Friday, November 6, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday 1st Nov
Rochford U 15 Girls v Beckenham U 15 Girls
Rochford ran out comfortable winners against an inexperienced Beckenham side who were depleted through illness. Playing with the wind in their favour Rochford attacked from the kick off and dominated the territory in the early stages. An infringement gave Beckenham a scrum, but young hooker Faye Smale won the ball against the head and the ball was passed out to Bianca Bosdet who sprinted away for the opening score. Rochford continued to attack keeping the ball tight amongst the forwards and making ground with some good drives and mauls. Beckenham were penalised fro pulling down one of these mauls and from the quick tap penalty the ball was passed to Abbie Cook who outpaced the defence and score under the posts. Maddie Lockwood converted to make the score 12 – 0.
Rochford continued to dominate possession and more surging forward play before releasing the ball to Abbie Graham to sprint away and score under the posts. This passage of play was duplicated several minutes later and again the ball was passed among the backs before Abbie Graham added her second try under the posts. Maddie Lockwood converting both tries to make the score 26 – 0. Beckenham then came more into the game and started to pressure the Rochford line, but they could not make this count and after a mistake the ball was turned over and Bianca Bodset raced away to score another try. This spurred Rochford to greater efforts and they spent a long time camped in the Beckenham 22 and after some sustained pressure won a penalty. From the quick tap Maddie Lockwood used her size and strength to power over the line and she converted her own try to make the score 38 – 0 at half time.
The second half started scrappily and Rochford rested their more experienced players to give valuable game time to their new players. Rochford were not quite so dominant, but after several phases of play, with the ball being recycled well, hooker Faye Smale broke away to score, Maddie Lockwood again adding the conversion.
Faye Smale was having a fine game and from another scrum she won the ball against the head and the ball was fed along the line for Bianca Bodset to sprint away to score her third try of the game and Maddie Lockwood converted to add the extra 2 points.
Rather than dropping their heads this spurred Beckenham into more positive action and they started to dominate play and possession again and camped themselves in the Rochford 22, but they could not penetrate the stout Rochford defence and possession was turned over and Abbie Graham sprinted the length of the field to score her third try, with Maddie Lockwood adding the conversion. Play was then played mainly in the middle of the pitch for a while with neither side getting the upper hand until Maddie Lockwood pounced on a loose ball and powered her way to the line and then converting her own try. Plucky Beckenham then had another spell of territorial advantage forcing Rochford back to their own line, but as happened earlier a move broke down and the ball turned over and after a few quick passes Bianca Bodset raced away to score the in the final move of the game, leaving Rochford comfortable winners by 69 – 0.
Rochford U 18 Girls v Beckenham U 18 Girls
As with the U15’s, the U18’s ran out comfortable winners against an inexperienced and depleted Beckenham side. Playing against the wind in the first half, the Rochford forwards took the game to Beckenham from the off.
Collecting the ball from the start, Meg took the ball into contact and from the resulting ruck, the ball was quickly fed by Jen across the backs to Tash who streaked away down the wing to put the girls 5-0 up with Lucie duly converting the kick
7-0.
From the restart the forwards led by Sam again piled pressure on the Beckenham pack and with Jen and Yaz playing quick ball from the back off the rucks the backs were given licence to run at the Beckenham line.
With 15 minutes gone, the Rochford girls had stormed into a commanding lead with further tries from Ellie, Jen and a 2nd from Tash to go 22-0 up.
The Beckenham girls never gave up trying to get the ball out to their wings to run at the Rochford defence but some excellent defensive work by Ellie and Lucie stopped them in their tracks.
As the half wore on the continual pressure from the forwards with Cat and Jemma driving through the Beckenham lines soon paid of with further tries by Tash (3rd) and Jen (2nd) to go in at half time 32-0 up.
Turning round to play with the wind at their backs the girls were soon back to putting pressure on the Beckenham line and were quickly rewarded with a try from Yaz after a jinking run through the centre 37-0.
Even though victory was assured, the girls relentless drive for more points soon paid of when Ellen was released to run in her first try for the team 42-0.
Further tries late in the half by Lucie, Jen (3rd) A second for Ellie and Yaz put the girls 62-0 up with only minutes to go.
Not wanting to be outdone by the backs, the forwards were desperate to get in on the act and with a couple of minutes remaining Tash having made a break on the wing, fed the ball inside to Meg who shook off the tackle to run in the final try of the day to make the final score Rochford 67 Beckenham 0
Scorers: Tries Tash(3),Jen(3),Ellie(2), Yaz (2), Ellen, Meg, Lucie
Conv Lucie
Team: Jemma, Sam, Frances, Cat, Meg, Ellen,Tash, Jen, Yaz, Lucie, Ellie,
Amy, Bron, Becky
Well done girls 2 great team efforts.
Thanks to Pete Cook for Match report.
Photos to follow.
Rochford ran out comfortable winners against an inexperienced Beckenham side who were depleted through illness. Playing with the wind in their favour Rochford attacked from the kick off and dominated the territory in the early stages. An infringement gave Beckenham a scrum, but young hooker Faye Smale won the ball against the head and the ball was passed out to Bianca Bosdet who sprinted away for the opening score. Rochford continued to attack keeping the ball tight amongst the forwards and making ground with some good drives and mauls. Beckenham were penalised fro pulling down one of these mauls and from the quick tap penalty the ball was passed to Abbie Cook who outpaced the defence and score under the posts. Maddie Lockwood converted to make the score 12 – 0.
Rochford continued to dominate possession and more surging forward play before releasing the ball to Abbie Graham to sprint away and score under the posts. This passage of play was duplicated several minutes later and again the ball was passed among the backs before Abbie Graham added her second try under the posts. Maddie Lockwood converting both tries to make the score 26 – 0. Beckenham then came more into the game and started to pressure the Rochford line, but they could not make this count and after a mistake the ball was turned over and Bianca Bodset raced away to score another try. This spurred Rochford to greater efforts and they spent a long time camped in the Beckenham 22 and after some sustained pressure won a penalty. From the quick tap Maddie Lockwood used her size and strength to power over the line and she converted her own try to make the score 38 – 0 at half time.
The second half started scrappily and Rochford rested their more experienced players to give valuable game time to their new players. Rochford were not quite so dominant, but after several phases of play, with the ball being recycled well, hooker Faye Smale broke away to score, Maddie Lockwood again adding the conversion.
Faye Smale was having a fine game and from another scrum she won the ball against the head and the ball was fed along the line for Bianca Bodset to sprint away to score her third try of the game and Maddie Lockwood converted to add the extra 2 points.
Rather than dropping their heads this spurred Beckenham into more positive action and they started to dominate play and possession again and camped themselves in the Rochford 22, but they could not penetrate the stout Rochford defence and possession was turned over and Abbie Graham sprinted the length of the field to score her third try, with Maddie Lockwood adding the conversion. Play was then played mainly in the middle of the pitch for a while with neither side getting the upper hand until Maddie Lockwood pounced on a loose ball and powered her way to the line and then converting her own try. Plucky Beckenham then had another spell of territorial advantage forcing Rochford back to their own line, but as happened earlier a move broke down and the ball turned over and after a few quick passes Bianca Bodset raced away to score the in the final move of the game, leaving Rochford comfortable winners by 69 – 0.
Rochford U 18 Girls v Beckenham U 18 Girls
As with the U15’s, the U18’s ran out comfortable winners against an inexperienced and depleted Beckenham side. Playing against the wind in the first half, the Rochford forwards took the game to Beckenham from the off.
Collecting the ball from the start, Meg took the ball into contact and from the resulting ruck, the ball was quickly fed by Jen across the backs to Tash who streaked away down the wing to put the girls 5-0 up with Lucie duly converting the kick
7-0.
From the restart the forwards led by Sam again piled pressure on the Beckenham pack and with Jen and Yaz playing quick ball from the back off the rucks the backs were given licence to run at the Beckenham line.
With 15 minutes gone, the Rochford girls had stormed into a commanding lead with further tries from Ellie, Jen and a 2nd from Tash to go 22-0 up.
The Beckenham girls never gave up trying to get the ball out to their wings to run at the Rochford defence but some excellent defensive work by Ellie and Lucie stopped them in their tracks.
As the half wore on the continual pressure from the forwards with Cat and Jemma driving through the Beckenham lines soon paid of with further tries by Tash (3rd) and Jen (2nd) to go in at half time 32-0 up.
Turning round to play with the wind at their backs the girls were soon back to putting pressure on the Beckenham line and were quickly rewarded with a try from Yaz after a jinking run through the centre 37-0.
Even though victory was assured, the girls relentless drive for more points soon paid of when Ellen was released to run in her first try for the team 42-0.
Further tries late in the half by Lucie, Jen (3rd) A second for Ellie and Yaz put the girls 62-0 up with only minutes to go.
Not wanting to be outdone by the backs, the forwards were desperate to get in on the act and with a couple of minutes remaining Tash having made a break on the wing, fed the ball inside to Meg who shook off the tackle to run in the final try of the day to make the final score Rochford 67 Beckenham 0
Scorers: Tries Tash(3),Jen(3),Ellie(2), Yaz (2), Ellen, Meg, Lucie
Conv Lucie
Team: Jemma, Sam, Frances, Cat, Meg, Ellen,Tash, Jen, Yaz, Lucie, Ellie,
Amy, Bron, Becky
Well done girls 2 great team efforts.
Thanks to Pete Cook for Match report.
Photos to follow.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Rochford Fixtures 2009/10
U18's in Bold
30/08/2009
06/09/2009 Senior COUNTY Trials
13/09/2009
20/09/2009
27/09/2009 COUNTY Trials
04/10/2009 Thanet (A) Folkstone/H3 (A)
11/10/2009 Worthing (A) Worthing (A)
18/10/2009 COUNTY Match Eastern Counties (A)
25/10/2009 Aylesford (A) Aylesford Cluster/SSB (A)
01/11/2009 Beckenham (H) Beckenham (H)
08/11/2009 COUNTY Match Triangular Eastern Counties / Kent
15/11/2009 Suffolk Sabres Lakenham Hewett (A)
22/11/2009 COUNTY Match
29/11/2009 H3 (H) TBA
06/12/2009 COUNTY Match
13/12/2009 Aylesford (H) Aylesford Cluster (H)
20/12/2009 Saracens (A) Saracens (A)
27/12/2009 CHRISTMAS
03/01/2010 Lakenham Hewett (H) Lakenham Hewett (H)
10/01/2010 SSB (A) H3 (A)
17/01/2010 REGIONAL TRIALS
24/01/2010 Thanet (H) Folkestone (H)
31/01/2010 National Cup
07/02/2010 REGIONAL TRAINING
14/02/2010 REGIONAL TRAINING
21/02/2010 REGIONAL MATCH
28/02/2010 H3 Cluster (H) SSB (H)
07/03/2010 REGIONAL TRAINING
14/03/2010 National Cup
21/03/2010 REGIONAL MATCH
27/03/2010 REGIONAL TRAINING
28/03/2010 Beckenham (A) Beckenham (A)
04/04/2010 Club Tour Weekend
11/04/2010 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
18/04/2010 Worthing (H) Worthing (H)
25/04/2010 H3 (A) TBA
02/05/2010 Worthing 10s Worthing 10s
09/05/2010
16/05/2010
23/05/2010
29/05/2010 NATIONAL 7'S TBC
Please note these fixtures are subject to change. Please check with Team Managers for confirmation of fixtures.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Week 2
Sunday 11th Oct
Yesterday saw both the U15’s and the U18’s travel to Worthing for the second round of the league fixtures.
After a hot and long coach journey (largely in part to the driver being unable to tell hot from cold on the a/c system, and knowing better than his sat nav how to get to Worthing rugby club by miraculously avoiding all roads that were free from traffic), the girls arrived fit and rareing to go.
Yesterday saw both the U15’s and the U18’s travel to Worthing for the second round of the league fixtures.
After a hot and long coach journey (largely in part to the driver being unable to tell hot from cold on the a/c system, and knowing better than his sat nav how to get to Worthing rugby club by miraculously avoiding all roads that were free from traffic), the girls arrived fit and rareing to go.
U15’s
Rochford got off to the best possible start when captain Olivia Stembridge collected the kick off and managed to outpace the Worthing defence to score in the opening minute. Rochford maintained pressure on the Worthing defence and worked the ball wide to Abbie Graham to sprint away for another try after 10 minutes. Good work from the forwards kept Worthing on the back foot and quick ball down the line saw debutant Charlotte Gower denied a first try by a last dicth tackle, but Jessica Charles followed up on the loose ball to score again for Rochford.There was then a sustained piece of pressue by the Worthing pack that penned Rochford back on their goal line, but after several 5 metre scrums the Rochford defence held and they gradually worked the ball upfield before Abbie Cook streaked away to score and make it
Rochford got off to the best possible start when captain Olivia Stembridge collected the kick off and managed to outpace the Worthing defence to score in the opening minute. Rochford maintained pressure on the Worthing defence and worked the ball wide to Abbie Graham to sprint away for another try after 10 minutes. Good work from the forwards kept Worthing on the back foot and quick ball down the line saw debutant Charlotte Gower denied a first try by a last dicth tackle, but Jessica Charles followed up on the loose ball to score again for Rochford.There was then a sustained piece of pressue by the Worthing pack that penned Rochford back on their goal line, but after several 5 metre scrums the Rochford defence held and they gradually worked the ball upfield before Abbie Cook streaked away to score and make it
20 - 0 at half time. After the break Rochford continued to maintain pressure on the Worthing defence and the pace of the back line was too much for Worthing to handle as Abbie Graham finished off good handling moves with 2 more tries. As the half wore on the Rochford forwards started to get the upper hand and repeated drives to the Worthing line resulted in tries from Faye Smace and Maddie Lockwood. Rochford continued to attack a now dispirited Worthing side and Abbie Graham scored her 4th try in the last minute of the game to give Rochford a 50 - 0 victory.
U18’s
As with the U15’s the girls got off to a great start when after 2 minutes Ellie collected a great pass from Yaz and broke the Worthing defence to crash over 5-0. With the home side being put on the back foot by some excellent play by the forwards Jen collected the ball from the back of a ruck and drove through to make it 10-0. Quick tries followed from Hannah and stumpy before the break. Having lost Frances to an arm injury, a reshuffle of the pack saw Amy come in for her first start at Hooker with Stumpy moving to prop.
The forwards were continually hitting the Worthing defence and with Jen getting quick ball to Yaz to set the backs off, further tries from Stumpy, Lucie and Tash quickly followed. With Lucie converting one of her kicks the girls finished winners 37-0.
All credit to a great Worthing side who despite not being able to mount one serious challenge on the Rochford line never gave up, and their defence at times stopped the score being even greater.
As with the U15’s the girls got off to a great start when after 2 minutes Ellie collected a great pass from Yaz and broke the Worthing defence to crash over 5-0. With the home side being put on the back foot by some excellent play by the forwards Jen collected the ball from the back of a ruck and drove through to make it 10-0. Quick tries followed from Hannah and stumpy before the break. Having lost Frances to an arm injury, a reshuffle of the pack saw Amy come in for her first start at Hooker with Stumpy moving to prop.
The forwards were continually hitting the Worthing defence and with Jen getting quick ball to Yaz to set the backs off, further tries from Stumpy, Lucie and Tash quickly followed. With Lucie converting one of her kicks the girls finished winners 37-0.
All credit to a great Worthing side who despite not being able to mount one serious challenge on the Rochford line never gave up, and their defence at times stopped the score being even greater.
Team: Jemma, Amy, Stumpy, Cat, Daisy, Ellen, Becki, Meg, Jen, Yaz, Ellie, Lucie, Tash, Hannah, Emma and frances.
Again well done to both teams for a great performance .
Following the Game, Worthing nominated Stephanie from the U15’s as their player of the match and from the U18’s they gave the award to Jen. (Well done girls)
Reports courtesy of Peter Cook and Phil Robson
Photos to follow
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sunday 4th October 09
Meg & Ellen
Jen & Tash
Jemma,Cat,Ellen, Becky & Meg
Jemma,Cat,Ellen, Becky & Meg
Nearly There !!!
Nice Hands Lucie
Jemma (3) Becky (15) Meg (4) Mouse (13)
oh and Stumpy lying down
"Off the back of the scrum from Jen"
Yaz (6) about to set of on another jinking run!!!
Great lifting from Cat & Frances as Meg steals the ball
Well done girls you were brilliant
Jemma (3) Becky (15) Meg (4) Mouse (13)
oh and Stumpy lying down
"Off the back of the scrum from Jen"
Yaz (6) about to set of on another jinking run!!!
Great lifting from Cat & Frances as Meg steals the ball
Well here it is the start of another long season.
Both U15’s and U18’s started the defence of the league titles they won last year. The U15’s travelled to play Thanet and the U18’s travelled to Folkestone to play a triangular with Folkestone and H3
Both sides have changed considerably from those of last year, with many new girls joining both teams and with instructions to play to enjoy from the coaches. Last seasons intensity to win win, has been replaced with a more relaxed coaching ethos of enjoy and the results will come !
Both U15’s and U18’s started the defence of the league titles they won last year. The U15’s travelled to play Thanet and the U18’s travelled to Folkestone to play a triangular with Folkestone and H3
Both sides have changed considerably from those of last year, with many new girls joining both teams and with instructions to play to enjoy from the coaches. Last seasons intensity to win win, has been replaced with a more relaxed coaching ethos of enjoy and the results will come !
U15’s
The U15’s opened their 2009/2010 campaign on the sunny Kent coast town of Broadstairs, against Thanet RFC.
The U15’s opened their 2009/2010 campaign on the sunny Kent coast town of Broadstairs, against Thanet RFC.
A number of players were missing due to injury and other commitments so the majority of the team were either playing their first competitive match or had this year moved up from the mini section.
From the kick off Rochford showed their intention with a demonstration of good support play and great handling skills which resulted in a quick try in the corner by Amber Charlemange. This remained the theme throughout the first half with Rochford simply using their pace out wide, with good scrummaging and mauling work by the forwards to create the platform for the backs to exploit their superiority. The Thanet girls refused to give up and showed dogged determination in their defence whilst continually taking every opportunity to attack the Rochford line. The second half was an extension of the first with Rochford taking their chances, using the wide pitch to provide their wingers the space needed to get past their opponents defence.
Further tries by Abigail Graham (6 in total), Olivia Stembridge, Jessica Charles, Stephanie Smith, Claire Yearwood and Maddie Lockwood ended the game with a final score of Rochford 73 – Thanet 0. Maddie successfully converting 4 of the tries scored.
U18’s
Game 1 saw the home side take to the pitch against Rochford, some early pressure from the forwards saw the 1st 10 minutes being played inside the Folkestone 10 metre line. This sustained pressure was eventually rewarded when Sam went over to open the scoring.Folkestone then started to come back into the game and quickly responded with 2 tries to go in at half time 10-5 up. The second half started as the 1st with Rochford applying pressure on the Folkestone back line. Again the pressure was rewarded when Lucie went over to level the scores. With only minutes left, a surge through the centre from Folkestone was rewarded with a try under the post which was duly converted to give the game 17-10 to Folkestone.
Having watched the 2nd game which was Folkestone against H3 we knew that we were in for a physical game in our final match.
The game against H3 started pretty much as the 1st game with our forwards continually applying pressure to their back line.
After 5mins Jen broke through to crash over to make it 5-0. Shortly after the try H3 asked the ref to go uncontested in the scrums which took our advantage away. With a new and inexperienced back line our girls soon paid the price with their wingers running in 4 tries to make it 20-5. The2nd half again started with our girls applying pressure and trying to get the ball out to the wings. Following a couple of dangerous tackles which went totally unpunished by the match official we lost two of our backs in Hannah and Sophie who are now both doubtful for the trip to Worthing next week. Despite the total inaction by the official who always claimed to be the only person in the ground not to have seen the two tackles that forced the girls off, our girls refused to rise to the bait and tried to play rugby as it should be played.Further tries from H3 made the final score 31-5.
Despite the results the girls played as if they were enjoying the game and came off with smiles on their faces.
With 5 girls in the starting line up who had only ever played tag at school, the whole team performed exceptionally well and the coaching and management staff are proud of each and every one of them.
Team; Sam, Jemma, Frances, Cat, Amy, Ellen, Meg, Lucie, Jen, Yaz, Tash, Hannah, Daisy, Sophie, Becky, Emma, Jade and Lucy
Game 1 saw the home side take to the pitch against Rochford, some early pressure from the forwards saw the 1st 10 minutes being played inside the Folkestone 10 metre line. This sustained pressure was eventually rewarded when Sam went over to open the scoring.Folkestone then started to come back into the game and quickly responded with 2 tries to go in at half time 10-5 up. The second half started as the 1st with Rochford applying pressure on the Folkestone back line. Again the pressure was rewarded when Lucie went over to level the scores. With only minutes left, a surge through the centre from Folkestone was rewarded with a try under the post which was duly converted to give the game 17-10 to Folkestone.
Having watched the 2nd game which was Folkestone against H3 we knew that we were in for a physical game in our final match.
The game against H3 started pretty much as the 1st game with our forwards continually applying pressure to their back line.
After 5mins Jen broke through to crash over to make it 5-0. Shortly after the try H3 asked the ref to go uncontested in the scrums which took our advantage away. With a new and inexperienced back line our girls soon paid the price with their wingers running in 4 tries to make it 20-5. The2nd half again started with our girls applying pressure and trying to get the ball out to the wings. Following a couple of dangerous tackles which went totally unpunished by the match official we lost two of our backs in Hannah and Sophie who are now both doubtful for the trip to Worthing next week. Despite the total inaction by the official who always claimed to be the only person in the ground not to have seen the two tackles that forced the girls off, our girls refused to rise to the bait and tried to play rugby as it should be played.Further tries from H3 made the final score 31-5.
Despite the results the girls played as if they were enjoying the game and came off with smiles on their faces.
With 5 girls in the starting line up who had only ever played tag at school, the whole team performed exceptionally well and the coaching and management staff are proud of each and every one of them.
Team; Sam, Jemma, Frances, Cat, Amy, Ellen, Meg, Lucie, Jen, Yaz, Tash, Hannah, Daisy, Sophie, Becky, Emma, Jade and Lucy
Well done girls you were brilliant
Match reports Courtesy of J Stembridge & P Robson , Pictures Courtesy of Will Tysterman
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