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2024-01-14 - The day the Times came to the Club

By Olney RFC Publicity
Another example of reader engagement here as one of our regular contributors in our comments, Ian Hiscock, invited me to photograph the Olney “Pink” Ladies RFC. The Ladies team has been running for over thirty years and play in the women’s NC1 East
The RFU was formed in 1871 and the first recorded game in Olney was in 1877, played on Cherry Orchard, a meadow on the banks of the River Ouse. Some 147 years later, I am photographing the distinctive cerise and French grey colours of the Pink Ladies. Thi
Lauren Holt surges forward, requiring three Old Northamptonians to halt her progress. With the score 10-10 at half-time, the game became a battle of the wills and no quarter was asked and none was given. Equipment used: Canon EOS R3 using 560mm lens (400m
Ellie, right, features again, with Tash Holt lifting at a lineout. It is rare to capture such an action picture without the opposition players competing for the ball in the same frame but the Pink Ladies clearly had a well-practised technique. Equipment u
A hair-raising moment as the wonderfully named Elyse Royal gives me my favourite frame of the weekend as the Old Northamptonian surges forward to leave the Pink Ladies trailing. Equipment used: Canon EOS R3 using 560mm lens. 1/1300th sec f4. ISO 1600.
Late into the match Lianne O’Reilly makes a solo charge at Old Northamptonians. It seems this Pink Lady is swamped by the opposition — and in the end the visitors won the bruising encounter 39-19. Equipment used: Canon EOS R3 using 400mm lens 1/1300th
And finally, another view to which I would not have given a second glance were it not for our Unseen gallery. This is a perfect example of nothing much at all, yet there is actually quite a lot to see in the men’s XV home team dressing room at Olney RFC