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28th March  '10

First Hydro Co Under 13s Sponsored Rugby Tournament Sunday March 28^th 2010

The annual sponsored junior rugby tournament by International Power PLC First Hydro Co took place at Colwyn Bay Rugby Club where local rugby clubs who are located near to First Hydro Co Power Stations and who also had the relevant age grade related rugby team, are invited to participate. The tournament also follows the IRB Six Nations closely and as such an International team is invited to play and this year the team selected was Wirral Rugby Club to represent England. The participating clubs were Caernarfon, Nant Conwy, Llandudno, Wirral, and Colwyn Bay. Bro Ffestiniog were invited however very regrettably Bro Ffestiniog did not turn up on the day. The tournament is on one off day league based system where one point is awarded for playing, two points for  a draw and three for a win, and all teams were awarded three points for the game they would have played against Bro Ffestiniog. The tournament is in now in its fifth year now and previous winners have been Colwyn Bay twice, Caernarfon ,Llandudno so this year Nant Conwy were on a mission to win and win well.

The day produced some excellent rugby from all teams with the Wirral, Llandudno and Caernarfon  using their large forwards to play some power forward play. Colwyn Bay and Nant Conwy were the smaller teams in stature and were relying on open back play which as can be seen by the results below Nant perfected it better on the day and their rugby was backed up with some very positive rucking and mauling which gave them the edge on the day past Llandudno the current trophy holders. As seen below from the scores and league table it was mission accomplished by Nant Conwy playing some fine rugby throughout the tournament from the beginning to the end.

Finishing positions

The team individual club players of the day as chosen by the respective team coaches for overall play in the games were as follows:

·         The overall Tournament Player of the Day playing the best all round rugby of running, tackling, passing, and supporting his team mates in all four games was Rory Hughes Nant Conwy at Number 8

The medals were presented for the third year running by  First Hydro Co Senior Manager Mr Gwilym Edwards. Mr Gwilym Edwards again commented on how the standard of the rugby has increased year on year and that in five years time these boys could emulate Tom Pryddoe the Welsh International Winger who has just played for Wales aged 18 years of age. The quality of the rugby was only surpassed by the fair play extended by all teams who contest this annual tournament  in such a vigorous and sporting manner.

First Hydro Co wishes to thank all those teams and who turned up on the day to play and expressed its desire to continue to sponsor this event as part of its support for the local community contained within its Corporate and Social Responsibility.

6th March '10

Rydal 7's

The Under 13s were invited by Rydal Penrhos School to play in their prestigious Rugby sevens competition now in its twentieth year. This was a honour for the Bay as they were the only rugby club from North Wales to be  invited to play against many of the top independent schools  from the North West of England namely Wirral GS, Manchester GS, Arnolds School Blackpool, St Anselms College The Wirral, Birkenhead School, Merchant Taylors Liverpool ,St Ambrose in Hale Barns, Stockport GS and of course Rydal Penrhos the hosts .Most  of these schools play rugby sevens on a regular basis where as the Bay this was our first venture in to this format with only 12 allowed in the squad, halves of only 6 minutes each way, and a one minute half time break, this was no place for the faint hearted.

In the first game the Bay made a shock entry into the tournament beating the highly fancied Merchant Taylors School from Liverpool 19:14 with the last play of the game which was a big surprise to the Merchant Taylors staff. In the second game the Bay  came up St Ambrose College  who have a long tradition of playing rugby sevens and St Ambrose ran into a healthy 21:0 lead in the first half. The Bay fought back valiantly in the second half to go down 26:12 with St Ambrose hanging on in the last five minutes where the Bay could not turn possession into points. In the third game the Bay came up  against a well organised Stockport grammar School who were on course to win the group and lost 35: 7 which left the Bay needing to win the next game to progress to the semi final stage. The last game was against Rydal Penrhos and in spite of the score being 26 nil to the Bay the score line does not show how close the game was, with Rydal Penrhos led by Jordan Edwards of CBRFC playing for his school giving his Bay Sunday team mates a hard time up front. Fortunately the Bay pace on the wings managed to keep ahead and the Bay won 26 nil to go through to the semi finals.

In the semi finals the Bay played the runners up in the other group who were the highly fancied Arnold School s College from Blackpool who are again a strong rugby playing tradition .The Bay conceded two early converted tries but in the second half came back strongly playing the rugby that usually is shown on a Sunday. However Arnold scored two further tries in the dying minutes run out 26: 7 winners and progress through to the final.

This was a magnificent effort by the Under 13s who had never played sevens before and no other CBRFC team in previous years going this far in the competition. Our thanks are extended to Mr Mike Leach Sports Department in Rydal Penrhos for the invitation and hopefully the performance that we put in this year will earn us an invitation next year to the Under 14s competition.

The players who represented the club are Scott Kane, Connah Harding, Matty Humphries, Remy Sheil, George Roberts, Jordan Clemson, Jacob Weigh, Tom Jones, Oscar Astbury, Harri Chinery Parkes, Jake Wilson, Luke Rawickii, with Jordan Edwards who would have been in the squad from CBRFC playing for Rydal Penrhos.

28th February '10

Rhyl 31 Colwyn Bay 0

Sunday 28^th February 2010 was a date for the regional rugby matches and the Bay were due to have a training day however a late call to Caernarfon managed to secure a three way match against away to Caernarfon and Rhyl playing at the Caernarfon Secondary School.. Although the Bay had only 13 players on the day and were missing 10 players  due to regional training and absences and Caernarfon too were also running light on players, both teams gave very commendable displays against a full strength Rhyl team whose possessed large and talented running players.

However today was a great opportunity for two new boys to show their skills and Daniel Rhys Lloyd Prop  was playing his first full game for the club and Olly Wood Winger was playing his first full start. The Bay went behind  quickly through some initial weak tackling and some fast back play by the Rhyl backs and were 21:0 at half time. The score could have been a lot bigger however the Bay backs got stuck in and another great performance by Jake Wilson got him Man of the Match for tackling everything that moved in the second half. Great support play by Jacob Weigh playing in the backs and George Roberts Hooker covering every blade  of grass on the very large pitch earned them additional points towards the player of the year.

Caernarfon 21 Colwyn Bay 7

In the second game against Caernarfon the Bay were now down to 12 players however the teams were more evenly matched in size and ability. Caernarfon got off to a quick start scoring straight from the drop out under the posts by their flying winger which was well converted. The Bay hit back straight away and were over the try line for a try but the ball got knocked forward at the moment of scoring to which Caernarfon picked up the ball and ran the length of the pitch and should of scored if it was not for Olly Wood Winger who gave his opposite number a 20 metre head start and never gave up the chase and hauling him down in the 5 metre zone. The Bay then played some great forward rugby and the pack namely Daniel  Rhys Lloyd, David Edwards, , Jamie Owen, Jordan Clemson, Jordan Edwards, Kurt Taylor Williams, and Nicholas Ingham were rucking and mauling in unison that the absent Head Coach Aiden Sheil would of been proud of if he was there on the touch line. The Bay equalised through a great driving maul which was turned into a ruck to which Jordan Clemson picked up and went three metres from the line and David Edwards had a pick another “pick and go” and got the well deserved forwards try which was converted by Jordan Clemson. Caernarvon  again hit back with some great back play and one missed tackle by the Bay meant that the Bay were back under their posts conceding a further seven points against the run of play. The Bay backs found the Caernarvon backs a handful but a variety of play by Scrum Half Scott Kane sniping away at the base of the scrum and Fly Half Harri Chinery Parkes with some tactical kicking gave opportunities for the Bay backs Luke Rawicki and Olly Wood and Jacob Weigh now playing in the backs again to run onto, but today the bounce of the ball was not in the Bay favour, and they conceded a late try in the final play to make the score 21:7 to a well organised Caernarfon side.

Man of the Match Olly Wood  for some great attacking play and saving a certain try and extra seasonal effort points go to new boy Jacob Clemson  and “seasoned” front row veteran David Edwards.   

Sponsored Walk Tour Fundraiser Saturday 20th February 2010 

The Under 13s tour fund raiser sponsored walk took place today for those players who were unable to attend the Christmas bag packing and raise money for the tour to South Wales. As it turned it was as much as a ski and winter sports day than a walk as overnight three inches of snow fell on the route which added to the fun. The walk was designed to add to the fitness of the players with a challenging four mile walk cross country over undulating terrain and the route started at the club and meandered via Glanwydden, Cilmeityn, Bodysgallen Hall Hotel, the Obelisk, Pabo and back to the club house in the Bay.

As the snow was quite deep the boys namely Jordan Clemson, Gareth Mansfield, Adam Smith, Jordan Edwards, Jake Wilson and Nicholas Ingham soon resorted to the traditional winter rugby tactics like snow rucking, snow mauling, snow ball scrums, and line out with a snow ball. This was followed after lunch with a six man rolling snow maul, where the group started at the top of the Obelisk field and rolled all the way (the maul was now very much a rolling ruck) to the bottom of the steep hill.

The group finished at the club house some three hours later having had a great time as well as raising valuable funds for the trip to South Wales which commences on the 19th March 2010 playing at Newport, Penarth, and Brecon and taking in the Wales v Italy International game.

Thanks to all those players and parents who have bag packed, under taken the sponsored walk, or made a financial donation to the tour fund and can all players who went on the walk please make their payments by 28th February 2010.

14th February '10

Colwyn Bay  10 Llandudno 35

The score in this game does not represent a fair reflection of the play in this local derby against Llandudno RFC who if not the strongest team in North Wales are certainly physically the biggest pack that the Bay boys have come up against. For the first 17 minutes of the game there was no score and Bay had the best of the possession but could not turn it into points due to some excellent defending by Llandudno and particularly their back row and talisman Alwyn who was working ovetime. However a loose kick from the Bay was picked up by the Llandudno wing Ryan who went 45 metres and past some poor tackling  to score under the posts. Making that mistake once was bad enough but to repeat straight from the restart where Llandudno Centre Mickey Murray picked the ball up and again aided with weak tackling on the Wings the Bay had now shipped 14 points in two minutes. A further loose defensive kick from behind the try line was picked off by Ryan the Llandudno wing for a straight run in to make the score 21:0 at half time with all tries being very well converted from long range field positions.

In the second half the Bay hit back immediately with a long range individual try from No 8 Remy Sheil who went through some infectious weak tackling (now on the Llandudno side) to make the score 21:5 which was unconverted. The Bay now started to play some attacking and running rugby and a break out by Scott Kane Scrum Half from his 22 to the Llandudno 10 metre line gave the Bay  the required field possession which resulted subsequent with penalty for offside 10 metres from the line. From this penalty the Bay drove forward and Jordan Edwards playing in the Front Row peeled off to get  a great forwards try to get the Bay back in the game at 21:10.However in the last five minutes some poor handling and defensive kicking from the Bay let Llandudno take hold of the game once  more with Alwyn Back Row for Llandudno  scoring a try and Llandudno Winger Ryan getting his hat trick of tries in the last play to finish the match.

The Bay should have got more out of this match but some basic errors to be worked on a and a refresh of the Laws on Tuesday night should cure this. However the game sets the return match up nicely when Llandudno return on Sunday 28^th March 2010 as guests of Colwyn Bay RFC in the sponsored tournament by First Hydro Co for clubs located near their power stations in North Wales which is now in its fifth year.

The Bay player of the match was Jordan Edwards for fronting up to the big Llandudno pack and additional player of the year points go to Remy Sheil Number 8 and Scott Kane Scrum Half for taking the game to Llandudno with running rugby when all appeared lost.

12th February '10

Colwyn Bay  Under 13s  17    North West Wales Regional Under 12s Team   17

This fixture was requested by the management team of North West Wales Regional Under 12s to give the players a good test before meeting the Swansea region next Wednesday in Newtown. The fixture was played on a chilly Friday night but the quality of the rugby from both sides warmed the large and appreciative crowd who had gathered at Brookfield Drive under the new floodlights. The game was also an excellent opportunity for the Bay to test their three new starters who joined in December and Jordan, Olly, and Dan who all equipped themselves very well against quality opposition.

The North West Wales Regional Team is the team compiled from the region so that the very best talent from Llandudno, Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Bethesda, Llangefni, and play as a unit .The quality of the rugby and stature of the players of the visitors made playing up a year (all with parental and coach consent) relatively easy, so there was no mismatch as the score above revealed.

The Bay got off to a good start with a try within 5 minutes  after some slick passing and a line break to score in the corner for an unconverted try which appeared to galanise the NWW players. NWW hit back immediately with strong forward play combining nicely with a driving maul drove the ball up the park for Morgan Owen from Bethesda RFC to drive over for a try which was converted by Emur Court from Nant. NWW again playing some good rugby broke through the Bay covering defence on the half way line and their robust forward Morgan Owen Bethesda RFC went over for a try aided by some missed tackles by the Bay to make the score 5:12 at half time with NWW very much in the ascendency.

In the second half NWW forwards executing some competitive counrer rucking and rolling mauls took hold of the match and the Boys from the Bay new they were in the game of the season. Many a team would have wilted under such pressure however the Bay Under 13s winger and flying machine Oscar Astbury had other ideas, and poached an interception try running 50 metres to put the Bay back in the match. Harri Parkes Full Back converted the kick and it was all to play for with fifteen ten minutes to go .NWW again supporting each other very well in broken play broke through the Bay line to score a team try which was credited to Sam Hughes from Llandudno RFC. In the last five minutes the Bay eventually woke up and played some great forwards and backs team rugby which saw Luke Rawickii Winger go over in the corner to get a try to even the scores with an unconverted try.

A draw is a rare occurence in Rugby Union but this was a fair result played by two excellent teams. The Bay Under 13s Management and Coaches wish the NWW regional boys all the best for their fixture against Swansea and if the play with the committment and team spirit as they did tonight the boys from West Wales will be in for tough test. The referee” men of the match” for this fixture are Morgan Owen Bethesda RFC for outstanding play in the tight and the loose and Oscar Astbury Winger Colwyn Bay for excellent defence and attacking running rugby.

The list of names at the bottom of this report represents the  the boys from North West Wales who fought their way through the seelction system and qualified to play in this match. Of these players below 23 were selected after the match by Vaughan Williams NWW Regional Head Coach and the other NWW Coaches will go onwards to play Swansea and we wish you well.

Thanks are extended to the CBRFC Fixtures Secretary Penny Broadway for arranging this match at short notice and to the CBRFC Steward Dave Jones for arranging the facilities and accommodating the teams again with short notice  without interfering with a pre existing CBRFC Hospitality event that was occurring in the club house.

North West Wales Trial Players  who played this evening as declared by NWW Regional Coaches are  as follows:

SAM WILLIAMS,   ISAAC WILLIAMS , RYAN GRIFFITHS, NEO PARKIES, SAM HUGHES,    GUILLOUME  PEYRASSE, KAI WILLIAMS,  SION WILLIAMS, RHYS TUDOR,  MORGAN OWEN, RICHARD EVANS 

STEFFAN OWEN,   EMUR  COURT, LLYR JONES,   RHODRI JONES, LLION  JONES,  JAKE  DAVIES, IWAN  KYFFIN,  JOSH  ROSE, ADAM ROBERTS,  TOMOS  OWEN, KYLE  THOMAS,  HEDD VAUGHAN

CAIRON  JONES,& RHYS   FROM  NANT

7th February '10

Colwyn Bay 12 Nant Conwy 25

Colwyn Bay welcomed the boys from the Conwy Valley in what was to be the most pulsating game of rugby his season at Brookfield Road in a game which from the start to the finish ebbed and flowed like the Conwy river.

Nant played the most positive rugby from first referees whistle and pinned Colwyn Bay back in their 22m for the first 7 minutes which resulted in a score for the flying the Nant Winger who rounded the stretched Bay defensive cover to score in the corner for an unconverted try. Further pressure for Nant resulted in some dogged defence by the Bay whose backs did not miss a tackle all day and kept the Nant backs from crossing their line on many more occasions. The Bay finally broke out from their own half and a great run for the Bay backs from their 10 m line resulted in Remy Sheil number 8 giving good support play to go over in the corner for an unconverted try. The Bay were now back in the match and further pressure in the 22m area resulted in the ball being thrown back over the line by Nant and Jake Wilson Centre following up and getting the touchdown which Harri Chinnery  Parkes converted to make it 12 :5 .Nant again came straight back at the Bay and a good forwards maul saw the Nant hooker peel off and get  a good forwards try to go in 12:10 at half time.

In the second half the Bay forwards were in ascendency with some fabulous driving mauls led by Jacob Weigh Flanker and Kieran Williams. Whilst the Bay mauled well this was countered by Nant by some very effective rucking  and the ball was in the possession of the boys in green. From one of these quick rucks the ball was sent out wide and a speculative kick from the Nant Centre was followed up by another fly hack kick which bounced off the bottom of the post to be pounced upon by the Nant support players for a further unconverted try. This try was quickly followed up by a very good flowing move where the whole back line of Nant were involved to which their winger scored in the corner. Many teams would have wilted under this pressure and conceded more points but the Bay boys held out until the last minute when the Nant scored a further try to put more of a gloss on the score in the last period of play.

This was an outstanding game of rugby by two sets of boys who played the game with great spirit and discipline. Indeed if both teams were in the same regional set up (which unfortunately they are not)they would be a match for any regional team in Wales at his age.

The Bay Man of the Match was Jake Wilson Centre for his outstanding tackling of the Nant backs and additional seasonal points go to Jacob Weigh Flanker for his outstanding forward play.  

Sunday 24^th January '10

CBRFC Under 13s  55   Glyn Ceiriog Under 13s 5

After a month off due to frozen pitches, flooded pitches, and the festive break the Under 13s got back into action playing Glyn Ceiriog RFC who are a small village team near Wrexham. Glyn Ceiriog RFC are a new club and this team had only played for one season and  was a mixture of Under 13s and Under 12s but  unfortunately Glyn Ceiriog were also missing a couple of their more experienced players on the day. The Bay sportingly gave Glyn Ceiriog some of their best forwards namely  Jamie Owen and Kurt Taylor Williams  who played well in the flanker positions for the first half for the Glyn Ceiriog team so as to have  15 a side on the pitch. Not only was this a notable day for the first visit by Glyn Ceiriog to Colwyn Bay but also today was the debut of two new players for the Bay who joined in December from playing football namely Olly Wood Right Winger and Jordan Clemson Second Row which is a sporting milestone in a rugby players lifetime.

Glyn Ceiriog played very well in the opening stages with some robust forward play and the Bay boys of Kurt Taylor Williams and Jamie Owen putting in some big hits on their team mates .A spilled ball resulted in an attacking scrum for the Bay on the half way line to which had a chance to do one of their rehearsed moves. From the resulting scrum Scott Kane went blind side and then flipped the ball to Connah Harding who sent the ball through the hands of all the supporting backs namely Matty Humphries, Jake Wilson, Harri Chinnery Parkes and finally to Olly Wood who on his first game for the club ran in a try from 30 metres side stepping all the defensive cover to score on his debut under the posts which Harri Chinnery Parkes Fullback subsequently converted. From the restart the Bay forwards were not to be out done by the flying backs and a driving maul forced Glyn Ceiriog back into their twenty two to which Jacob Weigh Flanker peeled off to get a try which was again converted. A further quick forward try was added to by Remy  Sheil playing at number 8 who broke through some weak tackling to add a further converted try which was quickly followed by a further try from Centre Jake Wilson who ran in a long range try to make it 26 nil at half time.

Many club teams in the second half would have put off by this forward power play by the Bay whose large squad of forwards comprising of Jordan Edwards Hooker, David Edwards Prop, Kieran Williams Prop, Adam Smith Second Row, Nicholas Ingham Second Row, Gareth Mansfield Flanker, Kurt Taylor Williams  Prop, Jamie Owen Second Row, Prop, Remy Sheil Number 8, Jacob Weigh Flanker and new boy Jordan Clemson second row, dominated the set pieces and the loose play. However Glyn Ceiriog had not just come up for pleasant bus ride and put up some tremendous fighting spirit in the second half .Glyn Ceiriog scored a great try after some long term pressure on the Bay line with backs and forwards working together to drive their flanker over the line for a well deserved try which unfortunately went unconverted .Glyn Ceiriog continually maintained a good pressure in the Bay 22m area and were unfortunate not to score more points but good defensive by the Bay backs kept the score to just one try. A quick breakaway by Luke Rawicki Winger and great positional kicking by Harri Chinnery Parkes set up tries and for Oscar Asbury Wing and  Centre Matty Humphries extended the unassailable lead. However again  Glyn Ceiriog came back into the match with some good driving mauls and quick rucking which deserved some more points but they could not get the points they justly deserved.

In the closing minutes the Bay scored two very different tries which were both very notable. The try by winger Tom Jones was created from a scrum where Scott Kane Scrum Half flipped the ball blind and wide to touch line Tom Jones who with dancing feet side stepped the Glyn Ceiriog defence and was driven over for the try by the forwards. The try of the day came in the last play when Adam Smith Second Row who had played superbly well for 41 minutes got the ball from the restart on his 10 metre line and went up the park. Fending off tacklers from the forwards and the backs he dashed  for the line and scored under the posts in a shortened second half to end the game.

In the week that we lament the passing away of the great Scottish rugby commentator from the BBC Mr Bill McClaren it is fitting to insert how Bill McLaren would have described Adam Smith try if he was there today commentating which would have gone something like this:

“the big Welsh laddie from the boiler hoose of the Colwyn Bay Scrum who looks like he is built from pure Welsh Granite has got the ball from the restart under his arm and he is away on a bullocking run up the park. His backs are try to keep up with him but there is no stopping this big laddie, he is like a runaway express  train and I tell you I am glad I am up here in the commentary box and don’t have to try to stop him. As he touches down for a great try under the post and I tell ye he is not even oot of puff”.

Although the score appears one sided credit should be given to Glyn Ceiriog for never giving up on the game and the large crowd of spectators who welcomed them to Brookfield Drive could see they were well coached and have great potential . The Bay look forward to the return game at Glyn Ceiriog where we will take a mixed team of Under 12s and under 13s to play them at Glyn Ceiriog and the club is a welcome addition to the Rugby Union Junior Set up in North Wales. The CBRFC Player of the Season points of nine per man are awarded to Jamie Owen and Kurt Taylor Williams for sportingly playing for the opposition and also to Oliver Wood and Jordan Clemson who played superbly well on their debut. The Man of the Match is Adam Smith who played superbly in the scrum and line out scoring a magnificent try in the last period of play and gets 10 points on his total.

Next match away to Wirral RFC all players to be at the club for 09.00am and training is at the club on Tuesday night at 18.30 prompt.

Sunday 13^th December 2009

Sunday 6^th December 2009

Rhyl 12 Colwyn Bay 29

After a three week layoff due to weather affected pitches at Rydal, and Colwyn Bay the Under 13s could not wait to get back on the pitch and the trip to local rivals Rhyl is an eagerly awaited fixture against a rapidly improving Rhyl team. The Bay were missing key players Adam Stroud, Andrew McMullen, Callum Teasdale, George Roberts, Jack Morris, Kurt Taylor Williams, Kieran Williams, Nicholas Ingham, Tom Caldwell, and Will Murphy due to illness and injury but managed to get 13 players together which were matched by Rhyl and what proved to be a very entertaining match of 13 a side running rugby.

The Bay got off to a flying start with strong forward domination which Bay were in the Rhyl 22 for most of the first ten minutes. The Bay got a scrum 10 metres out and Scott Kane at Scrum Half made a scintillating break from the scrum to go over for great individual try in front of the post which Harri Chinery Parkes playing at full back converted. The Bay continued to dominate the first half and only determined forward play from the Rhyl pack who showed outstanding break down and rucking play stopped the Bay scoring more points. However a line break by Matty Humphries at Centre  from the middle of the park got the ball to Jake Wilson who injected great pace and slipped the ball to Luke Rawicki Winger who showed great speed and determination to score in the corner for the Bay to go in to in at half time Rhyl 0:Bay 12.

At the very start of the second half the Bay got a break out when Connah Harding Fly Half made a line break and shipped the ball to Harri Chinery Parkes who when tackled made a superb pass out of a double the tackle to get Tom Jones Left Wing to go over in the corner to make it 0:17.It should be noted that at this point of the match the very sporting and large home crowd of Rhyl parents watching this match broke out into spontaneous round of applause in recognition of great quality rugby being played by both sides.

After conceding this try from Tom Jones this seemed to galvanise Rhyl in to a great fight back with some great forward play which gave them the field position for Ben Shepherd Centre to run in a superb solo try breaking three tackles from his half way line to make the score 7:17 . The Bay knew they were in a good game of rugby and managed to work the ball up the field through good mauling by the forwards David Edwards, Gareth Mansfield, Jamie Owen, Jacob Weigh, Adam Smith and Remy Sheil to get a line out 8 metres from the line. A throw by hooker Gareth Mansfield was taking spectacularly off the top of the line by Adam Smith and when landing from a great height made a dash for the line and scored a great individual second row try in spite of great Rhyl tackling to make it 7 :22. Such was the ebb and flow of the match Rhyl were again in the Bay half and after a penalty for offside the Rhyl Scrum Half Alex again shipped the ball quickly through the hands of the Rhyl backs Morgan, Ewan and Paul to set up another a great team try for Ben Shepherd and at 22:12 Rhyl were again back in the match. The Rhyl forwards again played good pack rugby and again good quality rucking rugby at the break down meant that Bay were defending their line for long periods of play, with the Bay backs led by Connah “the Hitman” Harding and flanker Jacob Weigh stopping great attacking play by the Rhyl backs.

Towards the end of the match the Bay backs got more possession and the quick hands from Scott Kane, to Connah  Harding to Jake Wilson got the ball to Matty Humphries who powered over the line at the final whistle which was converted by Tom Jones.  All in all this was a class game of rugby on a heavy pitch where both teams played good quality rugby. The Bay coaches recommend that the North East Regional Coaches attend Rhyl more often to see the talent on show at this club in this emerging Under 13 team.

Man of the Match Harri Chinery Parkes playing for the first time at full back and all other players get nine points to their season playing points total for outstanding team play.

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Sunday 8^th November 2009

Colwyn Bay 20  King William School  lsle of Man  5

Colwyn Bay received and invitation from close sporting neighbours Llandudno RFC to play in a three way match against one of the Isle of Man leading private schools King William School (KWS) who were on a school tour. This invitation was warmly welcomed as with WRU Regional Rugby affecting the last Sunday in the month the more games that CBRFC can get in the calendar month, the better. Unfortunately with CBRFC Under 13 injury list, illness, and also being remembrance Sunday CBRFC could only turn out 14 players but those players gave there all in a very sporting junior rugby day out. It should be noted that both Llandudno and KWS sportingly  loaned CBRFC players to make up the teams to 15 a side.

KWS started strongly with their large forwards gaining good ground but strong defence by the Bay stopped them entering the 22m area in the early exchanges. From a knock on by KWS the Bay shipped the ball quickly down the line for Matty Humphries to score a try in the corner which went unconverted. The Bay straight from the restart made good ground again with Jake Wilson excelling in the backs with his direct and straight running which the opposition found hard to cope with. Jake Wilson off loaded well in the tackle to get the pass away for Remy Sheil to score in the corner. KWS hit straight back with some very powerful and “loud” forward play which appeared to intimidate the Bay, who stood off the tackler to allow KWS to score a good forwards try. At 10 :5 there was everything to play for and with great attacking play by CBRFC backs and good defensive tackling  by the Jacob Weigh and Callum Teasdale both playing at flankers, the ball was again moved wide to allow Matty Humphries to get a second try again in the corner. The Bay finished the match with a try from Centre Connah Harding to make the score a respectable 20:5 against a very committed and sporting school team.

CBRFC Man of the March Jake Wilson for great attacking play and setting up his team mates for their tries.

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Llandudno 12 Colwyn Bay  0

The second match was the scheduled fixture between these very good sides at this age group which is always an eagerly awaited fixture in the season. The Bay dominated the early exchanges and were in the Llandudno half for long  periods of play but could not turn possession into points. The Bay forwards played well with Callum Teasdale playing in his first game after a long spell off with an injury in the thick of it, making some strong runs against his former club but only outstanding defensive play by all the Llandudno play kept the Bay out. The longer the game went on the stronger Llandudno RFC became and Mickey Murray at Centre scored an opportunist long range try under the posts which was converted by Llandudno. The Bay defended  gallantly for the remainder of the match and in the last two minutes conceded a try to the Llandudno flyer Harpin in the corner after some missed tackles by the Bay.

CBRFC Man of the Match Callum Teasdale Flanker for outstanding play in the loose and great defence.

A great day junior rugby was had by all and the games were stopped at 11.00am with players standing exactly where they were located on the pitch to pay a respectful silence to those who have given so much for this country.

Next game against Rydal School on Saturday 14^th November 2009 meet at 09:15am at Rydal fields. A mixed team will be played from CBRFC Under 13s and CBRFC Under 12s against Rydal Under 13s so as to develop players in different positions and have a balanced game. All Rydal boys in CBRFC must play for their school.

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