Sunday, December 5, 2010
TRC U12s win The Norton Rose Singapore International Mini and Youth Rugby 10s 2010
Congratulations! The U12s won the Cup on December 4th, the only age group to play 12 a side. Jolly well done - not only the U12 players, coaches and parents but the whole of TRC. TRC boys won at U6, U8, U9 (whose teams came 1st, 2nd and 3rd), U12 and U13 while the girls won the U10’s, U12’s, U14’s and won the bowl in the U16’s.
The clouds brought light shade and then lots of rain. The pitches became progressively heavy, sticky and muddy. In the final the ball was slippery, treacherously so! Despite the backs showing off in the early games it was the rucking skills that won the final game for us, so remember that when we return next year! The Hound Dogs' scores in the five games were 7-0 T'amoko Lions, 10-0 St.Josephs', 5-0 LFS, 2-1 Centaurs and finally 2-0 against our fellow Saracens Partner Club, Bintang. The tries were scored by five forwards and six backs. I'm very happy that they showed a well balanced attack, playing as a team and spreading possession to whoever was best placed to take it on.
The U12s second team, The Terriers, did not fair so well, losing the bowl final on a technicality when the score was 1-1 after extra time. Although disappointed, I hope they will remember their successes throughout the year. Over half of our '40 plus' squad have played either in the winning Hound Dogs yesterday or as part of the team that won the Barclays Cups earlier this year or the squad that won the games in Hong Kong in October. If winning is your yardstick then it has been a good year.
this year we have seen a whole list of players improve but above all have enjoyed witnessing the boys' appetite for the game. The whole point is to enjoy the game and to come off the pitch, win or lose, feeling you have done your best, have supported your team mates and can stand tall having done a good job.
We say good bye to a few boys and one coach, Phil Rushton. Recently Phil has been busy with his imminent move to Australia but has, for four years, been the backbone of the coaches; always there and always game for a laugh, so I will miss him tremendously. Thanks Phil and best wishes.
Time for a rest and some variety from the normal Sunday morning routine!
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all.
Tim
The clouds brought light shade and then lots of rain. The pitches became progressively heavy, sticky and muddy. In the final the ball was slippery, treacherously so! Despite the backs showing off in the early games it was the rucking skills that won the final game for us, so remember that when we return next year! The Hound Dogs' scores in the five games were 7-0 T'amoko Lions, 10-0 St.Josephs', 5-0 LFS, 2-1 Centaurs and finally 2-0 against our fellow Saracens Partner Club, Bintang. The tries were scored by five forwards and six backs. I'm very happy that they showed a well balanced attack, playing as a team and spreading possession to whoever was best placed to take it on.
The U12s second team, The Terriers, did not fair so well, losing the bowl final on a technicality when the score was 1-1 after extra time. Although disappointed, I hope they will remember their successes throughout the year. Over half of our '40 plus' squad have played either in the winning Hound Dogs yesterday or as part of the team that won the Barclays Cups earlier this year or the squad that won the games in Hong Kong in October. If winning is your yardstick then it has been a good year.
this year we have seen a whole list of players improve but above all have enjoyed witnessing the boys' appetite for the game. The whole point is to enjoy the game and to come off the pitch, win or lose, feeling you have done your best, have supported your team mates and can stand tall having done a good job.
We say good bye to a few boys and one coach, Phil Rushton. Recently Phil has been busy with his imminent move to Australia but has, for four years, been the backbone of the coaches; always there and always game for a laugh, so I will miss him tremendously. Thanks Phil and best wishes.
Time for a rest and some variety from the normal Sunday morning routine!
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all.
Tim
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