We are very pleased as the under 10’s team has been growing in numbers over the last 6 months and we are now able to field 3 teams. In addition our coaching set up is also growing to support this and we now have the added experience of Jon Munday, Steve Meadows and Ian Sharp volunteering their time to help develop the teams further This brings with it additional benefits as we will be able to spend more time with smaller groups to improve basic skills and focus on specialised positions and set moves.
We have also reviewed our fixture list to see what clubs are able to support our size and to ensure that the kids get the maximum game time especially as a number of our fixtures are 40 minutes journey time plus each way. In addition we are also looking for the children to play against similarly experienced players to avoid any major mismatches which could set back their development as rugby players.
Feedback from this week’s fixture at Old Elthamians is that there is very limited parking space and only one pitch will be available. To avoid a long journey with little prospect of getting more than one game per child we will be sending one team to the event at Old Elthamians and keep the Wasps and our development team (now christened as the Scorpions) at Medway and have a training and match day at home.
We are awaiting confirmation from 2 clubs on their ability to support all three teams and will then produce an updated fixture list for the rest of this season. Where we elect to have a home day we will look to have at least 2 teams (either 2 of our teams or 1 of our teams and a guest team to ensure that the children still play matches at some time during the fixture)
For this Sundays fixture the Hornets will be travelling to old Elthamians with the following squad.
Sydney
Sam Sharp
Aaron
Dan
Oliver Potter
Luke
Jordan
Dominic
Joe Hawkridge
David
Please can the above players / parents confirm by no later than Saturday that they are available to play to ensure that we are not short of players for the fixture.
ALL OTHER PLAYERS MUST REPLY SO WE KNOW EVERYONE HAS THE MESSAGE
Any immediate questions or concerns please let us know. We are aware that Amrik, Joseph Earl, Joshua and Matt have siblings in other age groups could those people contact us if they have a problem with this so we can try to work out a solution.
We will be in touch next week with more information on the rest of the season, format and squad selection.
PS If you want to go to the Quaser on Saturday 26th and have not paid the £7.50 can you give it to Mo or Stuart if you are in the Hornets or Susan for all other players.
Regards
Dean, Stuart and Mo
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