1st April 2007
Home to Northampton Old Scouts and Luton
Olney Under sevens hosted their last home fixture of the season on Sunday with a triangular match against Old Scouts and Luton. Olney Lions played exceptionally well with lots of tries scored and superb defensive tagging. They won all 3 games 7-1, 6-0 and 5-3 with the tries scored by Mason Dowd (5), Tom Warn (5), Felix Iles (3), Cobie Chapman (2), James Minter (2) and Thomas Christian. The player of the match award went to Felix Iles.
Olney Tigers made a slow start and lost their first game 4-2 and then progressed onto win 7-3 and 5-3. Try scorers were Sam Smith (3), James Vine (3), Oliver Vine (3), Ben Brear (2), Harry Rance (2) and Laurence Nicholls-Cook. The player of the match went to Sam Smith.
18th March 2007
Away at Biggleswade for the Bedfordshire Mini Rugby Festival
Olney Under Sevens triumphed at the Bedfordshire Cup on Sunday, winning all games, 5-1, 7-1 and 8-3, and this secured them a place in the final. Olney Lions then went onto a 7-6 victory over Dunstable to lift and retain the cup for a second year running their first piece of Silverware this season.
The tries were scored by Cobie Chapman (5), Mason Dowd (5), James Minter (5), Oliver Davidson (4), Dominic Blore-Rimmer (3), Tom Warn (2), George Christian and Felix Iles both getting one apiece with excellent handling from Thomas Christian. A fantastic all round team effort.
4th March 2007
Olney RFC Mini Rugby Tournament
14 teams entered the U7's tournament with Olney Lions winning 3 matches 4-2, 5-4 and 6-0. Losing 2-1 and 3-2, and with a 3-3 draw. Unfortunately this was not enough to get the Lions through to the shield or plate final. Try scorers were Tom Warn (8), Cobie Chapman (5), Mason Dowd (3), Thomas Christian, Oliver Davidson, Felix Iles, James Minter and Zachary Parkinson all getting one a piece. Man of the match was given to the whole team for great effort!
Olney Tigers results were a 2-1 win, a 2-2 draw and 4 losses, 3-1, 2-1, 3-2, and 4-3. The tries were scored by Izaak Soul (3), Alexander Brand (2), Harry Rance (2), Jonathon Unger (2), Charlie Whelan and Jacob Wood. Again, this was not enough to qualify. Man of the match went to Jonathon Unger.
Good rugby was played by all teams that attended the tournament which was a very enjoyable day, although poor conditions, a good experience for all boys with many of them in their first season of rugby.
18th February 2007
Away to Northampton Mens Own
14 players travelled to Mens Own to play against MO's and Oundle.
On small and extremely muddy pitches straight running and good passing were the order for the day.
An extremely strong Oundle team which included several 7 year old giants were the most difficult opposition, however this selection for height hadn't taken into account our secret weapons of Patrick Bull and Jonathon Unger who proved to be sufficiently close to the ground to make it difficult for them to be tagged by the lanky opposition.
Unfortunately Oundles pace and strength paid off in the end and they won all their games although all the Olney players showed great determination and persistence to ensure that none of the games were a walk over, and they finished all their games strongly.
Best and most enjoyable game was between the two Olney teams with some great running, superb tagging and some awful refereeing from Simon.
Results on the day were:
1st matches
Olney Kangaroos v's Oundle - Lost 11 tries to 7
Olney Badgers v's Mens Own - Won 7 tries to 5
2nd matches
Olney Kangaroos v's Mens Own - Won 8 tries to 6
Olney Badgers v's Oundle - Lost 9 tries to 5
3rd Match
Olney Kangaroos v's Olney Badgers - Draw 6 tries each
Thanks to all the players for their enthusiasm and efforts which produced a very enjoyable morning for all.
4th February 2007
Away to Old Northamptonians RFC
A strong team was sent this week to play against teams from ON's and Buckingham. With the other clubs also playing their strong teams competition was expected to be tight. The results were:
Olney won 10-3 against Northampton ON's, the tries were scored by Cobie (6), Tom (3) and Mason (1).
Olney won 10-5 against Buckingham, the tries were scored by Cobie (3), James M (3), Tom (2), Mason (1) and Zachary (1).
The player of the week this week went to the whole team for an outstanding team effort.
28th January 2007
Home to Bedford Blues
Three mixed teams played with the squad winning 5 games, a draw in 1 game and losing three.
Olney Lions:
Won 7-4, Won 6-5, Won 11-10. The tries were scored by Cobie (8), Mason (7), Dominic (5), Felix (2), Alexander (1) and Laurence (1).
Man of match went to Laurence.
Olney Tigers:
Drew 6-6, Won 7-3, Lost 4-5. The tries were scored by Samuel S (5) Zachary P (5), Oliver D (2), Charlie W (2), James V (2) and Oliver V (1). Man of the match went to Frances Smith.
Olney Pumas:
Lost 7-8, Lost 5-6, Won 7-5. The tries were scored by Tom (10), Charlie S (3), James M (3), Izaak (2) and Harry R (1).
Man of the match went to Ben Brear.
60 tries scored today, our most this season and 52 against!
10th December 2006
Home to Bletchley and Buckingham
Olney fielded three mixed teams this week to play against one team from Bletchley and three teams from Buckingham.
The results for the day across all teams were:
Drew 6-6, Drew 1-1
Lost 4-2, Lost 4-3
Won 5-1, Won 5-2, Won 8-2, Won 4-3
Tries scored: 35
Tries Against: 23
A great performance by all the teams. With two narrow losses and some resounding wins.
No player can be particularly singled out for playing well as everyone put in a huge effort.
In the final game of the morning a team of our strongest players were against Buckinghams best 10. In a very even match that was scoreless at half time mainly due to over zealous refereeing, everyone battled hard and put in a big effort. In the second half a sustained attack from Olney that involved superb passing and support running finally resulted in a try for Cobie to make the score 1-0. Unfortunately a bit of slack defending enabled Buckingham to score and the game finished a draw at 1 all.
Thank you to all the players staying focused on the games and putting up with the cold.
3rd December 2006
Away to Bedford Blues
Pinks: Won 7-3, Won 5-0
Greys Drew 7-7, Lost 10-0
The whole squad travelled away to play Bedford Blues with 26 players turning up.
Conditions were muddy and consequently due to a lot of puddles on the pitches we were only given a small area to play on.
Both teams played supperbly well. Most important was the defence that we have been working on for the last month with the Bedford teams being forced in to making mistakes and running backwards.
Most notable performances were from Mason Dowd, Tommy Warn, George Christian and Felix Iles, however all players should be congratualed on an excellent team performance.
26th November 2006
Away to Stewart & Lloyds
Olney Greys were beaten in the 1st game 7-4 and then drew 6-6 and 4-4. The tries were scored by Oliver Davidson (3) Felix Iles (3) Zachary Parkinson (3) Patrick O'Riordan, Tom Ritson, Izaak Soul, Samuel Smith and Jacob Wood with the most impressive player award going to Izaak Soul.
19th November 2005
Home to Wellingborough
Reds: Won 6-5 Greys: Lost 1-2 Blacks: Lost 2-8
Olney's under sevens entertained Wellingborough on Sunday, fielding mixed teams for this home fixture. They won the first game 6-5, then lost 2-1 and 8-2. The tries were scored by Cobie Chapman (3), Tom War (3), James Minter, Zachary Parkinson and Charlie Swallow with the player of the match award going to James Vine.
5th November 2005
Away to Rushden & Kettering
Pinks: Won 3-3, Won 4-3, Won 10-2
Greys: Lost 3-5, Won 11-5
Olney under 7s visited Rushden on Sunday and also played against Kettering. Olney Pinks won two games - 4-3 against Kettering and 10-2 against Rushden B and drew 3-3 with Rushden A. Their tries coming from Cobie Chapman (10), Mason Dowd (2), Tom Warn, James Minter, Thomas Christian, Charlie Swallow and Felix Iles.
Olney Greys won 11-5 against Rushden B and lost 5-3 to Kettering. Tries from James Vine (4), Harry Rance (3), Zachary Parkinson (2), Izaak Soul (2), Oliver Davidson (2) and Alexander Brand.
The player of the match award went to Thomas Christian.
15th October 2006
Kettering Tournament:
Won 5-1, Won 3-1, Drew 2-2, Semi Final Lost 3-4
Olney's under sevens took two teams to the Kettering Festival on Sunday and both sides played some great rugby. Olney Greys played with great enthusiasm and effort and tries came from Felix Iles (2) and Charlie Swallow while there was some good back up play from Charlie Whelan, Sam Smith, Jacob Wood, Robert Harrison and Ed Clarke.
Olney Pinks played some exceptional rugby with superb tagging and support play by James Minter, Dominic Blore-Rimmer, Oliver Vine, Jonathan Unger, Jack Dodd and Harry Rance. They remained unbeaten in the group stages winning 5-1 and 3-1 while drawing 2-2 and were just pipped on the final play of the semi final 4-3. The tries were scored by Cobie Chapman (6), James Vine (3), Tom Warn (3) and Mason Dowd.
Other Match Results for the season:
30.09.06 Northampton Saints Tournament (Away) :
Won 5-3, Lost 3-6, Lost 4-6
01.10.06 Towcester & Huntingdon (Home)
Pinks: Lost 1-3, Won 4-1, Won 6-3, Won 4-3
Greys: Lost 1-6, Lost 3-5, Lost 0-6, Lost 1-5
29.10.06 Daventry (Away)
Won 7-5, Won 6-4, Won 2-0
