Under 15s
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Sun 21 Apr 2013
Essex Fetival
10:00
Eton Manor RFC
Under 15s
Essex U12 Festival

Essex U12 Festival

jeff minns24 Apr 2013 - 21:21
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Eton Manor U12s make their "Final" appearance at the Essex Mini/Midi Festival, Southend.

The Essex Festival was once again held in the depths of easternmost Essex at Southend RFC. The organisation and setup of the Festival can only be admired with little waiting around and referee supplied for each of the games.
We were drawn in a pool of four that included ourselves, Braintree, Maldon and Wanstead.
The first fixture against Braintree looked on paper to be the hardest of our pool games but our team hit the ground running and won comfortably 30:0.
The second game was against Maldo and was won 25:0.
The last game of thhe pool was against old rivals, Wanstead and was another 30:0 scoreline.
And so we progressed to the Semi-Final against fellow pool winners Westcliff. A big, strong pack of forwards threatened to ovewhelm us and for a considerable part of the game, we were pinned on our own try line,driving repeated onslaughts back with a strong, defensive effort. Our back line had the last word and we ran out eventual winers 15:0. It was obvious that the contest had taken a great deal out of the team.
So, to the final then. Southend RFC had cruised through all their matches and are a formidable team. They have brought together an excellent squad of players from all corners of Essex and play a fast and accurate style of rugby which we found hard to live with. Southend ran out eventual and deserved winners 30:0. Despite the score and the occasional, bizarre, appearances of officials on the field of play during the game, particularly when we seemded to be pressing, it was a valiant effort from the whole of our U12s, who never dropped their heads once and battled to the very final whistle! Certainly all of the coaches and, I'm sure, all the parents are extremely proud of each and every one of the Squad. UTM

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Match date

Sun 21 Apr 2013

Kickoff

10:00
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Team Sponsors

First XV Sponsor - White Skips Hire Ltd
1st Team Sponsor - Essex Security
Club Sponsor - Edwards Duthie Solcitors
1st Team Sponsor - Petty Son & Prestwich
Youth Sponsor - Ellicott Construction
RFU Member Club - Accredited RFU Club