8th November @ Tynemouth against Alnwick and Rock/Tyne

29th November @ Darlington against Leeds and Carlisle

24th January @ Carlisle against Carlisle and Cockermouth

28th February @ Darlington against Leeds and Morpeth

Durham City Girls traveled up to Morpeth to participate in the girls 10's tournament. As we only had 5 girls in each age group, the under 15's Joined up with the Cockermouth girls.

The under 18's split 2 went with the Cockermouth team the other 3 with Mowden park.

The under 15's first game was against the dreaded Morpeth. The girls held their own and it was only due to a lack of tackling which let Morpeth run away with it.

The second game against Percy park was a lot closer. And with our impromptu scrummaging session we dominated the scrums so well done to Jamie making her debutant at competitive scrums. The game was hard fort with Percy Park scoring once before half time. In the second half we managed to score 2 tries one of which was are very own Hannah who was playing her first game at scrum half. percy Park managed to pull it back thouh scoring another 2 tries. Well done to all the girls and thanks to the parents for providing lifts.

The under 18's where a huge success the clement sisters made a huge impact on the Mowden team and Laura and Bethan sloted right into the Cockermouth team. Unfortuntley are star player Louise was injuerd in the first game but did a great job of supporting from the sidelines. The last game between Mowden and Coackermouth was probably the highlight with Emma stopping Laura from scoring a try! team loyalties changed with the new shirts me thinks!

A great day for all the girls so again many thaks to the parents for driving up and to Morpeth for holding the event.

Wednesday 12th November:

Part of Durham Uni's Charity Rugby event involved Durham City's first girls school fixture. The game was between Durham High School for Girls and Durham Johnston. The game was a huge success from the start with Durham Johnston turning up with 21 girls.

The first 15 minutes where a bit hectic and involved quit a bit of screaming. But things eventually settled down, with the girls starting to play some expansive and high quality rugby. The tackles where amazing, technique was spot on and commitment was total.

With the girls settling down and the rules suddenly making sense, Durham Johnston manged to get 2 trys in before the half time whistle. After half time the High School pulled it back to a draw. Then in the final 5 min's Johnston scored again to take the win.

Well done to all the girls involved and many thanks to the teachers at both schools.

Also many thanks to Aelf for providing transport for the girls.

Our one an only representative at under 18 level was Louise her match report will follow.

Our next fixture is on the weekend of the 26th of November.