MATCH V GOWERTON SUN NOV 2nd

HOME GAME ON SUNDAY AGAINST GOWERTON HAS BEEN SWITCHED TO BISHOPSTON SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS(check the mumbles pirates blog for directions if required).
THE SQUAD WILL BE THE SAME AS SELECTED FOR THE PENCLAWDD MATCH (SEE EARLIER BLOG). PLEASE CAN YOU LET HUW OR MYSELF KNOW IF YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

PLEASE MEET AT BISHOPSTON SCHOOL AT 10.15AM FOR BRIEF TRAINING BEFORE MATCH.
ANDREW 281207 OR 07939655185

TRAINING OFF TONIGHT !!!

SORRY FOR LATNESS OF DECISION BUT TRAINING HAS HAD TO BE CALLED OFF TONIGHT DUE TO WEATHER. SEE BLOG LATER FOR NEWS ON SUNDAY'S GAME.

ANDREW

PENCLAWDD GAME OFF!!!

AFTER PITCH INSPECTION UNFORTUNATELY THE GAME HAS HAD TO BE CALLED OFF.
TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY AT UNDERHILL AT 6.30. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND AS SEVERAL TOUGH GAMES IN THE COMING WEEKS.

PENCLAWDD MATCH

PITCH INSPECTION AT 9.30 AT GRAIG Y COED( PITCH WHERE WE PLAY THE TOURNAMENT) . RING OR CHECK BLOG AT 9.45.
ANDREW 281207 OR 07939655185

PENCLAWDD MATCH SUN 26th OCT

A tough challenge is facing us on Sunday when we visit Penclawdd. We have always received a warm welcome here and have had some great games in the past.

The squad for Sunday is as follows:

GEORGE J
GARETH LEWIS
RHYDIAN
MORGAN BARRY
JOSEPH EVANS
BRANDON
TOM GLOVER
JOE PHILLIPS
GETHIN BENNETT
TOBIAS

HARRY
JACK JONES
JAKE DAVIES
EWAN
TOMOS SLEEP
CONNOR
ED BRESSNAN
RAMI
MATTHEW O'HAGAN

Players not mentioned above will be involved next week but everyone is welcome to support the team this weekend.

ANYONE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE LIST PLEASE CONTACT
ANDREW - 281207 (07939655185) OR
MARTYN 406006 (07792854925)

THE MATCH WILL BE PLAYED ON THE RECREATION GROUND NEAR THE RUGBY CLUB. ON TRAVELLING THROUGH PENCLAWDD FROM GOWERTON,TURN LEFT BY ROYAL OAK PUB THEN TURN RIGHT OVER A BRIDGE TO THE GROUND.
PLEASE MEET AT 10.30AM FOR 11.00AM KICK OFF
DON'T FORGET - THE CLOCKS GO BACK!!!!

IF THE WEATHER IS REALLY BAD CHECK WITH ANDREW IF GAME IS ON OR LOOK ON PENCLAWDD WEBSITE FROM 9.00AM ON SUNDAY (www.penclawddrfcjuniors.org.uk)

SEE EVERYONE ON SUNDAY

Match report from Skewen

Stingrays put in a solid all round performance again this morning,running out a comfortable 74 nil win.Some good forward play resulted in plenty of clean ball for the backs to stretch their legs a bit,allowing them to contribute 8 tries out of the total of 12!!!
Tries: Callum,Connor (2),Ewan (2),George J (3),Harry (3), Rhydian
Conv: Callum (5),Connor,Joe
Man of the match was awarded to Flynn

Next week will present a tougher challenge as we travel to play our friends from Penclawdd,so we'll need another solid platform and a bit more organisation if we're to come away with the spoils.The main thing, is that all the boys seem to be enjoying their rugby and we have a great team spirit!!! Keep it up lads!
TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY ,UNDER THE FLOODLIGHTS AS USUAL THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!

Squad for Skewen game this Sunday

Unfortunately some of the boys will have to miss out this week as we only have one match planned. As you know, we tried to include everyone last week, but we as coaches feel that more than 5/6 replacements per game is just too many and doesn't benefit anyone.
Obviously,EVERYONE is welcome to come to ALL matches and support whichever team we put out, as team building off the pitch is just as important as on it!!!
Starting from this week,the boys who are not involved will, wherever possible, be involved the following week. We are also trying to increase the no. of fixtures we have, to accommodate the entire squad on a more regular basis.This is something we need to do because next year the game jumps to 15 a side and we need to develop a full squad,so please bear with us as we try to encourage all the boys to play to the best of their ability.
As usual,anyone definitely not available should let us know before the FRIDAY deadline if possible.
This weeks squad;
Forwards:- George J,Gareth,Tobias,Joe Phillips,Rhydian
Gethin, Tom,Michael
backs :- Harry,Callum,Ewan,Jake,Tomos
Connor,James,George Peters

SEE YOU ALL SUNDAY!!! MEET 10-15 AT SKEWEN !!!

Tour /09 Update!!

The end of season tour will be Friday 1st- Monday 4th May. As previously mentioned it takes place at the New Forest Show Ground,Hampshire.
This festival is targeted at the whole family and gives our teams an opportunity to meet and play teams from all over the UK and even abroad.(teams have been invited from France,Italy and Canada).
We need to know ROUGH numbers by the end of the week(Sunday) so check your diaries!!
Please refer to the previous post for an idea of expected prices.
We will require a 10% deposit of the total fee per person by 31st Oct,with the final balance due by Friday 30th January!!!

NO TRAINING THIS WEEK!!

Please let us know BY FRIDAY AT THE LATEST (excluding illness) if a squad member is unavailable for the up coming game/s on the Sunday.
Over the coming weeks we will try to select sides in training on Wed, but keep Fridays as communication deadline.
Please add the blog to your favourites and check in regularly to keep up to date!!

Sunshine Rugby In Bonymaen: Bonymaen 0 Sharks 25

Well,on a gloriously sunny morning after waiting for over an hour and a half, we eventually had a game of rugby!!!(not very well organised I'm afraid)
It was a good opportunity to give all the squad some game time and all the boys played well in what turned out to be a very comfortable win 25 points to nil.
The try scorers were Callum,Connor,Ewan,Jack and Jake (no conversions were attempted).
Unfortunately we were only able to play ten minutes in the second half because there was an under 16 cup game waiting to follow on, so we were constantly being asked to speed things along.
Man of The Match was awarded to Morgan Barry for a great performance in the second row with strong running,crunching tackles and plenty of determination.Well done,keep it going!!

Sunday Bony Sunday!!!!

As you all know,we are away to Bonymaen this Sunday.Please try to be there by no later than 10-15 to allow adequate time to warm up and organise our plan of attack!!
There will only be one game this weekend so we will do our best to give game time to as many of the boys as possible, without causing too much disruption to our strategies and patterns of play.We are keen to develop ALL the boys to the best of their ability and will endeavour to arrange extra games in the coming weeks to facilitate this aim,so please bear with us.
If someone misses out one week we will make sure they are involved the next week etc. etc.
Please make sure you confirm availability via text for this weeks game.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Training News!!!

Back to the regular slot of Wednesday 6.30pm this week.As the nights are rapidly drawing in we will train using the lights by the changing rooms or small park by the lower football field!

Update on todays game

Mumbles V Fall Bay has been called off due to water on pitches at Underhill!!!!!!!