Evesham Mini Rugby Festival – Under 11s

by | Mar 10, 2013 | Club Info

Today saw Tewkesbury Under 11s take part in the Mini Festival at Evesham

There was one pool with three other teams Bredon, Upton/Malvern and Evesham.

This was always going to be a tough day with six of our squad unavailable due to illness and other commitments. Many of those who were playing had been ill during the week.

Our first game was against a strong Bredon side who through excellent flowing rugby put four tries in against Tewkesbury before they were awake. Tewkesbury were not playing like normal which was frustrating for all who watched. Poor tackling and poor rucking from Tewkesbury also allowed  Bredon to go into half time 4-0 up. Tewkesbury rallied a little in the second half playing much better rugby, stronger in the rucks / scrums and putting more pressure on Bredon slowing them down and causing them to make mistakes. Bredon only scored one try in the second half and won 5-0. Well done to Bredon who as a very strong outfit  went  unbeaten on the day to win the Cup.

Our second game seemed that it would be against easier opposition in Upton/Malvern, but once again Tewkesbury started very slowly most unlike them and  not like what we have seen in previous games throughout the season. Upton scored two tries  in the first half. Tewkesbury again rallied in the second half scoring through J.Carter. Tewkesbury also went over the line twice after that but only to find the referees decision was that the ball was held up. The final score was 2 – 1 to Upton/Malvern.

This left the boys going into the Third Game against Evesham pretty down but they were rewarded with two tries from a much better performance all round.Much to the delight of the coaches and parents! The try scorers in this game were A.Newing and J. Brinn.

The final positions in the pool saw Bredon and Upton play in the Final for the cup and Tewkesbury and Evesham play again in the Final for the plate.

The plate final saw Tewkesbury start to play the rugby we are all used to, with strong tackling, rucking, scrummaging and quick passing along the line. The boys were rewarded with 5 tries from N.Knight, B. Roberts, O. Osbourne, E.Perry and S.Thomas. Tewkesbury won 5-0.

Tewkesbury left the festival as plate winners.

A big thank you to all at Evesham RFC who had obviously worked really hard to organise this event.

Hopefully the boys will hit the ground running earlier next week as we go to the County Festival at Cirencester.

Under 11s Results – 2012/13

by | Mar 10, 2013 | Club Info, Under 11's

The results for the Under 11s during the 2012/13 season are:

30/09/12 Tewkesbury 41 v Berry Hill 36 Won
14/10/12 Stow 31 v Tewkesbury 0 Lost
14/10/12 Fairford 5 v Tewkesbury 7 Won
14/10/12 Stow 14 v Tewkesbury 14 Draw
21/10/12 Old Richians 42 v Tewkesbury 38 Lost
18/11/12 Tewkesbury 40 v Longlevens 21 Won
06/01/13 Tewkesbury 76 v Evesham 5 Won
06/01/13 Tewkesbury 36 v Evesham 0 Won
13/01/13 Berry Hill 47 v Tewkesbury 35 Lost
27/01/13 Longlevens 0 v Tewkesbury 30 Won
27/01/13 Cheltenham 0 v Tewkesbury 5 Won
03/03/13 Tewkesbury 0 v Cinderford 55 Lost
03/03/13 Tewkesbury 7 v Cinderford 21 Lost
10/03/13 Tewkesbury 0 v Bredon 25 Lost
10/03/13 Tewkesbury 5 v Upton/Malvern 10 Lost
10/03/13 Tewkesbury 10 v Evesham 0 Won
10/03/13 Tewkesbury 25 v Evesham 0 Won

U12’s v Chosen Hill

by | Mar 5, 2013 | Club Info, Under 12's

under12sIt was great to see an increase in numbers of the under 12’s team, we had a full 15 players in our squad, giving us 2 subs for the game against Chosen Hill. Congratulations to the core of the U12 ‘s squad that have stuck with the team over the last few years whilst numbers were low.

Lewis Taylor was the chosen as captain for this game and Chosen Hill took an early lead as Tewkesbury were still pulling up their socks. The Tigers were still asleep as Chosen ran in another try. A few of the Tewkesbury players were playing out of their normal position and it showed. At half time we were down 27 points.

The 2nd half saw a different Tewkesbury side as, 2 players from either side swapped shirts. A quick break saw the ball popped to Max Rendell and he ran from our 22 with a pack of Chosen Hill players chasing. They could not keep up with his pace and scored under the posts and it was converted bring the score to 7 – 27.  One of the Chosen Hill players who was playing for Tewkesbury smashed his way through the Chosen defence to score for Tewkesbury 12 – 27. Towards the end of the 2nd half Max Rendell ran in two more converted trys. Bringing the full time score Tewkesbury 26 v 27 Chosen Hill.

We would like to thank Paddy (Chosen Hill Coach) for refereeing and his team for fair play and sportsmanship. Its what Sunday mornings were made for!

Man of the Match was William, for his vision and being at the right place at the right time, congratulations.

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U9’s v Chosen Hill

by | Mar 5, 2013 | Club Info, Under 9's

Tewkesbury under 9”s hosted a large looking Chosen Hill side and fielded a very experienced side themselves, even though they had lost several key players through injury, illness and international call ups.

Tewkesbury 30 – 0 Chosen Hill
Chosen hill won the toss and chose to start. As expected they sent in there big players first only to be met by an impressive Tewkesbury defence who repelled them back with out standing aggression, this shocked the Chosen Hill players who did not expect to be met by such ferociousness. Tewkesbury then took the game to Chosen Hill and started to run at the opposition with the same aggression as they had when defending driving them back down the field. This kept on through out the half, Tewkesbury ran in two tries and had another two disallowed for knock ons.
The second half saw a broken Chosen Hill side take to the field and Tewkesbury making several changes to their team, this how ever never changed there tactics or aggressive play as time after time they drove Chosen Hill back every time they had the ball. Chosen Hill now started to miss tackles to allow Tewkesbury to run in four more tries before the end of the game.
Tewkesbury 45 – 5 Chosen hill
Tewkesbury started the second game with a completely different side, this allowed Chosen Hill to settle into there game as Tewkesbury had to reshuffle there formation. Chosen Hill struck first with a well worked try. this spurned them on and gave them a bit of a spring there step, this how ever did not last as this was the motivational tool the Tewkesbury team needed and they quickly replied with a try of there own, as the game went on Tewkesbury started to take more control of the game and ran in one more try before half time.
The second half saw both sides make changes to there line ups, Chosen Hill how ever started to fade and as time went on and under extreme pressure from Tewkesbury, folded allowing them to run in try after try to make the final score a deserved 45-5.
All the players available stepped to the challenge and played very well, this is the reason no one player has been mentioned in the write up as they all played out of there skins.
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