the main aim to keep the ball alive and moving. Certainly the way forward, ‘Look for the gap’

See you all Sunday. Last bit of practice before the festivals!

Sunday 8th March 2008 – Home training

A dry sunny Sunday morning, with a slight chill in the air. A good number of 26 players turned out today for the training with Tim, Andy, Richard, Adrian and John. Jo took the players for 10 minutes of warm up (or was it a bit longer!).

A few of the parents were also out, ready and willing in their neatly pressed tracksuits to assist the coaches – Thank you to Gordon, Tim V and Mike.

The training got underway, with a game at the end to finish. Looking forward to the festivals at Camberley and Effingham & Leatherhead.

See you all next Sunday - Home against Newbury RFC

Training - Wednesday 4th March 2009

The ground was soft from the downpour on Tuesday night. The main flood lighting is still not fixed. We found some space around the clubhouse to train along with all the other squads training tonight. Tim, Richard and John taking the session. A good turnout of 15 players. See you all on Sunday - Training at home.

Sunday 1st March 2009 - Home against Petersfield RFC

The weather is certainly much better than previous weeks and the pitches have also had a chance to recover. Pitch 2 today for the fixture against Petersfield RFC.

A good number turning out for both squads, with Tim, Andy, John coaching the players with the help of the Petersfield coaches. The first hour soon went by with the pitches set out for matches.

The ‘A’ started off well with a 1-0 win over their opponents. Blake with a very good run that lead to the try. In the dying seconds of the second half George was over for 2-0, but the ball slipped out of his hands and he went down over the try line. Myles had a run out with this team and certainly got stuck in.

The development team also did very well, all the hard work at the Redingensians Festival must have paid off. Win 5 –1. Well done also.

Each team played a further game and then a round up and thanks by Tim to all the players and coaches for their efforts today.

Training Wednesday 25th February 2009

Floodlights are still out, but the pitches have improved, much drier than recent weeks.

Alan, Richard and John were ready for Wednesday night training. Could this be the start of better things to come?

A good number of 15 players turned out for the hour of training – well done, ready for the weekend where we are at home to Petersfield RFC.