Newsletter #4 - Middlesex

What a great day!! Medals all round

Firstly I like to say how proud I am of you all. We gave our best showing at a tournament ever. The Pumas won the Team development shield and the Panthers came runners up in the bowl final.

New players George, Jake and Dean played superbly fitting into the team brilliantly. Duggie had a storming game tackling everything that moved. The whole team played for each other and as one of the Puma's coaches I was incredibly happy. We have had some difficult times at festivals, but with draws against Roslyn Park B's and Hackney Bulls, the only loss of the day was to Teddington. Sunday showed how much you guys have improved and you should all feel very proud.

The Panthers were unlucky to be beaten in the second pool game against Ruislip with them scoring during the last play of the game. The Ref commented on what a great game both teams had played. In the Quarter final we beat Saracens 28-0 which was a fantastic result. After going behind by a try in the semi final against Teddington the boys battled away. Smellis, oops sorry, Ellis held his nerve to convert the try making us 7-5 winners. In the final against London Welsh we held out well. Welsh were a great team and played good rugby beating us and winning the bowl.

Once again we are extremely proud of you all.

Tour

On Friday the 28^th March the minis are going on tour, for the guys that are not touring there probably won't be any rugby that weekend. Margaret and Sam have ordered the boys that are going on tour hoodies and bags. If you are not coming on tour and wish to purchase any of these items please speak to either of them this weekend.

See you all on Sunday.

Greg

A Plate for the Pumas!

Well done to the Pumas who won the Plate in the C Tournament at Imber Court today

In a closely contested final they beat Rosslyn Park by 1 try to 0, the try scored by Alex. Congratulations to the whole team who played with massive commitment in every game.



In the A tournament the Panthers fought valiantly through a tough draw to make the final of the Bowl, where they went down to London Welsh.


Well do to both teams, for an excellent tournament.

More Later..

Pictures from Middx Festival

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Originally uploaded by Panthers & Pumas

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End of Season Videos

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U8s


U9s

Newsletter #3 - The Carwash

Well done to all the boys and parents who took part in the car wash on Sunday. We raised £205 which will pay for the end of season trophies. Next time we do car washing we will be a bit more organized and wash only 2 cars at a time. Everyone worked extremely hard. Steve Axbey took a picture of Steve Brinning helping out.

Middlesex Festivals

The Middlesex A, B, C festivals are to be held on the same weekend this year (it's to stop clubs putting A teams into the B tournament). They are being held at Imber Court (Teddingtons ground) on Sunday 9^th March. We have 2 teams entered so I need you all to play. If you are not available to play please let me know as soon as possible. My mobile number is 07888-678352. I also need you all to be at training on Sunday so we can work on lineouts, scrums, plays etc.

Newsletter

Mums and Dads please can you get the boys to read the news letter's hopefully it is way for them to be kept informed about what is happening in our age group. We will be updating the web site soon and hope the boys will be able to access it. Once updated, we will be posting squad lists, team selection and other information about the coming weeks. Finally if you or the boys have any news about things outside of rugby let me know and we can put it on the web site.

See you all on Wednesday

Greg

Twickenham v Rugby

Twickenham v Rugby
Originally uploaded by Panthers & Pumas

This is the picture we gave to the Mayor