U8's : Fall Bay Away 28.01.07

Date : 28.01.07

Elders : South Gower 7, Fall Bay 4.

Tries : Tom Jenkins (3), Cameron Barker, Cai Adams, Ben Westerholm and Tom Mogridge.


Youngsters : South Gower 6, Fall Bay 7.

Tries : Fergus Kneath (2), Tomasso Morgan, Ben Westerholm, Bruno Morris and Dan Pritchard.

Elders Game Summary :

Due to evenly split numbers attending, we were able to field and elders team consisting completely of children from Year 3 in school. (With the exception of Ben Westerholm, who came on as a Blood/Strop sub). South Gower were captained by Cameron Barker.
Tom Jenkins got of the mark first for South Gower with a blistering run after receiving a good pass. Tom has the ability to be in the right place at the right time, and with his pace, he is always dangerous on the field. Some great defense by South Gower ensured a turn over after Fall Bay had exhausted their 6 tags.
Captain Cameron Barker was next up to finish off some great teamwork to go over for the All Blacks. Fall Bay replied with a good try before Cai Adams clinched a try just before half time. We had a tap 5 metres out and Cai received the ball and went blind. The opposition thought he was going open and he went over in the corner. Half time - South Gower 3, Fall Bay 1.
Fall bay scored straight away in the second half before Tom Jenkins scored another good try. Then our young replacement Ben Westerholm (on for the studded in the head Jack Bates) took centre stage as he raced away up the blind side untouched. As soon as he made the break, no-one was going to touch the Roadrunner.
Fall Bay replied before Tom Jenkins claimed his hat trick with a fine try after showing great support. Fall Bay scored one more before Tom "Twinkle Toes" Mogridge went on a mazy run consisting of 22 sidesteps and 42 dummies before scoring a wonderful try.
This was a great performance for the Gower with all the hard work in training showing on the pitch with some Great defense and support running.
One thing that must be mentioned is that we had 3 tries disallowed for diving over the line. We are not allowed to do this and the sooner we learn this then the sooner we will really start racking up the scores.

Youngsters Game Summary.

South Gower were captained by Laura Cheley.
Fall Bay started brightly with 2 good tries before Fergus kneath scored a very good try. Fall bay replied immediately but Fergus Kneath again produced a great try. This came from great support running. Fergus ran in support of the player before receiving the pass and striding away for his second of the game. Half time and we were 3-2 down.
South Gower came out blazing in the second half with Tomasso Morgan scoring a well taken try. Fall Bay replied before Bruno Morris scored to take the game by the scruff of the neck to bring South Gower level.
Again, Fall Bay replied before The Roadrunner got in on the act. Ben Westerholm (blessed with the speed of an angry cheetah) had a searing run to score a great try.
With the clock running down, Fall bay scored. Dan Pritchard then score a great team try which looked to have drawn the game for South Gower but unfortunately, Fall Bay scored the winner with the last play of the game.
For the second week running, i have been asked to write a special mention about The Kneathmesiter Fergus for his great teamwork and support running. Bryan mentioned that the whole team showed great support and that Cameron Wishart had a good game for his first one. Overall, very pleasing for a team that shows so much promise for the future. A big well done to all.
Also a special mention of thanks to Rob Jenkins and Anthony Barker and everyone else who has helped organise and take training and the matches for the past few weeks due to Bryan's and my absence.

U8's : Penclawdd Home 21.01.07

Date : 21.01.07

Score:
South Gower : 9
Penclawdd : 7

Tries scored by : Tom Jenkins, Jack Bates, Ben Westerholm, Max Collis, Cai Adams, Fergus Kneath (2), Cameron Barker and James Shreeves.

We had 17 children attend ranging from 6 years old to 8 years old. As Penclawdd had one team we mixed and matched the team so everyone would have a game.
In the first half, we played 8 a side and were captained by Bruno Morris. We won the first half by 3 tries to 2. Tries were score by Tom "The Rocket" Jenkins, Jack "Bullet Head" Bates and Ben "The Roadrunner" Westerholm.

The second half we played 9 a side so everyone had a game and were captained by Cai Adams.
Tries were scored by Max Collis, Cai Adams, Fergus Kneath (2), Cameron Barker and James Shreeves. South Gower won the second half by 6 tries to 5.
On the whole an excellent match, great running, tagging and support. A number of our tries came from quick delivery after we had been tagged and it seemed to taken Penclawdd by surprise. The Kneathmeister Fergus deserves a special mention as his support running was outstanding which in turn created some excellent tries.


Jack Bates with Rooney and Ronaldo at Old Trafford

I did not have any photos of this game unfortunately, so i add a picture of Jack the week before, proud as punch as he Watched Man Utd V Aston Villa.