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Saturday 7th March 2015 – Blaydon Bricks 49, Gateshead IIIs 7

 

Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26086313%40N08/collections/

 

Scorers:

Trys: Savs, Lowsey 2, Hopey, Richard, Ryan, Matty, Anth

 

Conversion:

Hopey, Lowsey

 

You could tell we were getting close to a cup semi-final, we had players coming out of the woodwork and although the 3s had no game, it was only Bricks who played on the day, apart from a short appearance at the end from Matty Bell.

This was a great team performance, with power play from the forwards and clinical running from the backs and some great finishing, bring on Hartlepool.

Gateshead match report, reports that our first kick went over and I failed to give it, have to say, busted, it was above the post, I made a judgement if the post had continued up, would it have bounced in between the posts or back into play, then I noticed it was Lowsey doing the kicking, so decision was made, no conversion. I may have got it wrong Harry was in a good place to see it, but as I say it was Lowsey.

 

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gatesheadrugbyfootballclub/s/match-centre-11316/0-2430121/

 

 

 

Highs & Lows

  • Ryan and Finnas made good yards
  • Google from the Kick off had Paul’s hands and juggled the ball
  • Lowsey, Matt, Diver and Chester made big yards
  • Paul Dingley made some good tackles, but of note was his kick, on right wing, ball was kicked to him in space, he started going forward and Keith (that tactical genius, says to him kick it, probably Keith was worried he would pass to him and he’d have to run a long way) Paul kicked it, but not down the wing, it was cross field into the arms of the fastest back Gateshead had.
  • Cliff at the lick off, its out, oh no it wasn’t, he insist he was told to leave it
  • Good break, Savs, Divers, Matt on to Hopey, oh dear…..
  • Cliff drops next KO, insists he was being targeted
  • Chester goes for the interception, bounced off the tummy
  • Damien does a hop, skip, but badly
  • Good to see Craig make a comeback after serious ankle injury last year
  • Cliff goes for a 3rd KO, it is targeting, split
  • Anth gets his first try for Bricks, in the corner and wrestles everyone and refuses to move til the ref gives it – bout time…………

 

 

 

 

 

Team:

 

  1. Finnas
  2. Richard Pike (Craig McBurnie, Grumpy)
  3. Ryan
  4. Cliff
  5. Keith (Ming)
  6. Ian Bennie
  7. Stu Bailey
  8. Windy
  9. Lowsey (Stu Reay)
  10. Savs (Phil, Lowsey)
  11. Paul Dingley (Anth)
  12. Chester (Hopey)
  13. Divers (Matt)
  14. Damien
  15. Matt Goodall (Phil)

 

Cinderford 15 – Blaydon 22

Playing some of their best rugby of the year Blaydon comfortably completed the double over struggling opponents Cinderford, and the winning margin could have been much wider.

The Forest of Dean side had the early wind advantage and secured the only score of the first half from a rare handling movement. Their full-back Mike Wilcox made the initial break from half-way to feed winger Stefan Hawley who raced clear down the left.

Blaydon made inroads into the deficit soon after the restart when Andrew Baggett put over a penalty following an offside, and then ran in the first of their 3 tries, which could have been 4 but for an excellent effort being disallowed.

A Cinderford drop-out was run straight back at them by Craig Willis who moved it on for winger Sean Brown to draw his man and send in skipper Keith Laughlin and make it 5-8.

Pressure in the home 22 soon produced try No2 by lock-forward Will Witty, the man of the match rampaging through the defence to touch down under the posts for Baggett to add the extras.

In their best spell of the half Cinderford re-cycled some good possession to send in prop forward Jack Cosgrove, James Moffatt converting, and the scoreline became a somewhat unrealistic 12-15.

But not for long however as Blaydon once more penned the home side in their own 22 and from a multi-handling movement fly-half Willis, who had a fine game, finished off in style.
In the final minute Cinderford gained a valuable bonus point in the fight to avoid relegation when debutant Callum Sheedy, on loan from Bristol Acadamy, landed a penalty.

John Brennan

Blaydon Bricks 7, Ryton IIIs 40

Photos:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/26086313%40N08/collections/

Bricks had a bad day at the office and came off 2nd best against a strong Ryton 3rd team. On a day where Ryton had no 2nd team game, they sent a very strong 3rd team to play the Bricks and as against a month earlier, when Bricks scored 48 points against Ryton IIIs, Bricks suffered a heavy defeat in the league fixture.

 

Bricks had a decent side out but due to last minute cry offs a number of people were playing out of position, Bricks had little bench available, so players played on with knocks and Ryton exploited the situation.

 

It could and should have been a lot closer, for the first 30 mins the Bricks showed too much respect to the Ryton team and allowed a number of trys to be scored. Just before half time they realised they were not that big a gap between the sides and came back at Ryton and had good spells where they totally contested the fixture but the early trys had Ryton well in front.

 

Highs & lows:

  • Good tackling from Divers (Playing back row) Savs, Harry and Damien
  • Well taken try from Harry
  • Joe cover tackling
  • Savs & Chester making good yards
  • Ryan with big yards & hits
  • Joe Melia came on for us as we had a small bench
  • Grumpy, the small bench came back from injury for his first game of the season and played 25mins, good to see him back.

 

Scorers:

Trys:  Harry

Conv: Joe

 

 

Team:

  1. Ryan
  2. Keith
  3. Brett
  4. Neil ( Joe Melia)
  5. Adam
  6. Ian Bennie
  7. Divers
  8. Harry
  9. Sean Pyle
  10. Phil
  11. Joe Snowdon
  12. Chester
  13. Hopey
  14. Damien (Paul Dingley)
  15. Savs

 

Dennis Jewitt – message from Dale & Kyra, please contribute a story or picture. If you send to club email account and we will forward.

From Kyra, on behalf Dale & Kyra

My lovely Dad’s funeral is next Thursday (12th) at 3pm at Gateshead Crematorium. We will then be going to Eslington Villas for his wake and to raise a glass… or four to this wonderful man.

We hope that anyone that had the pleasure of knowing him (or by default through Dale or I) will join us to say a final goodbye and celebrate his life.

Dad asked me to make sure you all knew that you should wear what you feel comfortable in. He loved colour and while black is by no means banned, he asks that it doesn’t just become your uniform for the day.

I have decided to make a memory book for Dale Jewitt and I to keep. Everyone that ever met Dennis Jewitt tells me some kind-hearted or very very dodgy story from work, rugby, Uni or family-related, about him and they have always brought smiles to our faces and we would like to collect them to make something beautiful.

SO I ASK YOU ALL PLEASE BRING :
A Picture (of an event, of yourself, of Dennis, of an object or place)

AND/OR

A memory / accompanying story (in any format) if it is on a napkin or post-it note or typed up and two pages long ANYTHING GOES.

PLEASE SHARE so this reaches all of his friends and spread the word.

Love Kyra and Dale x x x

Durham Cup Semi Finals – 2s, Development & Bricks – March 14th

We will need all players to make themselves available on the 14th March to enable us to get 3 strong cup sides out with each having a few subs on the day.

1s have home fixture against Richmond.

Please make yourselves available

http://www.durhamrugby.com/CountyCup/CupCompetitions2ndTeams.shtml

2s drawn at home to Billingham

Development drawn at home to West Hartlepool

Bricks Travel to Hartlepool IIs

It is with sadness that the club announce the loss of Dennis Jewitt.

Dennis, apart form a short period in the 60s where he was at Durham University, played all his career in Blaydon colours and following his playing career helped develope ‘colts’ rugby to the strength it is today at Blaydon RFC.

Dennis was well known and with many friends from Blaydon RFC.

Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

More details to follow:

Blaydon youth player Dawson joins senior academy for 2015/16

Talented 17 year old graduates from Under 18 set up to full senior academy

Newcastle Falcons are pleased to announce 17 year old scrum half Ruaridh Dawson will graduate to the club’s senior academy structure in 2015/16 after an impressive season with the academy’s Under 18 set up.

Dawson, who attends Newcastle School for Boys and plays club rugby with Blaydon joined the Falcons Academy towards the end of season 2014/15 after impressing for club, school and county.

He started playing the game at the age of nine at school and 15 at Blaydon after playing mainly football as a youngster and in recent seasons he has featured in Scotland’s youth set up. Yesterday, Ruaridh was selected in the England Under 18 Clubs and Schools squad. Academy Manager Mark Laycock has been impressed with what he has seen and is looking forward to seeing what Dawson can achieve.

“Ruaridh has been one of the stand out players in this year’s Under 18 crop and has done well in all of the games so we are keen to see how he progresses as part of the senior academy set up.”

“He will undergo a full pre season with the senior squad this summer and then will be aiming to get involved with the A Team alongside the games he will play for his dual registered club Blaydon, so he should get a good amount of exposure to competitive rugby over the season.”

Dawson said: “I didn’t really have the love of football after playing that for a while so I picked up rugby at school when I was nine.”

“I enjoyed it and Mr. Hogarth, my PE teacher, was coaching at Blaydon and encouraged me to go down to that club. I’m pleased I did because I really liked it there with the club being really friendly.”

“I’ve enjoyed being part of the junior academy at the Falcons and I am really looking forward to being part of the senior academy next season.”

“It will be a new experience and working alongside some of the Falcons first team squad will be quite a shock to the system, but I am looking forward to it.”

The original article can be found on the Newcastle Falcons website: http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/news/story/dawson-joins-senior-academy-for-201516

Blaydon 34 – Wharfedale 27

Blaydon put their poor recent form well behind them with a try bonus point win over near league rivals Wharfedale but it could have been an even better out- come.

Trailing by 34-15 going into the last 2 minutes of normal time the visitors grabbed an unconverted try but were still 7 points short of a bonus point. Then in the final play of time added on they were awarded a penalty try when Blaydon collapsed a short scrum, the only occasion in the game when the home pack had been in trouble.

And this after Blaydon at one point had been so dominant in the set-piece that Wharfedale prop Jake Armstrong was sin-binned for a similar offence and yet the referee allowed it to be re-set 4 times for collapsing before losing patience.

Those 2 bonus points could yet prove invaluable for Wharfedale in the battle at the lower end of the league, and they still have a game in hand of Blaydon.

Former Blaydon fly-half Jamie Guy opened the scoring with an early penalty for the visitors but Blaydon with their forwards well on top soon secured a first try when Robbie Kalbraier finished off a line-out move.

Andrew Baggett added the extras and then a penalty, and from another catch and drive assault on the Wharfedale line flanker Harry Bate went over. Home domination continued and when second-rower Will Welsh crossed with ease 4 minutes into the second period to make it 20-3 Wharfedale’s chances looked bleak.

Somehow they got themselves back into it with a fortuitous effort by Cameron Hudson but Blaydon’s penalty try made it 27-8 and a try bonus.
Wharfedale scored again when right-wing Lloyd Davies scraped over in the corner but that was soon cancelled out when Craig Willis with a smart dummy added home try number 5 and Baggett the conversion.

And so into the dramatic closing minutes and what would have deserved to be a comfortable 5 point home win became an undeserved life-line for the visitors.

John Brennan

Draw for Durham Cup Semi-Final announced:

http://www.durhamrugby.com/CountyCup/CupCompetitions2ndTeams.shtml

2s drawn at home to Billingham if they progress past DMP in the delayed Quarter Final

Development drawn at home to West Hartlepool

Bricks Travel to Hartlepool IIs who are currently top of the Tees Valley league:

http://www.teesrugby.co.uk/1league_tables.htm

Blaydon 24 – Fylde 28

In a ding-dong battle from the start to the finish Blaydon were finally undone by some crucial errors and the brilliance of Fylde winger Oliver Brennand who scored all 4 tries for the visitors.

Blaydon held the lead 4 times, ahead by 24-14 in the 57th minute, but Fylde were never out of it and in the closing minutes looked more and more likely to secure a first win in 8 visits to Crow Trees.

“We could have won” said director of rugby Micky Ward “but whether we should have won is another story. If you make silly errors against a team who are hot in attack they will punish you”.

Blaydon took a 5th minute lead when Gavin Jones touched down from a tried and trusted driving line-out only to see Brennand scoot in for the first of his sniping scores. Back they came however and when another rolling maul was heading for the line Fylde pulled it down to concede a penalty try and Blaydon took a 12-7 lead into the break.

Brennand escaped for second time in the 42nd minute but once more Blaydon regained the advantage through Nathan Bailey who hacked on from half-way and won a remarkable chase to the line.

At this stage it was end to end stuff and home skipper Keith Laughlin prevented a certain try with a brilliant last ditch tackle, resulting in a short scrum. Blaydon then not only took the scrum against the head but after 2 quick passes Tom Penny was away from his own 22. The centre swerved past 2 would be tacklers to race clear for the try of the game and a second conversion for Andrew Baggett, that put Blaydon 10 points in front with 23 minutes remaining.

But Fylde were far from being done however and when Brennand intercepted on half-way for number 3 and then finished off a cross-field move in the closing minutes an away win was just about deserved, Chris Johnson landing his 4th conversion.

John Brennan