Junior Rugby takes a break over the school holidays, which is good in one way because your team doesn't have to play down on numbers when there are boys away with their families, but on the other hand it makes for a long time between games right at the business end of the season.
The last game before the holidays was cancelled because it snowed, yeah well, a pretty good reason I guess. But that meant that it would be 4 weeks before we got to play again, and that was one of only 3 games before the semi finals on the 16th August.
During the week I organised a game between them and another club with an U13 team at the top of Section 2, with their coach. This gave both teams a bit of a blowing out of the cobwebs before the games next Saturday.
Well after a beautifully fine week, today was pouring with rain! But the game went ahead with 16 of our team of 22 available to play.
We won the game 43 - 10.
It was Thomas's first game back since breaking his arm 11 weeks ago. He played at flanker and showed no signs of having lost any confidence at all. Toby played half back and first five.
This is Toby and Thomas as they finished the game before climbing into my car that had the back seat and floor draped with plastic tarpaulins!
This afternoon we went to watch our club's Division One Senior team take on Linwood in am all out in-it-to-win-to-get-into-the-semis game. The score was tied at 15 - 15 at half time and Burnside went on to win the game 18 - 15. It was the best game I have seen them play for a while and the best final 7 minutes of any game I've seen them play.
Thomas and Toby are ball boys for all the Senior Home games, rain, hail or shine! ( and in one case this season snow!)
4 comments:
Great pictures of the boys in all the gear.Keep up the great work
Hi Charlie,
Very interesting about the rugby with the boys. I can't believe you manage the team, thats brilliant. Rob was coaching Craigs team, so again a lot in common. Ye should come to Ireland some time,were ye ever over here?? I would say New Zealand is similiar to Ireland with all the green fields everywhere.Is your mum a new zealander?
Hi there Eileen & Vivienne
Yes rugby rules our life in the winter, but it is all good.
No Vivienne, I have never been to Ireland before. My sister Caroline and I have long talked of wanting to go there to see where our Father was born and from and meet his family, but it is a very long way from NZ and will need a lot of money before we can make the trip. We are both determined to do it one day though!
My father took a lottery ticket every week since our Lotto in NZ began and when he died Caroline and I have kept the same ticket going - 9 years now. We hope one day that ticket will get us to Ireland!
Yes my Mother is a NZ'r, her family are Polish/German descent.
Thanks for all the answers. Its a pity its so far away and so expensive to come here, but keep doing the lotto! You'd never know someday we might get to visit New Zealand? I'm still young, better start saving...
Viv
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