Sunday 13 December - Bracknell at home

Bracknell came to us with similar numbers which made for balanced sessions with the drills and games at the end.

Warm up drills started before 10am for players as they arrived to keep everyone moving and to try and prevent players getting cold. By 10am we were already running the session drills which involved passing and competing for the ball. The latter drill involved having a little lie down on the ground before leaping up to compete with the opposing player!?

With the numbers being fairly equal, two teams were fielded with substitutes, so everyone got game time against Bracknell. The Blacks played the Bracknell A team and the Golds played the Bracknell B team. The A's played well, competing for the ball with solid tackling and strong play in the ruck/maul situation. The Blacks won all three of their games - well done.

The Golds were fairly evenly matched against the Bracknell B team, but due to too many missed tackles and not being as quick to the ball at the breakdown missed out on a victory of their own in their two games played. Keep at them Golds!

With the change in temperature too many players suffered from the cold. The knocks and bangs that were suffered smarted the more for the cold too. It shouldn't need to be said, but plenty of layers (under the shirt and shorts), gloves, hats etc are now the order for the day.

Next week - London Irish (probably at home)

Sunday 6 December 2009 - Farnham and KCS at home

Unfortunately the weather has defeated us and all fixtures for this triangular meet, hosted at both Camberley and Kings, were cancelled due to waterlogged pitches.

Next week at home with Bracknell visiting.

Sunday 29 November 2009 - Reeds and Richmond

Well all those that finally got there, made it even with the A3 slip road being closed after an accident. The weather was highly dubious and when the confirmation came through at 8am to say it was on the wet weather gear was packed and off we set. As it happened the rain stayed away for pretty much the whole time we were there. For those who did stay for a drink afterwards, well, those got wet on the inside and out, serves them right for such indulgence!

Anyway, the last time we met both Reeds and Richmond, was at the Reeds festival several weeks beforehand where we had a real wake up call and failed to score a single try and lost all our games. Hard work by the players and the coaches since then meant that much of that lost ground was made up and we were able to make a stand against both Reeds and Richmond. We didn't manage to win all our games, and did in fact lose more than we did win, but we were definately a force to be reckoned with. We had skills in some areas of play which were much better that those of any of our opponents, we just need to work on some of the other areas. Who knows, we may be winning all our games against all oncomers.