Welcome back to the Lent term. Tomorrow we are looking forward to playing Elstree in our Saturday fixture.
Last term, with your help, your sons opted for contact or touch rugby from Under 9, when contact rugby starts, and up. We have a third of each of years 4, 5 and 6 playing touch and two thirds on contact. At Years 7 and 8, the split is a more even half-and-half.
This was based on guidance from the RFU and, as ever, we want to play as full a fixture list across all teams, contact and touch, as possible. I find that touch, whilst becoming more established with schools who have more readily adopted the guidance, continues to build slowly.
We have provision for one squad at each U13 and U12, contact and touch; three Colts contact teams, with a touch squad; two Foals teams, typically, with a touch squad (the Cs and touch are combining tomorrow under touch rules); two Under 9 teams and a touch team and, at Under 8, two or three teams (with all our players regardless) depending on the opposition.
Where possible, at U12 and U13, we will aim to have an A game, with a smaller modified B game to try and maximise playing opportunity. Again, this works with the co-operation of our opposition.
Here’s the overview for tomorrow:
Team
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Opposition
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Venue Details
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Start
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Return
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Saturday 13 Jan 2024
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U13 XIII
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Elstree
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Away | Hewitt
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14:30
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17:30
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U13 Touch
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GAMES
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Home | New Piece
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14:00
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15:30
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U12 XII
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Elstree
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Home | Bailey
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14:30
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16:30
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U12 Touch
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GAMES
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Home | New Piece
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14:00
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15:30
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Colts A IX
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Elstree
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Home | Wolvesey
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14:30
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16:30
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Colts B IX
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Elstree
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Home | Wolvesey
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14:30
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16:30
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Colts C IX
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Elstree
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Home | Wolvesey
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14:30
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16:30
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Colts Touch
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Elstree
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Home | Middle
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14:30
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16:30
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Colts Touch
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GAMES
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Home | Grid
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14:00
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15:30
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Foals A VIII
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Elstree
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Away | Lower
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14:30
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17:30
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Foals B VIII
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Elstree
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Away | Lower
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14:30
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17:30
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Foals C VIII
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Elstree
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Away | Upper
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14:30
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17:30
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Foals Touch
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Elstree
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Away
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14:30
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17:30
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Under 9 Rugby
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GAMES
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Home | Main School
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13:00
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14:15
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All the boys I have seen across the year groups have been working well with their staff in this initial cold weather. I’m looking forward to a fulfilling, satisfying rugby season.
Andrew Short
Director of Sport