B&A RFC U13's Tigers Challenge (5&6/05/12)
The U13's travelled to Minehead last weekend to play in the Tiger's Challenge.
They managed to finish 3rd in their age group (see results below) and showed fantastic commitment and great team spirit all weekend. The lads made coaches and parents very proud!
This is a fantastic example of how rugby is developing in all age groups in the Youth Section at Bridgwater & Albion - something all teams are aspiring to achieve.
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B&A RFC announce coaching team for next season (23/04/2012)
Bridgwater and Albion are delighted to announce that Kevin Innalls, who will continue as Head Coach for the 2012-13 campaign, has added a new member to his coaching team.
Forwards coach Darren Crompton, who joined Bridgwater and Albion as forwards coach in September will be remaining with the Club as well, although he will continue to play for Bristol.
Bridgwater and Albion have now recruited a new backs coach, Simon Martin, to complete their coaching team.
2012/2013 Coaching Team of Kevin Innals, Darren Crompton & Simon Martin
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B&A RFC U8's & U9's welcomes Vardre RFC (22/04/12)
Bridgwater & Albion RFC Youth Section were delighted to welcome Vardre RFC Under 8's and Under 9's to the College Way ground on Sunday 22nd April all the way from their home in Clydach near Swansea.
Despite the rain showers, a good time was had by all and the matches were played in great spirit - despite the Welsh & English RFU's strangely differing rules for U9's rugby!
To view pictures taken on the day, please view the match gallery by clicking HERE.
Thanks to Steve Hartnoll from Vardre RFC for bringing his side to Bridgwater. |
B&A RFC U-14’s 49, Minehead Barbarians U-14’s 14 (15/04/2012)
Bridgwater & Albion’s Under 14’s notched up a fantastic win on Sunday against a stubborn Minehead side. Minehead turned up with 11 players, and to keep it fair, Bridgwater were happy to play 11 a side.
Bridgwater were desperate to put in a good performance after an unscheduled dip in form. They went for a simple game plan of just playing it through the hands.
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Albion bid farewell to Granville Burne
Club members will be saddened to have learned of the death of Granville Burne last week. He has had a long connection with Bridgwater & Albion mainly through his three sons, all of whom played in the club’s 1st XV. Paul and Neville Burne played substantially in the 1st XV – the former achieving 406 appearances and the latter 274. Paul played variously at fullback, wing, centre and stand-off whilst Neville plied his skills in the centre. They were the cornerstone of the Albion side throughout the 1980’s. Granville’s younger son Mark also appeared for Albion and in the 1st XV and was also a versatile back but his appearances were limited due to his earlier services career. All three brothers appeared together for the club on several occasions. Granville was certainly proud of his sons’ rugby football exploits.
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The latest from the Head Coach (29/03/2012)
With the end of the season in sight Bridgwater and Albion head coach Kevin Innalls reflected on last week’s game at Newbury and looked forward to Saturday’s home match against Newton Abbot.
“Before we went up to Newbury last weekend I looked at the DVD and decided that they were quite a slow side so we went out with a game plan to play a wider sort of game. However when we got there and the game started we realised that they had completely changed their side and had a young dynamic team out against us, with a lot of youngsters.”
Kevin went on: “They had very good footwork and were good wide so we had to change back quickly to play a more forward orientated game where we were are strong. Unfortunately we let them get away too quickly and we soon 13-0 down and that was a lead we just couldn’t catch.”
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B&A RFC Mini's & Midi's Presentation Evening (11/05/12)
Bridgwater and Albion RFC Mini's & Midi's presentation night was held on Friday 11th May at the Club.
To view the gallery from the night, click HERE.
It was attended by players and parents from the Under 7's thru to the U11's.
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B&A RFC U14's 22 - Wellington 20 (22/04/2012)
Bridgwater & Albion U 14’s won a tight game on Sunday against a very lively Wellington side.
When the two sides met early in the season, Bridgwater was just edged out by a couple of points, so a tight game was always going to be the case.
The rain played a big part of the game, which undoubtedly caused a few handling areas. Albion’s scrum held brilliantly, even turning ball over against the head. Apart from that, there was nothing in it just that Albion’s scrum just helped them over the finishing line.
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B&A RFC 0, Redingensians 85 (21/04/12)
Match report by David Pomeroy
View the match gallery by clicking HERE
There was not much to cheer about for the home supporters as Bridgwater finished their 2011/12 season with their second largest defeat of the year. Redingensians managed to put 85 points past Bridgwater, whilst the home team failed to challenge the score sheet at all.
Bridgwater made a good initial start playing with the strong wind, but their poor tackling allowed the first try through from Dom Gosling. Guy Swadling converted making the score after 5 minutes 0-7.
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Chippenham 65, B&A RFC 5 (14/04/2012)
On a blustry afternoon, Bridgwater were always expecting a tough match during their visit to Chippenham, but were certainly hoping for a better showing than the 65-5 score line that resulted. Too many mistakes throughout the whole match really cost them dearly.
To view the match gallery click HERE.
A Chippenham kick off was soon turned into Bridgwater possession and control in the opening 5 minutes. However this control was short lived as two penalties led to 3 points from the boot of No. 11, Christian Novik.
After 8 minutes No14 Matt Rhodes scored a try on the right wing and although the conversion was missed Chippenham’s Hooker caught the ball from the kick off and ran unimpeded the full length of the Bridgwater half to score on again on the right. Chippenham missed the kick for the extra points.
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Pier to Tier Challenge
Gary Saunders (u14's Head Coach), Loren Saunders (Gary's Wife) and Sue Bryan (u14's Team Manager), will be doing a PEIR to TIER Challenge on Sunday 6th May 2012.
They will be walking from Weston-super-Mare Pier to Bridgwater & Albion's Top Tier of the grandstand. 50% of monies raised will go to Bridgwater & Albion U14's Tour Fund and the remaining 50% will go to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (reg charity number: 1078685). The walk is 18-19 miles. There is a sponsorship form behind the main bar and the Lunch Box or if you wish to donate discreetly, you can do so by putting some money in the pot which again is on the bar or in the Lunch Box.
Please support these great causes by digging deep. |
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B&A RFC Youth Section welcomes Newbridge RFC (29/04/2012)
Bridgwater & Albion Youth Section (U7's to U14's) welcomed Newbridge RFC from Wales to their College Way ground today on the last day of the 2011/2012 season. Despite being the end of April it was probably the wettest day of the season! It rained from the kick off of the first matches at 9.30pm right through to the final whistle at 1pm.
Despite the weather, the guys put on a good show and all the matches were well received by both sides.
View the U13's Gallery by clicking HERE.
View the U14's Gallery by clicking HERE. |
B&A RFC Presentation Evening (21/04/2012)
Bridgwater & Albion RFC held their presentation evening after their final match of the season on Saturday 21st April.
The evening was well attended and enjoyed by all.
View the presentation gallery by clicking HERE.
The Club would like to thank guest speaker, Bernard Capaldi who previously played for Cheltenham, Coventry, Bridgwater & Albion, Gloucestershire, Western Counties and the Barbarians.
Mike Berry, Club President said "It was a very convivial evening rounding off the season in the usual way, notwithstanding that the season was somewhat disappointing, but I think the players' and supporters' spirit shone through."
The following awards were made:
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The latest from the Head Coach (18/04/2012)
Kevin Innalls, the Head Coach at Bridgwater and Albion has been reflecting on his sides game at Chippenham on Saturday and looking forward to the final National Three South West game of the season at home against Redingensians this weekend.
The Head Coach said: "We went to Chippenham without a replacement prop, so we weren’t anywhere near to full strength. They were quite a lively side who handled the ball well and sadly we didn’t defend very."
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Catch up with the latest from Kevin Innalls. (08/04/2012)
B&ARFC have been without a First XV game this weekend which has given Kevin Innalls a chance to reflect on the game against Newton Abbot and look ahead to the fixture at Chippenham on Saturday.
"The game against Newton Abbot shows that none of the sides that we play against are standing still. I watched the DVD ahead of our game at Newbury and when we went up there they brought out a completely different team and the same thing happened against Newton Abbot last week."
"When they turned up last weekend they had obviously imported a lot of players again, from earlier on in the season, and against those quality players if our defence isn't spot on and we don't get in our tackles it shows. We missed too many tackles and it showed and we got opened up."
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B&ARFC 10, Newton Abbot 52 (31/03/2012)
Match report by Tony Pomeroy
To view the match gallery click HERE.
Newton Abbot comfortably completed the double over Bridgwater with this comprehensive eight try victory. The visitors were the better side and thoroughly deserved their win. Newton Abbot had all of the opening play as the home side could not get their hands on the ball. When they eventually did, the ball was dropped some 40m out from the home line and lively winger, Joel Clark swooped on it for a clear run to the posts. Rob Avery-Wright converted as he did moments later when Bridgwater again lost the ball in midfield and Steve Ward ran 50m for the try.
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