The Development Team took part in its first tournament of the year on Sunday, playing at home against our recent hosts Ruislip, Old Albanians, Beaconsfield, Tring and Maidenhead. In wet muddy conditions, with rain always threatening, the forwards were to the fore and there were fantastic all round performances from LJ and Lorenzo with Archie Binding, on debut for the club, a real attacking danger. The backs defended brilliantly in each game with Will especially notable but excellent efforts as well from Paige and Arun.
Finishing equal 4th we beat Maidenhead and lost to Beaconsfield and Tring by only 1-0. Even against the very strong squads put out by OAs and Ruislip we lost only 3-0 and 5-0 (especially good given Ruislip scored 30 tries in their 5 matches). In both of these matches the team defended on their line for long periods and from first game to last all the players showed terrific commitment and effort
For a first outing this was a sound start and well done to all who played - with this squad I strongly suspect that there will be even better results in the other development tournaments in the new year. Thanks too to all the parents and siblings who as ever were happy to help in any way and always supported the team in the right spirit