The Youth Newsletter for the 2007/8 season is here (pdf, 35kB)
Filed under: Youth
NEWMARKET Rugby Club’s mini and youth sections were in action for the final time this season at the St Neots Festival of Rugby. The under-12s saved their best for last as they finished runners-up in their age group.
Newmarket opened strongly against Hitchin when Cam Brooks caught a kick from the opposition and the ball was passed down the line for Alistair Kingdon to score in the corner. Although Newmarket dominated the game Hitchin equalised with an intercepted pass to leave the final score 5-5.
In the second game, against St Neots, Newmarket again commanded the game and Aaron Cawley’s crossfield run ended with the opening try. From a St Neots line out Callum Bursford anticipated the throw to catch the ball cleanly and power through to leave Newmarket victorious 10-0.
The third game ended in stalemate against Huntingdon and Newmarket needed to win against Olney to clinch a place in the final. A strong rolling drive from the pack led to clean ball for the backs to work with and George Walder finished a flowing move to score. Olney quickly equalised but an excellent response saw a surging run from Alex Parkinson set up Kingdon to score his second try of the day and put Newmarket in the final with a 10-5 victory.
Against a very strong Dunstablians side, Newmarket could not be faulted for effort and nearly equalised at 5-0 down before eventually losing 25-0.
A small working group has been formed from committee members to continue to follow up existing leads & develop new opportunities in the continuing search for a new ground. This group consists of Pip Payne, Robert Voss, Neil Richardson, and Louise Hansford and may draft in others, with specialist skills, as required. This group will coordinate all matters concerning a new ground and report regularly to the main committee, with regular up dates of progress or otherwise, to all club members. Anyone who feels that they may know of an opportunity that could be followed up should in the first instance contact Robert 01638 669596
Spoony and Jim Paxton are looking after the existing facilities: plans are already in place to redecorate the clubhouse, and we are actively looking to replace one set of posts with a full size set. It is intended to purchase another container to replace the one currently used to store the scrummage machine. It is necessary to get clearance for this from the school, Forest Heath, and Suffolk County Council: Once this has been achieved we can push ahead. Working parties will be needed for the redecorating & Louise has offered to cook meals for those taking part. Contact Spoony if you want to help 01353 720038 or 0796 8891394
As you can see from this site, a lot of effort is going into taking our club back to where it belongs. There are lots of exciting things planned for training, not least the engagement of the specialist coaching sessions, which will enhance your skills. To those of you who are fully paid-up members, we say thank you. For the rest, please contact Louise (07968 789 198) to select the payment method that suits you best. Remember, we have the lowest membership rates in Eastern Counties.
Tony Clayton-Smith is coordinating volunteers to take on roles within the club. Maybe you can only spare a few hours a month and feel that you can’t make a difference. You can… with Tony’s help you will be able to find a job that needs doing and can match the level of commitment you can give. So don’t be shy, give him a call. 01353 664058 or 0771 1168274. We desperately need a press officer… Could you do this??????
The club is again entering a float into this year’s carnival; the theme for this year is ‘sport’ which should be a natural match for us!! It’s World Cup year, so the theme of our float is ‘The World in Union’. As this is primarily a social event, Raymond & Steven are coordinating the float, although this is an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of the club and I’m sure Brian Carter has plans in place to make the most of this.
There is a prize for the best-dressed float and it would be great to win the club’s first trophy of the year!!!! The carnival is Saturday July 7th and to make it work we need as many people as possible on the float, dressed as either players from the rugby playing nations or as supporters, (Frenchmen in berets & striped jumpers, Scots in kilts etc). A team will be needed on the morning of the 7th to dress the float, if you can help in anyway contact either Raymond 07756712848 or Steven 07967470879.
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