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www.rugbycamps.co.uk
Details
of the Saracens 2 Day Skills Clinic being run at Biggleswade in
February are now on the Premier Rugby Camps website. The sessions
will be run by Saracens coaches with contributions from senior
Saracens players. A flyer will be available very soon, but in the
meantime bookings can be made via www.rugbycamps.co.uk
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SARACENS TWO DAY SKILLS CLINIC, 18/02/2010-19/02/2010 AT
BIGGLESWADE RFC
Period:
February 2010
Date: Thu
18th Feb 10 - Fri 19th Feb 10
Time:
09:30 - 15:15
Venue:
Biggleswade RFC
Number of
Days: 2
Ages: 6-15 years as at 01/09/2009
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Santa Night 2009 
In aid of Keech Hospice
Care
The
total is - £1147.58
Also
304.10 Estonian Krooni, & 90 Euro cents, some other foreign coins
and a 3v battery
Thanks
to all who joined us and to those who donated.
Thanks
for organising again!
Midlands East (South) A
Biggleswade 8 St Ives 10
Once again Biggleswade lost
by two points – the fourth time this season – with the visitors
converting a penalty with a minute left on the clock. With nine
changes from last week Biggleswade looked substantially below par and
struggled for most of the game.
The excuses from the
unavailable were wide and varied. They included an office party in Spain, Christmas shopping
with the other half, a school reunion, abduction by an alien and an elephant
had sat on the car. Only Karl Marshall had a “legitimate” excuse
having been banned by the Club for his red card last week.
Biggleswade were rocked by an
early score. The St Ives number ten opened up the Biggleswade defence
like the Red Sea parting for the Israelites.
The try under the posts was converted with just three minutes on the
clock. The backrow made certain this did not happen again with some
determined tackling on him but it left gaps elsewhere.
After the joy and jubilation
against Rushden the pack suffered terribly in the scrums and any
clean ball was disrupted time again. In fact they lost the first two
against the head and little went right for them. The line outs were
better with James Kendall again very firm whether catching cleanly
for a drive or tapping off the top to the scrum half. It was a
similar story in the mauls where the Biggleswade pack drove hard and
made good ground.
Biggleswade had a couple of
chances to cut the deficit but the first penalty attempt went wide
and the second was put in to the corner. But despite going close to
getting over the line they came away empty handed. When the ball was
punted long by St Ives Biggleswade looked threatening with Damian
White always safe under the high ball at full-back. He was ably
supported by his wingers Will Roake and Nic Edenborough. Certainly a
contrasting pair in many ways but having pace when given room. It was the
speedy Gavin Taylor who scored Biggleswade’s try. The flanker was on
the end of a three-quarter move and crossed for the touchdown ten
metres in.
Having ignored his prowess in
earlier matches skipper Ross Taylor asked prop Dave Tyson to
kick a penalty late in the second half. The kick was successful but
now in front could Biggleswade hang on for the final few minutes? The
answer was unfortunately “No” as a reckless challenge in front of the
posts meant a kickable penalty and a yellow card for the miscreant.
With the kick over Biggleswade had less than a minute to try and grab
a last gasp story. But it was beyond them.
St Ives’ coach recognised Ross
Taylor as Biggleswade’s
man-of-the-match. It was just reward for someone who always gives
100% commitment to the cause.
Team: D Tyson, M Haddow, A
Fage(A Burke) J Kendall,
C Avison, G Taylor, A
Rook(T Farron), J Buttigieg R Taylor, G Gadsby,W Roake, T Ruffle, B Caulfield, N Edenborough D White.
Saturday there is an away
trip to St Neots who won the home tie 12 – 10. Hopefully Biggy
can take the points to finish the year on a positive note.
Colts
grind to win in Cup.
Braintree
7 Biggleswade 7
Biggy go through on away
team rules
Glorious conditions
greeted the Colts on Sunday. The two teams made the most of it with a
show of fast running, end to end, non stop, rugby. The match
seemed to over in seconds and a great day was had by all....
Sorry wrong match, wrong
planet! This was a dour affair, on an mire of a pitch, which
meant that it became a battle of wills between the two sets of
forwards. Underfoot conditions made it impossible for much flowing
rugby.
There were constant
stoppages throughout, which made the spectacle a turgid affair for
every spectator of both teams, and difficult for the teams
themselves.
Biggy won the match and
progressed to the next round as under the rules the away team goes
through if it is level at full time. However it must be said that
Biggy were the better team throughout and should have scored more
tries, before the last ten tense minutes after Braintree had
equalised. There defence was again immense today throughout, but
again a little more expansion at vital times, may have prevented such
a tight ending when Braintree got on top.
Route one rugby can work,
but it is relatively easy to defend, it also tires out the forwards.
To bring the backs more into game, although the pitch conditions
weren't easy, takes some of that pressure away and they might have
run in another try or two.
Bartlett scored in the
first half after a well judged break and Matthews converted. The
match became disjointed after that, before the home team levelled in
the last quarter. A nervy ten minutes ensued with Braintree piling on
the pressure, as they knew they need to win, but as said before
immense defence from every member of the team and maybe a touch of luck
got them through.
Midlands East (South) A
Wellingborough OGs 3 Biggleswade 35
Biggleswade
bounced back from last week’s disappointing result with a comfortable
win over lowly Wellingborough OGs. Preparations were not ideal with
six changes from last week’s team and several players got lost on the
way to the ground. So with little time for a thorough warm up it was
no surprise that the opening minutes were very even.
Biggleswade were
not able to play their colts (Dom Nott, Will Roake, Dean Bartlett) as
they had an important cup tie the next day. Tom Hill (shoulder
injury), Graham Gadsby (son’s quality time) and Nathan Thoday (art
exhibition) were all unavailable. One of the replacements Mark
Rastrick was quickly called in to action when converting a successful
penalty. OGs struck back with one of their own before Biggleswade
scored their first try.
The match was
interrupted for fifteen minutes while an injured Wellingborough
player was attended to. As it was thought best not to move him until
expert medical expertise was available the game was moved to an
adjacent pitch. Biggleswade continued where they had left off with a
number of good inter-passing moves. The opening try came from a five
metre penalty with Ian “Robbo” Robinson taking the crash ball over
the line. From the restart Biggleswade again threatened with a good
three-quarter move in which both wingers Taig Norman and Gareth Drew
were involved.
Taig Norman was
concerned in the build up to the next try. He made good ground down
the left wing. When stopped centre Ben Caulfield was on hand to carry
on the move and give a scoring pass to Ian Robinson to crash over the
limne. Having been the hero Taig was now the villain and given a ten
minute cooling off period after calling the referee something other
than “Sir”.
Biggleswade
didn’t miss the absent player running in another try this time by
right winger Gareth Drew back in the side after a lengthy lay-off with
a strained fetlock. The forwards were involved in try number four.
They had a mighty shove before James Buttigieg broke away with the
ball. Captain Ross Taylor was in close support to finish off the move
with a try in the corner.
Tom Farron who had
a good game all afternoon with some excellent tackles and turnovers
was heavily involved in the fifth try. But it was the pace of Taig
the Marauder who finished off the move. Damian White added the
conversion in the tricky wind. He later missed an absolute sitter in
front of the posts for not the first time this season. Perhaps there
is a message for the skipper here?
OGs had their
best passage of play and looked dangerous but Biggleswade defended
well. They then broke out and went down the other end and scored.
Russell German had the ball when he crossed the line for the
touchdown. A frustrated defender made a rash tackle and a melee
ensued. Karl Marshall one of the last players to arrive at the scene
received a red card as did an OG player.
James Kendall won
the accolade as man-of-the-match for an all-round performance. He won
ball at the lineout, worked hard in the scrums and showed a good pace
around the park with ball in hand. He also passed well and tackled
hard!
Team: A Burke, K
Marshall, A Fage, (D Tyson,) J Kendall, I Jones, I Robinson, J
Buttigieg (D Not)t, T Farron, R Taylor, M Rastrick, G Drew, (W
Roake), R German, B Caulfield,
T Norman, D White.
Tomorrow
(Saturday) there is a home league match against St Ives who
Biggleswade beat 24-12 in the away tie on their sloping pitch. With
three matches remaining in the first half of the league structure
Biggleswade need to win two to be sure of playing in the top half of
the league in the New Year. Remaining fixtures are St Neots (away)
and Westwood at home on 9th January 2010. In between there
is an away Bedfordshire Cup match against Sharnbrook who won last
year.
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Biggleswade Rugby
1949 - 2009 Sixty Years of Biggleswade Rugby
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 Biggleswade has the best
pitches in the area and they are all holding up well when other local
sides are cancelling games.
A big thanks to Michael and Martin.
Please
can we have some help on Saturday pitch marking, only need one or two
people. We have a number of jobs lined up for Saturday, before we
knew of the extra matches, so help would be welcome. Mike &
Martin & Woody will be there from 8am, so any time around 9am
would be good. Taken from
the message board.
Biggleswade now has 6 pitches. Sheepwalk Potton Pitch completed
and used for the first time in November.
Image from Google maps.
Biggleswade
Rugby & Squash December E-News
1949 - 2009 Sixty Years of Biggleswade Rugby
This E-News is sent blind copied and
without any logo's to over 220 members, fell free to forward it
to anyone one interested, including
those at other clubs.
Saturday 12th December is Santa Night.
Tickets for Santa Night are on sale now from Terri Taylor and Vicki
Marshall or register on the Biggy Santa Night facebook page!
For just £25 each Santa receives a suit, and a
drink in the first eight pubs and clubs visited in Biggleswade &
Sandy where the Santa's will collect cash and raise a
heap of £££££ for Keech Hospice Care www.keech.org
Meet at the club at 6pm. Please note, you must be 18+ to
take part and may require I.D.
Your £10 deposit is required NOW!
Contact numbers for Terri & Vicki are on the website.
Santa Night raised £1200 for Keech Hopsice Care last
year, lets beat it in 2009!
Bedfordshire County Cup. Biggy
play Sharnbrook in the cup on Saturday
2nd January at their Colworth House ground in
Sharnbrook. All support welcome at Sharnbrook for this much delayed
match.
As soon as the First XV League fixtures for the rest
of the season are published, they will be posted on the website and
fixture list put in the clubhouse.
The next round of the National Colts
Plate will be played on Sunday 6th December when Biggy
take on Braintree at the Essex club's ground. Times will be announced
this week.
Achievements in 2009!
*Continued playing
success from Mini, Youth, Colts and Senior sections
* Successful Colts and U13s tour
* Club becomes an official partner club to Saracens
* Kit Store relocated to The Jack Chisholm Room and
improved.
* New kitchen installed, thanks go to Mike Adams and to
David Evans and Magnet Kitchens
* Biggy Ale-Fresco outside bar & decking built ,
thanks again to Mike and to Henlow Building Supplies.
* New improved drainage installed.
* Successful hosting of the Greene King Finals Day,
recognised by the league as the best ever!
* Squash Courts 1 & 2 completely refurbished to a
very high standard.
* Sheepwalk Potton Pitch completed and used for the first
time in November.
* Changing rooms and Showers plumbed, re tiled and
painted (Senior players & Mike!)
Things to do in 2010
* Continue to recruit and retain players in all sections
of the club
* Continue to improve facilities and playing surfaces.
* Install netting behind posts on First Team pitch
* Replace fencing at club entrance
Saracens Premier Rugby Camp.
will take pace a Biggy on Thursday
17th and Friday 18th February during half term week.
The camp is being run by Premier Rugby and booking must be via their
website www.rugbycamps.co.uk
This is the first time we have hosted Saracens and the
course will be opened up to all clubs and schools locally. The costs
and programme will be posted on our website as soon as confirmed!
Extra fixture for Minis.
The Mini section will take on Kempston
on
Sunday 10h January at Kempston Hammers ground.
Minis are off to Bedford on Sunday December 6th
where they will play a triangular fixture against Bedford and Olney
Minis Tour 2010. A £50 deposit is
required for the Minis
Family Tour to the Caister next year, games
are arranged with Wymondham and North Walsham. Please see your coach
or Richard Boissieux as soon as possible, your accommodation cannot
be booked until the deposit has been paid. More details of the holiday
camp and its facilities will be posted soon.
Is the match still on?
A question that occasionally gets asked if weather conditions are
poor. It is the host club or referee who decides if a game is played
or not. Sometimes it is left late to make the decision, not helpful
of the journey is a long one (like Stoneygate last year or London
Welsh for the Colts!)
Usually, it is frozen or flooded pitches that are
the only problems.
If in doubt always check the message
board before setting out!
The Kit Store @ Christmas Have
a look at the Kit Store offers this Christmas, which will include the
NEW Biggy
leisure shirt carrying the 'Diamond Season'
logo to celebrate Sixty Years of Rugby in Biggleswade, also there are
a few of the limited edition 60th anniversary ties left at the
fantastic price of £12.00 each.
BIGGLES FM 104.8 Biggles are back
again with reports from Biggy Rugby every Saturday at approx 5.30pm.
Biggles FM are great supporters of local sport and the community. SportsTalk
will feature ALL Biggy news including Minis, Youth, Colts and
Seniors.
Note the new frequency of 104.8, broadcasting 24 hours a
day from their Potton studio (I kid you not)
RFU Grand Draw, for every £1 ticket, Biggy
get to keep 90p, all of which goes towards club improvements, see
posters in the clubhouse. Please support the Grand Draw.
First Prize is £10,000 donated by
Investec
Lucozade promotion.
visit www.lucozade.co.uk shop
and get a discount
by quoting
RDM918
Lucozade is promoting its wares to the club, including
Pro-Muscle drinks and bars.
Also from a Biggy perspective, Lucozade is a GSK brand
and GSK support the club with community cash awards.
Another E-News will be sent before
the new year!
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The RFU Grand Draw 2009 -2010
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This one of
the clubs biggest fund raisers!
Remember 90p
in every £1 ticket sold stays with Biggy and goes directly to
support the players and facilities. The Draw will take place in
March 2010.
Here is what the money does towards.
I book sold
pays for a full pitch to be marked.
2 books sold
pay for a Gilbert training ball
4 books sold
pay for a First Aid Kitbag.
8 books sold
pays for a Rugby Ready of TAG Coaching Course.
16 books sold
pays for half of a Level Two coaching badge
....as well
as maintaining the clubhouse, squash courts and playing
pitches!
Prizes.
1st prize is
£10,000 donated by Investec
2nd prize is
2 business class tickets to Dubai donated by Emirates.
3rd prize is
£1000 donated by RLF Construction
4th prize is
£1000 donated by Mazars
5th prize is a
London weekend break at the Investec challenge match in 2010
There are 40
prizes in total, from hostpitality packages, clothes, mobile
phones, beer, golf days,
more beer, hotel accommodation etc etc.
Please
support the Grand Draw when asked to buy a raffle ticket book.
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