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RBS
Six Nations 2012
The
games will be showing at the club on the big screen with “six
nations” themed food being served!
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Saturday
February 4:
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France
v Italy, 2.30pm
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Scotland
v England, 5pm
Sunday
February 5:
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Ireland
v Wales, 3pm
Saturday
February 11:
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Italy v
England, 4pm
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France
v Ireland, 8pm
Sunday
February 12:
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Wales v
Scotland, 3pm
Saturday
February 25:
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Ireland
v Italy, 1.30pm
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England
v Wales, 4pm
Sunday
February 26:
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Scotland
v France, 3pm
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Saturday
March 10:
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Wales v
Italy, 2.30pm
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Ireland
v Scotland, 5pm
Sunday March
11:
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France
v England, 3pm
Saturday
March 17:
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Italy v
Scotland 12.30pm,
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Wales v
France, 2.45pm
England v
Ireland, 5pm.
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Midlands 3 East (South)
Biggleswade 34 Brackley 3
Two tries in the last five minutes finally gave the
score line some respectability to reflect the difference in the
league table positions. Most of the game it was a hard battle to wear
down an opposition determined not to lose as badly as they had done
at home earlier in the season. Biggleswade scored just half the
points that they had done then.
But five tries earned Biggleswade a bonus point and
ensured that they stay second in the table. As two will go up
Biggleswade need to win at least five of their last eight league
matches to be one of those sides.
Ashley Dunn was restored at scrum-half after completing
his university exams and Tom Warboys made his debut at full-back.
Jimmy Caulfield returned at prop to replace Jiggles Maxwell and Dom
Nott the unfortunate Wonky Rae.
The first half was very even with a George Matthews’
penalty and conversion of Tom Warboys try on debut to one penalty
against. The try started on the half-way line. George Matthews had a
searing run down the wing and Tom Warboys was close by to take the
scoring pass.
Up front it was a fairly even contest with Brackley
fielding some large experienced forwards. Biggleswade tried to make
it as tough as possible for them with some massive drives and running
them around the park as much as possible. Biggleswade though had
appeared sharper at the back with the three-quarters always
threatening. Brackley looked short of ideas as their backs were
harried in to making mistakes. The tackling as usual was immense with
always someone there to cover any threat.
After the break Biggleswade were never in their “22” but
constantly making demands on the Brackley line. Eventually student
Ashley Dunn tapped a quick penalty and with a smart pirouette was
over the line. Sasha Heath scored the third try after another quick
penalty and a smart off-load.
The fourth came from a lineout on the left near
Brackley’s line against the throw. Michael Hall got the touchdown in
the right corner after a strong run down the wing from George
Matthews. George converted the last try when flanker Dean Bartlett
was in close support of Dom Nott breaking from the base of the scrum.
In the closing quarter both Jonathan Hamilton and Jim
Caulfield were rested. Centre Simon Cooper took over the captain’s
armband and that’s when the tries started flowing!
The only downside was the loss of winger Luke Haverly
who came off with a suspected broken hand. Skipper Jonathan Hamilton
was up-beat about the win. He said, “We wore them down and worked
hard to find the gaps. We must do the same against Rushden who are a
difficult team to beat on their own patch.”
Next week Biggleswade have the first of three away
matches. First it is Rushden & Higham in the league that
Biggleswade beat 28-3 at home back in October. Then it is
Dunstablians in the Beds Cup who let Huntingdon put twenty-nine
points on them the same as Biggleswade suffered recently. However
Dunstablians scored twenty-four of their own. Finally it is Daventry
whom Biggleswade beat narrowly at home. Three tough games but all are
winnable with strong performances.
Team: J Caulfield (A Fage), S Heath, D Nott, J Livings,
J Emmerson, M Haddow, D Bartlett, J Hamilton (C Avison), A Dunn, S
Fraser, G Matthews, M Hall, S Cooper, L Haverly (D Darlow), T
Warboys.
Biggleswade
Rugby & Squash News
Highlights for February
include the following.
The Bedfordshire Cup.
Dunstablians vs Biggleswade on Saturday 11th February at 2pm. All
support will be welcome! Dunstablians play in Midlands 2, so are a
division above Biggy. The Dunstablians ground is: Bedford Road,
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
LU5 6JW
Next Senior home game is on
SATURDAY 28th JAN. Biggleswade vs Brackley in the League with a
2.15pm kick-off
Biggy Minis are at home on Sunday February 19th
against Shelford & Barnet in a triangular fixture. Training from
10am with matches to follow with the U16s playing Shelford in a
friendly at 11am.
Squash News. Biggleswade 1s currently lay second in the Herts
SRA League division 1 having played 10 and won 6 while the Biggleswade
2s team are fifth in division 2. In the Bedfordshire SRA League the
Biggleswade team are currently 8th. Membership of the
squash club continues to increase with the lunchtime bookings boosted
by the Jordan’s corporate membership.
Results and League Tables. Some have asked where they can see the results and
league tables. The following are the official sites:
www.rfu.com go to Fixtures and
Results and then to SSE Midlands , Midlands 3 East (South) for the
First XV results.
For the Pirates (2s) and
Third XV results go to www.greenekingrugby.co.uk
For all Youth league games go
to www.hertsandmiddlesexleagues.co.uk
U16s announce new kit
sponsor. Insurance giant LV= are to
sponsor the Biggleswade U16s new playing kit to take the squad
through to the end of the season and beyond. The U16s next home
League game will be on March 18th against Bishop Stortford
in division one of the Saracens Herts and Middlesex League.
Biggy U13s are to play their Bedfordshire
Cup semi-final against Ampthill on SUNDAY 29th
JANUARY at 12.30pm
(Away at Ampthill)
U14s and U16s gain valuable
League wins. Biggy U14s pulled off a great 12-5 win
against league leaders Tabard RFC which lifts Biggy to 3rd
in the division. Meanwhile the U16s beat Wasps 15-0 in a tough
home game on 22nd January, which saw a grateful Wasps side
turning out in the Biggleswade First XV change kit as they had left
their playing shirts back in London. Many thanks to Richard Phipps
for making the Senior ‘change’ shirts available at very short notice
and for laundering them afterwards, also to Second XV captain Mark
Rastrick who saved the day by arriving with the key to the
Seniors kit room.
RBS Six Nations 2012
The games will be showing at
the club on the big screen with details of “six nations” themed food
being served!
Saturday
February 4: France
v Italy, 2.30pm and Scotland v England, 5pm
Sunday
February 5:
Ireland v Wales, 3pm
Saturday
February 11:
Italy v England, 4pm and France v Ireland, 8pm
Sunday
February 12:
Wales v Scotland, 3pm
Saturday
February 25:
Ireland v Italy, 1.30pm and England v Wales, 4pm
Sunday
February 26:
Scotland v France, 3pm
Saturday
March 10:
Wales v Italy, 2.30pm and Ireland v Scotland, 5pm
Sunday
March 11:
France v England, 3pm
Saturday
March 17:
Italy v Scotland 12.30pm, Wales v France, 2.45pm and England v
Ireland, 5pm.
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Biggy
Minis 2012 Tour. Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd
April. Burnham on Sea.
Biggy
Minis will be playing in the Hornets Festival on Saturday www.pitchero.com/clubs/hornetsrfc
and playing Weston Super Mare on Sunday www.westonrugby.co.uk
Please
keep looking out for Biggy Minis Tour News on the Message Board.
There will be a lot more on the Minis Tour as the date approaches.
Representative
Rugby selection comes to a number of
Biggleswade Youth players with Tom Nixon and Henry Cusack selected
for the Bedfordshire U15s squad and Will Cusack, Del Tribbeck and
Harry Worboys in the East Midlands U17s team. Will Cusack has been with the club as a Mini while Del and
Harry joining at youth level.
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Harry Warboys debuted in the East
Midlands vs Castletroy College invitation U18s game which ended with
East Midlands running out 14-10 winners against the touring side from
Limerick who were in the UK to watch Munster play Northampton Saints
in the Heineken Cup. Congratulations to all Biggy players at
representative level, a fantastic achievement.
 Alan
Day International Players Coaching Event on the evening of
the Wednesday 8th February at Old Albanians RFC.
This
is a great opportunity for Mini and Junior rugby players aged 7-16 to
gain some valuable experience and advice by some of Saracens high
profile players such as Schalk Brits, Jacques Burger, Richard
Wigglesworth, Steve Borthwick, David Strettle, John Smit, Brad
Barritt and Owen Farrell*.
This
is a fantastic opportunity for young aspiring rugby players to train
with some of Saracens international stars in order to further their
rugby development on and off the field. They will also be given a
limited edition t-shirt to train in and will have the opportunity for
player interaction during and after the session and to collect
autographs and have photos with some of the biggest names in the
Aviva Premiership and International Rugby.
For
further information please have a look at www.rugbycamps.com/saracens
or contact jonathonbaker@saracens.net on
01707
285 026.
Kind Regards
*for a full list of players attending please
visit www.rugbycamps.com
Saracens vs
Harlequins at Wembley Stadium.
As a
partner club we have a great offer from Saracens for their game v
Harlequins at Wembley on Saturday 31st March. The tickets
for
the
Lower Bowl are just £15 Adult and £5 for those under
sixteen (Juniors) with under two’s FREE. As you can see, the support
band is McFly. For every ticket sold through the club we
will receive a CashBack from Saracens.
We
need to have the final orders to Saracens by Friday 2nd
March, with the money of course!
Please
email me at martin@biggleswaderugby.co.uk
with numbers for Adult, Junior and U2s tickets.
Schools Tag Rugby
Tournament. The
East Bedfordshire school sports partnership will hold their Tag
rugby tournament on Wednesday 22nd February with
the year 3 & 4 teams in the morning and the year 5 & 6 years
in the afternoon. These days tend to be organized by the schools P.E
teachers and six form students helping run and referee the games.
Club schools liaison officer Andy Barwell will be the link between
club and schools.
Senior
player, referee and law graduate Simon Bannister is leaving to
move to South Korea in February with his partner to take up a
teaching position with an English language school on a year’s
contract, best wishes and hope to see you again back at the club in a
year or so! Also, club referee and Vets player Pete Biernis
is recovering from a serious eye injury sustained while participating
in that most dangerous of sports……fishing. Pete will be out of
action (rugby-wise) for many months, Get well soon. Also Nathan
Thoday is recovering from knee surgery and will spend the rest of
the season helping refereeing decisions from the touchline in his own
inimitable style…..only kidding (not)
Diary Date. Biggleswade
Rugby Club AGM will be held on Wednesday 25th April.
BRUFC Club Dinner
is on Friday
18th May. Following the ‘teaser’ in December
Newsletter we have had a couple of wrong guesses as to the identity
of the speaker…it is not Martin Bayfield or Jonathan
Davis! Keep guessing, and book your table now with Chairman Stan
Matthews.
 Sport
Makers. The
Olympic legacy includes a programme to encourage people to volunteer
to help Community Sports Clubs such as Biggy. There will be a Sport
Makers meeting at Biggleswade Town FC on Wednesday 22nd February
when representatives from the club will be attending. We have
identified various jobs within the club that would benefit from
volunteer help and will be looking to recruit on that evening. Sport
Makers is aimed at adults volunteers , working with those over 18 so
it is more relevant to Senior teams.
Roof Mended. Thanks to club
sponsor Elite Roofing for discounting the cost of repairing the roof
above the Squash Entrance. This is now water tight and should give no
further problems.
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Ground
Update.
Firstly a “Thank You” from the ground staff for
helping to preserves the playing surfaces for as long as we have.
The pitches are in reasonable order although the Floodlit Pitch is
very worn. We are still in a big rainfall deficit which could have
serious implications next summer. Sheepwalk looks pretty good.
Apparently we were the only club in East
Midlands to play on Sunday 15th January as
everywhere else was frosted off! Rabbits are being
controlled, and the ground staff will continue to follow the advice
given by Twickenham grounds man Keith Kent on his visit in the
Autumn. Finally, please keep moving training sessions around
different areas on the pitch as this helps with the wear ……..grass
grows at a soil temperature of 3 degrees, roll on spring!
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Biggleswade U16s
against London Wasps – 22 January 2012
Biggleswade: 15 –
Wasps: 0
Biggleswade
U16s hosted London Wasps on Sunday for their Division One league
fixture. The Biggy lads were
straight into the Wasps’ territory and after sustaining the pressure,
number eight, Owen Griffiths, broke through to score Biggy’s first
try. Wasps responded with a concerted effort but Biggy defended
brilliantly and were still 5-0 ahead at half-time. In the new half
play continued with Wasps dangerously close to the Biggy line, but a
penalty to Biggy allowed Michael Phillips to kick three points and
advance the lead. With increasing confidence, Biggy took the game
back to the Wasps, dominating in the scrums and line-outs. A
breakdown ball was passed to flanker Kane Parris who scored Biggy’s
next try, converted by Phillips. Wasps could not breach the Biggy
defences and the match ended with a 15-0 victory for Biggleswade over
this prestigious London side.
Biggleswade
Under 16s:
G.Fox,
J.Stukins, F.Woods,W.Allwright, A.Parrish, J.Askham, T.Milligan,
J.Munns, K.Parris, O.Griffiths, C.O’Neil, M.Abson, R.Gregory,
J.Williams, M.Hill, M.Phillips, J.Chandler, R.Wright, I.Evans.
B.Clare, J.Vosper,I.Donald, D.Lee
   
Huntingdon 29 Biggleswade 0
In a break from league rugby
Biggleswade had a friendly at Huntingdon by the race-course and
finished nearer than the score suggests. It was more a couple of
lengths than a country mile.
With half the first choice
side injured or unavailable including Charlie Darlow, Jimmy
Caulfield, Adam Fage, Gary Ottangui and Dom Nott from last week’s
team alone Biggleswade had to call on their reserves to get a full
XV. But they lost more players with injuries and finished with just
fourteen men.
The match marked the debut of
Kyle Loan who went to prop as Jiggles Maxwell retired from the fray
with rib damage. As Kyle had not played in that position since school
days scrums went uncontested. The venerable Carlton Avison also came
off as scrums are his strength not haring around the park. So the
younger legs of Arran Pickering took over. Biggleswade also lost Dave
Rae with a dislocated shoulder after falling awkwardly. Will Roake
tottered off late in the game with a recurrence of an ankle injury.
On a cold afternoon with an
icy wind Biggleswade matched their higher league opponents for long
periods and could have had a couple of scores. The tackling was solid
and Biggleswade competed around the park. But it was Huntingdon that
did all the scoring. They opened with a penalty and then a try up the
blindside. Another converted touchdown before the break gave them a
seventeen point lead.
But Biggleswade turned round
hopeful as the fresh wind was at their backs which fly-half Sam
Fraser used to good effect. Long kicks towards the corner were chased
with relish by both wingers Dean Bartlett and George Matthews.
The closest Biggleswade got
to a try was when a kick through in the Stag’s “22” just bounced the
wrong way for winger George Matthews to get a hand on it.
As Biggleswade continued to
run the ball sometimes not from the best of positions Huntingdon scored
another couple of tries in the last five minutes.
A special mention of Simon
Cooper who played scrum-half for the first time since he was ten
years old! Six foot number nines are rare at Biggleswade but Coops
had many good moments with delicate chips over the top and accurate
passing.
In the post match huddle both
coach and captain paid tribute to the players especially the
replacements. If Biggleswade get promotion sides like Huntingdon will
provide the opposition every week. Coach Paul Rait said to them, “You
should hold your heads high. This is an organised club who have
beaten very good sides in the last few weeks. You acquitted
yourselves well.”
Next Saturday Biggleswade are
at home against Brackley who are languishing in tenth place in the table.
With a very different side to the one that will be playing this time
Biggleswade put nearly seventy points on them. But after a reverse
Biggleswade always bounce back strongly.
Team: C Maxwell (K Loan), S
Heath, C Avison, J Emmerson, J Livings, M Haddow, D Rae (A
Pickering), J Hamilton, S Cooper, S Fraser, G Matthews, S Phipps, W
Roake, D Bartlett, M Hall.
March Bears 8
Biggleswade Pirates 26
After a difficult game against Hartford, Biggleswade 2nd team
travelled the long journey to March Bears in the second league
fixture of 2012. With a much changed starting line up Biggleswade
knew that they would have to re shuffle positions and adapt quickly
against a team below them in the league.
With 2nd team captain Mark Rastrick injured for a few weeks, Damien
White stepped up to take captaincy and Jimmy Hart took over as fly half.
The game also saw Kyle Loan, Dave Tyson and Fluffy play their first
games of the season in the 2nd team as well as the return of Aaron
Pickering from the 1sts.
Biggleswade started the game well and the pace was fast. Biggleswade
moved the ball from side to side and were unlucky not to be ahead
after a missed penalty kick. The games first points came from a break
from inside Biggleswades 22. Tom Worboys made the break after a
turnover from the forwards and found Macca in support. Macca managed
to run in the score after receiving the ball inside his own half.
Hart converted and Biggleswade began to look more comfortable with a
7-0 lead.
Biggleswades 2nd try came after excellent work from the forwards. The
Biggleswade pack dominated the set piece for the whole game. The
scrums were strong and lineouts often produced good platforms. The
pack found that mauling was the best way through the Bears and after
successfully moving through the 22, Scrum half Garthy finished off
with a nice turn out of a tackle. 14-0 at half time and Biggleswade
were confident that they could stretch their lead.
The second half saw the sun in the face of the Biggleswade side and
caused a lot of issues for the back 3. March often put the ball up
high trying to force the mistake and did so scoring in bizarre
fashion after the ball bounced twice then straight into the march
bears chasers hands. After already conceding a penalty 14-8 was now a
different game. Biggleswades over confidence and inability to find
the final pass to convert long periods of position and territory
could have come back to haunt them.
After a strong talking to from Carlton Avison who lead his pack
fantastically, Biggleswade became more aggressive at the breakdown
and were turning ball over more successfully. Kyle Loan enjoyed an
excellent afternoon and was capped off with a great try. Kyle broke
off the side of another Biggleswade Maul and after beating 2
defenders scored from around 30meters out. 19-8 and the score
was much more comfortable.
With 10 minutes remaining Biggleswade scored again through Macca who
rounded off his game with his 2nd try. A good lineout again won by
Fluffy who had an excellent game at 2nd row, enabled Biggleswade to
break and the backs to score a try with nice handling. Another conversion
resulted in the final score of 26-8 and a win for Biggleswade.
With a little more composure and better decision making Biggleswade
could easily have run in another 3 or 4 tries. However it was good to
see Biggleswade take control of a difficult game after March had got
themselves back in it. Although Fly Half Jimmy Hart received man of
the match, excellent performances from the forwards could have
resulted in many players receiving the award,
Next week sees a break in league action as Biggleswade 2nd team
travel to Peterborough in what is set to be a very challenging
friendly.
 
 
Midlands
3 East (South)
Bedford
Swifts 5 Biggleswade 45
In
a sparkling performance Biggleswade made it three wins in three
matches against local rivals Bedford Swifts. It was by far the most
convincing with six tries earning a bonus point.
Acting
skipper Jimmy Caulfield was ecstatic. “We were f****** awesome” he said,
“especially the overseas contingent!” He was referring to the return
to the side of Jason Livings (Australia) and Simon Cooper (Canada).
Club Captain Jonathan Hamilton is still in South Africa. The question
must be where is he going to play? There are two strong locks in
possession, a super back row despite the absence of Alex Small and a
centre pairing of Coops and Hally. It is a good dilemma for the
coaching team to have.
The
disparity in class showed with Biggleswade the sharper and more
decisive in attack and defence underlining the difference in their
league positions. But Swifts never gave up and played with passion
making Biggleswade work hard for every score.
Sam
Fraser opened the scoring with a penalty. Within ten minutes he had
converted his own try when Swifts dithered under Biggleswade’s back
row pressure. Michael Haddow had an immense game with Dom Nott and
Dave Rae not far behind.
Playing
on the left wing Dean Bartlett scored Biggleswade’s second try. He
started instead of George Matthews still recovering from the effects
of flu. But George champing on the bench made a big impact after the
break.
The
third try was an absolute peach with a classic three-quarter move
resulting in a try for winger Luke Haverly. Full back Charlie Darlow
came in to the line with centre Cops being a dummy runner. Sam Fraser
missed the conversion but did add another penalty a few minutes
later.
On
the stroke of half-time Swifts had their one score of the match.
Their lumpy forwards managed a try from a series of rucks. Half-time
though saw the introduction of George Matthews. He immediately made a
big impression especially on his opposite number. He reeled from a
massive hit as George attempted to run through him. Stuart Phipps
also came on for only his second 1st XV game. This time he
was in the centre much more his cup of tea than second row where he
made a torrid debut against Rushden & Higham two years ago.
Charlie
Darlow set up the bonus try with a powerful counter attack. His kick
ahead was just gathered by George Matthews. Charlie Darlow got the
next making the full use of the large in-goal area after he had
hacked through. Charlie was involved in the final try too.
Biggleswade ran a penalty from their half. Full back Charlie injected
pace and George Matthews did the rest. It was a super winger’s try as
he toasted the opposite full-back on one side and then the other
leaving him for dead. Sam Fraser had earlier kicked another penalty.
It
was an excellent team performance. The Biggleswade pack toiled hard in
all phases and apart from the one blemish contained an experienced
Swifts troupe. The backs always looked threatening, willing to run
from anywhere. A typical moment was when Biggleswade were defending
hard one moment and then going ninety metres down the park to
threaten Swifts’ line.
The
win keeps Biggleswade in second spot five points behind the leaders
Northampton BBOB who are the only side to beat them in the league
this season. Next Saturday is a friendly away to Huntingdon before a
home league match against Brackley. Biggleswade will be hoping to
better the sixty-eight points that they put on them way back in early
October.
Team:
A Fage, J Caulfield, C Maxwell, J Emmerson, J Livings, M Haddow, D
Rae (S Phipps), D Nott, G Ottangui, S Fraser, D Bartlett, M Hall, S
Cooper (G Matthews), L Haverly, C Darlow. Sasha Heath was on the
bench but rested.
Midlands
3 East (South)
Biggleswade
15 Stewarts & Lloyds 10
Biggleswade
started the New Year as they ended the old with an under par
performance against a side in the bottom half of the table. But it
was still another four points to keep them second as they ground out
an unconvincing victory. For only the second time this season
Biggleswade failed to score a try. Instead the kickers put over five
successful penalties. Your correspondent cannot remember this
happening before in this century.
 Biggleswade were without
several key players including Club Captain Jonathan Hamilton away in
South Africa and lock Jason Livings in Australia. They were also
without the long term injury list players.
Prop
James Caulfield took over the reins of leadership. He found it tough
going but after some thought commented on the team’s performance. “We
were rusty after the Christmas break but the boys did well” he said.
He singled out fellow prop Callum “Jiggles” Maxwell for special
praise. Jiggles started at second row but moved to prop and had his
opposite number in all kinds of difficulties.
George
Matthews kicked four penalties to give Biggleswade a twelve point
advantage as the visitors struggled to contain the home team. But the
try scoring habit completely deserted Biggleswade. Stewarts scored
the only try after battering away at Biggleswade’s line. They finally
managed a score at the base of the post. The conversion narrowed the
difference to just five points.
George
Matthews looked the most likely to score a try for Biggleswade. But
weakened by colds and flu over Christmas he just didn’t have the legs
to get away from the covering defence.
 The scrums were very even on
the whole with both packs disrupting the other at times. Generally
the line out ball went to the team throwing in although James
Emmerson at the front worked hard at making life uncomfortable for
his opposite number.
Dom
Nott restored to number eight in the absence of Alex Small had little
chance to make his mark apart from a couple of rampaging runs.
Flanker Dean Bartlett also had his moments making some good yardage.
In
the three-quarters Dave “Wonky” Rae playing at centre for the first
time made some big hits. Gary Athow on the wing made the most of his
few opportunities.
After
the break Stewarts & Lloyds cut the deficit to just two points
with a penalty of their own. But with time ticking away Sam Fraser
landed Biggleswade’s fifth penalty from a long way out to seal the
win.
The
next three league games are Bedford Swifts away whom Biggleswade has
beaten twice already in league and cup, Brackley at home and Rushden
& Higham away. They should be victories but Biggleswade need to
re-kindle the flame of passion to get the try scoring habit back.
Team:
A Fage (T Farron), S Heath, J Caulfield (Captain), C Maxwell, J
Emmerson, D Bartlett, M Haddow, D Nott, G Ottangui, S Fraser, G
Matthews (L Haverly), M Hall, D Rae, G Athow, C Darlow, A Pickering.
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Biggleswade Rugby &
Squash New Year News
Biggy First XVs next home
league game is on January 28th vs Brackley
January Sunday 8th Biggy Minis away at Huntingdon, Youth teams as
per the fixture list. With the U13s at home in their League game
against Harrow.
Northampton Old Scouts Minis
& U13s have withdrawn from all of their fixtures with Biggy
on Sunday 22nd January, an alternative home fixture is
being sought.
For a all Youth fixtures
see the website or www.hertsmiddxleagues.co.uk
Saturday 28th
January : Poblenou Enginyers vs
Biggleswade Third XV (League) This is one of the most distant
League fixtures that any side plays. The Catalan side play in
Barcelona and were admitted to the Greene King league as it is
cheaper to fly to England for away games that travel within Spain!
Friday 20th
January
Who? What? Why? When?
Biggy
Fun Quiz Night
Teams of a max of 6 players
with a meal for just £6 per person.
Tickets from John Thoday
(07920 863913) or Kara
Enter a table or just come
along and join in the fun, from 7.30pm.
The next Wembley date for Saracens vs Harlequins on
Saturday 31st
March where the pre-match band
will be McFly!
Tickets details as follows.
Red & Black – Adult at
£15, Red & Black - Junior at £5
Also, as a partner club we
will receive a CashBack on these tickets from Saracens.
Very shortly we will be
receiving the promotional posters etc from Saracens, in the meantime
email martin@biggleswaderugby.co.uk
if you would like to order tickets.
Rugby Club & Association
Meeting. The next BRUFC club meeting
is on Monday 16th January at 7.45pm. All
club members, players, parents and coaches are welcome to
attend. This meeting decides and votes on present and future club
policy etc for the Senior, Squash, Youth & Mini section, be
there to have your input.
Lost & Found There is a lot of 'found' kit including boots in the big
kit bag in changing room 2. Please could you have a look through it
and take anything that is yours.
Some of this has been waiting for collection since the end of last
season!
The remainder will be sent to either a charity shop, E-bay or
recycled on Monday 9th January.
Grounds Update. The grounds staff and a few (
very few) helpers had a good couple of days at the club over
Christmas. All pitches including Sheepwalk were slitted except Third
Team pitch which was measured and marked and had the rabbit holes
filled in. The Ferreters caught about 15 rabbits, the corridor floor
has been repainted, and Ladies loo seat replaced! General work around
the club including improvements to the pitch fencing etc. Thanks to W
J Kendall & Son for loan of the tractor and to Mike for
spending 2 days slitting. The purpose is to aerate the grounds and
break up the compaction, which was especially bad on the Floodlit
pitch.
Representative Honours go to Arran Pickering on selection for East Midlands
U20s and to Owen Griffiths for selection to the Midlands U16s
squad and for selection into the Northampton Saints junior academy.
Two of Biggleswade’s U14s players are in the Bedfordshire U14s squad,
congratulations to Harry Sawford-Smith and to Renier DeBeer.
Safety Notice Parents – Please do not allow
children to climb or play on the tyres or the Scrummage machine. This
is to prevent accidents and injury as the Scrummage machine is not
designed as a climbing frame and has sharp edges, also the lorry
tyres are used for senior training and are very heavy if they
fall onto a child. Thank You
Poor Weather? On rare occasions we have to cancel games at the last
minute due to frozen pitches. This is only done when safety is
compromised and after considering all options. This decision is often
made ‘late’, for example 11am on a Saturday and as late as 9.30am on
a Sunday. The timing of the decision will also take into account the
distance that opposition have to travel. Updates will be posted on
the Message Board. The decision is ultimately the referee’s but at
Biggy we consult grounds men, team captains and managers.
Training Evenings. If the ground conditions are frozen or waterlogged or
safety is compromised evening training will be cancelled. This will
be posted on the message board as early as possible.
Games are cancelled as a last
resort.
For away games please keep
looking at the Message Board or text messages in case a match has
been postponed or K.O time put back.
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