Droitwich RFC News from November 2007

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Droitwich RFC Under 7's v Worceseter

Sunday, November 25, 2007

On Sunday morning Droitwich Under 7’s made the short trip to Sixways to take on their Worcester counterparts and did exceptionally well in the four matches played.

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Droitwich Under 12's at the double

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Droitwich 14 - Worcester 0

In a fiercely competitive match Droitwich A team ground out a hard fought victory over local rivals Worcester.

Tries from Josh Feek and Harry Williams secured the win. Alex Myerson and Scott Howell were very strong in defence.

Droitwich 42 - Old Saltleians 0

Droitwich ran out easy winners over an inexperienced Old Salts. side.

Tries from Dan Harwright, Joel Power, Kieren Walters, Harry Harper and Scott Howell helped win the match.

Worcester U14's 8 - Droitwich U14's 20

Sunday, November 25, 2007

This was a game that the Droitwich team knew they could win after narrowly losing to Worcester two weeks previously.

From the kick-off Droitwich chased and caused the Worcester backs to make errors, which led to Curtis Tonks picking up a loose ball and crashing over to score.

Charlie Hartley kicked a penalty just before half time and Worcester responded with 3 points just after the re-start.

The Droitwich pack were well on top with the front row of Dave Hill, Adam Johns and Blake “Yogi” Bair taking three against the head. The half back pairing of Skinner and Boon controlled play with some superb kicks and quick ball which, with decisive running from Ollie Price and Tonks, saw Alex Bradnick go over twice in the corner with Hartley converting.

Worcester never gave up and despite great defending from McKee and Grove they scored just before full time. A great game where all the Droitwich players played and gave 100% from start to finish.

Worcester U13's 15 - Droitwich U13's 14

Sunday, November 25, 2007

A stop start game on a cold morning ended with Worcester just holding off Droitwich as they attacked again and again to attempt the win. The final score of 15 to 14 showing how close they came.

Jack Coulter scored both the Droitwich tries with Bradley Cook converting both. In the end a silly error giving Worcester a penalty helped them maintain their lead.

Droitwich U15's 5 - Worcester U15's 17

Sunday, November 25, 2007

This was an eagerly awaited test for Droitwich against a Worcester side at the top of their game.

After some evenly matched early exchanges Worcester took a breakaway opportunity to score the first try of the game.

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Droitwich U17's 31 - Bridgnorth U17's 18

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Droitwich RFC U17's had to dig to beat a strong Bridgnorth side, although not one of the home side's best performances they were tested throughout.

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Droitwich 15 - Leamington 14

Saturday, November 24, 2007

A late penalty by Matt Blackmore saw Droitwich edge home in a nervous affair at the Glyn Mitchell Memorial Ground on Saturday. The win sees Droitwich move into second place in Midlands Division 3 West (South).

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Droitwich U17's 12 - Luctonians U17's 3

Sunday, November 18, 2007

In their first Division One league game of the season Droitwich RFC played host to Luctonians RFC.

In horrendous conditions both sides got down to business and attacked at every opportunity. Good defence from both sides cancelled each other out, as the game swung from one end to the other.

Just before half time Droitwich conceded a silly penalty in front of the posts to go behind, with the score staying 3 - 0 to Luctonians until half time.

The second half saw Droitwich with the wind at their backs and start to turn the screw and gain territory at every opportunity. Droitwich took the lead through Chris Rouse who crossed the line after a superb run early on, with Bobby Scott-Walker converting.

Droitwich's second try came from Adam Gwilliam who crashed over from a 5 metre scrum to open up a lead that Droitwich never looked like surrendering.

Man of the match was Jon Dowson who was superb and involved in everything.

Droitwich U15's 52 - Kidderminster U15's 0

Sunday, November 18, 2007

This was a match played in terrible conditions, but this didn’t stop Droitwich putting in the display of the season. From the kick-off Droitwich exerted constant pressure on the Kidderminster line with Sam Cave and Alex Knudsen running in to score two quick tries within the first 5 minutes.

Droitwich continued to press with some outstanding play from the forwards and backs, resulting in Adam Sutterby scoring a hat trick of tries, with a conversion from Sam Cave.

Just before the half time whistle James Craig charged over the line to give a half time score of Droitwich 32 Kidderminster 0.

The second half started much like the first with Droitwich on the attack with forwards and backs working together like a well oiled machine, never allowing Kidderminster time or space to play their game. Droitwich continued to press all through the half, playing some excellent rugby with two tries from Jack Knight, a second from Sam Cave and a debut try from Sam Brown.

The final score was Droitwich 52 - Kidderminster 0.

Coach's Comments: This was an outstanding display of team rugby, and all players should be proud of their performance today.

Man of the Match: It would not be right to single out one player - this was a team effort. Well done to all.

Droitwich Under 7's vs. Kidderminster

Sunday, November 18, 2007

On Sunday Droitwich Under 7’s travelled to Kidderminster to play two matches in atrocious weather. Droitwich won the first match 7—6. Adam Shaw scored 3 tries, Aran Foster 2, Archie Jones 1, and Arthur Carter darted in with the winning try.

The second match was a 9—9 draw, when hands for both teams were too cold to grab tags! Try scorers were Joseph Neale (2), Alex Uner (2), Miles Petit (2), Joe Corlett (1), Ben Wadley (1), and Jules Gwinnutt (1).

Shipston on Stour 0 - Droitwich 37

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Droitwich eased though to the 4th round of the EDF Senior Vase on Saturday with a comfortable 37 points to nil victory at Shipston on Stour.

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Wednesbury U17's vs. Droitwich U17's

Monday, November 12, 2007

The under 17's travelled to Wednesbury on Sunday and played two games—both of which they won comfortably.

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Droitwich U15's 10 - Malvern U15's 18

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Droitwich under 15’s played hosts to Malvern. Droitwich put in a lacklustre display after last week's heroics, conceding ground and penalties through some ill-disciplined play allowing Malvern to move the ball down the field and take the advantage with an early penalty.

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Droitwich U13's 12 - Malvern U13's 5

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Today saw half the squad in Malvern with the rest playing Bromsgrove at home. The team got off to a great start with Huw Selvey scoring in the first few minutes and Bradley Cook converting. The team then set up camp inside Malvern's 22 for a large part of the game. The forwards did excellent work and their scrummaging was fantastic, but they could not get the ball across the line cleanly and the score stayed the same until the second half.

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Droitwich Under 12's finish third at Cheltenham Rugby Festival

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Droitwich Under 12’s played in the Annual Cheltenham Rugby Festival finishing third in the tournament.

Droitwich narrowly lost 10 - 0 to overall winners Cheltenham in a very physical match.

Notable performances from Scott Howell, Harry Harper, Kieren Walton and Alex Myerson. A fit again Joe Ingle moved the ball well for his backs.

Edwardians 12 - Droitwich 48

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Droitwich continued their fine run of form with a comfortable 48 points to twelve victory at strugglers Edwardians on Saturday, with four tries from Ross Coombes being the highlight.

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Droitwich U13's 21 - Luctonians U13's 22

Sunday, November 4, 2007

This was a hard fought game with Luctonians coming out on top with a final seconds drop goal to win the game. Luctonians had started with a well worked try. Droitwich equalised through Jack Coulter, with Michael Allen converting.

Some poor tackling then allowed Luctonians to score twice more and things were looking bad. Coulter then managed to score again twice through some good work from the other backs and Robbie Elliot added the conversions. As Luctonians had missed one of theirs with 30 seconds to go Droitwich were in the lead, but Luctonians got a drop goal to clinch the game 22 - 21.

Droitwich U15's 0 -Shrewsbury U15's 0

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Droitwich travelled to Shrewsbury for their North Midlands cup match. It was a pulsating match where two evenly matched sides battled it out like two groups of gladiators where every inch of ground was given up grudgingly and no quarter was asked for or given.

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Droitwich Under 9's reach final of Cheltenham Festival

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Droitwich RFC Under 9's continued with their good early season form when they travelled to the Cheltenham Tournament where eleven other teams took part.

In the group stage Droitwich beat Cirencester A, Cheltenham B, Minchinhampton and Stroud before drawing against Bredon in the final game. They then met hosts Cheltenham A in the final but unfortunately lost by the only try of the game.

There were strong, try-scoring performances from Dion King, Rhys Samuels, George Probyn and Alec Foster, with Ollie Thwaites getting the try of the tournament for Droitwich.

Droitwich U7's vs. Luctonians

Sunday, November 4, 2007

On Sunday morning Droitwich Rugby Club Under 7’s played four hard fought matches against Luctonians and were successful in winning three and drawing one, thus continuing their excellent start to the season.

The top try scorers for Droitwich were Jakob Terry with 5; Benjamin Lee with 4; whilst Joseph Neale, Ben Keepax and Adam Shaw scored 3 each; with Aran Foster contributing 2.

Droitwich 27 - Sutton Coldfield 11

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Droitwich turned in an excellent all round display to beat league leaders Sutton Coldfield at the Memorial Ground on Saturday. This was Sutton’s first reversal of the campaign and a victory Droitwich richly deserved.

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