Seniors End of Season Awards

The annual Pinner RFC End of Season Awards took place on Friday 26th May at the clubhouse in Shaftesbury Playing Fields. Many new and past members of the club enjoyed an evening of frivolity, friendship and fun.

In a short time the list of winners will be published on this page, until then here are some of the images from the evening……….

Pinner RFC win Pinner Wheelbarrow Race

On a fantastic sunny day on Pinner High Street saw one of the two teams entered for the Annual Pinner Wheelbarrow come away victorious. Team ‘pinkybarro’  -  Samuel ‘Umfufu’ Heath and Ray ‘Iron Man’ Conboy out witted and eventually drank more to come out overall winners. Team II Richard Ward and Dave Logan* did not disgrace themselves coming in in the middle of the entered teams

*All of the running about might have upset the ‘floating tonsils’ of Dave causing the liquid to force itself outwards after the race – photographic evidence; especially as he had requested before the race to put more photos of him on the website!!

The annual St George’s Day celebrations and wheelbarrow race and great weather meant that Pinner was packed with people from across the borough on Sunday, gathering to join the fun-packed celebrations.

There was live entertainment, fancy dress, food, stalls, games – not forgetting the traditional wheelbarrow race, now in its 50th year, in which teams of two competitors race through the streets, making pit stops at pubs.

The Razzell Dazzel can’t stop the Cosmos Stars!

Saturday 20th April saw top of the division leaders Kilburn Cosmos take on Pinner RFC in what was Mark Razzells last game before he takes off to the big city of Sydney in Oz. At some stage there will be a match report, hopefully written by the man himself, in the meantime, here’s some photos. Thanks to Jo Talbot for standing on the sidelines in the sunshine, unlike her husband who has got drenched photographing the last couple of games.

The countdown begins……. who will FB first!!!

Pelicans give Uxbridge a fright

A scratch P&G’s 2^nd XV took on the successful Merit table Uxbridge 2^nd’s at Roger Bannister Playing Fields. Losing players at the last minute to their 1^st XV the home side were lent a couple players by the visitors and the Club’s 74 year old President David Hiles  in the 2^nd row ensured a full team. It was soon evident that the Uxbridge side were used to playing together on a regular basis and within half an hour they had run in four tries. However Pelicans were beginning to settle and show some organisation. Several attacks developed with captain Les Chaffe making good ground from full back. This renewed pressure told and Pinner drove hard to the left corner for prop Nick de Jong to force his way over.  Uxbridge hit back when a Pinner kick deep in the visitors half was fielded by their right winger who out-paced the defence to run in a fifth try from 50 metres.  From the kick-off Pelicans again attacked, worked the ball to the right and then inside for centre Burns to break through and score under the posts. Sadly it was not a day for make-shift kickers.  With half-time approaching Pelicans  once more forced the ball towards the Uxbridge line. A poor attempt to kick for touch was charged down to give de Jong his second try. Once more the simple kick failed  but from being 22 – 0 down after 30 minutes the home side went in at the interval only a credible 15 – 27 behind.

Pelicans started the second half as they had finished the first.  Only five minutes in they gained possession in mid-field. Scrum –half Andy Wright got the ball to fly-half Dan Muckley who cut through the defence to score Pinner’s fourth try.  This time Clyde Gordon was successful with the conversion and a possible turn-round was in sight at 22 -27.  Now tiredness and lack of fitness began to tell on both sides.  Fierce tackling and solid defence ensured no further scores until the Uxbridge full-back sold an outrageous dummy on the Pelican’s 22 to score under the posts.  With five minutes left Uxbridge kept up the pressure and touched down in the right corner.  Pelicans were not finished yet and with the final play of the match centre Burns powered through to get his second try bringing the final score of this very enjoyable match to 39 – 27 to the visitors.

P&G’s 1^st XV await the effects of relegation decisions several leagues above.

Back at Shaftesbury Playing Fields on the only serviceable pitch P&G’s played the postponed league match against promotion contenders Kilburn Cosmos.  Kilburn, needing a win to clinch the title, were in no mood to compromise.  They put in a clinical display to defeat P&G’s by 52 – 5 the home sides only try being scored by Richard Southam.  Pinner, although well clear at third from bottom of Herts- Middx 2 and who in normal circumstances would be safe for another season, now must await decisions about transfers of clubs between regions in leagues higher up the pyramid to know their fate.

Pinner RFC U13s v Harrow… a great game of rugby

Sunday saw local rugby Club Harrow visit Pinner RFC for a friendly match. With the end of the Easter holidays and the imminent return to school, Pinner were missing some key players to alternative commitments; UK Banjo competitions, skiing, Cadet camp to name just a few!

However, Pinner were able to field a full team with subs. Both the Head Coach and senior coaches were also unavailable so the match against a team four divisions above them looked on paper to be a fore gone conclusion.

A valiant performance by all the players did not let that happen on the pitch, every player worked their socks off and only through some outstanding backs play did Harrow score, both tries in the first half were break away tries from their winger. Pinner controlled the scrums with terrific power winning both their own and Harrows put in to a point where they became uncontested!

Throughout the game Pinner defended excellently and managed themselves to spend most of the second half in the oppositions 22. After being awarded a penalty 5m from the try line Pinner, through poor communication did not get over the line and through a strong ruck, Harrow came away with the ball and as in the first half scored a break away try in the corner despite some desperate chasing back.

Pinner did not let that get to them, instead, using this as a platform to really dominate the game especially when some of the opposition began to rile Pinner players, this seemed to urge them on and take control of every break down and tackle with determination resulting in a massive drive towards the opposition posts where Joseph scored a tremendous try. Freddie very calmly converted to end the game.

Pinner players after the match could hold their heads high, they may have lost 3 tries to 1 but they showed they have the  mentality to rise to the next challenge of moving up  a division next season.

Well done to all the boys, a terrific game of rugby.

Pinner versus Hillingdon Abbots

On a wet Saturday afternoon, Pinner played their league fixture against 3rd in the league Hillingdon Abbots, there will of course be a match report to follow, in the meantime below are some images from the game, enjoy ………

P&G’s spirited performance not enough.

On a wet and waterlogged pitch Pinner, needing points to move from the relegation zone encountered a well organised and determined third placed Hillingdon Abbotts at Hatch End on Saturday. The first ten minutes or so were fairly even with both sides getting used to the conditions. P&G’s were then adjudged to go off-side on their own 22 to give visiting fly-half Elliot Wake the chance to put Abbotts ahead.  This seemed to inspire H A’s to a more fluid game and to increase the pressure on the home team. Their big centres were having an effect and soon  Neil George burst through to score. Pinner were defending desperately conceding further penalties. Abbotts varied their tactics trying both kicks to touch and charges through the middle but the home side kept them out until five minutes before half-time when first no. 8 Simon Colville and then the other centre Dave Francis drove through for tries. Both were converted by Wake to give a half-time score of 22 – 0 to Hillingdon Abbotts.

Pinner came out fighting in the second half and most of the play was in the visitors half. Forwards Aaron Nicholas, Simon Whitcombe and no. 8 Andrew Alexander were prominent. With play in the Hillingdon 22 P&G’s miss-handled and Abbots gathered and broke out at speed eventually moving the ball to right winger Brad Buckingham who scored in the corner. Pinner replied with more determination taking the play back to Abbotts. From a ruck in the visitors 22 Pinner moved the ball quickly to the left for centre Richard Southam to cut through to score.  The kick failed leaving the score at 27 – 5 to Abbotts.  Once again the last ten minutes were to prove costly with Pinner running out of steam against.  Two further tries, first and his second, for centre Neil George and then flanker Carl Buckingham.  Wake managed to convert the first of these to give a final score of 29 – 5 to Hillingdon Abbotts.

Next week P&G’s host Kilburn Cosmos at Shaftesbury Playing Fields, KO 3pm, in the final match of the season postpone because of earlier bad weather. The Pelicans will be playing Uxbridge 2^nd’s at Bannister Playing Fields as if has not yet been possible to replace the goal-posts on the main Shaftesbury pitch, which blew down in the wind a few weeks ago. Pinner still do not know their fate for next season as, although comfortably third from bottom in Herts – Middx Div 2, the number of teams to be relegated depends on a domino effect from regional leagues several levels up the scale.

Pinner secure victory over local rivals

Pinner RFC travelled to Ruislip to play their league fixture against local rivals Ickenham RFC. The change of venue was due to the refurbishment work that’s on going to Ickenham’s changing rooms.  Pinner fielded a very strong squad, with many players returning after injury and work commitments. The game started off at a furious pace with Pinner dominating open play with charging runs deep into the opposition half. At the time of writing this, I haven’t received a match report so apart from mentioning tries from Jon Kirby, Alex Goring x2 and Richard Southam,  plus a few others, hopefully, in time they will be added.

Final score 29-19 to Pinner

In the meantime, here are some images from the game

Skelleys 50th Mud Bath!

As you may of been aware, Skelley celebrated his 50th birthday with a friendly match against Ruislip, having boots in both teams he played for Pinner in the first half and Ruislip in the second along with his son. Apart from the rain, waterlogged pitch, mud and more mud, half time drinking and verbal abuse towards the man himself from both the sidelines and on the pitch! a great spectacle of rugby was witnessed mainly from behind the bar!! some very old and inactive bodies were seen on the Shaftesbury playing Fields pitch, apart from Pinner President; David Hiles (74) the average Pinner side was 57 with a total number of years edging towards 700 collectively!

The game did not have a match report, many of those on the sideline only had enough skills to scrawl something in a wax crayon on the side of pint glasses and, in fact, stringing a sentence together became hard work for many, especially after the game when, as you might imagine, things got ‘messy’

Below are a number of images from the game enjoy……

Pinner Colts Rampant

Pinner Under 18s Colts faced local rivals in the Quarter – finals of the LV Cup this Sunday at Shaftesbury Playing Fields, home of Pinner RFC.

On a bitterly cold morning both teams looked to go onto the next round with the enticing semi-final match against possibly Westcliffe RFC or Dagenham RFC.

The match report will follow shortly – just to give you an idea of how the game went; Pinner won 62-0

Below are some the images from the game

Pelicans shade a welcome win in Watford

Pinner & Grammarians RFC match report Sat 2^nd March 2013.

Pinner’s 2^nd / Vets XV took on Fullerians Vets, who play regularly, in Watford on Saturday.  Early play found the visitors on the defensive. After only 5 minutes fillers tapped from a line-out in the Pelican’s 22 and broke though to score a converted try. Play evened out as P&G’s found some rhythm and cohesion. The scrum was going well and winning one on the half-way line scrum-half Mark Bradshaw go the ball to centre John Kirby who charged through the scattered home defence to score. Fly-half Chris hall added the two points to level the score.  Some fine tackling kept the Pelicans in the game but on the half-hour a poor kick out of their 22 caught several P&G players off-side.  Fullers took a quick tap penalty and , catching the visitors napping, scored their second try.  This time the kick failed. Pinner again responded with scrum-half Bradshaw dictating behind the scrum and fly-half Hall’s long raking kicks put Fullers on the back foot.  With a few minutes to go to half-time a rampant run by prop Alex Alexander got the ball into the 22 where it reached centre Richard Southam who levelled the score to 12 all at the interval.

For the second half the home side were able to bring on several replacements for elderly players whilst Pelican’s only sub soon pulled a muscle and had to retire. With full-back and captain Les Chaffe also off the field with a nose injury P7G’s were temporarily  down to 13 men. However the fitness of some of their less mature backs had an effect. Another run by Kirby should have resulted in a score but the final pass to skipper Chaffe, who had returned to the fray, went astray. With a quarter of an hour gone another penalty on the Pinner 22 let fullers in for their third try which was converted to give them a 19 – 12 lead. Pelicans now stepped up their pressure with hooker Phil Skelton, playing his last game before his 50^th birthday, causing some discomfort to the home team. Into the last quarter Pinner were awarded a penalty but elected to scrum. Bradshaw again fed Kirby who scored wide out on the left. He immediately took a surprising drop-kick conversion which sailed over the bar only to have the referee adjudge that it had missed.  Sportingly the home side convinced him of his error and the scores were again level at 19 a-piece.  Fullers rallied again seeing Pinner’s defence was not organised scored their four but unconverted try.  With both sides tiring this seem to be the final score but the referee then yellow-carded one of the Fullerians players for a dangerous high tackle. The penalty was quickly taken and Southam got his second try under the posts.  The conversion by Olly gave the Pelicans a well deserved and satisfying 26 – 24 victory.

With the team looking forward to celebrating Skelton’s 50^th birthday with a match at Hatch End on 16^th March, KO 2pm, the players retired to the pavilion to enjoy the real ale festival.

Pinner’s ‘invincibles’ muster up another victory.

Pinner U13s earned their place in the club’s record books after they ended the league season unbeaten with a comfortable 34-7 win over Finchley RFC.

The Middlesex and Herts League ‘invincibles’ registered seven wins and six bonus points overall, leaving them top of the table with 34 points, an impressive 15 points of the second placed club Hackney Bulls. The squad managed to ‘rack up’ a total of 298 scored points and only conceded 29 points over the entire campaign.

The coaching staff of Steve George, Keith Stone and Clyde Gordon could not have been happier with the youngsters.

The final fixture of the campaign, away to Finchley looked like a tricky one after the Pinner players arrived to a waterlogged pitch, wearing their new sponsored match kit. However, it was their opponents who came unstuck in the ever deteriorating swamp-like conditions.

Despite playing uphill and into the wind, Pinner were at one with the elements and went ahead through Louis George after Charlie Gasgoine broke through the the Finchley line with Ben Stone in support providing the decisive pass for Louis George to score the opening try in the oppositions corner.

Finchley looked to get back into the game immediately but the Pinner defence stood strong and mounted their own attack.

Taylor Goodman off-loaded to Kai Gordon who charged past the Finchley defence only to be caught by their full-back, but he was able to off-load the ball to George and allow him to cross the line for his second try of the game.

There was still time in the first half for Kai Gordon to score his own solo try although this did not stop Finchley from believing they still had a chance of taking something from the game.

After the restart, the Finchley forwards drove hard against Pinner and with a ‘pop’ pass to their number 8 managed to score a try under the posts for their first points of the match yet Pinner were not done either as Ryan Healey looped around a strong Pinner scrum to score another try, Freddie Hart was on hand to kick the conversion.

At this point, the heads of the Finchley players dropped which allowed Kai Gordon to register his second try of the match and Hart to show who was boss with his boot.

		HOME					AWAY					OVERALL
POS		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	DIFF	BP	PTS
1	Pinner and Grammarians	7	3	0	0	126	7	4	0	0	172	22	7	0	0	298	29	269	6	34
2	Hackney Bulls	5	2	0	0	54	0	2	0	1	50	45	4	0	1	104	45	59	3	19
3	Finchley B	6	1	0	2	41	89	2	0	1	41	51	3	0	3	82	140	-58	2	14
4	Bedford B	4	0	0	2	21	69	1	0	1	51	43	1	0	3	72	112	-40	2	6
5	Hertford B	4	1	0	2	46	70	0	0	1	10	19	1	0	3	56	89	-33	1	5
6	London Welsh B	4	1	0	1	19	15	0	0	2	10	72	1	0	3	29	87	-58	1	5
7	Wasps B	4	0	0	2	10	99	0	0	2	15	65	0	0	4	25	164	-139	0	0

Pinner’s spirited display runs out of steam

P&G’s, playing against promotion contenders Saracens Amateurs, put up a spirited performance in the game postponed through snow two week earlier. This should have been a ‘free’ Saturday and several key players were either at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match or otherwise unavailable. Saracens won an early line-out on the half-way line and quickly moved the ball to the right for Nev Bailey to score in the corner. Pinners replied with constant pressure in the visitor’s 22 but were held up 2m short of the line. However Saracens offended at the resulting ruck and acting captain Mark Razzell reduced the arrears to 5 – 3. The Pinner pack was getting control of the set scrums and continuing to play in the Saracens half.  A P&G kick ahead was gathered by the visitor’s captain and centre Rob Eston who put in a really powerful run deep into the P&G half only to be stopped by a superb tackle by John Kirby.  Pinner won the resulting scrum but a lose pass was intercept by Eston who scored under the posts.  This time the try was converted by No. 10 Scrase. With a few minutes to go to half time Pinner lost a line out enabling Saracens to move the ball to right wing Andre Aduleke who scored the corner to give a half-time score of 19 – 3 to the visitors.

The second half started with the home team in command of the scrums and winning good ball in the rucks and mauls. Poor passing behind the scrum nearly led another score when yet another pass was intercepted but the referee adjudged that the Pinner full-back had been blocked in attempting to catch the fleeing Saracen.  Pinner then had a scoring chance only to drop the ball just short of the line but with the half-hour approaching P&G’s won good ruck ball on the Saracen’s 10m line and with backs and forwards combining the ball reached veteran Gordon Morris on the right wing who scored wide out.  The muddy ball was proving difficult for the place kickers so the try went unconverted.  The score now at 8 – 19 Pinner sensed a chance of at least a losing bonus point but the heavy mud was taking its toll. Saracens greater resources now proved decisive as they were able to bring on several replacements for the last ten minutes whereas P&G’s one substitute had been used for an earlier injury. Several referee decisions puzzled both players and spectators alike.  He had earlier yellow carded the Saracen’s second-row and now turned his attention to the home team’s scrum half. Pinner had to play the last ten minutes with only 14 men and without their key player.   In that time Saracen’s ran in three more tries through Michael Cawthrorn [2] and one more for Aduleke to bring the final score to 32 – 8.

Pinner U13s 52-0 victory results in becoming League Champions

Sunday 3^rd February saw a top of the table clash between League leaders Pinner RFC and second place Hackney Bulls; neither team having lost a game so far this season, the pressure was on as the winner of this game would probably go on to win the Herts/Middx Div6 League.

Pinner started the build-up for this top of the table clash on Thursday night, players turning out in force for floodlight training; practice drills, rucking and going through set plays, apart from getting covered head to foot in mud, coach Keith Stone commented that it was probably the best training session they had had all season, full of commitment and desire.

As part of the preparation for Sunday, Head coach Steve George organised a ‘team bonding’ session on the Friday night – Pizza and Videos for the players, a further chance to get to know each other not just as players but as mates; feedback from the lads was a resounding success, the only down of the evening was the injury sustained to Brandon Cotter during some boisterous ‘play’ which left him on the side line for the match, but showing the team spirit cheered on with great enthusiasm throughout the game; terrific support Brandon.

The pre-match warm up had a nervous buzz about it, both teams going through set plays, checking positions and eyeing each other up over the length of the pitch. Parents, cupping hot drinks, were also feeling the tension and I’m sure a couple of dogs had a pensive look around before being guided away from the edge of the pitch!

With the two captains meeting the middle, a quick shake of the hands, the coin tossed and Hackney had the kick off.

From the start, both Pinner and Hackney appeared anxious, some missed tackles, passes not going to hand and no ground being made by either team. The second scrum resulted in an injury to the Pinner hooker who had to be carried off, a replacement in the form of Jacob Talbot, was on hand and eager to come on. The game continued to be a little static, both teams making great tackles, cancelling out each other’s forward play whilst trying hard to get the ball to the backs. Then came the break through, the ball was ‘turned over’ by the quick thinking forwards at a ruck and with safe hands the ball was carried over the line by Joseph Burling with three desperate Hackney players trying to stop him unsuccessfully. Unfortunately the conversion was not made at such a tight angle.

The atmosphere had now changed, the Pinner boys had the slight upper hand and a real spring in their step, and could this be the start of something? From the restart the forwards controlled the play, they were first at every breakdown, they didn’t let Hackney settle and forced them to make error after error. This was to be the pattern of the remainder of the half; until Pinner forced a scrum a few metres from the Hackney try line. Scrum half, Sam Marchant plucked the ball out from the back of the scrum and passed to Charlie Gascoine running at pace, coming up against three opposition players he was able to turn and lay off the ball to Marc Souster, who in turn was stopped by Hackney, a ruck formed, Pinner on the verge of another try, again scrum half Sam pulled the ball from the base of the ruck feet away from the line, Ryan Healy tried to place the ball down but Hackney were not going to let that happen, after some terrific defensive tackling the opponents managed to squeeze the ball out and after a crucial pass allowed Hackney to gain some ground ending in the ball going out for a line out in Pinners favour. Pinner took the ball from the line out and passed it along the line with Ben Stone forcing the defence to track back and again defend on their try line. Pinner forwards quickly seized upon the opportunity to drive over and regain possession, again, Sam dug the ball out from the flying boots to ‘pop pass’ to the hooker who ‘bullet’ passed to full back Kai Gordon who handed off two tacklers to run in Pinners second try of the game to massive cheers and shouts from the increasing number of spectators. The first half finished 10-0 in Pinners favour.

Pinner were now ready to add to the score; knowing that if they scored five or more tries and not concede any, the chance of ending the day as league champions was possible.

The second half was for both players, spectators, coaches and those afore mentioned dogs a little bit of a blur and a ‘rugby fest’.

From the restart Pinner appeared to be quicker to the ball, the passing inch perfect and landed every tackle with great force.

The report from the second half is not, unfortunately as detailed as the first half, no notes were taken or received, some photographs taken, but in the main what was witnessed was a truly magical team performance by the Pinner Under 13s. Freddy Hart found his kicking boots and converted six over the posts. Tries came in from all angles, areas of the pitch, from deep within the Pinner half, long ball passes, short pop passing, quick forwards to every break down, backs making the surging runs. The scrum powered and dominated the opposition, the interplay between the centres allowed free running and in due course the third try was run in by Ryan Healy; the result of which had the Hackney players staring defeat and their body language did not say anything different. With coach Steve George ‘barking’ from the side line to keep focused and to add to the score the players knew what they had to do. From that moment on, Pinner played the best rugby they have played all season, the continued to dominate all aspects of open play and score tries whenever they advanced in to the Hackney half. Tries from George Tillett, Owen Rees, a second for Ryan Healy and Kai Gordon respectively took the tally even higher.

The try of the match has to, undoubtedly, go to Ben Stone, owing to the great vision from Freddy Hart. Pinner got a penalty five metre from the Hackney try line, with all of the forwards defending in front of him he made the quick decision to look up and kicked the ball along the width of the pitch where Ben caught the perfectly flighted ball and touched it down for another magnificent try. The Hackney players, like all of the spectators, looked on in amazement.

Pinner RFC Club Secretary, Robin Greenwood, watching from pitch side was heard to say that “that was as good as any international try that you would ever see”.

Pinner continued to apply more pressure, Hackney at this time totally despondent, clearly couldn’t wait for the final whistle to blow.

With the referee finally blowing the whistle, Pinner were winners 52-0

The result of this win means that with a bonus point Pinner finish top of the division with no other team able to get close to their points tally. Hackney Bulls, until this match, had not conceded any points, they left Shaftesbury Playing fields suffering their first loss in the league but in the knowledge that on this particular day met opposition who produced their performance of the season to date.

Next Sunday Pinner travel to Finchley looking to end their league matches 100% winners.

Pinner Team:

Dylan Kelly, Sam Marchant, Ryan Healy, Owen Rees, Findlay Schofield, Marc Souster, Ben Stone, Jacob Talbot, William Tighe, George Tillett, Thomas Barkshire, Dominic Boyden, Joseph Burling, Arthur Garvey, Charlie Gascoine, Louis George, Taylor Goodman, Kai Gordon, Freddy Hart.

Below are match reports and views of some of the Pinner U13s team, more will be added when they are received.

The leagues deciding game with league leaders Pinner and chasing team Hackney Bulls, with 1 point between them, who ever won would determine the league champions, it was all down to this match.

Hackney kick off to Pinner and Charlie catches the ball, runs forward and passes which is knocked on and sets up first scrum of the game. Hackney put the ball in and both teams engage and as they do so the hooker (Dylan Kelly) is pushed upwards by his strong second row and his head is pushed down by the Hackney hookers shoulder. He shouts and screams but the rest of the scrum could not hear. He panicked and ripped his head out of the scrum, in pain he falls to the ground! Coaches run to his side, aiding him he stands up and walks to the side line. As both teams clap him off he is assisted to the side line. As they ask him what is wrong he again says “its my back.” This is not the first Dylan has hurt his back and neck but the first time it was much more serious as previously he had to go to hospital.

p.s. I was lying on a tackle pad for a lot of the game so I didn’t see much!

Dylan

MATCH REPORT

Great play shown by all U13 at Pinner RFC today as the participated in one of the most important matches of the year. 8 Try’s and 6 conversions brilliant kicks by Freddy.

Overall at a staggering final score of 52-0 this is even better when you hear that Hackney Bulls had not conceded a try all season, a great game shown by Pinner.

I enjoyed today, winning and being top of the league and I have improved a lot this season and hope to keep on progressing

Next Sunday will be at Finchley and high expectations from Pinner RFC

Louis George

Player

			HOME					AWAY					OVERALL
POS		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	DIFF	BP	PTS
1	Pinner and Grammarians	6	3	0	0	126	7	3	0	0	127	22	6	0	0	253	29	224	6	30
2	Hackney Bulls	5	2	0	0	54	0	2	0	1	50	45	4	0	1	104	45	59	3	19
3	Finchley B	5	1	0	1	41	44	2	0	1	41	51	3	0	2	82	95	-13	2	14
4	Bedford B	4	0	0	2	21	69	1	0	1	51	43	1	0	3	72	112	-40	2	6
5	Hertford B	4	1	0	2	46	70	0	0	1	10	19	1	0	3	56	89	-33	1	5
6	London Welsh B	4	1	0	1	19	15	0	0	2	10	72	1	0	3	29	87	-58	1	5
7	Wasps B	4	0	0	2	10	99	0	0	2	15	65	0	0	4	25	164	-139	0	0

Pinner win in style

Match report for Saturday 12^th January

Pinner’s first home match of 2013 brought a convincing 26 – 5 win over local rivals Uxbridge and was sweet revenge for the defeat suffered in September.  The team showed intend from the kick-off and were 14 – 0 up inside ten minutes with tries by centre Alex Goring and a break-away one by scrum-half Chris Jepsen.  Both were converted by full-back and acting captain Mark Razzell.  The pack led by Phillip Skelton dominated the set pieces with prop Simon Whitcombe prominent in many drives forward.   This enable the backs to move the ball freely and P&G’s came close to scoring on several occasions.  Much of the game was played in the Uxbridge half but from a lapse on the half –hour the ball was gathered by an Uxbridge centre who made good ground into the P&G 22.  Pinner’s defence got back to stop this initial charge but from the resulting ruck Uxbridge moved the ball wide to find their second row loitering on the right wing who scored in the corner. The conversion failed putting the score to 14 – 5.  Pinner then camped in the Uxbridge 22. To the vocal crowd of supporters, that had emerged from the clubhouse having enjoyed a good lunch hosted by President David Hiles, it appeared that prop Simon Whitcombe had driven through in the left corner but the referee adjudged that his dive was short of the line. The score remained 14 -5 at half time.

The second half started much as the first. Within five minutes centre Alex Goring had stormed out of his own 22. With the Uxbridge defence too far up-field he kicked ahead and beat the chasing visitors to touch down for his second try.  Razzell added a further two points.  From the kick-off P&G’s kept Uxbridge pinned deep in their own half and with only ten minutes of the half gone they forced Uxbridge back in a 5-metre scrum for No. 8 Andrew Alexander, who was named ‘man of the match’, to pick up and score the home side’s forth and much need bonus point try. This time the kick was too far out and it proved to be the last score of the match .  Pinner continued to press for further scores. Uxbridge tried a few counter attacks but the Pinner defence was very secure. This was one of the best performances of the season and the 26 – 5 win should give the team confidence for the rest of the year.

Earlier P&G President David Hiles had hosted his annual lunch when approximately 40, mainly former players, had enjoyed an excellent meal.  His guests were Anne and Michael Barnes, a former Pinner Captain and Chairman and current President of the Middlesex County RFU, together with Simon Wade, Chairman, and John French, Vice-president and former captain, of Uxbridge.  The victory and the recounting of tall tales of long forgotten tours and matches meant that the celebrations went on well into the evening.

Saturday, 12 January 2013
Old Grammarians	15 – 8	Chess Valley
Pinner & Grammarians	26 – 5	Uxbridge
Quintin	17 – 7	Hillingdon Abbots
Royston	78 – 0	Ickenham
Saracens Amateurs	72 – 20	Old Isleworthians

Herts/Middlesex 2	Short Format Long Format
Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adjust Royston 12 11 0 1 594 86 508 9 48 -5 Kilburn Cosmos 11 9 1 1 414 135 279 8 46 0 Quintin 11 8 1 2 358 139 219 8 42 0 Hillingdon Abbots 12 8 1 3 470 272 198 7 41 0 Saracens Amateurs 12 7 0 5 397 267 130 7 35 0 Chess Valley 12 5 0 7 158 309 -151 3 25 0 Uxbridge 12 4 1 7 249 295 -46 3 21 0 Pinner & Grammarians 12 4 0 8 207 371 -164 5 21 0 Ickenham 11 4 0 7 147 375 -228 3 20 0 Old Isleworthians 11 1 0 10 161 514 -353 5 9 0 Old Grammarians 12 1 0 11 107 499 -392 2 1 -5

Pinner Under 13s League victory 4 from 4 = Top of the Table

This weekend saw Pinner U13 away at Hertford, for the fourth of their league fixtures, with several key players down with sickness or injures, Pinner started the game with players playing out of their normal positions. The game started a little slow for Pinner, but after the first ten minutes Pinner were in to their stride, with the first score coming from Kai Gordon under the posts and converted by Sam Marchant. This was then followed by a second try from Sam Marchant after a good driving maul from the forwards, which Sam then converted.

Hertford staged a strong come back and managed to score their first and only try of the game in the corner, but were unable to convert it. Pinner dug deep and after a strong team effort moving the ball down the pitch, through several phases, which was finished off with a good solid solo drive from Ben Stone scoring in the corner. Sam Marchant converted from a long way out on the wing. The half was finished off with a try from Kai Gordon And converted once again by Sam Marchant.

The second half was a hard slog for both sides in the cold, with end to end play, with both sides holding several try’s out. This is how the game ended with a final score  38 – 5 keeping Pinners unbeaten record going.

		HOME					AWAY					OVERALL
POS		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	DIFF	BP	PTS
1	Pinner and Grammarians	4	2	0	0	81	7	2	0	0	93	15	4	0	0	174	22	152	4	20
2	Hackney Bulls	4	2	0	0	54	0	2	0	0	50	0	4	0	0	104	0	104	3	19
3	Finchley B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	41	51	2	0	1	41	51	-10	1	9
4	Hertford B	4	1	0	2	46	70	0	0	1	10	19	1	0	3	56	89	-33	1	5
5	London Welsh B	3	1	0	1	19	15	0	0	1	0	38	1	0	2	19	53	-34	1	5
6	Bedford B	3	0	0	2	21	69	0	0	1	7	43	0	0	3	28	112	-84	1	1
7	Wasps B	3	0	0	1	10	55	0	0	2	15	65	0	0	3	25	120	-95	0	0

Another win for Pinner RFC Under 13s

Pinner RFC U13’s versus Saracens RFC Sunday 16^th December

Saracens are the league above Pinner in the Middlesex and Herts 5, and a much bigger side in size and numbers. After some mixed training the game kicked off at 11.00 o’clock. Pinner kicked off to Saracens and after several phases of play, Pinner forwards got the ball back with stand in scrum half Louis George passing the ball down the line to Ryan Healy. He then passed to Kai Gordon, who ran through the line of play with a strong run up to the 22 yard line, before getting court by the Saracens full-back. He had time to off load to Louis George in support to run in his first competitive try right under the post. The try was converted by Sam Marchant. Pinner were off to a good start 7-0 and after ten minutes Kai Gordon ran a good solo try from within Pinners half, to close the second half out.

The second half started with Saracens kicking to Pinner, which was caught by Charlie Gascoine, who ran straight through up the middle of the pitch, with some strong support from the forwards pack Edward McCool, Taylor Goodman, Arthur Garvey and Mac Souster with the ball then being passed down the line for Kai Gordon to score his second try. Saracen fought back with a good run of play with several phases and many passes from one side of the pitch to the other, where they scored their first and only try of the day. The game finished after a third try from Kai Gordon. Pinner continued their winning streak, the final score 29 – 5.

This is the fifth fixture in a row where Pinner U13s have been victorious, recent league fixtures have seen them convincingly beating Bedford 43-7. Placing Pinner top of the Herts/Middlesex Junior League Division 6 with 136 points for and only 17 points against.

The next League fixture is Hertford RFC third in the league, away Sunday 13th January 2013

Pinner prove too good for local rivals

Pinner and Grammarians vs. Ickenham

On Saturday 15th of December, Pinner and Grammarians hosted local rivals Ickenham for what was anticipated a hotly contested battle. Conditions were tumultuous, but reasonable enough given the time of year.

Both sides were clearly up for the fight ahead of them, and straight from the kick off the forwards got to flex their muscles after a knock-on from Ickenham. The visitors won the scrum against the head and began gaining territory with a couple of well placed kicks. After taking a line-out in the Pinner 22, they made their assertions clear with a rumbling maul crawling toward the line. Unable to hold back the tide, Pinner conceded a try in the first 5 minutes. The conversion was successful. At the restart, Pinner seemed unfazed and won the ball back at the breakdown. They began to work their way toward the line themselves and were awarded a penalty 30 metres out on the right hand side. Mark Razzell attempted with a kick at goal, but sailed just wide, much to the frustration of Pinner. Ickenham then reattempted the plan which worked well previously, and after a well placed kick from the fly half, Pinner once again found themselves defending a line-out in their 22. Ickenham took their own ball, then set the maul. After a few minutes of slowly gaining ground, they crashed over the line on the far right, making it 12-0 at 20 minutes. The conversion was unsuccessful.

Pinner, now in need of an answer, tried a different approach. It was clear that Ickenham had the upper hand in the clinical practice of the forwards, so began to spread it wide, keep the ball alive and keep the defence working. After 5 minutes of bursting runs, Pinner finally found their mark. Centre Pat Fraser cut a straight line at the 12 channel and broke 3 tackles before crossing the line right under the posts. Razzell happily converted narrowing the gap.

The first half was now winding down, but both teams were still fighting tooth and nail over inches. Again, Ickenham fly-half made good use of the wind and pinned Pinner in their own half. The forwards once again played it their way, rolling round the back of mauls to slowly edge toward the line. Pinner eventually slipped on the defence, and Ickenham found a way through. The conversion was unsuccessful, making the half time score 17-7.

The half time team talk must have worked well for Pinner, because as they set out in the second half, they were a completely different team. The forwards upped their work rate and turned over a significant number of breakdowns. Utilising the space, Pinner began to use the width and found themselves gaining ground. Slowly, they went up the field with darting runs and well-timed passing, until they were camped in the visitors 22. Demonstrating his strength, Andrew Alexander took the ball himself and bashed through the defensive line, leaving defenders sprawling and himself crashing over the line. Razzell converted bringing Pinner within 3 points, and then found the mark again with a penalty shortly after, levelling the score. Pinner again went straight on the attack, after some more fine forward work winning them possession. Spinning the ball wide, they were causing real problems for the defence and Ickenham were struggling with their discipline, after they conceded a number of penalties. Pinner, utilising their forward momentum, kept running straight at the line and gaining ground. After some time, the defence finally faltered after a quick-tap penalty, and Pat Fraser again found himself at the try line. The conversion was successful and Pinner had regained the deficit.

Things continued in much the same way for the next 10 minutes, and Ickenham seemed to have little in the way of answers. After a visitor knock on just outside their own 22, Pinner delivered another blow. Scrum half Chris Jepsen took the ball quickly from the back and darted past the flankers. The covering defence, unable to get across in time, allowed Jepsen to draw the sole defender and give the ball to acting captain Razzell, attacking on the blind. After a footrace, the fullback crossed the line in the far right. The score was now 29-17 and Pinner looked to be running away with it.

Ickenham weren’t done yet, though, and after 5 minutes of solid attacking, found their chance. Pinner had been executing a rush defence, and had been doing so well, but after a missed tackle, Ickenham fullback found his way through. Despite an attempt to bring him in to touch by the covering defence, he just managed to get the ball down in the far left corner.

Pinner came back with tooth and claw, further employing their attacking form that had served them well thus far. Ickenham continued to frustrate themselves by giving away a number of penalties, and man of the match Jepsen capitalised fully. Taking a quick tap penalty, Jepsen ran through the retreating Ickenham players who had failed to get back in time. Being the quickest man on the field, they were unable to get back to stop him and he easily touched down under the posts, much to the jubilation of Pinner. Razzell easily converted and set the final score at 36-24.

It was a great game and a hard-fought win for Pinner, who now rest for Christmas before continuing the campaign in the New Year.

Saturday, 15 December 2012
Chess Valley	8 – 38	Saracens Amateurs
Old Grammarians	5 – 46	Kilburn Cosmos
Pinner & Grammarians	36 – 24	Ickenham
Quintin	74 – 10	Old Isleworthians
Uxbridge	17 – 27	Hillingdon Abbots

Herts/Middlesex 2	Short Format Long Format
Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adjust Kilburn Cosmos 10 9 1 0 402 116 286 7 45 0 Royston 10 9 0 1 497 74 423 8 39 -5 Quintin 10 7 1 2 341 132 209 8 38 0 Hillingdon Abbots 10 7 1 2 396 243 153 6 36 0 Saracens Amateurs 10 5 0 5 296 227 69 5 25 0 Uxbridge 10 4 1 5 224 240 -16 3 21 0 Ickenham 10 4 0 6 147 297 -150 3 20 0 Chess Valley 10 4 0 6 150 294 -144 2 19 0 Pinner & Grammarians 10 3 0 7 181 366 -185 4 16 0 Old Isleworthians 10 1 0 9 141 442 -301 5 9 0 Old Grammarians 10 0 0 10 80 424 -344 1 -4 -5

Pelicans give a spirited display.

With no 1^st XV league fixture due to international matches at Twickenham Pinner’s Pelican XV took on Hampstead 4^th’s at Hatch End on Saturday. Hampstead are a strong club running six men’s and two ladies XV’s. It was immediately obvious that the visitors were used to playing together and soon ran in their first try. However the Pelicans were not going to be overrun and strong tackling soon prevented Hampstead from further flowing moves. The pack was proving equal to the task and line-outs were shared.  No. 8 Tim O’Connor was prominent with several breaks from the back of the scrum.  As half-time approached Hampstead were awarded a penalty on half-way and set up an attack.  Seeing the pelicans defence advancing the centre chipped over for their right winger to score in the corner making the score 10 – 0 to the visitors at the interval.

Pinner started the second half with real purpose and launched several penetrating attacks into the Hampstead half. With 15 minutes gone Pelicans won a scrum against the head on the Hampstead 10m line.  Scrum-half Chris Jepson got the ball quickly to fly-half Chris Hall who made a break through the middle.  Dangerous centre Richard Southam took the ball on but was led up on the line. The referee awarded a penalty for going over the ruck and Hampstead cleared their lines.  Mid-way through the half Hampstead won a line-out, the ball was got to their fly-half who made a decisive break before passing to the elusive right-winger who scored under the posts. The try was converted to bring the score to 17 – 0.  From the kick-off Hampstead knocked on.  Pelicans won the resulting scrum and no. 8 and ‘man of the match’ Tim O’Connor picked up and made a powerful drive. Although stopped he regained his momentum to take the ball further into the Hampstead 22.  Scrum-half Jepson got the ball to the backs and with a smooth passing movement it reached Clyde Gordon on the left wing who touched down in the corner.  Although fly-half Chris Hall’s strategic kicking had been a feature of the game he could not add the two points.  With the game nearing its end Jepson was given a yellow card for an alleged high tackle. This gave space for one final Hampstead attack which resulted in their fourth try to bring the final score to 22 – 5 to the visitors. Everyone retired to the clubhouse to watch the England v Australia match.

Before the match players and spectators had observed a minutes silence in memory of Stewart Brown who had sadly died at an early age on the previous Saturday.  Stewart, a former player and Bar Secretary, was the son of Bob Brown who played for the club in the 1950’s and 60’s and his young daughters played mini-rugby in recent years.  The funeral will be at St Anselm’s Church Hatch End on Tuesday 20^th November.

A convincing win…..at last!

Pinner  RFC match report for Sat 20^th October 2012

Pinner recorded their first league win if the season when fellow strugglers Old Grammarians from Tottenham were the visitors to Shaftesbury Playing Fields. P&G’s signified their intent from the off with a series of attacks and play was mainly in the O G’s territory. Early chances of scores went begging with missed penalties. With frustration at not getting points from their efforts they allowed Grammarians to get more into the game.  With twenty odd minutes gone Pinner won a line-out just inside the OG’s half.  The ball was fed to captain Aaron Nicholas who found support from flanker Goodwin who drove for the line. Prop Neill {bullet] King was on hand to force the first score.  Mark Razzell, back in his usual role of full-back, took over the kicking duties and promptly added the extra points. The next try was not long on coming when scrum-half Lane cut through the Grammarians defence to leave flanker Goodwin to power the last 15m to score on the left. The conversion was unsuccessful. P&G’s were now playing with confidence and three more chances of scores before half-time narrowly failed. Firstly OG’s were adjudged to have obstructed on the half-way line. The penalty was kicked into the corner.  Pinner gathered and drove forwards only to be held up on the line. P&G’s then won the resulting scrum against the head but the pass went forward.  Grammarians counter attacked and put a kick deep into the home 22 where full-back Razzell made an excellent ‘mark’ under pressure. Instead of kicking for touch he led a counter attack. Forty yards were made by Nicholas and winger Jepson seemed certain to score but lost control of the ball as he dived over the line.  However P&G’s went into half-time with a 12 – -0 lead.

Within a minute of the restart OG’s were penalised for not retiring 10 m. Pinner, sensing the defence was not organised moved the ball swiftly for centre Southam to score.  Razzell added the 2 points. One more try would give P&G’s a much needed bonus point win and they continued with the attacks.  OG’s were forced to kick out but failed to find touch.  The ball was gathered by full-back Razzell who again counter attacked. The ball was moved out to the left where lock Dave Logan completed the last 20 m to score in the left corner. OG’s had little to offer other than to kick up-field which led to more counters by the home side. The next scoring chance petered out when an attack from their own 22 saw P&G’s interchanging the ball freely only there to be adjudged a forward pass deep in the OG’s half. After 15 minutes the next score did come, again Goodwin, who sensing the lack of  organisation in the visitor’s defence, made a solo run from the 22 to score under the posts, Razzell adding the 2 points. With half an hour of this half over the referee, who up till then had had a good game seem to lose the plot.  Having legitimately moved a penalty 10m forward when a Pinner player disagreed with a decision he moved it a further 10m because of further back-chat. At the next play just inside the Pinner 22 and near the touch-line he mysteriously awarded a penalty try when Pinner replacement Burns had too much to say for which he received a yellow card and 10 minutes ‘rest’.  The game now became scrappy with penalties coming thick and fast. With the end in sight scrumhalf Lane took a quick tap-penalty on the OG’s 22 and ran more or less unopposed to score under the posts.  ,Man of the match, Razzell again added the conversion to make the final score 38 – 7 to Pinner and with their six tries a much needed 5 league point win.

Saturday, 20 October 2012
Chess Valley	6 – 40	Royston
Ickenham	27 – 12	Old Isleworthians
Kilburn Cosmos	46 – 10	Saracens Amateurs
Pinner & Grammarians	38 – 7	Old Grammarians
Uxbridge	16 – 44	Quintin

Herts/Middlesex 2	Short Format Long Format
Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adjust Kilburn Cosmos 4 4 0 0 126 69 57 2 18 0 Quintin 5 3 1 1 146 82 64 3 17 0 Royston 5 4 0 1 223 56 167 4 15 -5 Chess Valley 5 3 0 2 80 84 -4 1 14 0 Uxbridge 5 3 0 2 128 100 28 1 13 0 Hillingdon Abbots 4 2 1 1 119 132 -13 2 12 0 Saracens Amateurs 4 2 0 2 135 83 52 2 10 0 Ickenham 4 2 0 2 44 102 -58 1 10 0 Pinner & Grammarians 5 1 0 4 85 197 -112 2 6 0 Old Isleworthians 4 0 0 4 53 149 -96 2 2 0 Old Grammarians 5 0 0 5 51 136 -85 1 -4 -5

Pinner U13s take the sting out of Wasps RFC

This Sunday saw the impressive Pinner Under 13s squad participate in their first venture in to the Herts/Middlesesex Division 6 League. Their hosts for this fixture was Wasps RFC. Continuing on from last weeks friendly match Pinner once again put an  a scoring fest, putting 50 on the score board, the final score being 55-10. There will be a match report shortly, but in the meantime enjoy the images from the game courtesy of one of the squad (currently sidelined with a foot injury) J Talbot

Here it is, just hot off the press

Report written by Dan Nottingham, edited and added to by Jacob Talbot

In the hospitality of wasps, and with the sun shining, Pinner get pumped and ready for their first league game.

Wasps get the call and start the game by dominating the play in the first 5 minutes, Pinner get a break through and thanks to the skills of Ben Stone who collects the wasps kick up-field and charges forward, with a confident wasps team rucking over strongly Pinner lose ball and Wasps attack the Pinner try line. With a well-built defence Pinner hold then back causing Wasps to lose possession, Pinner sees a chance and attack, powerful running and great passing Give Pinner a lot of ground but with a forward pass Wasps gain a scrum, the ball comes out and Pinner get control but give away a penalty. wasps play a tap and go manoeuvre, yet again creating more ground for them. With Excellent tackling by Fullback and captain Kai Gordon Pinner regain control of the ball and attack at furious pace. Unluckily the Pinner passing is yet again scruffy thus meaning Wasps again attack, however Pinner soak up the pressure and regain control winning a scrum. The Ball comes out and Pinner Scrum half Freddie Hart chooses to tap and go.

After many hard rucks Pinner regain the ball and a fantastic sprint from Kai Gordon results in an excellent roar of the crowd and try under the posts. Freddie Hart kicks and converts the try, Pinner go 7-0 up.

Wasps start again and the ball is taken by Ryan Healy who runs into trouble, scrum to Wasps. After a great pass out to Ben Stone from the scrum, he breaks away practically playing football half the length of pitch causing a solo try. Freddie Hart misses conversion – Pinner 12-0.

Wasps start and Pinner regain the ball and attack with Ryan Healy, Sam Marchant and Dylan Kelly resulting in a high tackle by wasps creating a penalty for Pinner. Scrum Half kicks long for a line out which Pinner then go and win allowing them to start attacking. This attempt lands in a line out to Wasps which they win putting Pinner under pressure until Flanker Joseph Burling tackles. Scrum for Wasps, super driving by Pinner who seemed to have the stronger pack but Wasps come out with the ball and pass it down the line. Pinner win back the ball and powerful running by Ryan Healy results in another try. Freddie misses kick 17-0 Pinner.

Wasps start and Dylan Kelly collects the kicked ball passing to Ryan Healy, going on to Luke Barrowman with good running and a great bit of play from Taylor Goodman but Pinner lose ball. Wasps attack, they lose the ball and quick rucking by Pinner, Kai Gordon comes out with the ball and there’s no stopping him today he’s all legs and speed .He scores another solo try running half the pitch and putting the ball down under the posts setting Freddie up with a sitter and he doesn’t miss it – 24-0 Pinner.

Wasps start and win a scrum, Pinner win back possession and a good lay off from George Tillet to Ryan results in Ryan’s second try and more excellent kicking by Freddie and its Pinner 31-0.

Wasps kick short and Pinner take a scrum, Pinner come out from the scrum strongly getting the ball out to the wings, Findlay Schofield has a break but Wasps regain the ball and kick out for a line out. Pinner win the Lineout and attack Wasps try line with Ben Stone and Mark Souster, Mark muscles through swatting Wasps as he goes and puts down for a try. Freddie misses conversion –  36-0 Pinner.

Half time.

Pinner start, good kick by Freddie and Pinner collect. The Ball goes into a driving maul and Pinner keeps possession. Kai’s one-two With Ewan Laidlaw sets him up for another try: his third of the game. Freddie scores kick 43-0 Pinner.

Wasps restart and excellent tackling by Ryan, Louis George and Owen Rees means the Ball goes out for a Wasps line out. Pinner win line out but lose ball back to Wasps. A much more even second half as Pinner start to switch off letting Wasps attack more frequently, Wasps win a scrum and come out with the ball as a rare mistake by Pinner allows Wasps to score a try but the conversion is too much for them and their kicker misses – 43-5.

Pinner start and win a scrum and attack, unfortunately losing the ball and yet again letting in another scrum to Wasps but Pinner aren’t giving up that easily and win the ball back and go. On the front line driving the ball to the try line and resulting in Joseph Burling getting over for the try. Freddie misses kick 48-5 Pinner.

Wasps restart the game and kick straight to Kai, big mistake, he catches the ball and runs, he smashes the wasps defence and scores his fourth try of the game right under the posts again. Freddie reliable as ever converts his kick and its 55-5 Pinner.

Pinner start with some good attacking play even though their fatigue leads to another try for Wasps but once again the kick proves too much for the kicker and he misses – 55-10.

Pinner restart and Wasps gather strongly and are attacking again, time for a comeback maybe? No, brilliant defending by Pinner who hold on for an excellent victory in their first league game of the season ,swatting aside the Wasps and looking like and performing like a strong and organized team.

Try scorers were- Kai Gordon 4, Ryan Healy 2, Ben Stone 1, Joseph Burling 1, Mark Souster  1.
Kicker and scrum half – Freddie Hart, converted 5 tries.

End score Pinner- 55 Wasps- 10

POS		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	DIFF	BP	PTS
1	Pinner and Grammarians	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55	10	1	0	0	55	10	45	1	5
2	Hackney Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	0	1	0	0	45	0	45	1	5
3	London Welsh B	1	1	0	0	19	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	10	9	0	4
4	Finchley B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hertford B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	19	0	0	1	10	19	-9	0	0
6	Wasps B	1	0	0	1	10	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	55	-45	0	0
7	Bedford B	1	0	0	1	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	-45	0	0

Pinner Colts sip from the cup of victory

This Sunday saw the Pinner Under 18s Colts venture into the cup. This was the first round and they hosted Hitchin RFC. They won the game comfortably 21-7 to progress into the nest round. The match report is currently being written and when received it will of course be placed here, please be patient! In the meantime, here are some of the images from the match….. enjoy

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