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A successful start to the season

A successful start to the season

Chris Mason11 Oct 2013 - 17:10
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Horsham U8s made an impressive start to the 2013/14 season at the Chichester Done by Two festival on 6 October.

Horsham U8s made an impressive start to the 2013/14 season at the Chichester Done by Two festival on 6 October.

In their first competitive action of the season, the two Horsham teams ended up winning five matches, drawing one and losing two.

A team

The A team of Finlay Conway, Sam Gordon, Jude Harding, Liam Hughes, Morgan Purnell, Thomas Sanders and Sam Thurston finished second in their pool. After comfortable wins against Winchester A and Fareham Heathens A, Horsham faced a winner-takes-all match against Chichester A. Although Horsham competed strongly and pushed the hosts all the way, they eventually went down by a two-try margin.

The pain was lessened slightly after watching Chichester go on to comfortably win the A team final.

The Horsham boys eventually finished joint third after drawing 5-5 in an impromptu third-place play-off.

B team

The B team of Sam Broom, Jolyon Crook, James Knight, Jack Marks, Benjamin Mason, Brandon Masters and George Rimer finished top of their pool.

Although they only hit top form in patches, the team won their opening two fixtures against Winchester B and Fareham Heathens B with a bit to spare. In their final pool match against Chichester C they looked to have undone all the hard work with a dicey first half and a 5-3 deficit. However, the boys produced a storming second-half comeback to secure a 7-5 win and their place in the B team final.

They faced a well-drilled Havant A team who ultimately proved to be a step up in class with pacey attacks and well-marshalled defence. Although the Horsham boys kept going to the final whistle they came off disappointed to be only receiving runners-up medals.

Back to training

It’s now back to training for the remainder of October before the next festival at Crowborough on 3 November.

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Sun 06 Oct 2013

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