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Beverley RUFC Saved by the Early Whistle

Jan 312010

Not a match that will linger long in anybody’s memory but in the end a satisfactory day for Beverley RUFC who ground out a narrow victory to move up to fifth in the table. Beverley RUFC were far from their best, struggling all afternoon to retain possession and seldom producing any of the fine rugby they have been playing in recent games.

Alex Nightingale made a promising debut on the wing with limited ball, but without the injured Phil Duboulay their makeshift pairing at halfback never quite got it together, and Beverley RUFC’s other debutant Chris Harding at full back will have better days than this. None the less it was in the forwards that Beverley RUFC particularly looked out of sorts.

Beverley RUFC started well enough and it was against the run of play that Middlesbrough RUFC took the lead with a penalty from Simon O’Farrell after eight minutes when Beverley RUFC were penalised for not releasing the man after the tackle. Beverley RUFC continued to have the better of the play without being able to find any decisive cutting edge. David Worrall, Richard Bussey, and James McKay all made impressive breaks but nothing came of them through lack of support or careless passing.

Eventually after twenty five minutes they did get the breakthrough. From loose play in the visitors’ 22 the ball went to Craig Hancock who raced through the entire defence and touched down under the posts without a hand being laid on him. Jamie Gill’s conversion put Beverley RUFC 7-3 ahead but the lead was shortlived. In a Beverley RUFC attack down the right poor handling midway inside the visitors’ half allowed Middlesbrough RUFC to hoof the ball clear. With Beverley RUFC’s full back nowhere in sight a kick and chase to the Beverley RUFC line was easily won by winger Callum Campbell who touched down for O’Farrell to add a simple conversion.

Thereafter Beverley RUFC’s game started to fall apart alarmingly. There were ever-increasing errors and a worrying loss of effectiveness up front even though they still managed to get a good share of possession. It was the frequency with which they kept giving it away that was the trouble. A crooked put-in at a Beverley RUFC scrum shortly before halftime allowed O’Farrell to stretch the Middlesbrough RUFC lead with a second penalty so that for all their domination in the half Beverley RUFC found themselves turning round 13-7 down.

In the second period when they ought to have been trying to play the game in their opponents half they consistently failed to make any use of the following wind. They continued to get bogged down in their own territory until at last a penalty got them up to the Middlesbrough RUFC 22. From the resulting lineout victory was clinched in a moment of magic from Bussey who cut back to the forwards and threaded his way through the defence for a fine try under the posts. Gill’s conversion put Beverley RUFC a point in front and somehow they managed to stay there.

But the last quarter was a nail biting affair for Beverley RUFC. The big Middlesbrough RUFC pack increasingly took command and Beverley RUFC struggled to contain their powerful drives, once being trundled back to their own line from thirty metres out. After a frantic battle on the line Beverley RUFC eventually managed to escape but Middlesbrough RUFC would not let them off the hook. The referee’s inadvertent blowing for full time some five minutes early probably came as much of a relief to Beverley RUFC as it was an irritation to Middlesbrough RUFC.

The visitors no doubt felt hard done by but Beverley RUFC could justifiably point to the fact that all the Middlesbrough RUFC scoring had been handed to them on a plate by Beverley RUFC errors. Beverley RUFC may also feel that justice had been done following the earlier encounter at Acklam Park when they had suffered an agonising defeat in a match they had totally dominated throughout.

Final score Beverley RUFC 14 Middlesbrough 13

Beverley’s Big Guns Back in Action

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Jan 302010

This weekend will see the return of the big guns to Beverley with only Beverley Town missing with their away trip being called off after a late pitch inspection.

The long awaited return of Hodgsons FC to league action leaves Chairman Lee Hastings full of concern, earlier in the week Lee said:

”This is our first game since 12th December, hopefully! I am expecting a tough very game, especially after the long lay off. Losing is not an option for us we must keep pushing if we are serious about winning the title.”

For Mill Lane United there are no such worries, Terry Jackson speaking to Beverley Sport on the eve of the match against Gilberdyke said;

“Yes it would be good to win though for us it is just important to be playing again, we are too far off the pace now to win the league so our attentions are fully focused on the forth coming cup tie with Hodgsons FC.”

Better news for the rugby teams too with Beverley ARLC returning action at the Beverley Leisure Centre. Beverley Rugby Club 2^nd XV have also managed to ensure their game goes ahead by switching the match to Beaver Park.

The 2^nd XV will be hoping to keep up their winning start under new manager Ian Archibald as they face strong opposition in Hullensians.

Beverley edge victory over Boro

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Jan 302010

BEVERLEY 14 MIDDLESBOROUGH 13: Not a match that will linger long in anybody’s memory but in the end a satisfactory day for Beverley who ground out a narrow victory to move up to fifth in the table.

Beverley were far from their best, struggling all afternoon to retain possession and seldom producing any of the fine rugby they have been playing in recent games. Alex Nightingale made a promising debut on the wing with limited ball, but without the injured Phil Duboulay their makeshift pairing at halfback never quite got it together, and Beverley’s other debutant Chris Harding at full back will have better days than this. None the less it was in the forwards that Beverley particularly looked out of sorts.

They started well enough and it was against the run of play that Middlesborough took the lead with a penalty from Simon O’Farrell after eight minutes when Beverley were penalised for not releasing the man after the tackle. Beverley continued to have the better of the play without being able to find any decisive cutting edge. David Worrall, Richard Bussey, and James McKay all made impressive breaks but nothing came of them through lack of support or careless passing.

Eventually after twenty five minutes they did get the breakthrough. From loose play in the visitors’ 22 the ball went to Craig Hancock who raced through the entire defence and touched down under the posts without a hand being laid on him. Jamie Gill’s conversion put Beverley 7-3 ahead but the lead was shortlived. In a Beverley attack down the right poor handling midway inside the visitors’ half allowed Middlesborough to hoof the ball clear. With Beverley’s full back nowhere in sight a kick and chase to the Beverley line was easily won by winger Callum Campbell who touched down for O’Farrell to add a simple conversion.

Thereafter Beverley’s game started to fall apart alarmingly. There were ever-increasing errors and a worrying loss of effectiveness up front even though they still managed to get a good share of possession. It was the frequency with which they kept giving it away that was the trouble. A crooked put-in at a Beverley scrum shortly before halftime allowed O’Farrell to stretch the Middlesborough lead with a second penalty so that for all their domination in the half Beverley found themselves turning round 13-7 down.

In the second period when they ought to have been trying to play the game in their opponents half they consistently failed to make any use of the following wind. They continued to get bogged down in their own territory until at last a penalty got them up to the Middlesborough 22. From the resulting lineout victory was clinched in a moment of magic from Bussey who cut back to the forwards and threaded his way through the defence for a fine try under the posts. Gill’s conversion put Beverley a point in front and somehow they managed to stay there.

But the last quarter was a nail biting affair for Beverley. The big Middlesborough pack increasingly took command and Beverley struggled to contain their powerful drives, once being trundled back to their own line from thirty metres out. After a frantic battle on the line Beverley eventually managed to escape but Middlesborough would not let them off the hook. The referee’s inadvertent blowing for full time some five minutes early probably came as much of a relief to Beverley as it was an irritation to Middlesborough. The visitors no doubt felt hard done by but Beverley could justifiably point to the fact that all the Middlesborough scoring had been handed to them on a plate by Beverley errors. Beverley may also feel that justice had been done following the earlier encounter at Acklam Park when they had suffered an agonising defeat in a match they had totally dominated throughout.

Captain Moore Confident Walkington Will Win

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Jan 292010

Daniel Moore skipper of the Walkington Barrel denied all rumours that he and his team mates were dejected after loosing in the final minutes of the game.

Speaking to Beverley Sport Moore who was in a confident mood said;

“Yes the defeat was hard to take though we must learn from out mistakes and not make the same ones in future games. There is no unrest or discontentment in dressing the lads are raring to go and we prove that in the next match.”

The Walkington Barrel face Withernsea who have already seen off Walkington earlier in the campaign, Moore recalled the match saying;

“We should have won that game, we played them just before Christmas and threw away a tow goal lead.”

On that fateful day it was their own player, centre back Phil Clark who scored an own goal with just 5 minutes remaining that proved to be the deciding factor in the match.

Beverley ARLC Return to Action at Long Last

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Jan 292010

Beverley ARLC will take to the field again this weekend at their home ground the Beverley Leisure Centre. The team has suffered like many others in Beverley with the recent run of bad weather that has seen their fixtures cancelled both home and away.

It was nearly seven weeks ago that the team last played in front of their home crowd when they entertained Reckitts with the visitors taking all the points.

Beverley ARLC will need a strong performance today and are confident they can put on a good show for fans this afternoon. With few injury worries Beverley ARLC should have no issues with team selection.

Humber Colts Confident of Passing Pitch Inspection

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Jan 292010

The Humber Colts are hopeful they will pass a late pitch inspection as the newly formed Beverley club are keen to get back on the pitch after suffering a big defeat in the cup.

After that game both manager Tony Henderson and Chairman Rob Hunter although disappointed to loose seemed happy that it was not a league game they lost.

Hunter speaking earlier in the week said;

“First and foremost we must look to get promotion if that means we win the title then that is a bonus. From when the first ball was kicked each and every member of our squad knew the importance of promotion.”

Henderson has the same view as Hunter and is confident the Colts will achieve promotion and championship title too. Henderson said;

“We have installed a belief in the players, without wishing to sound arrogant we know our team of players is playing well below their level.”

“What we lack in experience shows at times, we have struggled twice this season to teams who are not technically better then us but have more competitive experience.”

The club is still in talks off the pitch with a number of parties relating facilities and support, the Humber Colts manager Tony Henderson knows only too well that if his side do indeed lift a title in May it will help enhance their reputation and credibility on the local football scene.

Beverley Look to Reverse Result With Middlesbrough

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Jan 282010

Beverley RUFC entertain Middlesbrough RUFC at Beaver Park this Saturday in the National League 3 fixture (kick-off 2.15 p.m. In the corresponding fixture at Middlesbrough last October the Beavers lost narrowly 19-12 but felt very hard done by since they had the best of the game and but for a very questionable decision by an otherwise excellent referee, they would have won.

They will clearly be out for revenge this weekend and, following their excellent performance in beating high flying Sheffield Tigers at Dore Park last Saturday, they will be full of confidence.

Unfortunately the game at Sheffield resulted in a nasty looking rib injury to Jade Gardiner, and he is likely to be out for some weeks. Fortunately, the Beavers have been able to complete their second signing in a week having registered promising Hull full back or stand off Chris Harding, and he is added to the squad for the Middlesbrough game. It is likely that Richard Bussey will move up to centre where he is equally at home and Harding will come in at full back.

Phil Duboulay who also took a knock on his knee last Saturday is recovering slowly and at present is doubtful.

Beverley RUFC v Middlesbrough RUFC, Beaver Park , Kick-off 2’15p.m.
From :-C.Harding, G.Jelencic, J.Tupai, R.Bussey, J.Gill, P.Duboulay, M.Kilgannon, M.Hatfield, A.Forth, F.Pickering, D.Morris, M.Adams, G.Gibson, C.Hancock, A.Riby-French, D.Hodgson, D.Worrall (capt), J.McKay

Meanwhile, a rejuvenated 2nd XV, having beaten Goole 15-7 last Saturday, make the short trip to Hullensians for a friendly match in good heart. Coach Ian Archibald was very pleasantly surprised at the talent displayed by some of last week’s team and is confident that some of his squad could well be pushing for a first team place later in the season.

Beverley 2nd XV v Hullensians (away) meet at Clubhouse 12.45 p.m.

From :- A.Smith, J.Newton,A.Nightingale, J.Graham,K.Snelling, B.Sherwood,A.Ellis, A,Meagher,S.Charlton (capt), S.Jenney, G.Jenney, M.Jenney, M.Brown,A.Ienco, R.Vaux, C.O’Connor, J.Wildman, D.Docherty, M.Proctor, J.Roe, O.Roe

Beverley Bandits travel to play Riding Vikings away, kick off 2.15 p.m.

Soccer Six Back After Bad Weather

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Jan 272010

After two frustrating weeks of postponed games due to a snow covered pitch, Soccer Sixes was finally up and running again this week.
It was business as usual for Waterside, who took on new boys Borussia Teeth in the opening fixtures. Waterside had plenty of posession and created several good chances but could not find the back of the net.

Borussia had a few good spells and look to be a decent side who will get better the more the play. Eventually it was the league’s top scorer, Danny Moore who found the break through. After picking the ball up deep he beat three a smash the ball home to keep Waterside top of the table.

Angel finally welcomed back a fit Rich Bell to the starting line up, but it was stalwart Darren ‘Rage’ who scored the only goal of the game, giving angel a much needed win against a battling Black Sox side.

AJ’s also welcomed back players who had missed several games before Xmas, most notably Nick Rawnsley. The 24 minute game had been a tight, close fought affair and with the scores tied at 1-1 a draw looked enevitable, until Nick popped up to score with the final kick of the game and give AJ’s a win which puts them back in the chase for a top 6 finsh.

It was a week of poor results for the Army boys, only Real Soldierdad managed to take anything from the games. Soldierdad managed to squeeze in a late goal against BarceHullona, who were agrieved several times by the refereeing of Mr. Uzzell. Soldierdad ultimately added to the bad mood by nicking a late, late goal to finish the match 2-2. – Barlow & Willow, neither of you is taking credit for the OG.

Second place Trogs went down 1-0 to the battling Deportivo, who continue to impress this season. Although Deportivo have shown some greta displays this season, this result was still something of a shock. However, investigation shows that Callum Eade and Mike Helyard have been putting in extra training, smashing weights all over Beverley Leisure complex in an attempt to catch the eye of the BodyPump coach in the tuesday evening class. It must have been their increased muscle mass which put the frighteners up the Trogs and allowed their leading scorer Locky, to crack home the only goal of the game.

The final game of the night saw Weighton make up ground on second and third place with a win over 110. Both teams had chances and played some good football, and the ‘passion’ was on display throught the match, with some tough tackles from both sides. The game was decided by Tom shaunessey, who netted his 6th of the season late in the first half to take all three point.

Results Wed 20 Jan:

Waterside 1 v 0 Borussia Teeth;

Angel 1 v 0 Black Sox;

AJ’s 2 v NVA;

Weighton 1 v 0 One10;

Trogs 0 v 1 Deportivo;

BarceHullona 2 v 2 Soldierdad

Archibald Gets it Right as Beverley Win

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Jan 272010

Beverley 2^nds15 Goole 2nds 7

After six weeks of inactivity due to the bad weather a revitalised Beverley 2^nd XV beat a dogged Goole team by 15 points to 7 at Beaver Park.

Beverley took to the field with a new found enthusiasm, good numbers at training had enabled the new management set up to select a side with a mixture of youth and experience giving the team a much stronger look than in their previous couple of games before Christmas.

This was evident from the start as and the Beverley pack tore into their Goole counterparts and provided a supply good quick ball which the backs looked to spread at every opportunity. Ben Sherwood at fly half was dictating play well and was just short with a long range penalty attempt after Goole had infringed at a ruck.

All the play was generally in the Goole third and it was only the experience boot of former Goole first team captain James Rhuman that took play anywhere near the Beverley half.

When Goole did have the ball the Beverley defence held firm and the visitors repeatedly resorted to short grubber kicks through in an attempt to gain some forward momentum.

It was however the visitors who opened the scoring very much against the run of play, a kick dead was brought back for Beverley scrum just outside their own 22. The Beverley scrum held firm as it did all day and scrum half Andy Ellis broke up the blind side, but his pass was intercepted by Rhuman who went under the posts for a converted try.

From then on Beverley lost some of their earlier zip and the game generally drifted towards half time with only the occasional barnstorming run from No8 Rob Vaux bring the game to life.

Half Time – Beverley 0 Goole 7

The second half started just like the first as Beverley again took the game to Goole. From turn over ball Luke Pardon broke up the middle and as the ball was moved from right to left through backs and forwards the Goole defence was stretched. More good handling took play into the Goole 22 and as the ball came back to fly half Sherwood he chose to ignore the men out wide and used his considerable strength to crash over under the posts for a try he converted himself.

Almost immediately from the kick off the forwards again turned over ball and drove up the middle where Goole were penalised and Sherwood kicked the penalty as Beverley took the lead for the first time.

This spurred Beverley on as they began to play some enterprising rugby, centres James Graham and Alex Nightingale always posing a threat, full back Alex Smith joining the line well and with good support from Man of the Match Luke Pardon and the back row of Vaux, Matt Brown and Ash Ienco, Beverley had almost total control of the game.

Another charge into the Goole 22 brought the next score as a superbly weighted kick through was chased down by full back Smith for a well deserved score.

By now Beverley had made a number of changes and the game became a little disjointed and it was no surprise that Goole to their credit came back into the game and for a brief period threatened the Beverley line, only good defence by the pack kept them out.

In fact, the closest anyone came to scoring again was from more turnover ball for Beverley and only a marginal forward pass stopped an 80 yard breakaway try. That was the last meaningful action of the game as Beverley recorded a well deserved victory 15-7.

Special thanks to 2^nd Team Manager Kevin Roe for making sure the games at Beaver Park went ahead by clearing the standing water on both pitches with his sons Ollie and Josh, who both played for the 2nds.

This Saturday the 2nds are away at Hullensians.

North of England Cross Country Championships Witton Park

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Jan 272010

Saturday 23rd January saw the Northern Cross Country Championships being held in Blackburn, Lancashire, with a group of fifteen athletes from Beverley AC travelling across the country to take part in the event and to represent their club.

Races were held throughout the day on a challenging loop that included a number of steep climbs, technical descents, and muddy conditions underfoot. Beverley AC were represented in three of the junior races, those being the U13 girl’s (Kelly Dawson173rd), U15 girl’s (Nicole Dawson 84th), and U15 boy’s (Peter McGill 27th ) events.

All three competed well in their respective events against tough opposition with Peter McGill particularly showing great potential for the future and possible County selection. Two of the last events of the day were the Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s races. The Senior Women’s race, which was 8km long, saw three Beverley AC members taking part. Helen Storr (145th in 43:00) was the first club athlete home, with Jane Dale (172nd in 45:00) and Sam Allen (188th in 46:27) not far behind.

The Senior Men were the last to race, covering four loops and 12km in total. James Pearson (139th in 48:19) ran a very strong race to be the first Beverley AC runner home, with Aubrey Morrell (190th in 50:20), Ian Boardley (294th in 53:43), and Mark Dalton (311th in 54:18) also producing strong performances.

The club were very well represented in this final race with Steve Peacock (400th in 57:48), Neil Bant (427th in 59:15), Pete Watkinson (432nd in 58:28), Tim Simpson (513th in 1:03:31), and Brian Richardson (565th in 1:08:42) all running well and representing their club magnificently in this prestigious event. Overall, the men placed 30th out of the 49 club who fielded complete teams.

All those who travelled agreed that it was a superb event and one that other members are encouraged to take part in during the future.

Colts Egar to Bounch Back in the League

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Jan 272010

The Humber Colts returned to training this week after exiting the cup on Sunday. A lack of games and with key players missing the colts were demolished though are confident they can get a result this coming Sunday.

The match is still in the balance and will go ahead subject to a late pitch inspection though Chairman Rob Hunter is optimistic giving the game a 80% chance of being played.

Speaking to exclusively to Beverley Sport Hunter said;

“The squad are in good shape, it was lucky that we lost in the cup and not the league as promotion is our target this season. The lads played well however the lack of match fitness was evident to all.”

Beavers too strong for Sheffield

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Jan 232010

SHEFFIELD TIGERS 0 BEVERLEY 16: Looking anything but a side that had not played for six weeks Beverley cruised to a comfortable victory over a disappointing Sheffield Tigers to maintain their position in the upper half of League Three North.

Sheffield were a pale shadow of the side that had played so impressively earlier in the season at Beaver Park and for much of the game Beverley needed merely to sit back and wait for the Tigers’ attacks to founder through basic errors.

In the early play the Sheffield game plan was centred on sustained rumbling forward by their hefty pack. They certainly had a huge weight advantage and in the opening minutes it looked likely that they would make the most of it. But they lacked the mobility of the lighter Beverley eight who kept them at bay and it was Beverley who steadily got on top. After ten minutes Goran Jelencic with a nice interception raced clear to the line but somehow the defence got back and prevented him grounding the ball. In the event nothing was lost for Beverley because a penalty followed and David Worrall with a quick tap kick forced his way over for a try which Phil Duboulay converted.

Both sides had a fair share of the ball but Beverley made better use of their possession by keeping it simple and moving the ball about quickly. Sheffield in contrast seemed to lack direction and were constantly running up blind alleys. Junior Tupai throughout the first half was the game’s outstanding player regularly creating openings with his probing in midfield.

A thrilling fifty metre run out of defence by Richard Bussey led to a penalty which Duboulay converted and two further Duboulay penalties took Beverley sixteen point clear. Sheffield had plenty of possession but all the constructive rugby in this half was coming from Beverley. Worrall nearly got over again after a chip over the defence by Duboulay and Jade Gardiner was unluckily brought down after Tupai had cleverly set up an opening down the right.

It was not until nearly halftime that Sheffield eventually got into the Beverley 22 for the first time. With their best move of the match they looked certain to score in the corner only to be denied by a tremendous covering tackle by Bussey. They might still have got onto the scoreboard but David Scully, who had already demolished a satellite dish on the clubhouse wall with an earlier penalty, then saw a simple kick from in front of the posts go wide.

The second half was mostly pretty tepid. Sheffield with their continuing waywardness never really looked like scoring and Beverley needed only to sit back and contain them. There was certainly very little memorable rugby going on. Young hooker Alexander Forth made a promising debut for Beverley and there were some nice touches here and there from Duboulay but the game eventually deteriorated in a chapter of errors by both sides. None the less it was a good team performance by Beverley especially by their pack. Even when a man short with Craig Hancock in the sin bin they still more than held their own. In the later stages despite having a long series of scrums on the Beverley line the big home pack could still make nothing of it.

Duboulay hit the post with a penalty and Jamie Gill was unlucky with a long range attempt which dropped just short. Apart from that neither side had really looked like adding to the halftime score. In the end it was a satisfying day for Beverley who had shown little ill effect from their long lay-off. Their only disappointment was the loss of Gardiner and Francis Pickering with injuries although Dale Hodgson and Mark Hatfield both proved able replacements.