Under 9's - 2008/2009

2008-09

SUNDAY APRIL 26TH - the last fixture of the season and finished in style at Aylesbury, the As winning their tournament! 


SUNDAY APRIL 19TH - a great morning's rugby for our developing players against opposition from Tring, Beaconsfield and Chesham with well-deserved medals for all players. Many thanks to Peter and Nick for arranging this fixture. 

TWICKENHAM GLORY IN OUR SIGHTS ...... Our A team played brilliantly at Nottingham over the Easter weekend and have come away with a ticket to Twickenham! We face Teddington in May - just prior to the Premiership final!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR PLAYERS AND COACHES!!

SUNDAY MARCH 29TH - well done to all the players, coaches and supporters who came along to the Marlow tournament - our 'B' team, with bags of encouragement from an undaunted Andy Saunders, fought hard but struggled to overcome some very strong opposition in the league stage of the tournament - our 'A' team played some fantastic rugby, tackling ferociously and passing confidently and were beaten just once in the league stage to finish runners up in the group - in a hard fought Shield final they overcame a strong Marlow side, playing with home advantage, to win 1-0. Well done to the whole squad and many thanks to our coaches: Peter (F), Andy (S), Graeme, Phil, Graham, Paul, Andy (T) and Peter (P)

SUNDAY MARCH 21ST - thanks to all of you who came for training at Amersham - weather was wonderful - and the coaches inspirational!!

SUNDAY MARCH 15TH - what a lovely morning! We had a great time playing a number of matches against Henley - in glorious sunshine!!

SUNDAY MARCH 8TH - congratulations to our squads who travelled to a wet Richmond (below!!) and Beaconsfield for their tournaments - braving the elements!! Special thank you to Andy, Graham and the two Peters at Richmond, and to Spike, Nick, Paul and Phil at Beaconsfield. For those who came to training at the club this was a great chance to hone skills and practice with the U10s - well done!!



SUNDAY MARCH 1ST - it was great to see so many turn out for our matches with Windsor - the sun came out! - and thank you to Spike and the coaching team for their hard work!

FEBRUARY 21ST/22ND - A FANTASTIC WEEKEND!! 18 PLAYERS AND THEIR PARENTS TRAVELLED TO IRELAND FOR FIXTURES AGAINST NAAS AND NAVAN - EVERYONE PLAYED ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND ALL WERE A CREDIT TO OUR CLUB. MANY THANKS TO OUR HOSTS, TO OUR COACHES: PETER, NICK, ANDRE, GRAHAM, PAUL AND PHIL - AND TO ALL THE PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS.



A HUGE THANK YOU TO THOSE PLAYERS AND PARENTS WHO DIDN'T COME TO DUBLIN BUT DID ATTEND THE WASPS FIXTURE AT AMERSHAM ON SUNDAY 22ND FEBRUARY - AND PLAYED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND DETERMINATION - PARTICULAR THANKS TO SPIKE AND TO RICHARD KENCHINGTON AND KATIE TURRELL - YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU FOR TRAINING AT THE CLUB ON SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY. THIS WEEK (SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY) THOSE NOT TRAVELLING TO IRELAND FOR OUR TWO MATCHES IN DUBLIN WILL BE HOSTING WASPS AT HOME.

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO MAIDENHEAD ON A VERY COLD SUNDAY 1st FEBRUARY - IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR PLAYERS THERE AND PLAYING WITH GREAT SPIRIT IN SPITE OF THE INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO SPIKE, PETER AND NICK FOR THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. 

WHAT A GREAT DAY WE HAD AT WINDSOR ON SUNDAY 14TH DECEMBER - a staunch squad of 11 developing players travelled to Windsor to take part in their 'C' tournament - winning two matches, drawing one and just losing out in the final two games contested at the end of a concentrated period of play. All the players contributed to a brilliant team effort - WELL DONE : Angus, Connor, Danny, George, Jack, Jed, Mark, Maxim, Robert, Sam and William - THANK YOU: Andy and Spike for your inspirational coaching - and all the parents and supporters who came to encourage our team!

SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER - welcome to Chesham and Reading Abbey who are coming to Amersham for a three-way fixture. Please make sure you arrive in good time (by 9:45 for a 10:00 start).

WELL DONE - to EVERYONE who travelled to Old Albanians on Sunday 23rd November - braving the biting cold and wet conditions - we managed a couple of matches and all players were fantastically committed, in spite of the weather!!

Sunday 16th November - A fantastic result for the A squad that played at Saracens 'A' Tournament and won the trophy for the second year in a row!!

Our remaining players travelled to Maidenhead and played in a three-way fixture with Maidenhead and Tring - a good day all round!




SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER:

WELL DONE - to the twenty players and coaches who travelled to Beaconsfield - for joint coaching and matches played with fantastic spirit! And many thanks to those of you who then came to Amersham to support the other age group players.

CONGRATULATIONS - to the A and B squads who played in the Amersham & Chilton Minis Tournament - both teams played enthusiastically and were unbeatable on the day! Both squads were group winners with Beaconsfield runners up. Fair Play shields went to Saracens (A) and Beaconsfield (B).




CONGRATULATIONS - To everyone who travelled to the Windsor tournament on Sunday 5th October. Our four teams all played enthusiastically in this opening tournament of the season - in spite of very wet weather!! Well done to the A - Whites who shared the winning trophy for the A teams and to the A - Clarets who won the third place shield. Both B teams played in high spirits and the B - Clarets just lost out to Saracens in the runners-up play-off. Thank you to the players, their parents and families - who turned out in numbers to add support - and to our team coaches Andre, Andy, Peter and Graeme.





Many thanks to those of you who donated second hand kit for the sale a few weeks ago - we raised about £40 - a useful contribution towards a tournament tent - but we're still saving (so if anyone has any bright fund-raising ideas please let Jane/Nick/Peter know).

This season the players are involved in contact rugby for the first time - with an introduction to line-outs, scrums, rucks and mauls.  For safety, it is essential that all players wear gum shields and boots with the correct rugby studs - if in doubt please check with Real Sports in Amersham who stock gum shields/replacement studs, should you require them.

We've made a fantastic start to our competitive season and hope to continue to better the successes of last season when both our A and B squads performed brilliantly at a number of tournaments including the Club tournament in October 2007 and the London Irish tournament in April.

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