Datchworth Rugby Football Club Datchworth Rugby Football Club Datchworth Rugby Football Club MINI MATTERS – Week 14 Sunday 3 rd December Vs Tabard Hello Datchworth Mini Section Coaches, Managers, Players, Parents and Supporters, Last Sunday we welcomed most Tabard age groups to Datchworth for a home fixture. While Tabard were slightly short on numbers the quality of their players was very good and they gave our sides some very competitive games. The stories of this weekend’s rugby are told below… U6s Training at Datchworth: It was a new experience for the U6s this week, for players and coaches, as we were joined by an ‘away’ team from Tabard Rugby Club – indeed the Datchworth coaches wasted no time in maximising the opportunity for transfer of coaching tips from their opposite numbers. Despite the dismal weather, Datchworth still managed to field 16 players, with 4 additional boys from Tabard, so it was a lively session with some new games introduced to the ‘home’ players. After introducing Tabard to the bean warm up and a few rounds of tag we continued with one of their games called Treasure Island. This made for a welcome change and we hope to play this again in future weeks if we can find enough rugby balls! We then tried another new exercise which was like a rugby version of musical chairs and it was great to see the players really competing for the decreasing number of balls. There was a lot to take in for the Datchworth players during such a hectic session and it was impressive how everyone was able to maintain concentration and listen to coaches who they hadn’t met before. The final exercise of the session was a passing drill to practice ball handling before moving on to a couple of games of bull dog. This week’s winners were Olly and Reuben and there was some great tagging by Joe in the defensive line and some determined running by Harry. However the player of the week trophy was awarded to Thomas for his really impressive catching and passing at the start of the session. Please also note that next week’s session will start at 09:30am and finish at 10:30am (due to the Youth Section hosting 3 home games – so we need to have cleared the pitches well before 11am).
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Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
MINI MATTERS – Week 14
Sunday 3rd
December Vs Tabard
Hello Datchworth Mini Section Coaches, Managers, Players, Parents and Supporters,
Last Sunday we welcomed most Tabard age groups to Datchworth for a home fixture. While Tabard
were slightly short on numbers the quality of their players was very good and they gave our sides
some very competitive games. The stories of this weekend’s rugby are told below…
U6s Training at Datchworth:
It was a new experience for the U6s this week, for players and coaches, as we were joined by an
‘away’ team from Tabard Rugby Club – indeed the Datchworth coaches wasted no time in
maximising the opportunity for transfer of coaching tips from their opposite numbers. Despite the
dismal weather, Datchworth still managed to field 16 players, with 4 additional boys from Tabard, so
it was a lively session with some new games introduced to the ‘home’ players.
After introducing Tabard to the bean warm up and a few rounds of tag we continued with one of
their games called Treasure Island. This made for a welcome change and we hope to play this again
in future weeks if we can find enough rugby balls!
We then tried another new exercise which was like a
rugby version of musical chairs and it was great to see
the players really competing for the decreasing number
of balls. There was a lot to take in for the Datchworth
players during such a hectic session and it was
impressive how everyone was able to maintain
concentration and listen to coaches who they hadn’t met
before.
The final exercise of the session was a passing drill to
practice ball handling before moving on to a couple of
games of bull dog. This week’s winners were Olly and
Reuben and there was some great tagging by Joe in the
defensive line and some determined running by Harry.
However the player of the week trophy was awarded to
Thomas for his really impressive catching and passing at
the start of the session.
Please also note that next week’s session will start at 09:30am and finish at 10:30am (due to the
Youth Section hosting 3 home games – so we need to have cleared the pitches well before 11am).
Week Date Datchworth RFC Mini Section Provisional 17/18 Season
DRFC Parking
Duty
15 10-Dec
EARLY Training at Datchworth (all Minis) Minis were due to play Away at Enfield Old Grammarians but this is cancelled – Youth are hosting 3 games – Mini Training is 9 / 9:30 till 10:30
U8 + U14
16 17-Dec Final Training of 2017 at Datchworth + Santa (might) Visit the Mini Section at Datchworth!!! Ho Ho Ho