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Blaydon Red Kites secure league title and promotion with a win at Novos IIs

The Red Kites 1XV rounded off their season with a big performance away to Novos 2XV, securing Women’s NC1 North league title and promotion to Championship North 2!
Congratulations to all involved and for securing a 2nd promotion in 3 seasons!

Blaydon RFC – BONFIRE & FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA 2023

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Match Day – Blaydon RFC v Cleckheaton RUFC

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Blaydon v Cleckheaton

Kick off: 2pm

Venue: Crowtrees

 

Blaydon RFC v Alnwick RFC – match day programme

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Blaydon v Alnwick

Kick off: 2pm

Venue: Crowtrees

What a Weekend of Rugby!!!

What a rugby weekend ahead, we start with the first game of the Rugby World Cup, France v All Blacks tonight, then Steve Borthwick’s England take on Argentina on Saturday night and to finish off on Sunday afternoon we have Scotland versus South Africa!!!! As you know all games will be shown 1888 Sports Bar & Café, get yourself along and soak up the atmosphere.
Our BRFC teams came away with 3 wins last week, which is fantastic and well done to all involved.
Our First XV sponsored by First Mortgage, took the spoils against Pontefract last week, battling away in the final 15 minutes with 14 players to secure the win. This weekend they are away to York RUFC, in what sounds like an excellent excuse for a day trip on the train, as York’s ground is a gentle stroll from the station.
We have a packed programme at Crowtrees over the weekend, with our Second XV taking on Morpeth Reivers in their opening game of the Candy League. The squad looks very good and get yourself along to support the lads, kick off 3pm on the AGP.
On Sunday we have our Under 16 and 18 Girl’s teams in action for the first time this season taking on Houghton and Whitley Bay Rockcliffe respectively, kick off 2pm.
Lastly our Blaydon Red Kites – Women’s Rugby Second XV are in friendly action away at Houghton taking on their Hornets side, which should be a competitive fixture.
Please try to get along and support our teams as they really do appreciate it. Enjoy your weekend.

2022 BRFC BONFIRE AND FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA

NO ENTRY PERMITTED ON THE EVENING, WITHOUT PRE-PURCHASED TICKETS

 

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Blaydon RFC host their 16th Annual Bonfire Night, the event has a similar attendance limit to last year, with last year being sold out days before the event! 

  • All tickets will be bought using Eventbrite with no tickets being sold on the gate.
  • We have onsite parking with traffic managed by Beacon TM providing a quick and Safe exit.
  • William Clark Funfairs providing high quality entertainment and fairground rides!.
  • A Huge bonfire
  • On site catering units to be announced

NEW TO THE 2022 BRFC BONFIRE AND FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA

A PYRO – MUSICAL, NEVER BEFORE HAS BLAYDON SEEN A CHOREOGRAPHED FIREWORK DISPLAY IN TIME WITH MUSIC!

Our Fantastic U14 Girls Win the Stockton Shield

More positive news from our fantastic youth section!!
Our fabulous Under 14 Girls team joined forces with Ryton RUFC to be Shield Winners at last weekends Stockton RFC All Girls Festival!!
The team started slow after losing a player to injury, losing the first game against a strong Houghton side with a large squad! After that the girls regrouped and went from strength to strength!
They won their remaining pool games coming second in the pool and going into the plate final (Darlington RFC who won the pool and eventually the cup final game we actually beat comfortably in our pool game 5 try’s to 1)!!
We then played Rockcliff in the Plate Final (who we’d played several times last season and while being competitive I don’t think we won) and dominated them start to finish winning 5 try’s to 0.
Well done to all of the players and coaching team, there are bound to be some future Red Kites amongst this group.

MATCH REPORT – Blaydon Red Kites 74 – York RI 5

Well I will tell you, this game was ONE TO WATCH. Your Red Kites took on York for their final game of the league and it was spectacular from start to finish. The weather was geet lush, the girls looked amazing and the rugby was on fire.

I missed the first two tries, both by Emily Bowman and one converted by Rachel Best (Besty) as I was getting a gin from the bar (in the words of Kirsty Patterson (KP) “it’s Spring Break”). They were tries from Emily, we all know they would’ve been spectacular. Luckily, we all quickly saw some try scoring action as KP ran through York players like an excited child down the Easter aisle, offloaded to Emily who then scored whilst Besty converted it. The action was all too much for Hayley Hope as she split her pint when Lauren Hendry was lifted like angel in the line outs. The crowd easily had over 250 people supporting their local female rugby team (we absolutely ADORE you all) who were screaming BIG SCRUM BLAYDON. Absolute scenes. You then had Kate Miller wiping players out, Jo Gartland running lush lines up the wing, Victoria Barrow (VB) tearing though the defensive line. There was just carnage from all viewpoints. Toni Robinson (T) immensely scored two tries followed by two scrumptious tries from KP, two converted by Besty. In the words of Salt N Pepa and Adam Houston, the Red Kites ‘pushed it real good’ in those fierce, strong scrums. Jolene Ellwood and Lauren Hendry tackled and turned the ball over allowing KP to pass to T who scored. Try converted by Besty.

Half time – 50-0

The second half started with Emily tackling low and a big scrum on Blaydon’s try line. You stop to chat for one minute and the next thing you know, Besty appears from nowhere, pegging it down the pitch who passes the ball to T! T then catches the ball in the air and darts it over to score. The try was not converted but some blokey on the sideline described the game as a ‘massacre’. The bomb squad were then released to add some extra flair to the game. Lauren, Nicole Irving (Coley) and Jo tackled many players to defend however a little sneaker sneakerson snuck through and York scored. Try not converted. KP responded by picking the ball up from the back of a scrum and booping it over the line. Try not converted. The next try was an actual masterpiece as Besty handed the ball to T, who passed to KP who then passed it back to T to score. Try converted by Besty. For the final try of the day, Sonni Stuart pushed through players then KP took the ball from York’s scrum and scored. Try converted by Besty.

Full time – 74-5

Absolutely no thanks for this match report goes to Texas or Paul Strachan, who found it absolutely hilarious to say that I’d missed tries (howay, there were loads) when my finely crafted tally chart was actually accurate.

A massive thank you to York for coming up to play against us, those girls are some of the lushest people you will ever meet. Many of us bonded with them whilst waiting for chips after the game. Well done on your season, you’re all legends.

Well done to every Kite that put a shirt on for this game and every game of this league. You have all played absolutely amazingly, put so much time and effort into your sport and should be so so so proud of everything you have achieved this season. For many players, believe it or not, it is their first season! We are still waiting to find out if we are top of the league but we will keep everyone informed☺️ Thank you to the gorgeous coaches for all their time, hard work and patience too. Thank you to everyone that came down to support us. It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying themselves and we are so so thankful. Up the Kites.

Happy New Year – RUGBY IS BACK!!

Good Morning All,
We have almost made it through the first week back at work/school and thankfully we have loads of rugby involving our BRFC sides this weekend!!
Unfortunately we don’t have any senior teams at home tomorrow, our First XV are looking for back to back wins following their fantastic derby win against Tynedale before Xmas, with an away fixture against Huddersfield RFC (Kick Off 3pm).
Slightly closer to home, our Second XV are in Candy League action away at Billingham RFC (Kick Off 2.15pm).
On Sunday, our Youth Sections are in action throughout the North East, the Academy face a tough trip over to Penrith and at the other end of the scale our fabulous Mini’s are playing at Houghton RFC. The Under 13’s have a home match against Gateshead and our Under 16’s are training in preparation for their County Cup Final next week, details to follow – support required!
Finally, we have two Redkite teams in action on Sunday afternoon. The First XV are in NC2 League action away at Scunthorpe, looking to start 2022 with a bang and hopefully retaining their top position.
The Second XV are at home in Inner Warrior League action against Hartlepool (Kick Off 2pm on AGP).
Both Redkites teams are playing some great rugby and they really appreciate all the supporters who come along to their games. As ever the bar will be open (hot drinks on sale also!) and it would be fantastic if a few more faces were seen at Crowtrees on a Sunday afternoon.
As is always the case, where ever you are playing/training/watching your rugby this weekend, enjoy it and I will see you at some point (Billingham Away for me and then Penrith Away on the Sunday!).
Cheers
BRFC
Redkites v Ryton

BRFC Red Kites First XV Winning Streak Continues

In the words of VB ‘What a day to be alive!’ Sunday 17th October the Red Kites made the short trip up the road to local rivals Ryton in an eagerly anticipated league clash. Previous games between the two have always been an exciting watch and this was no exception.
Red Kites kicked off starting on a slight uphill in the first half. A hanging kick from starting 10 Jo Gartland found the space KP needed to chase and retrieve the ball, after a strong run up the pitch she set the standard for the rest of the game.
The Red kites went through the phases and an unlucky knock on resulted in the first scrum of the game. Both packs were well matched and Ryton was in possession. They worked their way inside the Red kites 22 with some strong carries and there was a period of sustained pressure.
The Red kites outstanding defence won them a turnover and the ball found itself in the hands of full back Toni Robinson who made a break up the left wing, a beautiful inside pass to captain Leah Greenwell who utilised the space working across the pitch offloading to Emily Bowman scoring the first try of the game under the sticks. Converted by Jo Gartland. 0-7
An injury after the restart welcomed Vice Captain Rachel best onto the pitch (you would never have guessed she completed a 10K that morning in record time!) Strong running from Blaydon’s forwards punched holes in Ryton’s defence allowing Besty to ghost over the try line under the posts. Converted by Besty.
A few missed opportunities towards the end of the half lightened the mood as we saw Molly Harrison making a break for it up the touchline… despite putting a foot in touch and the referee red faced from blasting on his whistle multiple times she went for gold and scored the try anyways….. it wasn’t counted but the look on her face as she realised we were all watching was a delight!
However the dick of the day award went to Emily Bowman for a kick that would have been fantastic had it managed to reach her boot! Coach Paul Foster couldn’t contain his laugh on the side line.
HALF TIME 0 – 14
Game play resumed with the Red kites now on the slight slope determined to keep their momentum built in the first half. They remained focused and with a few strong carries Molly found her second chance receiving the ball on the wing as she powered up the pitch to score her well deserved first try of the season much to everyone’s delight.
It wasn’t long before Molly was once again pelting down the wing taking an offload from Toni that Sonny Bill Williams would be proud of! Molly powered over the line taking 3 defenders with her and grounding the ball to score her second try. 0 – 24
With each try spurring the Red kites on they didn’t relax for a second… the next try came from Toni Robinson after some good link up play between the forward and backs. A strong run from Jolene Ellwood drew in defenders and Toni received the offload to the increase the score. Converted by Besty 0 – 31.
The game got underway again with a strong carry from Rosie Quinn taking out defenders and offloading to Leah Greenwell to slide in under the posts. Converted by Besty. 0 – 38.
The 7th and final try of the game was a result of a tasty pick and go from number 8 Kate Miller to offload to Emily who glided through under the posts. Converted by Besty.
FULL TIME 0 – 45
The score line didn’t quite reflect how difficult a game this was for the Red Kites and the fight Ryton put up right down to the final minute. We look forward to welcoming you down to Crow trees in the new year for the return fixture.
Ryton’s pick for Player of the Match went to KP
Blaydon’s Forward of the Match went to Jolene Ellwood and Back of the Match to Kayley Callan.
A fantastic effort for all of the Blaydon ladies for what is shaping up to be a very exciting season for them. Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to come and support us on the side lines.
The Red Kites next home fixture is against Hull Ionians on Saturday 6th November, kick off at 2.30pm. It would be superb for the Red Kites to see how much BRFC are behind them this season, so get yourself along, you will not be disappointed. I have been to several Red Kites matches this season and they are just getting better and better.