by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 22, 2012 | Club Info, Under 11's
Fairford 5 – Tewkesbury 7
This game was part of a three way set of games against Stow and Fairford.
Tewkesbury were hit in the morning with the loss of five players due to illness and injuries and came to Stow with the bare minimum of 12 players with quite a few playing out of position.
This game really was one of two halves. Fairford applied pressure on Tewkesbury right from the start and scored early after 2 minutes but missed the conversion. They then dominated play for most of the first half.
After half time Tewkesbury woke up and after a strong period of maintaining possession scored through N.Knight and converted through T.Legget.
This was a close game with both sides showing some great skills at times and good flowing running rugby.
Try : N.Knight
Conversion : T.Leggett
Team : N.Knight, J. Brinn, W.Alonso, A.Newing, T.Leggett, C.Janes, S.Thomas, C. Stone, J. Carter, O. Osbourne, E.Perry, W.Sayers
M.O.M. – E.Perry
by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 15, 2012 | Club Info, Under 9's
TEWKESBURY TIGERS UNDER 9’S TRAVELLED TO STOW RUGBY CLUB TO PLAY THERE FIRST CONTACT MATCH OF THE SEASON FULL OF EXCITEMENT , CONFIDENCE AND A LITTLE NERVOUSNESS’ . THE FIRST GAME STARTED OFF A LITTLE SLOW FOR TEWKESBURY TIGERS AS THE TEAM WAS A LITTLE SHELL SHOCKED AND OVER WHELMED THIS GAVE STOW THE ADVANTAGE WHICH THEY CEASED TO OPEN THE SCORING WITH A WELL WORKED TRY , TEWKESBURY THEN WOKE UP AND STARTED TO MAKE YARDS WITH THE BALL , WHICH IN TURN OPENED UP GAPS THAT TEWKESBURY EXPLOITED TO SCORE THERE OWN TRY . FROM THE RESTART TEWKESBURY STOLE THE BALL FROM STOW IN A RUCK SITUATION TO ROUND THERE PLAYERS AND SCORE AGAIN , EACH TEAM THEN TRADED TRIES BEFORE THE BREAK . THE SECOND HALF WAS AGAIN AN EVEN CONTEST WITH BOTH SIDES DEFENDING AND ATTACKING WITH THE SAME COMMITMENT AS THE FIRST HALF , TEWKESBURY AGAIN EDGED THIS HALF 3 TRIES TO 2 , WITH THE FINAL SCORE BEING 30-20 TO TEWKESBURY .
THE SECOND GAME SAW TEWKESBURY AND STOW FIELD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYERS EACH . STOW STARTED THE SECOND GAME VERY WELL WITH EXCELLENT RUCKING AND BALL RETENTION THIS PAID OFF AFTER A WHILE WITH TEWKESBURY UNABLE TO KEEP UP THERE EXCELLENT DEFENDING AND THEY SCORED THE OPENING TRY . THIS CARRIED ON THROUGH OUT THE HALF WITH TEWKESBURY DEFENDING AND TACKLING LIKE DEMONS AND STOW ATTACKING WITH GREAT DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT , STOW SCORED AGAIN BEFORE THE BREAK TO MAKE IT 2 TRIES TO 0 , THE SECOND HALF WAS THE SAME AS THE FIRST HALF WITH TEWKESBURY AND STOW TACKLING AND RUCKING VERY WELL BUT UNFORTUNATELY TEWKESBURY COULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THERE POSSESSION AND STOW DID , STOW RAN IN 2 MORE TRIES BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT 20-0 TO STOW . IT MUST BE SAID THAT IF IT WAS’NT FOR GREAT TACKLING FROM TEWKESBURY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT MORE . GREAT EFFORT FROM STOW AS WELL TO STOP TEWKESBURY SCORING THERE OWN TRIES .
THE THIRD GAME WAS A MIXTURE OF BOTH TEAMS , AND WITH BOTH SIDES GAINING IN CONFIDENCE THE RUGBY WAS EXCELLENT , TEWKESBURY STARTED THE STRONGEST WITH A MIXTURE OF DRIVING RUNS AND EXCELLENT PASSING MOVES . THIS DREW STOW IN CLOSE AS TEWKESBURY MOVED IT WIDE TO SCORE THE OPENING TRY . BOTH SIDES BATTLED IT OUT WITH PLAYERS BEING ROTATED AS THE GAME PROGRESSED , TEWKESBURY MANAGED 2 MORE TRIES BEFORE THE BREAK TO MAKE IT 3-0 . THE SECOND HALF SAW BOTH SIDES REPLACE MOST OF THERE PLAYERS IN THIS HARD FOUGHT CONTEST , STOW STARTED OFF THE HALFS SCORING WITH A NICE WELL WORKED MOVE , THEN THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE AGAIN TO SCORE AGAIN AS TEWKESBURY TIRED , BUT IN A LAST DITCHED EFFORT TEWKESBURY MANAGED TO WIN THE BALL AND SCORE A TRY OF THERE OWN . THIS SPIRED ON STOW WHO WENT AT TEWKESBURY WITH EVERY THING THEY HAD JUST FOR TEWKESBURY TO DIG DEEP AND DEFEND WITH ALL THERE HEARTS . THE GAME ENDED 20-10 TO TEWKESBURY .
IT MUST BE SAID THAT BOTH TEAMS PLAYED VERY WELL AND THERE TACKLING WAS GREAT AND A BIG THANX TO STOW FOR A MOST ENJOYABLE DAY .
by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 15, 2012 | Club Info, Girls U15's
On 7th October the u15’s girls started their season with a game at home against our local rivals Drybrook.
This is usually a very tight game but this time it was very different.
New captain Becka Woodward and the team were fired up after 9 had been selected for the county squad and were out to prove why.
They dominated in the backs and soon went ahead.
The crowd loved the game and were very entertained.
Final score was 40-5
Try scorers were Becka Woodward (2)
Thyrza Peters (3)
Gemma Green (1)
Verity Tipper (1)
Rebecca Pope (1)
Motm Gemma Green
by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 15, 2012 | Club Info, Girls U13's
On 7th October the u13’s girls started their season with a game at home against Drybrook.
It was a fantastic end to end game with some very promising skills shown.
The result was 30-45
Our motm was Abbey Selwyn
by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 15, 2012 | Club Info, Girls U15's, Girls U18's
Tewkesbury girls have had a fantastic result after 14 girls were selected for the County Squads
9 in the U15s and 5 in the U18s
This is a fantastic achievement for the girls and the club
by Tewkesbury RFC | Oct 10, 2012 | Club Info, Under 14's
Sunday 7th October
Tewkesbury 56 v Painswick 5
A fine Sunday morning, a well presented pitch led to a skilful display of flowing rugby which proved to strong for Painswick. Full marks to Painswick who never gave up, something you cannot teach, but comes from a passion for their club.
T Johansen – Coach
A big thank you to Connor Kearns who played the first half for Painswick and scored a try.
Well done George Chandler, man of the match.
A great game
J Johansen – Captain
