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Sunday 7th February 2010 home to Tynedale Match
1 Substitutes:, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Final Score: Durham City 45, Tynedale 0 Scorers: Joe Bellis(1), James Coxon (2), Nico Goeta (1), Kyle Martin (1), Robert Milbanke (1), Oliver Smith (1), Max Weightman (2) Players of the match (chosen by opposition coach): Kyle Martin, Oliver Smith Captain's Match Comments (Nico Goeta): We all got to the Rugby club raring to go. We knew Tynedale was going to be tricky but we believed that we could beat them. This was the first game of the year so we new we had to make it count! We walked onto the pitch excited but nervous. It was extremely muddy, just the way we like it. We had won the first ball for kick off so this means we got an advantage. The advantage to start! The first ball was passed to the forwards and they stormed off, rampaging through Tynedale at full pelt. This was going to happen many times during the match. Our forwards were superb today! The backs were also doing their part, tackling very hard and not letting Tynedale score. Half time we were 20-0 and as Tynedale’s confidence went down our game went up and we finish the match with 9 tries to none for them!!! Already looking forward to the next match a few minutes later. I believe we all played very good as a team in this match. Match 2 Durham City: Jamie Adamson, Nico Goeta, Leo Heslop, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Robert Milbanke, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Substitutes: Joe Bellis, James Coxon, Oliver Smith, Max Weightman Final Score: Durham City Lions 40, Tynedale 10 Scorers: Joe Bellis(2), James Coxon (1),Nico Goeta (2), Kyle Martin (1), Robert Milbanke (1), Oliver Smith (1) Player of the match (chosen by opposition coach): Robert Milbanke Captain's Match Comments (Adam Morris): Tynedale
came out strong and scored the first try. Durham regrouped and
scored 3 quick tries. In reply Tyndale scored a second try just
before half time. For the second half our team came out winning
scrums and line outs, with good passing to score 5 more tries.
Durham won the match thanks to a great team effort from everyone. Match
1 Substitutes: Leo Heslop, Adam Morris, Final Score: Durham City 15, Middlesbrough 0 Scorers: Robert Milbanke (1), James Coxon (1), Oliver Smith (1) Captain's Match Comments (Oliver Smith): After all the snow we finally got a game. However, the ground was very wet and muddy. It was a very hard game from the start, with everyone working hard. Joe Bellis was very strong in the game. The tries came from James Coxon, Rob Millbank and myself, from a Middlesborough put in.
Durham City: Nikita Berriman, Johnny Brooks, James Coxon, William Hodgson, Billy Marsden, Kyle Martin, Arthur Mason, Robert Milbanke, Max Weightman Substitutes: Jamie Adamson, Leo Heslop, William Jewitt, Adam Morris Final Score: Durham City Lions 10, Middlesbrough 5 Scorers: James Coxon (1), Kyle Martin (1) Captain's Match Comments (Nikita Berriman): We played well with good tackles from Max. James and Kyle scored a try each and Middlesbrough played well but only scored one try. Unfortunately, William Hodgson got kneed in the eye and was replaced by Billy. However, everybody stuck at it and made sure of a good win in muddy conditions.
Durham City: Jamie Adamson, Nikita Berriman, James Coxon, William Hodgson, Kyle Martin, Arthur Mason, Robert Milbanke, Oliver Smith, Max Weightman Substitutes: Johnny Brooks, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Adam Morris Final Score: Durham City Lions 10, Middlesbrough 5 Scorers: James Coxon (2), Captain's Match Comments (William Hodgson): Following victory in
the first two games we were lucky that Middlesbrough agreed to
play a third game. This was the closest fought game of the three.
We took the lead following some strong play from our forwards
to win posession. Middlesbrough levelled, then we pulled ahead
again with another try from James. Kyle and I scored further trys
which were disallowed. Our forwards (Joe Oliver and myself) picked
up a few injuries as Middlesbrough were a strong side.
Match
1 Substitutes: Adam Morris, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith Final Score: Durham City Lions 30, West Hartlepool 0 Scorers: Robert Milbanke
(1), James Coxon (3), Nico Goeta (1), Adam Morris (1) Lions Captain's Match Comments (Joe Bellis): It was the wettest day so far this season for our rugby match. We were playing West Hartlepool on the 1st team pitch at Hollow drift. West began play by putting on the pressure but we defended well and held them back. I had gone down and released the ball. It went back to Rob who made a fantastic run. Almost at the line a Hartlepool player caught Robert who dived into the air and placed the ball over the try line. This was a great start. Despite the rain getting more and more heavy, James scored a great try quickly followed by Nico who also dived over the line. James was on superb form and scored two more tremendous tries. In the last few moments of play, we won a scrum near their try line. Adam picked up the ball and ran in our 6th, great try. With some fantastic play by Oliver, who had two tries disallowed, and some great defending by Leo, our team triumphed over West Hartlepool. Match 2 Durham City Tigers: Johnny Brooks, Cameron Fyfe, Leo Heslop, Billy Marsden, Kyle Martin, Arthur Mason, Callum McNally, Robert Milbanke, James Wood, Substitutes: Nikita Berriman, Oliver Smith, Adam Morris, Alex Pearson Final Score: Durham City Tigers 10, West Hartlepool 20 Scorers: Robert Milbanke (2), Player of the match: Robert Milbanke Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Billy Marsden): This was definitely
the worst conditions I have ever played in. Fortunately we were
on the first team pitch. West were a player down and magnanimously
James Coxon volunteered to help them out. West took an early lead
but we dug in and Robert soon replied with a great try. The conditions
just got worse and worse. It was freezing and several of us had
very numb hands. West scored again but Robert ran through half
the team, dodged a couple more then dived spectacularly over the
try line to equalise. Sunday 22nd November 2009 home to Morpeth Match
1 Substitutes: Oliver Smith, William Jewitt Final Score: Durham City Lions 10, Morpeth 5 Scorers: Joe Bellis(1),
Kyle Martin (1) Lions Captain's Match
Comments (Max Weightman): Match 2 Durham City Tigers: Jamie Adamson, Johnny Brooks, Leo Heslop, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Callum McNally, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith, Substitutes: Nikita Berriman, Oliver Smith, James Wood Final Score: Durham City Tigers 5, Morpeth 25 Scorers: Jamie Adamson (1), Player of the match (Selected by Morpeth team): Jamie Adamson Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Alex Pearson): The game kicked off
and we all had confidence in ourselves that we had a chance of
winning. Durham went 1 try up a couple of mins into the game.
Morpeth had some good forward play and good back play and soon
came back with a try to equalise. Durham restarted and gained
some yards and we lost the ball at the back and Morpeth scored
again – 2 tries to 1.
U10’s County 7s Champions! Having a large, dedicated and skilful squad, Durham entered two teams into the Under 10s County Sevens. The Lions battled defiantly, but were knocked out after three games. The Tigers progressed all the way to The Final and won, retaining their title, which they had won as Under 9s, last year. Durham City Under
10s, County 7s Champions 2009.
Durham City Lions: Nikita Berriman, Johnny Brooks, Cameron Fyfe, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Match 1 v Westoe Final Score: Durham City Lions 10, Westoe 10 Scorers: Adam Morris
(1), Alex Pearson (1) Lions Captain's Match Comments (Cameron Fyfe): We started our first
match with spirit and supported each other throughout the game.
We tackled well, and this led to a try by Alex Pearson. Unfortunately
Westoe broke through our defence to score their two tries. James,
Adam and Billy came on at half time to replace Jonny, Alex and
Nikita. There was some skilful play during the second half and
although Adam Morris was injured he came back on to score another
try for the Lions during the last play of the game. This led to
a 10 – 10 draw. Both teams played well and I had the chance to
captain a great match.
Final Score: Durham
City Lions 0, West Hartlepool 15 Lions Captain's Match Comments (Arthur Mason):
Final Score: Durham
City Lions 5, Darlington Mowden park 35 Lions Captain's Match Comments (James Wood): At the end of the tournament we played a strong and physical Mowden. I won the toss and decided to start with the ball. Mowden took possession of the ball very quickly and scored a try. Our team kept on pushing, but the ground was muddy and it was very wet. We were over powered by their strong players and we ended the first half with them scoring a try to leave the score at half time 0-10 to Mowden. Oliver, Alex & Nikita were first half subs, coming on at half time to replace Arthur, Cameron & William. We started the second half by getting the ball and Alex scoring our first and only try. Mowden went on to score 5 more tries, despite us trying very hard. The final score was 5-35 to Mowden. I was proud to be captain and I thought all the team tried very hard. Player of the match was Alex Pearson.
Match 1 v Blaydon Final Score: Durham City Tigers 35, Blaydon 0 Scorers: Kyle Martin (1), Joe Bellis (1), Nico Goeta (1), James Coxon (2), William Hodgson (2) Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Joe Bellis): Our first game of the Tournament was against Blaydon and we were fired up to play to win. Blaydon never got the ball past the half way line, we were too strong for them. We passed the ball well and drove forward. Four of my team mates scored six tries between them. For my try, I picked the ball up from the ground and fought my way to the line. When the ref blew for full time I felt great! We had won 35:0. I enjoyed celebrating with the rest of my team who had all played fantastically well! Match 2 v Sunderland Final Score: Durham City Tigers 40, Sunderland 0 Scorers: Kyle Martin (1), Joe Bellis (1), Max Weightman (1), Robert Milbanke (2), Jamie Addison (3) Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Leo Heslop): My 1st time as captain this season and I felt very proud. I also felt very confident that we would beat Sunderland, having played and beaten them the previous week. Both teams started well but we soon got into our stride and dominated the game, running out 40 – 0 winners which included a hat trick from Jamie. To be captain and to win was fantastic. Thanks to all my mates for an excellent performance.
Final Score: Durham City Tigers 10, Yarm 0 Scorers: Kyle Martin (1), James Coxon (1) Tigers Captain's Match Comments (James Coxon): We had watched Yarm play against Sunderland in the first game of the day and knew they would be the hardest team in the group to beat. There was no score at half time; it was a very tight game. Myself and Kyle were the only 2 try scorers in what was the hardest game of the day. This game was worthy of being the final!!!
Final Score: Durham City Tigers 20, Bishop Auckland 0 Scorers: Kyle Martin (1), Max Weightman (1), James Coxon (1), William Hodgson (1) Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Nico Goeta): It was the semi final and we were confident enough to feel we were going to beat Bishop. We started well, with a 20 : 0 lead by half time. In the second half no one scored any tries. I think this was because Bishop Auckland were defending better and we were tired because the pitch was absolutely enormous and we had played so many games. We finished with lots of confidence for going into the final as we still had not conceded any tries up until now. Only one more win for the cup to be ours. Come on Durham!!! Match 5 v Darlington
Mowden Park Final Score: Durham City Tigers 25, Darlington Mowden Park 5 Scorers: Kyle Martin (1), Max Weightman (1), Jamie Adamson (1), James Coxon (2) Tigers Captain's Match Comments (Robert Milbanke): It was the final so we were all desperate to win because we’d come so far. Durham won the toss and decided to kick off. We started the game with some good passing and running from the whole team which resulted in Kyle getting the important first try. Two more tries followed, from Max and James and this put us right on top at half time. We had a good team talk from Gary and knew Mowden would come out fighting in the second half. Despite some good tackling Mowden managed to pull one back. This only made us more determined and we ran in two more tries, from Jamie and James. The full time whistle went and we were all proud of our victory and the way we’d played. As Captain I would like to thank all my team mates for the effort they put in. It was a fantastic team performance. I would also like to thank Gary and all the parents for supporting us. A big thank you goes to all of the rest of the Durham squad especially those who stayed to cheer us on. It really was a big help. Durham City, ‘County 7’s’ champions for the second year running. Fantastic!
Sunday 8th November 2009 away to Sunderland Match
1 Final Score: Durham City Lions 30, Sunderland 0 Scorers:
Nico Goeta (2), Max Weightman (2), Kyle Martin (1), Robert Milbanke
(1) Lions Captain's Match Comments (Kyle Martin): We
came to Sunderland on a sunny Sunday morning. The pitch we played
on was undulating. The match started and within minutes Max scored
our first try. There was some great rugby played against a strong
Sunderland team. Within moments there was another try by Robert.
Half time came and we had a two minute silence for Remembrance
Sunday. It was a day to remember for all of us. The second half
began and Sunderland had not yet scored. Max scored again and
then one more from Nico. He seemed to be on form. I scored the
last try. We really took the game to Sunderland. It is all down
to the hard work and dedication of coaches and players. The player
of the match went to Jamie. Durham City Tigers: Johnny Brooks, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Jamie Adamson, Kyle Martin, Robert Milbanke, Max Weightman Final Score: Durham City Tigers 15, Sunderland 15 Scorers: Adam Morris (1), William Jewitt (1), Alex Pearson (1) Player of the match (Selected by Sunderland team): Oliver Smith Tigers Captain's Match Comments (William Jewitt): A
close game was enjoyed by both teams which ended in a draw. The
match ended 3 tries each with tries from Alex Pearson, Adam Morris
and myself. Good forward play from Oliver, James and Arthur won
some solid possession. The lineout proved very successful with
both Woody and Oliver competing well
Match
1 Final Score: Durham City Lions 30, Sunderland 0 Scorers:
Nico Goeta (2), Max Weightman (2), Kyle Martin (1), Robert Milbanke
(1) Lions Captain's Match Comments (Kyle Martin): We
came to Sunderland on a sunny Sunday morning. The pitch we played
on was undulating. The match started and within minutes Max scored
our first try. There was some great rugby played against a strong
Sunderland team. Within moments there was another try by Robert.
Half time came and we had a two minute silence for Remembrance
Sunday. It was a day to remember for all of us. The second half
began and Sunderland had not yet scored. Max scored again and
then one more from Nico. He seemed to be on form. I scored the
last try. We really took the game to Sunderland. It is all down
to the hard work and dedication of coaches and players. The player
of the match went to Jamie. Durham City Tigers: Johnny Brooks, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Jamie Adamson, Kyle Martin, Robert Milbanke, Max Weightman Final Score: Durham City Tigers 15, Sunderland 15 Scorers: Adam Morris (1), William Jewitt (1), Alex Pearson (1) Player of the match (Selected by Sunderland team): Oliver Smith Tigers Captain's Match Comments (William Jewitt): A
close game was enjoyed by both teams which ended in a draw. The
match ended 3 tries each with tries from Alex Pearson, Adam Morris
and myself. Good forward play from Oliver, James and Arthur won
some solid possession. The lineout proved very successful with
both Woody and Oliver competing well
Match 1 Durham City Lions: Jamie Adamson, Joe Bellis, James Coxon, Cameron Fyfe, Nico Goeta, Leo Heslop, William Hodgson, Kyle Martin, Robert Milbanke, Max Weightman Final Score: Durham City Lions 40 - Blaydon 0 Scorers: James Coxon
(2), Nico Goeta (3), William Hodgson (1), Kyle Martin (1), Robert
Milbanke (1) Lions Captain's Match Comments (Jamie Adamson): Durham had an excellent game against Blaydon. From the start of the match we had very good tackling and were very strong in defence. We hardly let them in our half of the pitch and in the first 5 minutes Nico scored our first Try. Then we drove Blaydon back up to their try line and Nico scored another 2. After half time we had a few penalties against us but that didn’t stop Durham and we scored again. Our switch moves helped us out for most of our scrums and allowed us to put pressure on Blaydon even more. We had no tries scored against us and towards the end of the game Blaydon’s heads went down as we dominated them. Another great win for Durham from a strong team. Durham City Tigers: Nikita Berriman, Johnny Brooks, William Jewitt, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason, Adam Morris, Callum McNally, Alex Pearson, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Final Score: Durham City Tigers 50 - Blaydon 20 Scorers: Adam Morris (1), William Jewitt (2), Oliver Smith (6), Alex Pearson (1) Player of the match (Selected by Blaydon Coach): Oliver Smith Tigers Captain's Match Comments (William Jewitt): I thought the 3 forwards
did extremely well with their line outs and scrums and also driving
over to let the backs try all their fancy moves. We also had a
good strong defence only letting four tries past us. It was a
deserved win with player of the match Oliver proving very difficult
to tackle.
Match
1 Substitutes: Kyle Martin, Billy Marsden, Arthur Mason Final Score: Westoe 5, Durham City 25 Scorers: Jamie Adamson
(1), James Coxon (1), Nico Goeta (1), William Hodgson (2) Match 2 Durham City: Jamie Adamson, James Coxon, Nico Goeta, Leo Heslop, Billy Marsden, Kyle Martin, Callum McNally, Oliver Smith, James Wood, Substitutes: Jonny Brookes, Joe Bellis, Nikita Berriman, William Hodgson, Arthur Mason, Max Weightman Final Score: Westoe 10, Durham City 25 Scorers: Jamie Adamson (1), Joe Bellis(1), James Coxon (2), Nico Goeta (1) Player of the match (Selected by Westoe Coach): Joe Bellis Captain's Match Comments (William Hodgson): Our first game of the
season away to Westoe ,South Shields. We were all glad to be playing
a competitive game again after a long summer break. As usual we
had a big squad of players. I think everyone managed to get onto
the pitch as most of us were sub at some point.
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