Sunday 18 October - Camberley festival

Wow, again, if you have already read the match report on the main web page.

The boys played fantastically today. We identified that the players could be more competitive last week , they obviously all read these comments as they were definately more competitive today. They were tackling, mauling and rucking all in the same game. Head coach Steve, as he watches a Heinekin cup game, commented that apart from little things like kicking, he can't see that much difference in the play that happened today.

Our tackling held teams at bay and stopped them breaking through and scoring tries. Our players were stepping over in the ruck and stopping the ball being turned over. As for our mauling, the Golds, in their plate final, pushed the Drifters backwards from near the halfway line back to their try line.

Competitive - that we were. Well done to the players as it was they who played the games and played them well. Brilliant!

Next week - Sunday training at home. No training this Tuesday or half term Tuesday.

Sunday 11 October - Reeds A and Wimbledon B festival

Please see the match reports on the main Camberley U9s web site where match reports will now be posted.

We would have liked a better result from the two festivals, and have noted areas where we can improve our competiveness against other teams going forward. For players and parents (and coaches and managers) it is a much more positive feeling to win more games. The players enjoyed themselves nonetheless and we hope to take things from our first competitive matches that we can we can apply to our festivals next weekend. Indeed we achieved a better result in the Wimbledon Bs festival than we acheived last year.

Next week we host our A and B festival at Camberley. Please note we will be playing at Watchetts school and there is a strict no dogs policy in the school grounds.