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Rugby
It was so good to finally see a return to a (relatively) normal season of competitive sports fixtures after such a long break.
This report is adapted from the end of term speech given by students.
The Westwood teams faced the most disruption with a number of fixtures cancelled due to Covid but we still managed fixtures for A, B & C teams in both year groups and, with both ‘A’ teams managing to finish the season with convincing wins, the future looks extremely promising.
The U14As had an excellent season, losing just two matches with Tom Stappard and Jack Williams shining (amongst many others). The ‘B’ team were even more successful, losing just once, scoring 84 tries and conceding just 13. Charlie Haines finished as the top try-scorer in the school and Theo Eugster, Ivor Branigan and Ted Minor were really impressive up front. The fact that we were able to field a ‘C’ team in this year group that would compete strongly with most ‘B’ teams gives an indication of the depth of talent coming through. Theo Antoniades, Daniel Gurung and Fergus Keen were all key performers in this side.
The U15Bs lost just twice and there were consistent performances from Terence Beekma, Yannis Paris and Ollie Yates. The U16Bs got going in the second half of the season with Jake Wilson prominent in attack scoring the vast majority of the team’s points.
And then to the two unbeaten teams. 100% records don’t happen unless the whole team commit to preparing week in, week out to perform at their best and that is certainly what happened with these two groups. However, in all successful teams there are those players that set and maintain the standards for the rest of the squad to follow and in Year 11 it has been Leo Palmer and Charlie Ward. Both these players are top performers and their attitude is first class.
For the U15s, James Linegar, Olly Goodall, Teifion Johnson and captain Archie Wake, despite missing much of the season through injury, have been the standard bearers and it’s really exciting to think what the senior teams might look like in a couple of years when these two year groups combine.
The senior teams had a really tough season but kept going right to the end and produced some memorable moments along the way. Many of them centred around player of the season Miles Deverell, but Tom Roach, Ollie Ellis and Bruin Ward all put in some strong performances along the way. Through it all, Mr Matthews and Mr Reeman accentuated the positives and they, and all the other rugby staff, deserve great credit for the time and attention they gave to their respective teams throughout the Autumn term.
COLOURS & AWARDS
COLTS COLOURS: Jasper Barazandeh-Nejad, Jacob Barton, Leo Palmer, Charlie Ward HALF COLOURS: Will Connors, Ollie Ellis, Louis Kenyon, Bruin Ward FULL COLOURS: Miles Deverell, Tom Roach MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Ollie Williams PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Miles Deverell
1st XV 2nd XV 3rd XV U16A U16B U15A U15B U14A U14B U14C U13A U13B U13C U12A U12B U12C
Taunton L L
Bristol Grammar L L
BGS (reverse fi xture) Mount Kelly College L Malvern L L
Wycliffe Monkton Combe Monkton (reverse fi xture) Blundell's L L
L Cathedral School, Llandaff L Dauntsey's L L King Edward's L L Queen Elizabeth's Hospital L L Bishop Wordsworth's L L Bloxham L
Beechen Cliff W W W W W W L W W W W W L L L L
W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L L L
W L W L W W W W L L W W W W W W W W W W W L L W W W W W W W L L W W L W W W
W W W W
Millfi eld Prep Clifton College
Win Ratio Overall Win Rate
L L L
L
L 0% 0% 100% 75% 100% 75% 80% 90% 50% 75% 80% 67% 29% 20% 0%
