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DINGSCRUSADERS RFC
Hello Again
Today we welcome Clifton RFC to Lockleaze for our secondgame of the season and hope all enjoy the predicted sunshineand good company.
With both sides losing their first games of the season, bothteams will be eager to get their respective season rolling, letshope that’s it is as good as past matches have been, althoughperhaps not quite so tight, with I think less than a point betweenthem being the normal outcome.
Last weeks game was a strange affair, 4 Yellow Cards to the Dings and 3 toSouthend meant that the first half never really allowed the Dings side to gel andbring in the plays that were so evident in the pre-season games. Never an easyplace to visit, Southend held the upper hand until the second half, where we thentook charge, and apart from one lapse could have come away with the spoils. Alas,as so often was the case in previous way games it was not to be. But the signswere very encouraging with all the new lads making their debuts giving solid performances, onwards and upwards!
The summer break has allowed us to finalise the first stage of what we hope willbe a very productive partnership with Barratt Homes, and we thank them for theircontribution in becoming Dings Crusaders main sponsor. Let’s hope it’s a shortdeal, to some of you that might not make sense, but the shorter the deal, meansthat we will be making tremendous strides forward in securing our long term future.Let’s hope Mr Hawkins who is here today will be as full of enthusiasm.
Substantial works have been carried out over the summer to the ground, but I’llleave that for you to look around and try and find the evidence, it’s a sort of where’sWally contest, with the winner naming all 6 improvements, winning a free pint ofDoom Bar.
So back to today, I’m sure Darren will want to leave Lockleaze with all the pointsand a beaming smile, so let’s hope the boys in blue & black can step up to whatis always a stern challenge. I know this current team is as keen as ever to put upa strong challenge to all the high flying teams and keen to collect some notablescalps on the way.
So back to today, sun cream on or perhaps an umbrella, we hope it’s a great game.
Come on you Dings Boys!
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Dings Crusaders RFC 2011 - 2012 Season Review
A good pre-season, some very good experienced signings and a very good crop of youngsters
led us to believe that despite a dire end to last season (one win from fourteen games) a good
top half finish was the least we could expect from the coming season, things panned out
very different.
An early start, the last week in August saw us lose a well contested close match at Taunton
and when we followed up with a very unlucky one point home loss to a shaky drop goal, last
kick of the match, to eventual champions Old Albanians we felt we were in pretty good shape.
Next up a local derby at Clifton, another tight loss and the third losing bonus point on the trot.
This was followed by four more losses, Redruth at home a close first half but two yellow cards
within two minutes of the restart saw them accumulate nineteen with the two man advantage,
Westcombe Park away a very poor performance, Shelford at home saw more yellow cards
and us squander a 20-6 halftime lead and finally a hammering at Worthing. Seven games in,
seven losses, four points, bottom of the table and a scrap on our hands to avoid relegation.
Our first win came the second week in October at home to Launceston and we felt we had
possibly turned the corner when this was followed by a very good away win at Southend but
the optimism was short lived when despite some good performances away to Hartpury and
home to Richmond in particular we had five more losses on the bounce to take us into
December with just fifteen points from the first half of the season.
With the return of a few experienced players the second half of the season was much more in
line with our pre-season optimism, the World Cup, injuries and non availabilities had possibly
forced us into using too many youngsters.
December and January saw four wins and four defeats including revenge over neighbours
Clifton and high flying Worthing, and with one of the four defeats an unlucky reverse at
Redruth when a sixth minute injury time disputed try and conversion from the home side saw
them home by a single point.
February and March saw us complete the double over Southend and gain revenge over a
very good Henley side but with survival well in our sites an inexplicably poor performance at
Lydney, one of our perceived rivals for relegation, we were plunged right back in the mire.
So we came to April, three games to play and relegation still a real possibility, fellow strugglers
Barnes at home won 31-17, fellow strugglers Hertford away won a fiercely contested battle
25-17 and Taunton at home won 39-18. A magnificent effort and a great way to finish the
season, fourteen points from a possible fifteen in April and relegation easily avoided to ensure
another season, our tenth, in National League Two.
Rich Grant
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Welcome to Clifton RFC
We extend a warm welcome this afternoon to our visitors Clifton and hope that all players,
officials and supporters enjoy their visit to our Lockleaze ground.
Clifton finished a good mid table last season with twelve wins just one more than ourselves but
on sixty six points eleven above us. Rumors that they may struggle this season were somewhat
disproved last week when they lost a tight game (10-16) at home to one of the title favorites this
season Hartpury.
Whilst it will take a month or so to sort out the relative strengths of the sides there were a few
surprising results in the first week. Newcomers Bournemouth hammered Canterbury underlining
suspicions that maybe the National Three South West league is now a good bit stronger than
their London counterparts. Lydney who were the poorest side we played last season thumped
relegated Barking suggesting they may be struggling and the other new boys Chinnor saw off
Launceston in Cornwall which is never easy, as I said the next few weeks will reveal more but
so far well done to the south west new boys.
Over recent years this fixture has produced some fine tough well-contested battles with the
result invariably within a single score and the winners in doubt until the final whistle, I am sure
this afternoon will be no different.
Good luck to both sides, may the best team win and all spectators committed or neutral enjoy
entertaining afternoon’s rugby.
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 SOUTHEND OF SEASON STATS 2011-2012
TEAM P W L D Pts
Old Albanian 30 25 0 5 123
Richmond 30 23 2 5 118
Worthing 30 23 0 7 114
Hartpury College 30 21 1 8 107
Henley Hawks 30 20 2 8 105
Redruth 30 16 0 14 81
Launceston 30 16 0 14 80
Shelford 30 16 0 14 78
Clifton 30 12 0 18 66
Southend 30 12 0 18 60
Taunton 30 10 0 20 58
Dings Crusaders 30 11 0 19 55
Lydney 30 9 1 20 51
Westcombe Park 30 9 0 21 46
Hertford 30 8 0 22 43
Barnes 30 6 0 24 36
New President and Vice President
Congratulations to Ray Bowden
and Phil Knowles voted in President
and Vice President at the last
AGM. Outgoing President Floyd
Waters decided to stand down after
over fifty years of fantastic service
to the club.
Ray and Phil with over a hundred
years between them at the Dings,
both obvious candidates for the
posts were voted in unopposed and
will I am sure do a fantastic job for
the Dings, well done chaps.
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Player Team Tries Points
Liam O'Neill Henley 3 15
Lewis Paterson Launceston 3 15
Thomas Duncan Redruth 2 10
Alexander Hall Lydney 2 10
Joshua Innes Lydney 2 10
Thomas Allen Henley 1 5
Ian Clark Hartpury College 1 5
Christopher Fortey Hartpury College 1 5
Jack Shaylor Henley 1 5
Michael Pope Taunton Titans 1 5
Player Team Cons Pens Drop Goals Points
Ben Stevenson Bournemouth 2 6 0 22
Steven Smith Shelford 1 4 0 14
Mark Woodrow Dings Crusaders 1 4 0 14
James Cathcart Chinnor 2 3 0 13
Liam Macgeachy Southend 1 3 0 11
Alan Thirlby Redruth 2 2 0 10
James Comben Henley 3 1 0 9
Kieron Lewitt Launceston 3 1 0 9
Craig Jackson Hartpury College 0 2 0 6
Oliver Forrest Barking 1 1 0 5
LEADING TRy SCORERS
TOP LEAGUE KICKERS
National League Two South Stats NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 SOUTH
TEAM P W L D Pts
Lydney 1 1 0 0 5
Henley 1 1 0 0 5
Chinnor 1 1 0 0 5
Bournemouth 1 1 0 0 4
Redruth 1 1 0 0 4
Southend 1 1 0 0 4
Hartpury College 1 1 0 0 4
Launceston 1 0 1 0 2
Clifton 1 0 1 0 1
Dings Crusaders 1 0 1 0 1
Worthing 0 0 0 0 0
Taunton Titans 1 0 1 0 0
Canterbury 1 0 1 0 0
Shelford 1 0 1 0 0
Barking 1 0 1 0 0
FORTH COMING FIXTURES
15 Sep TAUNTON AWAY
22 Sep LAUNCESTON HOME
29 Sep RUGBY LIONS AWAY
06 Oct BOURNEMOUTH HOME
Player Team Cons Pens Drop Tries Points
Ben Stevenson Bournemouth 2 6 0 0 22
Mark Woodrow Dings Crusaders 1 4 0 1 19
Liam O'Neill Henley 0 0 0 3 15
Lewis Paterson Launceston 0 0 0 3 15
Steven Smith Shelford 1 4 0 0 14
James Comben Henley 3 1 0 1 14
James Cathcart Chinnor 2 3 0 0 13
Liam Macgeachy Southend 1 3 0 0 11
Thomas Duncan Redruth 0 0 0 2 10
Joshua Innes Lydney 0 0 0 2 10
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Top Touch OracleSo here we again, a lousy summer, and then
September and the rugby season starts and
temperatures soar.
Well we nearly did it last week down in
‘Sowfend’, but that late interception did for
us. I was surprised when watching the
Paralympics this week, and was shocked to
hear the announcer announce that the next
race in the pool, was for swimmers in the
Essex category. Now I realise they are not
the brightest folk but I thought that was going
too far, however my mind was put to rest
when the wording came up on the screen
and I noticed it was S X. Never mind today
we have the classic opportunity to really get
the season underway, as we welcome our
old friends from the shopping mall at Cribbs.
It is good to see the side is a mix of last
season’s players and old friends returning,
I was stunned to see the Post had a scoop
with the news that we had captured the
services of that great country and western
singer Waylon Jennings, the half time
entertainment should be worth listening to!
I have been doing much study this summer.
The inevitable law changes needed to be
looked at closely to allow proper informed
criticism of the referee. All seemed fine,
except for the alteration to law 4, regarding
clothing. GPS chips may now be sewn into
the shirts or shorts. I recognise that most
players have had intuition and flair coached
out of them, but surely they know where they
are. I did, I was always offside. Perhaps it is
to keep track of the bounty hunters as they
flit from monied club to monied club. If we
had to wear them, when we went into
town after the game, now that would have
made sense.
I was down in Cornwall last week, and the
two local clubs are once again talking up
their chances. Redruth particularly are
looking forward to our whole hearted support,
and are currently recruiting a referee and two
touch judges to ensure we go home empty
handed.
All of our fixtures will again present a challenge
in one way or another, with early starts and
long journeys, but on the other hand who
wants to travel to Dings on a January or
February afternoon.
Last season we reserved some of the best
rugby we have played for the end of the
season. Certainly one or two of the tries we
scored would have graced any international
fixture and remember our lads play for the
love of the game too. However our opponents
also played some outstanding rugby on
occasions and despite wanting to win all of
our games we must give credit where it is
due, albeit grudgingly.
As in previous years there is a choice of
viewing, you can join the more refined
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