Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Ashford's Winning Streak Ends
Ashford RFC Under 12s Match Report 6th March 2005
Ashford Under 12’s falter to finally end 22 match winning streak
Ashford Under 12s 22 match winning streak finally ended on Sunday. In order to escape Kent’s snowbound pitches and to face some stronger competition, the team travelled to Fullerians in Hertfordshire to play in a multi-county festival against sides coming from as far afield as Wiltshire. Playing 5 matches, the team got off to a good start scoring 4 tries against the host club’s B-side. However, the recent absence of match practise began to show on the heavy pitches. In the two toughest matches, an off-colour forward performance meant that Ashford’s back line barely received a quality ball in the tougher against local Hertfordshire opposition. Despite this, they battled well until two uncharacteristic lapses in the tackling department saw them lose two close matches by a single try. The boys redeemed themselves with a win over Wiltshire side Salisbury and when their final opponents, Buckinghamshire side Beaconsfield, retired from the tournament, they rounded off the day with an emphatic 5 tries to nil repeat win against their hosts B team.
Results from the Fullerians tournament were as follows:
Fullerians B Nil Ashford 20 (4 tries)
Fullerians A 5 (1 try) Ashford Nil
Ashford Nil Harpenden 5 (1 try)
Ashford 10 (2 tries) Salisbury Nil
Fullerians B Nil Ashford 25 (5 tries)
Try scorers on the day were Christopher Albrow, Grant Noremac and George Sladden with 2 tries apiece, and Louis Burdon, Luke Chinnery, Drummond Clark, George Morgan and Luke Ransley with 1 try each. Joint players of the week were Christopher Albrow and Grant Noremac.
David Burdon
Ashford Under 12’s falter to finally end 22 match winning streak
Ashford Under 12s 22 match winning streak finally ended on Sunday. In order to escape Kent’s snowbound pitches and to face some stronger competition, the team travelled to Fullerians in Hertfordshire to play in a multi-county festival against sides coming from as far afield as Wiltshire. Playing 5 matches, the team got off to a good start scoring 4 tries against the host club’s B-side. However, the recent absence of match practise began to show on the heavy pitches. In the two toughest matches, an off-colour forward performance meant that Ashford’s back line barely received a quality ball in the tougher against local Hertfordshire opposition. Despite this, they battled well until two uncharacteristic lapses in the tackling department saw them lose two close matches by a single try. The boys redeemed themselves with a win over Wiltshire side Salisbury and when their final opponents, Buckinghamshire side Beaconsfield, retired from the tournament, they rounded off the day with an emphatic 5 tries to nil repeat win against their hosts B team.
Results from the Fullerians tournament were as follows:
Fullerians B Nil Ashford 20 (4 tries)
Fullerians A 5 (1 try) Ashford Nil
Ashford Nil Harpenden 5 (1 try)
Ashford 10 (2 tries) Salisbury Nil
Fullerians B Nil Ashford 25 (5 tries)
Try scorers on the day were Christopher Albrow, Grant Noremac and George Sladden with 2 tries apiece, and Louis Burdon, Luke Chinnery, Drummond Clark, George Morgan and Luke Ransley with 1 try each. Joint players of the week were Christopher Albrow and Grant Noremac.
David Burdon
