Thanks again to Jonathan Brookes for this Colts report & picture: –
Congratulations to the Woodbridge Colts on winning and successfully defending the cup at the Stowmarket 15/15 Colts Festival on Sunday 14th October.
Over 90 teams from 10 clubs across East Anglia attended the tenth Woodbridge Rugby Club U7-U12 Rugby Festival at the Club’s grounds on Sunday 7 October. Now a regular fixture for local junior teams Woodbridge Rugby Club, home of the Woodbridge Warriors and Amazons senior men’s and women’s teams, made maximum use of its Bromeswell pitches as games continued from 10:30 until 3.30pm
Ideal rugby weather, cool and dry, helped those attending enjoy a full programme of matches, BBQ and fresh pizza. Generously sponsored by Woodbridge School – youth squads from as young as 6 years of age came from Chelmsford, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich YM, Southwold, Ipswich, Colchester, Hadleigh, Mersea, Felixstowe and Woodbridge to play under the RFU’s Age Grade Regulations
Woodbridge was hungry for a first win and started with a vigorous James Porter chase and regather. Crusaders conceded the first of what was to be many penalties and Jamie Smith missed a penalty effort. Crusaders big pack mauled out of danger and survived another penalty to push back and allow hard-working scrum half Rob Loone to take three points. Crusaders charged down midfield through second row Alex Widdrington, distributed by Loone for a kick downfield where right wing Jamie Dack failed to stop Clogg clearing. Woodbridge No8 Jono Cooke led a counter attack from a great Dan Knights and Archie Walker line-out that saw Woodbridge mount a sustained threat on the visitor’s line. Another great drive from Crus front row; Henry Joy, Sam Barker and Henry Mower averted danger. A couple more penalties and Crus were down to 14 and under the cosh. A couple of thumping crashes from Cooke and quick hands resulted in Jeff Buchanan running in unopposed to score. Crus put in a strong response, Mower to the fore, but Woodbridge held firm.
Crusaders lead the restart using fly half Ryan Harris and centres George King and Tim Zielinski until poor hands allowed Buchanan to thunder up-pitch. Fly half JP Hart tried a cross-field kick, big Ed Banthorpe and Tom Edwards picked and drove until penalised for obstruction. It was Crusaders’ turn with Joy battering up the left wing only for centre Tom Stokes to rip possession for a short-lived counter as both sides scrapped it out between the 10m lines. Yet another penalty gave Loone an opportunity and he took three more points in blustery conditions. Crusaders’ thrust was frustrated as Hart found a great touch just inside their 22 where Plummer and the forwards made a strong play for the line only for Zielinski and wing Lewis Kenworthy to counter back to the Warrior 22 only to knock on. Woodbridge pressed hard with Cooke a constant carrier but Loone rallied his troops with Harris and Kenworthy scampering up the right wing. Like snakes and ladders Crus went route 1 climbing the ladder through their forwards, driving again and again only to lose possession and slide down the snake of Hart and Clogg back into their own danger zone, Hart having a certain try slapped out of his hands.
Our U10s had a successful day at the Prima Tiger Cup Festival at Diss RFC. Coach Steve Wilding reports “Woodbridge U10s played their socks off against some big teams from Norfolk and Suffolk and deservedly won a place in the Prima Cup at Welford Road. Massive congratulations to the whole squad, they have done the Club proud! “
We would also like to give a huge ‘thank you’ to the team’s tent sponsors: – Paddy & Scott’s Coffee, Stokes Sauces, Planet Music Academy: School – Store – Studio, Clarke & Simpson, Paul Thompson Events and Holland Clarke Property Search and, of course, continuing appreciation of the Club’s Youth sponsor Woodbridge School.
First introduced in 1993/94, the Prima Tiger Cup has evolved into one of the UK’s biggest single age group youth rugby events for local rugby clubs up and down the country.
Each season, Leicester Tigers invites under-10 mini rugby teams to take part in a series of festivals across the country, resulting in the opportunity to play on the famous Welford Road pitch the home of Leicester Tigers.
The first Prima Tiger Cup involved eight rugby clubs from Leicestershire. This year’s festivals will involve more than 70 clubs and continues to be as popular as ever.
Safeguarding children is of paramount importance and involves promoting children’s welfare in every way. It means protecting them from abuse and neglect but also ensuring their appropriate development and maximising their opportunities. Safeguarding is about creating child-centred rugby and all that we do to prevent problems arising.
Some knowledge of safeguarding is an advantage but not necessary as there will be training available.
You would be part of the safeguarding team to provide support for youth training on Sunday mornings 10 – 12md in accordance with the club’s safeguarding policy.
Your attendance at the club would be on a rota basis, taking into consideration away games if you have a child registered with the club.
You would be subject to an enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List information processed and cleared by the RFU.
If you are interested please contact Chrissie Gordon to discuss on 07824643284 or safeguarding@woodbridgerugby.net
Some vacancies have arisen at the Club. Please put yourself forward or pass to someone you think may be interested.
AMAZONS GAME MEDIC
THE LOVELY AMAZONS NEED YOUR HELP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. THEY HAVE 12 FIXTURES OVER THE SEASON AND URGENTLY NEED SOMEONE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL COVER. IF YOU ARE A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR ARE WILLING TO UNDERTAKE FREE TRAINING.
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH KERRI EHRET
club@woodbridgerugby.net or 01394 460630
Salary: lots of love, hugs and eternal thanks.
SAXONS MANAGER
OUR SUPER SAXONS DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO MANAGE THEM FOR HOME AND AWAY MATCHES. HOME MATCHES ARE BUSIER THAN AWAY GAMES, BUT ONCE THE PRE-MATCH SET-UP IS DONE, YOU CAN RELAX A BIT, THE SAXONS ARE QUITE AN INDEPENDENT BUNCH! IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A MEDICAL QUALIFICATION, THAT WOULD BE A BONUS, IF NOT WE ARE HAPPY TO PUT YOU ON A COURSE.
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH KERRI EHRET
club@woodbridgerugby.net or 01394 460630
Salary: huge thanks, much appreciation and possibly a pint!
KITCHEN HELPER
OUR OVERWORKED CHEF, ROGER, NEEDS HELP IN THE KITCHEN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. HE WILL NEED SOMEONE AGED OVER 16, A MINIMUM OF 2 SUNDAYS PER MONTH,
09:30 —12:30.
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ROGER ASTON
kitchen@woodbridgerugby.net or 07787 908496
Wage: £8.50 ph.
Youth Registration starts at 10am on Sunday 2 Sept. If your child is already registered at the Club, there is little you need to do.
It is important that you do this, as how we register Age Grade players is changing.
From 2nd September, you will be asked to check yours and your child/children’s details are correct. You will also be asked to purchase your child/children’s membership via GMS. This can be done by Direct Debit, one off-payment by card or cash via your GMS account.
On Registration Sundays there will be lots of folks available to help if you have any questions of difficulties.
In the meantime, if you are new to the Club and wish to register your child OR express an interest in registering your child, please follow this link: youthregistration
If you are already registered and have any difficulties, please get in touch with Alex Brigginshaw, the Club’s Youth Chairman, at juniorchair@woodbridgerugby.net
GMS is the RFU’s database, Game Management System, that all Clubs in England are now using.
Each member of the RFU i.e. anyone who is involved with a Rugby Club in any way, from Junior Player to Life Vice President, will have a member record on GMS.
Any training or courses that you do with the RFU will be automatically added to your member profile. Any independent or outside study can be added manually, please get in touch.
If you hold a DBS or it is pending, this will show as well, making it easier to ensure continuity of cover.
You can access GMS at any time to check the information held is correct. If it isn’t, then you can update it yourself or please contact me.
You will have had an email from the RFU asking you to login to GMS. The email has a link, click on that and you will be taken to the login page. Your username will already be filled in. Click on the forgotten password function and away you go!
Please update your/your child/ren information, particularly your contact details.
There will be some substantial changes to Registration Sundays for Mini and Youth Players, so please watch this space.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kerri Ehret.
01394 460360 or mail kerri.ehret@googlemail.com
As you know the General Data Protection Regulation came into force on 25th May.
This means that the way Woodbridge Rugby Club deals with the information we hold about you or your child has changed slightly.
The Rugby Football Union has a member database called Game Management System (GMS) that all Clubs use to Register players and keep member information securely in one place.
If your child is registered GMS automatically generates an RFU id number. It means that we will also have a member record for the responsible adult that registered the child. That individual will also have an RFU id number.
Every individual registered with Woodbridge Rugby Club will receive an email from the RFU, asking them to log in to GMS (please check your spam folder too). Use the “forgotten password” facility when logging in for the first time.
Check that the details are accurate and up to date, you have full control over your individual record. Some of you will receive more than one email, depending on the number of children you have registered.
If you are no longer a member of the Club, please let us know and we will delete your record.
Any paper records that we hold, will be destroyed after one-year ie forms completed in September 2017 or before.
Anyone who DOES NOT re-register by December 31st 2018 will have their records deleted.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kerri Ehret on 01394 460630 or kerri.ehret@googlemail.com