Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
XMAS MINI MATTERS
20th December 2015
SantaVisitsDatchworthMinis
HelloDatchworthMiniSectionCoaches,Managers,Players,ParentsandSupporters,
ThisweekendwehadaspecialguestattheXmasTrainingSession!SantafoundtimetovisitandseeourU6,U7andU8squadswhichwasfantasticwaytoroundoff2015!OnSaturdaywehadagoodturnoutofMini’swhoenjoyedacompetitivegamebeforewatchingtheFirstXVbeatastrongStAlbansteaminabruisingencounter.MeanwhileatAllianzParkbothourU7sanU8shadafantasticmorningwithsidesqualifiyingforthenextroundinbothagegroups...
U6–Training
TheU6playeroftheweekwasGuyHill,TaggeroftheWeekwasZenaEllis!Welldoneboth(Zenawefiguredyouwerealittletoobigfora
certificate).
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
U7-SaracensFestivalSaturday&TrainingonSunday
AnearlystartforeveryoneasweheadedtoAllianzParktoplayintheAlanDaycompetition.Wefielded2teams:
Blues-Steve&Brendan-BothBrendanandIweresoproudofallofboystoday,MaxEasevershoweddeterminationdefendingandtagging,ZacHcontinueshistryscoringskillswithsomeflamboyantspirallingmoves,AlfiecontinueshisRugbyjourneywithagreatperformance,greatdefenceandsupportforhisteammates,MaxLplayedwellandshowedgreatskillswiththeball,MaxWscoringsomegreattriesandtaggingandOliverWooldridgewasourlittletrymaker,allofourboys,parentsandcoachesstoodupandrepresentedDatchworthwithgreatprideandhonourtoday.OurBluesshouldbeextremelyproudoftheirefforts,2winsand2narrowlosseswereenoughtoseethemqualifyfortheChampionsweekend....Welldonetoyouall!!
Greens-Dave&John-Withtheopeninggameat8.45theU7DatchGreensneededtoensuretheyhadtheirgameheadsonandwerereadyoffthebat-andtheydidn'tdisappoint.Theirformbuiltasthegamesgottougherthroughthemorning-culminatingin4winsfortheGreensandqualificationfortheChampionsweekend.Itwasdecidedthateveryonewasourmanofthematch-Nathandeliveringsomefantasticrunsandsprintsonthewing,Danielusinghisbodyreallywelltotakesomekeytags,Finlaycombinedhistaggingandtryscoringinthecentre,SamGwasataggingandtryscoringmachinethroughoutallthegames(playingeveryinchoftheoffsideruletohisadvantage!),Alexwascrucialinthelastgamestandingoutinallrespects,andSamSboughtallofhisexperiencefromarecordunbeaten14gamesinthiscompetitiontobearalongwithhisnewteammates!Wewouldliketothankalltheparents,grandparentsandfamilyfriendsthatcamealongtosupporttheboys-theirsupportisarealassettotheclubandafantasticcomplimenttotheeffortputinbytheBoysonthepitch.Iknowthe
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
coachingteamwerehugelyproudofthewaytheBoysrepresentedthemselvesandthecluballday.ThenonSundaytheU7shadafunsessionthatsawparentsandchildrenjoininthesession-bothU6&7stucktosomefungamesanddrillswhichleftsomeverymuddy(somemoreintentionallythanothers)outcomes.OurU7playeroftheweekwasFinleyEganandmostmuddyplayeroftheweekDanielShurety(againnocertificatetotaketoschool!).
U8–SaracensFestival&Training
TheU8squadalsohadateamtakingpartintheU8SaracensfestivalattheweekendandliketheU7shavealsoqualifiedfortheChampionsDayweekend;welldonetoallofourplayersandtheCoachingteam...
FirstXVChristmas–Saturday2015!
OnSaturday18boysfromtheMiniSectionturnedouttotakepartintwogamesheldbeforeandathalftimeoftheSeniorGame.Thegameswerecompetitiveandenjoyablewiththeboysenjoyingthechancetokickconversions!WiththeseniorteamwinningtheafternoonrolledintotheeveningwithlivemusicintheClubHouseandChristmasJumperssettingthebackdroptoanenjoyableafternoonandevening.AstrongturnoutfromtheMiniParentswasgreattosee!
ThisweekendPaulWardwasour‘onsite’ClubPhotographer;PaulcapturedsomefantasticimagesoftheMiniEventandtheseniorgame;allofwhichhavebeenuploadedtothewebsiteandafewofhavebeencopiedinbelow!!!!...ThankyouPaul...
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
ChristmasFirstXVSaturday2015
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
CarParking
AbigthankyoutoPaulWardandtheU9swhovolunteeredtohelpwithcarparkingthisSunday;itwasverymuchappreciatedandeverythingseemedundercontrolwithnoreportedissues!TheNextRugbyWeekendisSunday3rdJanuary
• Allagegroupsareathomeforthefirsttrainingsessionof2016onSunday3rdJanuary• U8sareonCarParkingdutyatDatchworth
OnSunday3rdJanuarywehaveanallagegrouptrainingweekend.Wewillbestartingpromptlyat10:00AMsharp.WenowneedtorestthegroundadjacenttotheFirstTeamPitchandtheU6/U7pitchessospacewillagainbeabitrestrictedalthoughmuchwilldependontheweatherbetweennowandthensokeepaneyeoutforanupdate...
Wednesday6thJanuaryMid-WeekMiniTrainingatDatchworth
MidWeektrainingwillresumeonWednesday6thJanuary.Pleasecomealongfora7:30startunderthelightsonthebackpitch.Weagoodturnoutthroughoutthefirsthalfoftheseasonandletsmaintainthecommitmentthroughthesecondhalfoftheseason...everyWednesdayeveningbetween7:30and8:30fortheContactplayingage-groups,(U9toU12).
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
ForthcomingFixture–2015/16-Season
Week Date DatchworthRFCMiniSection2015/16Season
ParkingDuty
17
23-Dec NoMidWeekTraining–NoRugby XMAS27-Dec XMAS&NEWYEARBREAK–NORUGBY XMAS30-Dec NoMidWeekTraining–NoRugby XMAS
18
3-Jan
TrainingatDatchworth
U8
6-Jan MidWeekTrainingresumes(everyWeds@7:30PM) N/A
19
10-Jan AwayFixtureVsOldGrammarians-allMiniSection U13
20 17-Jan TrainingatDatchworth U7
21 24-Jan
AwayFixtureVLetchworthRFC–allMiniSection
U14
22
31-Jan TrainingatDatchworth U15
23 7-Feb
AwayFixtureVsBarnetRFC–allMiniSection
U18
24 14-Feb
TBC–AwayFixtureVsCheshuntRFC–allMiniSection***NOTYETCONFIRMED***
TBC
HoltTourLetter
Depositsforthe2016HoltRugbyTourarenowbeingtaken;ifyouwouldliketocomeontourpleaseconfirmyourattendanceandprovideadepositassoonaspossible.ThisisanannualhighlightintheMiniSectioncalendarandwehaveagainenteredsidesineachagegroupintheHoltRFCKingswoodFestival.Depositsof£15perattendeearerequiredbythe15thJanuarywiththebalancebeingdueonorbythe19thFebruary.Thetotalpricethisyearforaplayerorparentis£120per
person.Thepriceforayoungersibling,(undertheageof6),is£52perperson.ThefulldetailsarecontainedintheTourLetterthatyoumayhavealreadyreceivedfromyourAgeGroupManagerorisattachedagainthisweekforconvenience.
ClosingNotes
Thefirsthalfofthe2015/16Seasonhasgoneincrediblyquickly;alloftheagegroupsarestilldoingverywellandwehavegoodnumbersinmostofoursquadsalthoughwewouldwelcomeafewmoreU9andU12sifyouknowofanyone!AswereachthehalfwaypointinourseasonIwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothankallofourvolunteersforallthatyoualldotomaketheClubwhatitis!InparticularIwouldliketothankalloftheManagersandagegroupCoachingteamsforyourenduringcommitmentandinvestmentofyourowntime.IwouldlikethankNiamh,ElizabethandCerysfor
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
Datchworth Rugby Football Club
runningtheTuckShopeachweekwhichhelpedprovideforsomeoftheXmasgiftsfortheU9stoU12sandofcourseSteveCorleyandfamilyforsupplyingthetuckshopandlookingafterallofthecateringforus.IwouldalsoliketothankWillNashandWoodyforhelpingpreparetheClubforSanta’svisit;aswellasforthelivemusicandwellstockedbar.ThesecondhalfoftheSeasonwillseethedinnerdance,theHoltTourandtheendofSeasonCountyFestivals!AsisnormalthesecondhalfoftheSeasonwillbeevenbusierthanthefirstandIhavemyfingerscrossedthatwedon’tlosetoomuchtimetobadweather.IhopeyouallhaveagreatChristmasandNewYearbreakandIwilllookforwardtoseeingeveryoneawayatDatchworthonthe3rdJanuarytoworkoffsomeofthatChristmasexcess!
WhataFinishto2015!
Bestwishes,
Andrew
AndrewHowardChairman–MiniSectionDatchworthRugbyFootball Club