Sunday - 25 January

We were at home with Haslemere visiting us today. We have continued focussing on touch rugby and did this as the warm up and for the games at the end. Other drills ended up with all the players getting extremely muddy. Thank you to Haslemere for coming to us in such damp conditions.


Due to the wet conditions, the falling over and the wind, some of the players got very cold however. This has meant they might not have enjoyed the sessions as much as they could. It is therefore important that parents provide enough layers for the players, preferably with hats and gloves so that they don't get cold. Remember PLAYER LAYERS!


As of next week, we can begin training for contact rugby and will start learning how to tackle. As stated by e-mail and by the coaches, players must wear gum shields and clothing (especially trousers, sweat pants, etc) that have no zips to be allowed to participate in this part of the training. This is for the players own safety and for those that they will be learning to tackle.


Next week we are at home again, with Cobham visiting.

Sunday 11 January

Today was originally to be a traingular at Maidenhead with Windsor. This was cancelled due to concerns over Maidenheads pitches.

Training at home was then also cancelled after an early morning pitch inspection by one of the coaches.

Next week we are away at Guildford for another triangular with Wimbledon.

Sunday 4 January 2009 - Training

I try to avoid commenting on the weather all the time, but it was really cold today. It was minus 5°C when the coaches first arrived and even they had donned trousers to keep warm, except for David, who was obviously more hardy than most (or should that be foolhardy?).


Despite the ground being hard it was agreed that as this was a training session that, with care, we could still continue. After some warm ups and running around, a game of touch rugby was played, with shouts of 'pass' and 'sit' echoing around the pitch. This was followed up by some drills to emphasise some of the points that arose out of the play, finishing again with another game of touch rugby.


The second game was more fluid than the first, with more passing happening without so much prompting. From a spectators point of view, it looked more like a real game of rugby you see on the tv.


Next week we are away in Maidenhead.

Sunday 28 December - Training

We had a bit of a fun session today, playing games such as rugby rounders which some of the parents could join in with. It didn't matter that the parents/coaches could kick the ball further, they were still prone to having their kick's caught and so getting out. It's surprising how competitive the grown ups are!

We also had a go at touch rugby which proved an interesting exercise and demonstrated the importance of passing the ball before being tackled.

There were mince pies for everyone - sorry to those who didn't like mincemeat.

Training at home next week.