8th Windsor Juniors Tournament
12th October 2008by Karl Trowbridge
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The four Junior teams from Windsor Rugby put on a right royal performance on Sunday 12th October 2008 in glorious sunshine to complete an historic clean sweep in their own annual tournament. Playing in the shadow of Windsor Castle, the U13s, U14s, U15s and U16s managed the unprecedented feat of emerging triumphant in every single age group. All four sides lifted their respective age group trophy as winners, against the toughest of opposition - sparking a run on the clubhouse bar by delighted parents. And between them, all four Windsor teams conceded only four tries all day!
Under 16s
A strangely mild, wet and foggy day saw Windsor U16s take to the pitch for their final outing in the eighth annual Windsor Junior tournament. Our good friends from Bracknell provided sound opposition for the first game, but excellent organisation and dynamic play saw the boys dominate the match with a display of organised, running rugby that was a credit to themselves, winning the game 29-0.
Their second game was against Battersea Ironsides, a formidable outfit from West London and in a tough, but messy encounter Windsor scraped a win 7-5.
The final fixture of the league tournament saw Windsor win a 12-5 encounter where they matched Beccenhamians with aggressive defence and, when given the opportunity, used their pace, flair and dynamism to move the ball around with good effect.
Their final entry into the Windsor Junior Tournament saw the host’s Captain Theo Brown lift the winning trophy for the first time having played aggressive, dynamic rugby across a squad of 21,
Squad: Jack Richardson, James Brooke, James Dean, Alex Wilson, George Jupp- Rowlands, Stuart King, Will Sage, Charlie Turnbull, Colin Thomson, Miles Hay, Daniel Jacobs, Ciaran Manning, Adam Bailes, Michael Curtis, Alex Bates, Theo Brown, Alex Cook, Jess Grewal, Sam Irwin, Ryan Johal & Tom Brocket.
Windsor 29 Bracknell 0
Becchemians 14 Battersea Ironsides 0
Becchemians 24 Bracknell 0
Windsor 7 Battersea Ironsides 5
Windsor 12 Becchemians 5
Battersea Ironsides 14 Bracknell 7
Under 15s
The Under 15s found themselves a try down in the opening minutes against the first opponents, Ruislip, after a loose pass by scrum half Danny Pyatt was intercepted.
However Pyatt made amends two minutes later with a poacher’s try from the back of a ruck, diving over which was duly converted by fly half, Kris Boulter.
Three more tries were added by skipper Adam Scaffardi who barrelled over, Boulter who weaved his way through the line from a tap penalty and full back James Hay.
Winning comfortable 22-5 they then took on Berkshire League rivals Newbury and tries from Theo Masters-Waage, Hay and a try and conversion from Boulter saw a 19-0 win.
Windsor then had their final tournament deciding match against Henley, having conceded some 50 points against them two seasons ago, when they last played each other.
But the Under 15s showed how much they had progressed, with outside centre Danny Moseley and his inside centre cousin, Seb Moseley, both scoring within 5 minutes.
Danny Moseley added another try to seal the match before half time and new boy Aaron Harris completed a dream debut for the team by scoring his first try for Windsor.
Two conversions from Boulter saw Windsor win 24-0 and lift the winner's trophy.
Coach Jamie Pyatt said "No single person could be singled out for man of the match - they played as a team and not individuals and all of them were outstanding. The forwards were magnificent and the backs played brilliantly in particular the full back James Hay who tackled like a demon".
However Pyatt made amends two minutes later with a poacher’s try from the back of a ruck, diving over which was duly converted by fly half, Kris Boulter.
Three more tries were added by skipper Adam Scaffardi who barrelled over, Boulter who weaved his way through the line from a tap penalty and full back James Hay.
Winning comfortable 22-5 they then took on Berkshire League rivals Newbury and tries from Theo Masters-Waage, Hay and a try and conversion from Boulter saw a 19-0 win.
Windsor then had their final tournament deciding match against Henley, having conceded some 50 points against them two seasons ago, when they last played each other.
But the Under 15s showed how much they had progressed, with outside centre Danny Moseley and his inside centre cousin, Seb Moseley, both scoring within 5 minutes.
Danny Moseley added another try to seal the match before half time and new boy Aaron Harris completed a dream debut for the team by scoring his first try for Windsor.
Two conversions from Boulter saw Windsor win 24-0 and lift the winner's trophy.
Coach Jamie Pyatt said "No single person could be singled out for man of the match - they played as a team and not individuals and all of them were outstanding. The forwards were magnificent and the backs played brilliantly in particular the full back James Hay who tackled like a demon".
Under 14s
This year’s Windsor Rugby U14s tournament included 5 teams – Marlow, Abingdon, Gosport & Fareham, Newbury and, of course, Windsor. The tournament began with Windsor playing local rivals Marlow. Historically, the first game of tournament is not the strength of Windsor U14s, and although we held our own for the first half we were not firing on all cylinders. In the second half we raised our game, passing improved, with both forwards and backs off-loading nicely and we ended up having put in a good performance running out 36-0 victors. The next game saw us pitted against a new force for us, Abingdon. The lads raised their game again, and we mixed some greatly improved tackling, with decisive loose play, tactical kicking and open expansive running to produce a fine performance, ending the game with a comfortable 43 – 0 win. We were expecting to play Gosport & Fareham next, but unfortunately they had to withdraw due to injuries. This left us a long wait in the warm sun, poor preparation as the boys began to relax and chill out, before the Newbury game. Over the years Windsor U14s have had a succession of very tight, entertaining games against Newbury, with Newbury invariably coming away narrow victors (by only 3 points at our last meeting), and this year fate dictated the Windsor vs Newbury game would be the last of the day. The prospect of a game against our old rivals roused spirits and we took to the field determined to gain a victory. It was a typically close game with both sides attacking and defending with their usual vigour. However, the Windsor forwards gained an edge in the early encounters and managed to shake Newbury’s usually solid foundation. The first half ended with a single penalty goal in favour of Windsor being the only score (thoughts drifted back to last year’s league match with Windsor losing by 3 to nil). The second half began with a long restart followed up at pace by Idzi, who gathered and fought his way over the line for the only try of the game. The result was Windsor 8, Newbury 0. A great win for the team, for we were a team throughout and great to win our own tournament – without conceding a single point all day (an achievement no one else matched). Congratulations to all 20 boys who played, a super start to the season.
Under 13s
Windsor U13s continued their excellent transition from mini rugby to junior rugby when they won their own Junior Tournament on Sunday in convincing style.
The tournament was played as a round robin league format between Windsor, Henley, Newbury, Saracens and Worthing with each team therefore playing four games of 20 minutes duration. Windsor kicked off the tournament in a misty Home Park against their traditional rivals,
Henley.
With the damp conditions making the ball difficult to handle this proved to be a close but somewhat scrappy encounter. Windsor started the better of the two teams and deservedly opened the scoring midway through the first half following a powerful run by Sean Connolly. With Windsor doing all the attacking and dominating the match territorially other try scoring opportunities were created but not taken. Sensing an opportunity to get something out of the match, Henley started the stronger in the second half and on two occasions were only prevented from scoring by some excellent covering tackles. However their efforts were rewarded in the dying seconds of the match when their fly half surged past some poor tackling attempts to score. He was unable to convert his own try from near the touchline and the match duly ended in a draw.
With the mist lifted and the sun shining brightly Windsor put up a more determined performance in their second match against Newbury. Although their efforts only yielded a single try by Michael Davies, this proved sufficient to win the game, as Newbury offered little attacking threat themselves.
The third match was against Saracens and, with them at the top of the league after winning their first two matches, this shaped up as the tournament decider. The two teams had played out an entertaining draw only three weeks previously, a feature of which had been a strong finish to the match by Windsor. This time Windsor started in this vein and after 5 minutes had scored 3 tries, playing sublime rugby which belied their youth - through Kay Kay Ndwere when, straight from the kick off, the ball was worked out to him and from inside his own half he outpaced the entire Saracens defence, through Cameron Crawford who scored his first try for Windsor as he ran in powerfully from the half way line and through Michael Davies who popped up from full back to score in the corner. With Jamie Odell adding the conversion points for the first 2 tries the score stood at 19 - 0. This proved to be the final score as Windsor eased off in the second half and Saracens themselves played with more determination as they sought to avoid potential humiliation.
The third match was against Saracens and, with them at the top of the league after winning their first two matches, this shaped up as the tournament decider. The two teams had played out an entertaining draw only three weeks previously, a feature of which had been a strong finish to the match by Windsor. This time Windsor started in this vein and after 5 minutes had scored 3 tries, playing sublime rugby which belied their youth - through Kay Kay Ndwere when, straight from the kick off, the ball was worked out to him and from inside his own half he outpaced the entire Saracens defence, through Cameron Crawford who scored his first try for Windsor as he ran in powerfully from the half way line and through Michael Davies who popped up from full back to score in the corner. With Jamie Odell adding the conversion points for the first 2 tries the score stood at 19 - 0. This proved to be the final score as Windsor eased off in the second half and Saracens themselves played with more determination as they sought to avoid potential humiliation.
With Saracens recovering to win their last match against Newbury, Windsor knew that victory over Worthing in their final match would win them the tournament. This was duly achieved by the resounding margin of 28-0 with further tries scored by winger Kay Kay Ndwere, Cameron Crawford and two from Dominic Uzoziri, the other winger pleasingly scoring his first tries for Windsor and showing that the team possesses pace and power on both flanks. All four tries were duly converted, the first two by Ben Grant-Adamson and the latter two by Jamie Odell.
Windsor's performance in winning the tournament against good opposition by a combined score of 57 - 5, scoring 9 tries in the process and conceding only 1, left their coaches extremely proud of their efforts and eagerly looking forward to seeing them compete in the U13s Berkshire League for the first time later in the season.
Squad Allen Crawshaw, Jack Lunnon Wood, Oliver Davey, Joshua Shea, Jack Brooker, BJ Aina, Fraser Scanlan, Nick Edwards, Sean Connolly, Charlie Sturt, Joe Furey, Cameron Crawford, Robbie Balfour, Charlie McAllister, Jamie Odell, Ben Grant-Adamson, Chris Harrison, Zachary Brooke, David DeVilliers, Kay Kay Ndewere, Dominic Uzoziri, Ben Moore, Michael Davies, Alex Baldwin
Windsor 5 Henley 5
Try - Sean Connolly
Windsor 5 Newbury 0
Try - Michael Davies
Windsor 19 Saracens 0
Tries - Kay Kay Ndewere, Cameron Crawford, Michael Davies; Con - Jamie Odell (2)
Windsor 28 Worthing 0
Tries - Kay Kay Ndewere, Cameron Crawford, Dominic Uzoziri (2); Con - Ben Grant-Adamson (2), Jamie Odell (2)
Windsor's performance in winning the tournament against good opposition by a combined score of 57 - 5, scoring 9 tries in the process and conceding only 1, left their coaches extremely proud of their efforts and eagerly looking forward to seeing them compete in the U13s Berkshire League for the first time later in the season.
Squad Allen Crawshaw, Jack Lunnon Wood, Oliver Davey, Joshua Shea, Jack Brooker, BJ Aina, Fraser Scanlan, Nick Edwards, Sean Connolly, Charlie Sturt, Joe Furey, Cameron Crawford, Robbie Balfour, Charlie McAllister, Jamie Odell, Ben Grant-Adamson, Chris Harrison, Zachary Brooke, David DeVilliers, Kay Kay Ndewere, Dominic Uzoziri, Ben Moore, Michael Davies, Alex Baldwin
Windsor 5 Henley 5
Try - Sean Connolly
Windsor 5 Newbury 0
Try - Michael Davies
Windsor 19 Saracens 0
Tries - Kay Kay Ndewere, Cameron Crawford, Michael Davies; Con - Jamie Odell (2)
Windsor 28 Worthing 0
Tries - Kay Kay Ndewere, Cameron Crawford, Dominic Uzoziri (2); Con - Ben Grant-Adamson (2), Jamie Odell (2)