| News - Mini & Youth |
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| Apr 08 |
Sun 27, U13s 19 Old Northamptonians 7, East Midlands Cup Final |
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| Mar 08 |
Sun 30, U7s Win Bedfordshire Festival |
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Sun 09, U13s Through To East Midlands Final |
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....Big group wins against Towcester, Leighton Buzzard and Luton meant that the As were though to play
....Bedford in the decider on the day. Despite going in at half time 7-0 down Ampthill kept their heads
....and were justifiably rewarded with two second half tries both converted by Hugh.
....A watching Dave Marshall, Coach for the East Midlands School of Rugby, must have been impressed
....as he has asked Will H, Jake and Michael to attend the school of rugby joining Aaron who is already
....training there.
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Sun 02, Sleaford 10 U17s 29 |
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| Feb 08 |
Sun 24, Woodford 10 U16s 17 |
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U16s Representative Success |
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....Congratulations to the following:-
....Selected for Bedfordshire County U16 - Stanley Furniss, Josh McClean, Josh McShane, Huw Morgan,
....Giles Napier, Roger Parrish, James Woodman, and Matthew Woodward
....Selected for East Midlands U16 - Robert Garratt, Miles Keeley and Huw Morgan
....Selected for East Midlands RFU Elite Squad - Stanley Furniss, Miles Keeley, Giles Napier
....and James Woodman
....Debuts for Ampthill U17 - Nick Carey, Robert Garratt, Miles Keeley, Josh McClean and
....Matthew Woodward
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Sun 24, U10s & U12s Qualify For Mobbs Final, U11s Lose In Semi Final |
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The U10s qualified for the Mobbs final by winning all four games scoring 18 trys and conceding none.
The U11s lost out in the semi final to Bedford beaten by a last minute try
The U12s also made the Mobbs final
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Mon 11, 19:30, Henry Staff To Make Debut For Saracens At Guinness 'A' Level |
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Henry Staff Makes Final England U18 AER Squad |
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| Jan 08 |
Sun 13, East Midlands U17 Cup Final, Ampthill v Towcester, Biggleswade, 14:00 |
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Sun 13, Beds U15 County Cup Semi Final, Biggleswade v Ampthill, 10:30 |
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| Nov 07 |
Mon 26, U17 James Ingle Makes Debut For Saints In Guinness 'A' |
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James Ingle came off the bench in the 56th minute to make his Wanderers debut in their 25-22 win against Worcester in the Guinness 'A' league on Monday night at Franklyns Gardens.
James, who played for England U16 last season and was involved in the Midlands U18 trial over the weekend, became the fifth product of the Ampthill youth system to play in the Guinness 'A' league in the last 2 years. He followed in the footsteps of Dan Lavery, Matt Burke, Phil Hoy (who made his debut for Saints 1stXV against Coventry on the Saturday) and Jon Cresswell who made his debut for Gloucester a few weeks ago.
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Sun 25, Leighton Buzzard U17 17 Ampthill U17 25, East Midlands U17 Semi-final |
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| Oct 07 |
Sun 07, U7s Win Peterborough Festival |
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Sun 07, U7s Win Rugby Lions Festival |
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Sun 07, U10s Win Rugby Lions Festival |
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The U10s won all their five games scoring 26 trys and conceding 1 to bring home the champions trophy
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Sun 07, 17s 53 Harlow 5 |
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| Sep 07 |
Sun 30, Ampthill U17 61 Wellingborough Old Grammarians 7 |
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A comprehensive win in this U17s friendly where the highlight was, apparently, the referees legs!, shame he can't spell 'nonchalantly'!
Thanks to the U16s who showed that they deserve to be a part of our squad this season.
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Sun 23, Luton U17 10 Ampthill U17 56 |
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Ampthill Youngsters Make East Midlands U18 Squad |
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Congratulations to Luke Antoine, James Ingle, Colin Liddell, Chris Muncaster and Ed Payne who have all been included in the 32 player 2007 East Midlands U18 squad.
| Match Date |
Opponent |
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| 10th October 2007 |
Leicestershire (a)
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Belgrave RFC - KO 7.30 pm |
| 24th October 2007 |
Notts, Lincs & Derbys (h) |
Peterborough RFC - KO 7.30 pm |
| 4th November 2007 |
Super Sunday |
Broadstreet RFC - tbc |
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Henry Staff Included In England U18 Academy Squad |
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Mini & Youth Registration, Sun, Sep 02, from 09:00 |
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Mini registration will run from 09:00 through to 10:45 when they will have access to the pitches.
Youth registration will run from 10:45 through to 12:30 when they will have access to the pitches.
U17s and Girls will have access to the pitches from 12:30 onwards
Please note that neither Alameda nor Redbourne are available on this day.
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| Apr 06 |
U17s Retain 2006 RFU National Plate |
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Ampthill 31 South Woodham Ferrers 21
In an unprecendented achievement, especially for a level 6 club, Ampthill's '06 U17s retained the national trophy won the year before by their predecessors.
In a match of contrasting styles the A's forwards scored four trys (two each for hooker Jon Cresswell and number eight Joe Burton) while the backs had to be content with a solitary try for centre Luke Radley and three conversions from fly half Richard Tonkin.
With the score at 14-13 at half time South Woodham Ferrers were still in with a good chance but Ampthill's forwards proved too strong in the second half. Played in a good spirit the game set a fine example for youth rugby and the RFU can be proud of the incentive the competition provides across the country.
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U17s Reach National Finals For 2nd Year Running |
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Ampthill's '05/06 crop of U17s reached the final of the RFU National U17 Plate by outscoring Leigh 41-5 at Doncaster RFC on April 11 matching the achievement of the previous years squad who went on to win the final.
The final will be played at 'Sixways', home of Guinness Premiership side Worcester on Sunday April 30, kick off at 14:00 against South Woodham Ferrers who defeated Thornbury in the other semi-final. |
| May 05 |
U17s Win 2005 RFU National Plate |
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Ampthill 33 North Walsham 20
As Ampthill's coach entered the complex, Worcester's 'Sixways' showed little sign of what must have been a monumental party the day before when the Warriors secured Zurich Premiership survival against Saints. The short journey from the Stourport Manor hotel was the last piece in the preparation jigsaw which, as against Sedgley Park, had seen the squad prepared as well as could be managed outside of a professional setup. North Walsham, impressive in the quarter and semi final stages, were to be respected but not feared, although their supporters, resplendant in Viking costume, did their best to intimidate with the roar that greeted their arrival on the first team pitch.
In marked contrast to their usual slow start the A's stormed out of the blocks with the forwards in control and the backs creating space but being unable to convert half chances. Finally, a driving maul from a line out sucked in the Norfolk side's cover and Ampthill's fly-half forced himself between two tacklers on the line to touch down and subsequently convert his own try. North Walsham fought back with their full-back prominent ball in hand before the A's conceded a penalty at the breakdown on their 22 converted off the post by the same player. Almost immediately he scored an outstanding individual try after breaking numerous tackles on his way under the posts leaving a simple conversion and then added another penalty for an infringement at the breakdown. Ampthill redoubled their efforts and appeared to spend the remainder of the half camped in the Norfolk side's 22 but outstanding defence prevented a score. The A's forwards were held up twice when over the line following mauls but as the pressure increased so did the infringement count, unfortunately 2 penalty attempts went wide until frustration got the better of Ampthill's loose-head who succeeded only in reversing a penalty and obtaining a 10 minute rest. Despite being down to 14 players the A's maintained their grip on territory and scored a try in the corner almost at the death of the half which was successfully converted from wide out.
Turning round 14-13 ahead the A's, still down to 14 players, enjoyed a further advantage when North Walsham began the half with just 13 players as two had an enforced rest as a result of the last seconds of the 1st half. As is often the case the Norfolk side's forwards lifted their game and took on Ampthill's pack, repeatedly not only holding their own but gaining ground in the tight exchanges. However, territorially, the A's were dominating and the fly-half sold a dummy, broke through in mid field and released the ball to the right wing who forced his way over the line to score another converted try. With the teams now restored to full strength Ampthill scored another try after several phases resulted in a the replacement left wing being brought to ground short of the line and the right wing collecting the lay back and diving over. North Walsham's full-back moved to fly-half but territorially the A's remained dominant, eventually his deep kick was fielded on the full by the Ampthill full-back who ran it back into the Norfolk side's half where quick phases allowed the A's tight-head to crash over the line for the fifth try, successfully converted. This was the signal for both sides to introduce their remaining replacements leading to North Walsham scoring a well worked forwards try following a 30m driving maul.
A very competitive game played in an excellent spirit provided an eye-catching spectacle for the 800+ spectators, the RFU National U17 competitions are here to stay. |
