mini training Sunday Feb 22nd

1st XV versus British Airways Feb 09

Mini Section donates

The presents that were donated at christmas, have been presented to the Coxen Adolescent Ward at the Stanmore Royal Orthapedic Hospital, the ward caters for children with varied lenghts of stay in hospital anything from days through to months, the children who are in patients on the spinal ward also stay on this ward. The gifts were presented to the wards play specialists Zoe Keats and Angela Mater they said ” that they were thrilled with the generosity of the children at Pinner RFC, and what a lovely idea it was to give Santa presents”. The gifts will be used to enhance the childrens stay in hospital, also as awards and
prizes for various activites within the ward.

In the Picture left to right: Zoe Keats (senior play specialist), Hannah Aplin, Megan Murphy, Paul Parker-Brice, Samantha Parker-Brice, Joshua Parker-Brice, Angela Mater (play assistant), Luke Aplin, Mike Murphy.

1st XV versus British Airways RFC

P & G’s avenge earlier defeat.

Pinner had a lot to prove in their Herts / Middx Div 4 match against British Airways at Hatch End on Saturday.  The unexpected loss to them before Christmas had slowed the promotion challenge. The game started in sombre mood with a minute silence in memory of one of their players who died in tragic circumstances earlier in the week.  This was observed by players from both teams and the large contingent of spectators who had turned up to show solidarity in the Club.

Within two minutes of the kick off it was obvious that Pinner were playing for something more than the league points. Centre Russell Joint powered through to score the first try which was converted by fly-half Adrian Boue. 

P&G’s continued to dominate and there was no let up in the pressure being applied although BA managed to get into the Pinner half. However from deep in their half P&G’s broke out. A strong run by fly-half Adrian Boue took the ball into the BA 22. Captain Reza Sibilant was on had to score under the posts. Boue again converted.  On 20 minutes Pinner won a scrum on the BA 22 line. No 8 Bernie Richter broke from the base. The ball was fed left along the backs and Richter, following up as any good No8 should, was on hand to score in the corner.  Two minutes later Warren Woad drove from his own half deep into the opponent’s territory. The ball again went through the backs, and then was fed back inside where Richter was again on hand to score under the posts. Boue again converted taking the score to 26 – 0.  British Airways continued to offer strong resistance but unfortunately lost two players through injury. Their only replacement did not arrive till half time. Pinner scores two further unconverted tries in the first period.  One was by right wing Mike Stepney and the other just before half time was by Warren Woad.  In their total commitment Pinner had been leaking penalties by being off-side or for not staying on their feet at rucks and mauls but BA were unable to take advantage of these kicks. The half time score was 36 – 0.

    

In the first part of the second half P&G’s were guilty of a degree of complacency and lost some of their shape. It took 13 minutes before they could add to their score.  Again it started deep in their own half with centre Russell Joint finishing off the move with another powerful 40 m run to score his second try.  This spurred the home side into action with the forwards dominating the set scrums and much of the loose play. BA were becoming dispirited and another inter-passing move from their own half saw the Andy Wright, who had replaced the injured Mike Stepney on the right wing, run in the eighth try which again was converted by man-of -the match Adrian Boue.  A few minutes later No 8 Richter again broke from the back of a set scrum on the half-way line.  Boue took the balloon and yet again Richter was there to finish the move that he had started by scoring his third try.   Following further injuries the scrums were now uncontested but Pinner were lucky not to receive a yellow card for constance offence. Once more BA were unable to take advantage of the penalties. The final score came 7 minutes from the end when following a move to the right second row Mike Turner powered over to score. Pinner tally was ten tries with four converted giving a final score of 58 – 0 and their challenge on the league leaders Hatfield was in good shape.

Scruffy found

Scruffy was found by Kai he was in the Seniors events section – Celebrating our 75th Anniversary – The Dinner & Dance

His prize will be awarded after the training session this Sunday, well done. Where is scruffy now, remember, the first one to email wins the prize (which is different each week)

Pinner & Grammarians 1st XV versus GWR