Congratulations to all the Basford Girls who were selected for the regional squads following last weeks trials.
U18's
Cherelle
Sarah
Frenchy
Nat
Charlie
Sophie
Emily
U15's
Abbie
Alex
Jess H
Jess W
Frances
Madeleine
Ellie
Layla
Megan
Olivia
Lucie
Yasmin
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Club Tour
The club tour to Boggle Hole has been confirmed and all outstanding monies are due by the end of January.
We travel to the East Coast on Good Friday hopefully arriving around lunchtime which will give everyone the chance to chill out on the afternoon.
On the Saturday we travel the short distance to Malton Rugby Club, where we will take part in a mini tournament at both age groups.
We have been told that we shall be joined by teams from Ilkley, Bridlington, Tyndale and Leo's.
On the Sunday we have looked at the possibility of travelling over to Scarborough and joining some of the Yorkshire girls for some beach rugby, rounders etc and spend the day generally fooling around.We then travel back home late morning on the monday.
The Tour theme has yet to be decided, although the U15's have a few ideas, so get thinking and let Tina and Paula know what you think, as it is not that long now before we go.
We travel to the East Coast on Good Friday hopefully arriving around lunchtime which will give everyone the chance to chill out on the afternoon.
On the Saturday we travel the short distance to Malton Rugby Club, where we will take part in a mini tournament at both age groups.
We have been told that we shall be joined by teams from Ilkley, Bridlington, Tyndale and Leo's.
On the Sunday we have looked at the possibility of travelling over to Scarborough and joining some of the Yorkshire girls for some beach rugby, rounders etc and spend the day generally fooling around.We then travel back home late morning on the monday.
The Tour theme has yet to be decided, although the U15's have a few ideas, so get thinking and let Tina and Paula know what you think, as it is not that long now before we go.
Post match drink off
Basford "Man of the Match" Amy Browne takes on Spalding "Man of the Match" Emily Haines in the customary Orange squash drink off.
Amy and Emily showing how its done!!!!!
Time Ladies Please!!!!
Amy and Emily showing how its done!!!!!
Time Ladies Please!!!!
Basford v Spalding
Sunday 13th January 08.
The eagerly awaited game between the two U15 sides took place this afternoon in Spalding.The players from both clubs became friends last year following the closely fought game in the semi final of the Herts 7's. That weekend took its toll on both sides, and meant that due to injuries neither side would have sufficient players to put a squad together for the National 7's the following week. The situation was quickly resolved when 3 of the Spalding girls joined with our girls to put on a brilliant show of rugby, scoring many points on the way to the final against Cramberleigh.The efforts of all the girls that day saw them walk away with runners up medals and some great memories of some fantastic rugby.
Todays game started off as expected with both sets of backs seeing plenty of the ball, and first blood was drawn by Spalding when the Basford defense failed to put the usual wall in front of the opposing players and allowed them through to go 5-0 up within 5mins. The girls quickly rallied and it wasn't long before they had levelled the score with Lucie converting to give us a slender lead(5-7).
The game was being played at a fast pace throughout, and only some excellent defence from both teams stopped the scores running up. The Basford forwards were slowly starting to make headway, and a quick ball of the back of a maul allowed the girls to breakawy for their 2nd try(5-12). No sooner had Spalding kicked off when they put the Basford defence under pressure again and some subtle handling played to ball across the park for them to run in their 2nd try(10-12). The game was still very much in the balance with both sets of forwards putting in some big tackles in the centre of the field. It wasnt just the forwards who were putting it about, the backs were everywhere mopping up when ever one side tried to break through.Just before half time, the Basford girls broke through to add another 10 points to their score.Going in at half time the girls were (22-10)up, but knew that any lapses of concentration and they would soon be staring at a defeat. As the 2nd half wore on, the Basford girls began to exert a bit more pressure and began to find holes in the Spalding defence. The Basford girls ran in a further 6 tries in the 2nd half to record a 52-10 victory. Although the score line may look like the girls had it all their own way, nothing was further from the truth. The Spalding girls never stopped running and putting in some big hits.It should also be mentioned that this was only the 2nd game that the girls had played this season, and with a bit more rugby under their belts they will give any team a run for their money. There were some truly outstanding tackles going in today, and Amy Tinn, Emily H, Bronagh and Ellis to name a few,made our girls work for the whole game. The whole of the team were a credit to themselves and the coaching staff.
Back in the club house, the coaches picked their "man of the match" from the opposing teams. Basford man of the match went to Amy Browne who given that she has only played a handful of competetive games was outstanding going forward with the ball in hand. Spalding's man of the match was Emily Haines who continually ran out the basford defence and caused them all sorts of problems.
The after match drink off of a pint of orange squash between the 2 players was a close run affair and I would think a draw would be a just decision.
A big big thanks to all the payers, coaches and parents at Spalding for making us welcome today, and to the ladies who provided a lovely warm meal after the game.
We look forward to returning the welcome down at Rochford in a few weeks.
Basford: Megan,Lucie,Alex,Amy,Frances,Yasmin,Layla,Olivia, Abbie,Madeleine,Jessica and mouse.
Spalding: Amy T,Amy V,Ellis,Annabel,Tessa,Emily H,Jess,Emily P,Bronagh and Vanessa.
Tries: Alex 3,Abbie 3,Madeleine 2, Layla, Jess
Cons: Lucie 1.
Well done to all the girls for a fantastic display of rugby.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sunday 6th Jan 08
Basford U18's v Aylesford Bulls
This was the Basford girls first trip to the Aylesford Bulls, (near Maidstone), after arranging the fixture during the Rochford festival, where the Aylesford girls gave a good account of themselves.
The game was played 10 vs 10 due to lack of numbers, so there was plenty of space on the pitch for both sides to take advantage of. Aylesford Bulls kicked off, and despite this being the first game back after the long Christmas break, the Basford girls went straight onto the attack and applied the pressure down in the Aylesford 20m zone. A knock-on gave Aylesford a scrum but an impressive Basford pack won the ball and Frenchie opened the scoring with a run from 10m out. 0 – 5
From the restart, the Basford girls set the pattern for the whole game, and kept applying constant pressure on Aylesford. The next score came from a line-out and drive for Sarah ‘wing prop’ Carmen to score. 0 – 10
Again, Basford took the game to Aylesford and only some very stout defensive play kept Basford from scoring more – the next Basford attack was ‘held up’ but from the resulting 5m scrum Sophie ran off the back of the scrum to ground the ball. 0 – 15
The game was being played mostly in the Aylesford half, with Basford constantly looking threatening. A line-out 15m out demonstrated a training ground move where the ball was passed short, and a great interchange between Sarah C and Nat led to Nat scoring the next try. 0 – 20
Just before half time Nat scored her second of the game following a great move from the halfway line, which showed some excellent passing and support play. Sophie converted to make the halftime score. 0 – 27
I don’t know what the Aylesford coaches said to their girls at halftime, but they came out of the blocks like a rocket, and within a minute had scored a great breakaway try, which was duly converted 7 – 27
This seemed to spur the Basford girls on to better things, and Frenchie went over for her second try following a scrum 10m out. 7 – 32
This was quickly followed by another score – again by Frenchie – following a great run by Sophie and some good support play. Sophie kicked the extras 7 – 39
The next score came from a passing move from 30m out, with good hands shown by a number of players that led to Kerry scoring her first try for the club – well done!! 7 – 44
Frenchie wasn’t finished for the day, and went over for her 4th try of the game (fantastic!!), again following an excellent passing move – Sophie kicked the conversion 7 – 51, and in the dying minutes, Fi showed she still had something left with a great 50m run to score her first and Basford’s 10th try of the game – brilliant! Sophie again kicked the extra points to make the final score 7 - 58
Many spectators said that this was one of the best displays of ‘team’ rugby that Basford have shown, with every member of the team being fully involved in the game – great forward plays, great running, great passing, and fantastic support for each other – well done!
Many thanks to everyone from Aylesford Bulls RFC for an excellent days rugby, and thanks especially to the Aylesford girls who played the game in great spirit – fantastic - and we hope to meet you again later in the season.
Final result: Aylesford Bulls RFC 7 Basford 58
Clark French Ace Reporter Essex Daily Blah Blah Blah
This was the Basford girls first trip to the Aylesford Bulls, (near Maidstone), after arranging the fixture during the Rochford festival, where the Aylesford girls gave a good account of themselves.
The game was played 10 vs 10 due to lack of numbers, so there was plenty of space on the pitch for both sides to take advantage of. Aylesford Bulls kicked off, and despite this being the first game back after the long Christmas break, the Basford girls went straight onto the attack and applied the pressure down in the Aylesford 20m zone. A knock-on gave Aylesford a scrum but an impressive Basford pack won the ball and Frenchie opened the scoring with a run from 10m out. 0 – 5
From the restart, the Basford girls set the pattern for the whole game, and kept applying constant pressure on Aylesford. The next score came from a line-out and drive for Sarah ‘wing prop’ Carmen to score. 0 – 10
Again, Basford took the game to Aylesford and only some very stout defensive play kept Basford from scoring more – the next Basford attack was ‘held up’ but from the resulting 5m scrum Sophie ran off the back of the scrum to ground the ball. 0 – 15
The game was being played mostly in the Aylesford half, with Basford constantly looking threatening. A line-out 15m out demonstrated a training ground move where the ball was passed short, and a great interchange between Sarah C and Nat led to Nat scoring the next try. 0 – 20
Just before half time Nat scored her second of the game following a great move from the halfway line, which showed some excellent passing and support play. Sophie converted to make the halftime score. 0 – 27
I don’t know what the Aylesford coaches said to their girls at halftime, but they came out of the blocks like a rocket, and within a minute had scored a great breakaway try, which was duly converted 7 – 27
This seemed to spur the Basford girls on to better things, and Frenchie went over for her second try following a scrum 10m out. 7 – 32
This was quickly followed by another score – again by Frenchie – following a great run by Sophie and some good support play. Sophie kicked the extras 7 – 39
The next score came from a passing move from 30m out, with good hands shown by a number of players that led to Kerry scoring her first try for the club – well done!! 7 – 44
Frenchie wasn’t finished for the day, and went over for her 4th try of the game (fantastic!!), again following an excellent passing move – Sophie kicked the conversion 7 – 51, and in the dying minutes, Fi showed she still had something left with a great 50m run to score her first and Basford’s 10th try of the game – brilliant! Sophie again kicked the extra points to make the final score 7 - 58
Many spectators said that this was one of the best displays of ‘team’ rugby that Basford have shown, with every member of the team being fully involved in the game – great forward plays, great running, great passing, and fantastic support for each other – well done!
Many thanks to everyone from Aylesford Bulls RFC for an excellent days rugby, and thanks especially to the Aylesford girls who played the game in great spirit – fantastic - and we hope to meet you again later in the season.
Final result: Aylesford Bulls RFC 7 Basford 58
Clark French Ace Reporter Essex Daily Blah Blah Blah
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Sunday 6th Jan 08
Basford U15's v Aylesford Bulls
With Christmas a distant memory, the girls made the short trip across the Thames to play Aylesford Bulls.
Following on from the meeting between the two clubs at the Rochford Festival, and given that the majority of the girls out there today played in the Essex v Kent game in December, a close and hard fought game was on the cards.
Depleted by injury and holidays the Basford girls arrived subdued but confident.
From the whistle it became apparent that our forwards who have dominated games this season were not going to get it all their own way with some good tackling and surging runs being made by the Aylesford forwards in the early exchanges.
A good run from our backs freed Jessica to break for the line only to be tackled and brought down on the 5m line. Confidence was growing and as the first half wore on the backs combined to play some lovely ball across the field and touch down 3 times with Yas converting once.
Going in at half time 17-0 up, we were expecting a high scoring game, however Ayleford rallied straight from kick off and a surging run up field was briefly halted by our defence but some deft handling freed the ball from the maul and allowed Aylesford to go over in the corner.
From the resulting kick off, the Basford girls surged forward and again with the forwards in the thick off it, the ball was quickly fed out to the backs who combined to cross for the 4th try of the day.
From the kick off the ball was caught by Ellie who ran straight back towards the Aylesford try line, and some excellent defending held up play long enough for the girls to position themselves for another attack on the Aylesford line.
A quick ball from the ruck was spun out wide where Olivia was waiting and went over for try no 5.
Unfortunately just after this Frances who had been valiantly carrying on since injuring her knee way through the 1st half,twisted her knee again making a tackle and had to leave the field.
With the girls a player down, Aylesford really piled the pressure on, and were rewarded with a well worked try in the final minutes.
As the ref blew for full time both sets of players looked totally shattered having played at the same tempo throughout the game.
Full credit should go to Aylesford who despite falling behind early on never stopped running at our girls when they had the ball, and their defensive play was excellent.
It has been a good start to the new year with the girls carrying on that winning streak.
Tries: Jessica W, Yasmin P,Olivia S,Lucie W, Abbie C.
Cons: Yasmin P (1)
Well done to all the girls,not the easiest of games for the first game back after the break, but you all did yourselves and the club proud.
Next week another tough game beckons when we travel to the depths of Linconshire to play Spalding who took the girls to the wire in the Worthing festival last season.
With Christmas a distant memory, the girls made the short trip across the Thames to play Aylesford Bulls.
Following on from the meeting between the two clubs at the Rochford Festival, and given that the majority of the girls out there today played in the Essex v Kent game in December, a close and hard fought game was on the cards.
Depleted by injury and holidays the Basford girls arrived subdued but confident.
From the whistle it became apparent that our forwards who have dominated games this season were not going to get it all their own way with some good tackling and surging runs being made by the Aylesford forwards in the early exchanges.
A good run from our backs freed Jessica to break for the line only to be tackled and brought down on the 5m line. Confidence was growing and as the first half wore on the backs combined to play some lovely ball across the field and touch down 3 times with Yas converting once.
Going in at half time 17-0 up, we were expecting a high scoring game, however Ayleford rallied straight from kick off and a surging run up field was briefly halted by our defence but some deft handling freed the ball from the maul and allowed Aylesford to go over in the corner.
From the resulting kick off, the Basford girls surged forward and again with the forwards in the thick off it, the ball was quickly fed out to the backs who combined to cross for the 4th try of the day.
From the kick off the ball was caught by Ellie who ran straight back towards the Aylesford try line, and some excellent defending held up play long enough for the girls to position themselves for another attack on the Aylesford line.
A quick ball from the ruck was spun out wide where Olivia was waiting and went over for try no 5.
Unfortunately just after this Frances who had been valiantly carrying on since injuring her knee way through the 1st half,twisted her knee again making a tackle and had to leave the field.
With the girls a player down, Aylesford really piled the pressure on, and were rewarded with a well worked try in the final minutes.
As the ref blew for full time both sets of players looked totally shattered having played at the same tempo throughout the game.
Full credit should go to Aylesford who despite falling behind early on never stopped running at our girls when they had the ball, and their defensive play was excellent.
It has been a good start to the new year with the girls carrying on that winning streak.
Tries: Jessica W, Yasmin P,Olivia S,Lucie W, Abbie C.
Cons: Yasmin P (1)
Well done to all the girls,not the easiest of games for the first game back after the break, but you all did yourselves and the club proud.
Next week another tough game beckons when we travel to the depths of Linconshire to play Spalding who took the girls to the wire in the Worthing festival last season.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Schools of Rugby
At Basford we have 3 girls who are in the Elite TDG squad at U18 level, Emily Scott, Sophie Russell and Natalie Mcclarnon.
We are pleased to announce that we now have some of our U15's following in their footsteps.
We have been informed that 6 of our girls have been selected to attend the Schools of Rugby.
The RFUW brief for the Schools of Rugby is that they are focussed towards high performance, elite players. They are looking at further developing the top players in the County who have demonstrated the potential to go on and play at a higher level.
The programme focuses on skill development with Players focussing on "basic skills done well".
The girls who have recieved invites into the SOR are
Alex Grant
Jess Harris
both the girls will attend the East Counties School of Rugby at Culford School
Yasmin Pemberton
Megan Robson
Lucie Wood
Jessica Wilkins
these 4 girls will join the elite girls from Herts at the Saracens Academy
Well done to all the girls
you have all done the Club and County proud!!
We are pleased to announce that we now have some of our U15's following in their footsteps.
We have been informed that 6 of our girls have been selected to attend the Schools of Rugby.
The RFUW brief for the Schools of Rugby is that they are focussed towards high performance, elite players. They are looking at further developing the top players in the County who have demonstrated the potential to go on and play at a higher level.
The programme focuses on skill development with Players focussing on "basic skills done well".
The girls who have recieved invites into the SOR are
Alex Grant
Jess Harris
both the girls will attend the East Counties School of Rugby at Culford School
Yasmin Pemberton
Megan Robson
Lucie Wood
Jessica Wilkins
these 4 girls will join the elite girls from Herts at the Saracens Academy
Well done to all the girls
you have all done the Club and County proud!!
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