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The last match of the season will be on SATURDAY 26th April at home to Sedgley Park, kick-off 2.00pm.

TEAM:

1) RICHARD STEELE 2) JACK FAWCETT (captain) 3) ETHAN DAVIS 4) JAMIE DUNSTAN 5) RYAN BARKER 6) JACOB MCPARLAND 7) CHRIS CASARU 8) JOE SANSOM 9) PERRY SINGLETON 10) ANDREW GRAHAM 11) NIAL MILLER 12) AARON TAYOR 13) DUNCAN McALLISTER 14) BRADLEY DEAN 15) LEWIS SAYLE
SUBS: BEN GARNER JORDAN MILES

Rochdale Rugby Union under 14's team were on tour in the Cumbria area and
stopped at Hawcoat Park for a game before travelling up the coast to Wigton.

The game started at 2 o’clock in front of a good sized crowd. The Hawcoat Park side worked hard, but failed to drive over the ball, Rochdale covered them well and were getting more of the ball. Rochdale passed the ball out wide for the first try but missed the conversion 0 -5. Their forwards drove the ball again nearer to the line only then to pass the ball over the line under the posts and get the conversion 0 -12. Hawcoat Park were only lacking a little self-belief, after hard talking from Ray Sayle (who is a
long time served rugby union player). Hawcoat Park came back and were not going to let the away team rule the pitch and started to play. From the scrum the ball was passed out to Ben Garner who ran hard and fast though the defence to score the home team a try but the conversion just went wide
5 -12. Hawcoat Park got the ball in their own half and, after good play by the forwards, Chris Casaru picked up the ball and ran up the blind side to get a try which Andrew Graham converted, 12 - 12.

Half Time Score HAWCOAT PARK 12 - ROCHDALE 12

Right from the start of the second half Hawcoat Park were not letting Rochdale play, but some quick single running by the boys led to two mistakes letting Rochdale over the line twice 12 - 26. Hawcoat Park worked hard and got the ball out wide for Aaron Taylor to run over the line and Andrew
Graham kicked the conversion 19 - 26. Rochdale were starting to get tired but were able to get the ball over the line in the corner 19 - 31. Some great tackling from Jack Fawcett, Bradley Dean, Joe Samson and great drives by Ryan Barker, Richard Steele and Ethan Davis put great pressure on Rochdale which led to Nial Miller going over the line and Andrew Graham got one more conversion 26 - 31. Again Hawcoat Park pressurized and the Rochdale defence fell which let Nial Miller run though over the line near the corner. Hawcoat Park needed the conversion to win but it fell short of the posts.

Full Time Score HAWCOAT PARK 31 - ROCHDALE 31

The coaches were very happy for the lads to have played a good strong team as they have got Penrith in the county cup in a couple of weeks time to reach the semi finals

If you are interested in playing rugby union and under the age of 14 please come along on Mondays nights at Hawcoat Park

Under 12's at 6.15pm to 7.15pm under 14's at 6.15pm to 7.45pm.

TEAM: 1 CIARON DAWES, 2 JACK FAWCETT, 3 RICHARD STEEL, 4 JAMIE DUNSTAN, 5 RYAN BAKER, 6 JAKE VIAL, 7 JOE SANSOM, 8 JOSHUA VIAL, 9 ANDREW GRAHAM, 10 DEC TAYLOR, 11 JACOB MCPARLAND, 12 AARON TAYOR, 13 CHRIS CLOUDALE, 14 NIAL MILLER, 15 LEWIS SAYLE

I would like to thank BRADLEY DEAN who played a full game for Wigton getting knocked about and stopped at least two try (I will have a word about that) HA HA ! Bradley has only being playing for a few months and he has improved so much and impressed me and the other coaches in the past two games.

Hawcoat Park kicked off putting the Wigton on the back foot. Richard Steel drove the ball over the line with four Wigton players on his back and legs only to lose the ball when another Wigton player knocked it out of his hands. Barrow got a penalty and through a quick ball, Joshua Vial drove the ball over the line. It was not all one way, Wigton passed the ball round to get a try.

Hawcoat Park forwards drove well but were held up again. The forwards drove even harder this time for Dec Taylor to go over the line to score. Hawcoat Park let the big lad, yes I mean the big number 10, run though the line to score. It was the turn of the backs to pass the ball round to let Andrew Graham to go over the line. Wigton fought well to score right on half time .

The second half saw Hawcoat Park push even harder. Richard Steel, after getting necked by the rope, proved a point to score a great try .

Hawcoat Park played a very open game but started to get more of the ball. Jack Fawcett kicked the ball (supporters "Pass the ball NO why kick it") with Niall Miller’s quick speed to pick it up and score a try (supporters “great kick”) Again the ball got out wide for Niall Miller to go over again.

Wigton never gave up and pushed Hawcoat Park back to the try line. They got a penalty and drove over the line.

I would like to thank Cockermouth players who played for B.A.E, and who played as if it was their own team

TEAM: 1 CIARON DAWES, 2 JACK FAWCETT, 3 RICHARD STEEL, 4 JAMIE DUNSTAN, 5 JACOB MCPARLAND, 6 BORROWED, 7 ANDREW GRAHAM, 8 JOE SANSOM, 9 GEORGE PAMENTER, 10 DECLAN TAYOR, 11 CHRIS BULL, 12 BORROWED, 13 AARON TAYOR, 14 BRADLEY DEAN, 15 LEWIS SAYLE

BAE travelled to Cockermouth on Sunday, to the side which had previously beaten us 17 - 47 at home. The game started with the BAE side working as a team, but not connecting, it looked like they were missing something. Their play was not working but great play by the forwards let BAE in with a penalty under the sticks making the score 0-3. Cockermouth worked hard and broke through to score under the sticks 7 -3 BAE tried to come back, but were just not connecting. Once again BAE was pushed onto the back foot making errors, the big centre drove over the line to score the second try 14 - 3.

The second half introduced a new team - well it looked like it. Right from the kick off BAE were in command not letting Cockermouth play, every thing they touched turned to gold .BAE passed the ball round to score 14-8. A long high kick and quick running put the backs under which led to a mistake and BAE took the ball over the line 14 - 13.BAE pushed so hard with the passing and kicking that Cockermouth’s defence fell. A quick break again, through the heart of the defence and over the line for BAE, 14- 20. Straight from the kick, BAE passed the ball about so quickly; two more tries came 14 - 30. Give Cockermouth their due they never gave up and pushed BAE back to the try line, BAE did well and held up the ball over the line. Cockermouth were not finished and drove over the line

To travel 2 hours on a bus to play a team in their own back yard, who have played more games than us and have more wins, is a huge achievement and a great advert for the game in the Barrow area. To see the lads faces in the changing room after the game was tremendous. This result puts Barrow well and truly on the Junior Rugby Union Map.

All that was lacking was a little self-belief, which they got after a little team talk at half time.

ANDREW GRAHAM penalty, try, conversion CIARON DAWES try, AARON TAYOR try, DECLAN TAYOR 2 tries Star player number 8 JOE SANSOM

TEAM: 1 LIAM KENNY, 2 RORY SAYLE, 3 THOMAS LAVENDER, 4 BORROWED, 5 JAMES HIGGIN, 6 NOT USED IN THIS AGE GROUP, 7 NOT USED IN THIS AGE GROUP, 8 DANIEL ECCLES, 9 GRADY SLATER, 10 LUKE FAWCETT, 11 DOMINIC HERBERT, 12 PETER MATTHEWS, 13 SCOTT McDONALD, 14 BORROWED, 15 DOMINIC POSTLETHWAITE

Barrow started well, showing great strength in the pack, winning most of the scrums and having a good defence line. All players tackled well. Cockermouth got the first two tries 14 - 0. After a hard battle in the middle of the field BAE pushed Cockermouth back to their line to get the first try for BAE

The second half of the game started well. BAE held Cockermouth back. All the players worked hard to keep the score down. Cockermouth got another try 19 - 5

DATE	UNDER 12'S	UNDER 14'S
02 March 2008		WIGTON (HOME)
09 March 2008	UNDER 13'S CUP GAME CARLISLE (HOME)	UNDER 13'S CUP GAME CARLISLE (HOME)
16 March 2008	12.15 SEVEN A SIDE T.B.A	13.00 SEVEN A SIDE T.B.A

23 March 2008		UNDER 14'S CUP GAME PENRITH (AWAY)
28 March 2008		FRIDAY ROCHDALE 2.00pm KO (HOME)
30 March 2008	KIRBY LONSDALE (AWAY) T.B.A	KIRBY LONSDALE (AWAY) T.B.A
06 April 2008	VALE OF LUNE (HOME)
13 April 2008	12.15 SEVEN A SIDE T.B.A	13.00 SEVEN A SIDE T.B.A

20 April 2008
27 April 2008
04 May 2008
11 May 2008
18 May 2008
25 May 2008

BAE Under 12's V Wigton Under 12's Sunday 3rd February 2008

Barrow started well, showing great strength in the pack, winning most of the scrums and having a good defence line. All players tackled well.

Ryan scored his first try from half way, right through the Wigton defence, quick moving and swerving to score the first try for Barrow. After a hard battle in the middle of the field Jonathan France scored the second try for Barrow. Wigton pulled back with a good try before half time.

Half Time Score BAE 12 - Wigton 7

The second half of the game started to get rough. Barrow held Wigton back. Some high tackling by both sides led to a dismissal which was a shame as both teams were playing well. Barrow worked hard and got another try by Ryan Clegg. All the players worked hard to get the result they needed.

Final score BAE 19 - Wigton 7

It shows that if all the players come and play, the team would be one of the best in the Cumbria area. You have to think at 6 players were 11 years old and the rest 10. What a result!

I would like to thank Carmen for doing the food, Darren Waterson for bringing some good lads and Mr Trainor (referee), Mr Slater (substitute players) and Ally Slater for helping with the food.

Team: Grady Slater, Kieran Robinson, Dean Robinson, James Higgin, Liam Kenny, Dominic Postlethwaite, Thomas Lavender, Brendan Trainor, Harry Nevinson, Rory Sayle, Daniel Scott, Nathan Waterson, Ryan Clegg, Matthew Jackson, Daniel Eccles, Johnathon France, Luke Shaw, Scott McDonald, Jamie Dunstan, Bradley Dean.

Cockermouth Sunday 10th February 2008

Both the Under 12's and Under 14's play at Cockermouth this Sunday. A coach has been arranged and there are places available for parents/supporters to travel. There are no charges for the players but a small contribution will be charged to other travelers.

Please meet at Hawcoat Park Sports Club by 9.00am ready to leave at 9.15am. Please inform the coaches as soon as possible if you are not available. Dress code for match days is Dark trousers and a white shirt.

25th November 2007

Kirkby Lonsdale Under 12's V BAE Barrow Under 12's

Barrow started slowly showed a little strength in the pack and but had a good defence all players tackled well Kieran Robinson, Luke Fawcett and Rory Sayle made some try stopping tackles. Kirby Scored five trys all in a row then some single player from half way from Nathan Waterston quick moving and swerving to sore the first try for Barrow then again Nathan does it from the same point Barrow. At half time Kirby 5 – BAE 2

At half time the game started to get rough and Barrow held them back. They scored 3 more trys, then a Kirby lad (who played for Barrow) drove though the line from half way to the try line one great try (thank you) with all players doing there best but the experience of Kirby showed.

Full Time 8 try's to 3

QUIZ NIGHT

Many thanks to all who attended the quiz night. £236 was raised for the Junior Rugby Section.

Sunday 4th November 2007 - BAE Under 12's and Under 14's at home to Cockermouth

Under 14's

Due to other commitments, (golf, rugby league and football), only 9 BAE players turned up for this game. Rather than abandon the match completely, the Cockermouth team lent us five of their players, which meant the game could go ahead, even though BAE were still 1 player down, 14 players to their 15.

Cockermouth kicked off first with a short kick, collected it and then ran round to the side of the pitch to score in the corner. Our team was all mixed up due to the fact that some of the players were unfamiliar, which meant that Cockermouth carried on pushing the ball wide and scored another 4 tries. BAE did miss one open try by a drop ball.

The halftime the score was 0-37 to Cockermouth.

After the break, three BAE lads came to play once their other commitments were complete. This spurred the team on, as from the kick off the Cockermouth team were on the back foot, the BAE team were now getting into shape.

20 yards out the ball was slow moving but then Jack Fawcett went over the line to get BAE's first try of the game, Jack and Jacob Mc Parland passed the ball expertly between themselves with Jack putting in a great run to finish. There were some big tackles by Ciaran Dawes, Jake Vial and some quick and hard tackles by Lewis Sayle and Joe Sansom.

With Joshua Vial putting in great power runs, it was not going to be long until he scored, and he did, putting the ball down under the posts.

Cockermouth got the ball due a mistake and quickly ran in a try. Jack Fawcett scored again for BAE but unfortunately it was not given. There was some good play by Richard Steele, Chris Casaru, Chris Bull, and Ryan Baker, which all helped with the next try, 15 yards out the ball was slow then another great run by Jack Fawcett who found a gap breaking though the Cockermouth defence to score. Cockermouth then scored another quick try.

Praise must also go to George Parmenter whose kicking was very good and confused the other side. The best tackle of the match was by Ciaran Dawes who hit the player so hard that they slid 5 yards to the line then 5 yards more.

This was a great effort from the team and if they keep going as they are, they will only improve as a team and as players themselves.

Team: Lewis Sayle, Ciaron Dawes, Christopher Bull, Jack Fawcett, Richard Steele, Chris Casaru, Joe Sansom, George Parmenter, Jake Vial, Jacob McParland, Joshua Vial, Ryan Baker, Cockermouth Player, Cockermouth Player, Cockermouth Player.

Full Time 17- 47

Under 12's

Barrow played well they showed a lot off strength in the pack and had a good defence all players tackled well Liam Kenny, Dominic Postlethwaite, Daniel Scott and Michael Cheetham made some try stopping tackles. Powerful drives by Jamie Dunstan, Thomas Lavender and James Higgin helped set up three excellent tries by Rory Sayle, Luke Fawcett and Grady Slater. Barrow never gave up, with all players doing their best, but the experience of Cockermouth showed.

Team: Grady Slater, Daniel Scott, James Higgin, Luke Fawcett, Liam Kenny, Dominic Postlethwaite, Michael Cheetham, Rory Sayle, Jamie Dunstan, Thomas Lavender, Cockermouth Player, Cockermouth Player, Cockermouth Player.

Full Time 3 try's to 13

Match Reports

Many thanks to Darren Fawcett for the match reports.

21st October 2007

Wigton Under 14's V BAE Barrow Under 14's

It was time, at last, for the under 14’s to have a game, but with some key players playing league on the same day we did well to have ten players. There were some hard tackles made by Ciaron Dawes, Chris Bull, Jamie Dunstan and great runs from Chris Denby, Edward Hall, Declan Clough. Our first try was a great run by Ethan Davis, with 10 minutes to go the team started to control the game where we got a good try in the corner by Richard Steel. Jack Fawcett was on one with great tackling, runs and support

Full Time 24-10

Team: Christopher Denby, Ciaron Dawes, Christopher Bull, Jack Fawcett, Richard Steele, Edward Hall, Joe Sansom, Ethan Davis, Jamie Dunstan, Declan Clough, Wigton player, Wigton player, Wigton player.

21st October 2007

Wigton Under 12's V BAE Barrow Under 12's

The team worked hard together. The scrums were again so strong, though we had four players missing, Wigton kindly loaned us 4 replacements, one of whom helped considerably. There were great runs by Luke Fawcett and Grady Slater, and an extra strong run by James Higgin, who dragged two to three player 10 yards until more came to stop him. Rory Sayle was very unlucky not to get over, being stopped just short of the line. There were some good tackles by Daniel Scott, Dean Robinson Dominic Postlethwaite but the lad on a mission for tacking everything was Kieran Robinson

If we had a full team we could have got three or four tries or even won the game

Full Time 40-0

Team: Grady Slater, Daniel Scott, James Higgin, Luke Fawcett, Kieran Robinson, Dominic Postlethwaite, Rory Sayle, Wigton Player, Wigton Player, Wigton Player, Wigton Player,

7th October 2007

Tarleton Under 12's V BAE Barrow Under 12's

BAE under12’s played their first game together against a big and strong Tarleton side. Taking a little time to find their feet, BAE did their best to stop the Tarleton lads from running away with the game, but is was our scrums which were very strong, with Jamie Dunstan, Jake Higgins, James Higgin, Liam Kenny, Dean Robinson Rory Sayle, Grady Slater, there was some good tackling by Kieran Robinson and Dominic Postlethwaite. It was their tackling, and some strong running from Declan Clough and Jake Higgins, that kept the score down to 21-0 at half time.

The second half started the same for BAE, winning nearly all the scrums and some great kicks by Luke Fawcett, but it was some good tackling from Tarleton meant they were always on the back foot. The big Tarleton lads kept running strong all game and ran in 3 more tries in the second half. BAE never gave up and kept going and it was a brave effort from the boys

Full Time 40-0.

Team: Grady Slater, Declan Clough, Jamie Dunstan, Jake Higgins, James Higgin, Luke Fawcett, Kieran Robinson, Liam Kenny, Dominic Postlethwaite, Dean Robinson, Rory Sayle, Tarleton Player, Tarleton Player.

Vale of Lune Under 12's V BAE Barrow Under 12's

This game was much the same as the other, we did get over the line but were held up. Having two games, one after the other, took the strength out of the team. BAE never gave up and kept trying to the end.

This was a great effort from the team and if they keep going as they are, they will only improve as a team and as players themselves.

Full Time 38-0.

Fixtures

Date	Home/Away	Under 12	Under 14
7 October 2007	Away	Tarleton 40 - 0 Vale of Lune 38 - 0
21 October 2007	Away	Wigton 40 - 0	Wigton 24 -10
4 November 2007	Home	Cockermouth 3 - 13	Cockermouth 17 - 47
25 November 2007	Away	Kirkby Lonsdale
16 December 2007	Away		Kirkby Lonsdale
27 January 2008	Home

RESULT

VENUE

UNDER 13/14

RESULT

DATE	VENUE	UNDER 12	RESULT	VENUE	UNDER 13/14	RESULT
2007	-	-	-	-	-	-
7 October	AWAY	Tarleton	Loss 40 – 0	-	-	-
7 October	AWAY	Vale of Lune	Loss 38 – 0	-	-	-
21 October	AWAY	Wigton	Loss 40 – 0	AWAY	Wigton	Loss 24 – 10
4 November	HOME	Cockermouth	Loss 3 – 13	HOME	Cockermouth	Loss 17 - 47
25 November	AWAY	Kirkby Lonsdale	Loss 48 - 15	-	-
16 December	-	-	-	AWAY	Kirkby Lonsdale	CANCELLED
2008	-	--	--	-	-	-
27 January	-	-	-	HOME	Wigton	Changed to 2/3
3 February	HOME	Wigton	Won 19 – 7	-	-	-
10 February	AWAY	Cockermouth	Loss 19 - 7	AWAY	Cockermouth	Won 21 – 30
24February	-	-	-	HOME	Vale of Lune	NO SHOW
2 March	-	-	-	HOME	Wigton	Won 30 - 20
9 March	HOME	CUP GAME Carlisle	Loss 0 - 50	-	-	-
16 March	HOME	7 a side 12.15pm	-	HOME	7 a side 12.15pm	-
23 March	-	-	-	AWAY	CUP GAME Penrith	-
28 March FRIDAY		-	-	HOME	Rochdale 2.00pm	Draw 31 - 31
30 March	AWAY	Kirbky Lonsdale	CANCELLED	AWAY	Kirkby Lonsdale	CANCELLED
6 April	HOME	Vale of Lune	Loss 7 - 35	-	-	-
13 April				AWAY-Cup	Penrith	36 - 0
20th April				AWAY	Kirkby Lonsdale	CANCELLED
26 April	-	-	-	HOME	Sedgley Park 2.00pm	-