Under 7′s

4 December – Home vs. Manchester RUFC

A great Sunday morning’s rugby. We had a good turn out with 3 teams against Manchester (my home team for 20 years).

Three games played today. In the first both teams scored lots of tries, although neither team could remember quite how many, so we agreed on a draw.

The second game we lost 5 tries to 8 – just a couple of lapses undid some strong team play.

The third game we lost 5 tries to 10 – I think visions of sausage and chips and a warm clubhouse was beginning to play a role. However, good effort all round and well done lads against the winners of the Manchester Festival.

Some good discipline today – concentration, attention, understanding of the rules & spatial awareness are all much improved over the start of the season. We’re beginning to see teamwork!

This week’s player of the week was Daniel. He’s only been with us a few weeks but he’s picking it up fast (we just need to work resisting the temptation to score with a swan dive as they aren’t allowed in mini rugby!) Excellent effort Daniel.

See you all next week

Steve

27 November – Home vs West Park

A fantastic effort by all the boys this week where we played hosts to 10 boys and girls from West Park. Given we had 25 or so, that made for interesting logistics on half an astroturf pitch! However we tried out some new training and drilling ideas and then had a couple of competitive matches. The first match we won 10 tries to 6, the second match we won 7 tries to 4. An excellent effort all round & a few of our boys scored multiple tries in competitive games.

Well done to West Park as, save for a couple of sub-rotations, their whole team stayed on the pitch whilst we were able to field 2 fresh teams in the second game.

Player of the week was James & here he is with the trophy. Well done James!

Player of the Week - 27/11/11

It was very difficult to pick Player of the Week this week as there was evidence of lots of progress from everyone. To give a couple of other mentions, Jacob had a good nomination for player of the week for his solid support play & I’m particularly proud of my Joe (Hartley) for his impressive haul of 6 tries. I promise my refereeing had nothing to do with it!

The draw for the raffle tickets will be held on 1 December.

** If you bought raffle tickets after the game, please email me with your phone number, name & the ticket numbers purchased.

Thanks all – see you next week.

Steve

20 November – Away vs Altrincham Kersal

The 13 Macclesfield U7′s who travelled to Altrincham Kersal today played 3 good games in rapid succession against a very talented and well drilled Kersal squad.  The games were all fast moving and the Macclesfield boys had to learn some hard lessons very quickly.  These included not running backwards with the ball (the opposition would simply move forward to occupy the space) and when defending at a free pass, running forward as soon as the ref’s whistle went to get after the opposition’s tags before they could get moving. 

Without exception, everyone played well and contributed with a memorable moment either scoring a try or near try, putting in a great tackle or some other play to keep a team move going.

Particular thanks go the the Altrincham coaches and refs who ran the games in a excellent spirit to keep them flowing and to make sure both sides enjoyed themselves.

From many strong candidates, the player of the week award went to Oliver Ransom for a number of tackles and tries, including the final one of the game.

20 November – Home practice

This week we split into two groups. The home practice went very well, with 13 boys attending. Lots of passing with the ball whilst moving. Lots of awareness of space. Some very good discipline this week – well done boys!

Here’s a photo of our training lads after the session:

13 November – Away to Congleton

The weather was dry, but it was very muddy underfoot at Congleton. This made the game a lot of fun. The first game was tightly competed, ending 5 tries each. With two stunning runs of over three quarters of the pitch by Thomas and Ben.

The second game – with tired legs – was going “try for try”, and went well into extra time. Finally Congleton scored two tries in quick succession and the referee blew the whistle, ending the game 11-9 to Congleton. There were great efforts by all the boys, and the team spirit was flowing, with every boy supporting close behind every runner.

Jenson was named “man of the match” by the Congleton team, and presented with a medal. It was a fabulous performance by all.