Sunday 22 February 2009 - training and festival

Today the squad was split between training at home and a mini festival at Redingensians.

Training continued with the basics of the tackle, which was an initial introduction for some of our players. Touch rugby was also played, with some good play being shown.

At the festival, there were two other visiting teams. We won one game but did lose the others. This does not necessarily reflect on how we played, as we did show some good play and it was a close call on at least one of those games we did not win. In particular we held our line and passed well. We do, however, need to be more consistent in this and be more aggressive in our defence to win more games. One thing that was noticeable, on those odd occasions that our players did go to ground after being tagged, they were automatically rolling away from the ball and pushing it backwards - a good indicator for next season!

Next week we are at home with Petersfield visiting.

Sunday 15 February - training

Watchetts was again unplayable this Sunday and so we used our alternative training location out at Bagshot. We were outside this week and conditions were actually very good, with the ground being nice and soft.


We continued training for the tackle and played a game where the tackle was used. Also in advance of the festival next Sunday, we finished with a game of tag, in which the players seem to enjoy the ability to run more freely.


Next week - Redingensians festival and training at home

Sunday 8 February 2008

Old Ruts friendly was cancelled due to poor pitch conditions after the snow and Watchetts was not available to train on for the same reason. However we have now secured some indoor training facilities and these were put to good use. One of the real big benefits that came out of this, was being able to use the available TV/DVD to help demonstrate the correct positioning for tackles and scrummaging to the players. This seemed to be really beneficial and soft gym mats were also available and used to practice what had been seen.

Training at home next week

Sunday 1 February 2009

Today we had Cobham visiting us for a friendly. As in previous weeks touch rugby was played as a warm up and in the final games. Also this being February, we were able to start training for the Tackle, to prepare for next season and contact rugby. A bit of scrummaging was also tried for the first time.

The weather was very cold, with a minus chill factor with the wind, but I am pleased to say that I think that without exception, all the Camberley players were well wrapped up.

Next week we are due to visit Old Ruts.