Building on their success from the Worthing 10's the mighty Basford U18s stormed to another win at the Hertfordshire 7s on sunday.
The team played their first game against Wisbech and won 27-10 with scores from Dannie Harris, Kez Hopkins, Cherelle Alphonse and Rachel French.
The second pool game was against Herts Swifts (Old Albanians and Stevenage) and the team won convincingly 58-0(Cherelle 1, Sam Smith 1,Kez 2,Dannie 3,Frenchie 2,Jemma Sommers 1)Special mention needs to go to Jemma as it was her first ever try at senior rugby.
The team then had their last pool game with a winner takes all against Reading. After going behind early they drew 12-12 and went through to the semi final on points difference.
The Semi final was against a well drilled Bucks Jesters side, however they won 30-0with tries from Dannie 2,Kez 2,Casey Shults 1, Frenchie 1.
That set up a final against Letchworth against whom Basford lost in 7slast year.
The team didn't need much motivating and won 48-5 totally obliterating their opponents, with everybody finding that extra bit of effort especially Charlie Micallef and Alphonse. Anytime the opposition got the ball they were all over them.
Usual suspects with trys, Dannie, Kez, Cherelle, Rachel plus 1 for Siobhan Franklin.
A great team effort overall, especially the workrate of Natasha Barbank & Siobhan Franklin.
Additional congratulations to the 4 Basford girls, Emily Scott, Sarah Carmen, Natalie McClarnon and Sophie Russell who took part this weekend at the Inaugural England U18 Junior Super league game. This is a new completion where 32 of the top elite girls in England are invited to receive top England coaching and participate in a Red vs Blues match over the weekend at the England Elite training camp in Oxfordshire. All 4 girls played exceptionally well with some encouraging feedback from the coaching staff for future participation at both senior and U18 levels.
match report courtesy of Super Coach Gavin Scott
The team played their first game against Wisbech and won 27-10 with scores from Dannie Harris, Kez Hopkins, Cherelle Alphonse and Rachel French.
The second pool game was against Herts Swifts (Old Albanians and Stevenage) and the team won convincingly 58-0(Cherelle 1, Sam Smith 1,Kez 2,Dannie 3,Frenchie 2,Jemma Sommers 1)Special mention needs to go to Jemma as it was her first ever try at senior rugby.
The team then had their last pool game with a winner takes all against Reading. After going behind early they drew 12-12 and went through to the semi final on points difference.
The Semi final was against a well drilled Bucks Jesters side, however they won 30-0with tries from Dannie 2,Kez 2,Casey Shults 1, Frenchie 1.
That set up a final against Letchworth against whom Basford lost in 7slast year.
The team didn't need much motivating and won 48-5 totally obliterating their opponents, with everybody finding that extra bit of effort especially Charlie Micallef and Alphonse. Anytime the opposition got the ball they were all over them.
Usual suspects with trys, Dannie, Kez, Cherelle, Rachel plus 1 for Siobhan Franklin.
A great team effort overall, especially the workrate of Natasha Barbank & Siobhan Franklin.
Additional congratulations to the 4 Basford girls, Emily Scott, Sarah Carmen, Natalie McClarnon and Sophie Russell who took part this weekend at the Inaugural England U18 Junior Super league game. This is a new completion where 32 of the top elite girls in England are invited to receive top England coaching and participate in a Red vs Blues match over the weekend at the England Elite training camp in Oxfordshire. All 4 girls played exceptionally well with some encouraging feedback from the coaching staff for future participation at both senior and U18 levels.
match report courtesy of Super Coach Gavin Scott
