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By Steve Hall, on December 15th, 2011
Saracens Herts/Middlesex Junior League By Mick Blee
Cheshunt under 15’s marvellous winning start to the season continued with a third straight win on Sunday against Hemel Hempstead at Rosedale, as they push for promotion again this season. Cheshunt started the game slowly and the game was an evenly contested battle between the forwards for the first ten minutes, before Hemel scored a converted try to lead 7-0 after some play which belied their lowly league position. Cheshunt immediately replied with a well worked set piece penalty move straight from the training ground, which allowed Gary Kemp to score in the corner.
Hemel themselves then struck again after a couple of missed tackles by Cheshunt which allowed their winger to score under the posts and stretch the lead to 14 – 5 Cheshunt were now slowly beginning to dominate the forward play and Karl Garside charged through several tackles to score in the corner and reduce the deficit to only four points. Now, with half time looming it was suddenly Cheshunt’s turn to use their pace from the backs division and lightning fast winger Peter Dodsworth ran through to score another fine solo effort under the posts which was converted by Tom McBride to give Cheshunt a well deserved lead of 17 – 14 at the break.
The Cheshunt team came out in the second half kicking downwind and playing at a much quicker pace, which pushed the opposition back into their own territory for long passages of play. The Cheshunt boys were now well in the ascendancy and after a series of penalties and some intelligent phases of forward play Dan Formoso crossed the line and the conversion by Tom McBride extended the overall lead to 10 points and secured another valuable league bonus point for Cheshunt team.
Coach Mark Standing then began to ring the changes and injected more pace into the team from the subs bench as the Hemel players began to tire and left gaps for them to exploit. This tactic worked superbly and allowed Rhys Short to score two tries in a very short space of time as the Hemel players struggled to get out of their own half. Unfortunately neither of which were converted for the extra points.
As full time approached one last effort from Hemel got them into Cheshunt’s half for a short time only for them to concede possession easily and Peter Dodsworth to again cut through a static Hemel defence and score under the posts. The conversion kick was duly scored by team Captain Tom McBride. This looked to be the last score of the game, but with only seconds remaining on the referees watch, Cheshunt again pushed forward and Connor Hughes ran through to score the team’s eighth try of the day. The responsibility for the conversion kick was handed over to Nick Riches who duly obliged with a solid strike which pushed the final score to a resounding 48 -14 win for the Cheshunt Team.
By Steve Hall, on December 5th, 2011
Seniors:
Cheshunt 1st XV 21 – 13 West London 1st XV – other league results here
Cheshunt 2nd XV 10 – 43 Fullerians 2nd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
Black Horse 1st XV 27 – 14 Cheshunt 3rd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
Youth:
Cheshunt Under 17′s 93 – 10 Old Verulamian Under 17′s
By Steve Hall, on November 29th, 2011
Seniors:
Cheshunt 1st XV lost to Barnet in the Herts Cup
Enfield Ignations 2nd XV 18 – 22 Cheshunt 2nd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
Cheshunt 3rd XV – Cancelled due to availability, anyone interested in playing contact Adam Spychal
Youth:
Cheshunt Under 17′s 45 – 7 Hemel Hempstead Under 17′s
By Steve Hall, on November 22nd, 2011
Seniors:
Bank Of England 1st XV 36 – 8 Cheshunt 1st XV – other league results here
Stevenage 2nd XV 22 – 21 Cheshunt 2nd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
OMT 2nd XV 30 – 22 Cheshunt 3rd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
Youth:
Cheshunt Under 17′s 40 – 10 Ruislip under 17′s B
By Steve Hall, on November 4th, 2011
By Jim Stanger
Cheshunt travelled to Woodford for a friendly fixture.
C’s kicked off with Woodford immediately returning the ball back deep into Cheshunt’s half. With a very vocal Reece starting early for the day, there was no way Woodford we keep their cool. Then again with Reece constantly shouting I doubt Cheshunt did either. With only a couple of minutes on the clock Woodford had already tested Cheshunt’s defence but to no avail. With Connor playing his usual kicking game on numerous occasions he successfully kicked clear of our 22m line.
With just 5 min on the clock both Forwards & backs combined with Jakk, Ryan & Harry just to name a couple all working well to release Connor down the Wing. With Jordan in support allowed the ball to be off loaded and Jordan scored the first try of the day. (0-5) Once again Woodford started strong and pinned C’s back in the own half and just a couple of missed tackles saw them score (5-5) Once again C’s kicked off and Woodford simply returned the ball back into Cheshunt’s half. Daragh relieved the pressure on Cheshunt by running from deep in our own half into Woodford territory. For a majority of the 1st half Woodford kept Cheshunt pinned back until quick ball saw Connor once again released. With Harry supplying support this time, gave Woodford something to think about, but this time Connor took the ball over the line. The game continued to be played in the middle of the field with Daragh, Harry & Ryan making some great runs from deep, sadly all defended by Woodford. Not for the first time this season saw Cheshunt’s penalty count start to creep up.
Woodford kicked off the 2nd half and once again applied pressure to Cheshunt. However this is something C’s are very used to and happily soaked up the pressure of numerous attacks from Woodford with each and every player defending the line. Messy scrums from both sides saw the referee having to reset the scrum on many occasions.
Even with Cheshunt conceding penalties on their own 5m line Woodford still could not break thru the line. Woodford continued to apply as much pressure as possible which obviously led to ‘handbags’ being thrown. With both teams evenly matched this was not going to be an easy win. With only 8 mins left on the clock saw Cheshunt awarded a scrum just in their own half. Connor received the ball, broke thru the defence and scored C’s 3rd try of the day. This only heightened the tension between the 2 teams and with just minutes to go tempers flared once again when Woodford’s Flanker held onto Aaron (Scrum Half) in a scrum. This led to 3 yellow cards with both Aaron & Woodford’s flanker being yellow carded as well as a hot tempered Woodford winger.
The match finished with Cheshunt winning 5-17
Tries – Connor (2), Jordan Conversion – Ryan
By Steve Hall, on October 25th, 2011
Saracens Herts/Middlesex Junior League – Division 3 By Mick Blee
Cheshunt under 15’s continued their great start to the season with a second successive home win over a big and well organised London Welsh side on Sunday. Cheshunt started the game well and after some fine play by the forwards against a strong London Welsh Pack, they managed to move the ball into the opposition half. This allowed the backs time and space to run the ball wide and Michael Steele ran in to score in the corner.
 Johno, Adam and Karl London Welsh then quickly raised their game as Cheshunt struggled with their organisation and scored two quick breakaway tries, both under the posts which were easily converted. The Cheshunt pack were continuing to push hard but with seemingly no luck in turning over the ball to regain possession and just before the break, London Welsh scored their third converted try to lead 21-5 at half time.
The Cheshunt team of coaches worked hard at half time with the team and this paid almost immediate dividends as Karl Garside ran in a well deserved try after only a few minutes after the restart, which was duly converted by Tom McBride. This sparked a remarkable comeback, and gave the team an added impetus as Adam McCarthy charged over the line to score a great try as Cheshunt upped the tempo of the game with some fierce tackling from the forwards and intelligent running and passing by the backs. For the second game running Peter Dodsworth then scored the try of the match, as he jumped to claim a penalty kick in his own half (aimed for touch by the opposition full back) before outpacing the London Welsh pack and jinking his way past four tackles to score under the posts. Which Tom McBride then converted to put Cheshunt back into the lead.
The whole Cheshunt team were now well into the ascendancy and pushing the disheartened London Welsh pack backwards at every breakdown allowing Karl Garside to score his second try of the game again easily converted by Tom McBride.
The game was still being played at a great pace and with 10 minutes remaining Coach Mark Standing introduced some fresh legs from the reserve bench to keep the London Welsh side on the back foot which was a successful tactic, and following on from another good phase of play with all the team involved, the ball was picked up by Connor Hughes on the half way line and he ran in a superb sixth try of the day for the home team. This was also converted by Tom McBride to leave the final score at 38 – 21 to Cheshunt.
This great result will cement Cheshunt’s place at the top of the Under 15’s Division 3 table and is a sign of the great strides the squad has made in the last few years meaning that they will hopefully push for promotion again this year.
By Steve Hall, on October 17th, 2011
Seniors:
Cheshunt 2nd XV Lost to Letchworth 2nd XV – No Result Supplied – Other Merit Table Results are here
Hampsted 4th XV 36 – 17 Cheshunt 3rd XV – Other Merit Table Results are here
Youth:
Woodford under 17′s 5 – 17 Cheshunt under 17′s
Cheshunt Under 14′s 36 – 22 Harrow Under 14′s
Stevenage Under 13′s 31 – 0 Cheshunt Under 13′s A
Cheshunt Under 13′s B 15 – 10 Fullerians Under 13′s
By Steve Hall, on October 13th, 2011
By Jim Stanger
Cheshunt travelled to Acton to play Wasps B in their first league fixture of the season.
Wasps kicked off and for the 2nd time this season Cheshunt actually had sub’s available. After last weeks powerful scrums by C’s forwards against far bigger players it was sad to see Cheshunt losing the first few scrums.
Wasps quickly showed they are a team who love to move the ball around. However C’s were up for the challenge. However after only a few minutes into the match 2 players went down injured. With C’s losing concentration and the referee not stopping play, Wasps crossed over the line to take an early lead. With only minutes on the clock C’s were forced to make a change. (7-0) Connor’s KO was deep and Jordan tackled in the oppo’s 22, to create some great pressure. Wasps continued to use quick ball which caused C’s various problems, but a nice off load from Jordan to Connor saw Connor break down the left wing, grubber kick past Wasps fullback to run onto the ball and score C’s first points of the day. (7-5). Wasps kicked off an immediately C’s applied more pressure. With the windy conditions both sides started a kicking game, testing both defences.
With Reece in full vocal mode, Wasps Hooker started to get stressed out which lost them various line outs through out the match. C’s continued to apply pressure but a couple of missed tackles by Cheshunt saw Wasps quickly back in C’s 22. Only a great defensive tackle from Daragh stopped Wasps scoring a 2nd try. However as the match carried on the penalty count against C’s started to rise and with more and more pressure saw Wasps score their 2nd try of the day but controversy saw Wasps awarded 2pts for conversion that never was (14-5). From the restart Cheshunt managed to keep Wasps pinned in their own half. Once again Reece wound up the lineout to see wasps lose another one. Connor collected the ball on the half way line to score both his 2nd and C’s 2nd try of the day. With Ryan successfully kicking the score was 14-12. However right on half time C’s missed stupid tackles and Wasps managed to cross the line again and with another dubious kick (see DVD) Wasps led 21-12.
C’s kicked of the 2nd half, however C’s continued to be penalised for stupid mistakes but good defensive work kept C’s in the match. As both sides started to tie, C’s used the backs to good advantage.
With a re-start on 5m line we had our first handbags at dawn and whilst C’s kept wasps pinned in their own half and when C’s received a penalty Connor took a kick Tap & go to score his hat trick of try’s for the day (21-17). Both sides continued to use both their Forwards & Backs trying to press an advantage. Sadly continued pressure saw wasps run in another try to end the match 26-17.
This will always be remembered as the “What If?” match
Darius, Z, Liam, Joe, Reece, Jakk, Antony, Ryan, George, Duncan, Alex, Aaron, Connor, Lewis, Harry, Jordan, Daragh, Will
Tries - Connor (3)
Penalty -
Conversion - Ryan
By Steve Hall, on October 10th, 2011
Seniors:
Cheshunt 1st XV 15 – 10 London Welsh Amateur 1st XV – other league results here
Harpenden 2nd XV – Cheshunt 2nd XV – No Result Supplied – Other Merit Table Results are here
Cheshunt 3rd XV – Chess Valley 2nd XV – No Result Supplied – Other Merit Table Results are here
Youth:
Datchworth Under 13′s A 7 – 29 Cheshunt Under 13′s B
By Steve Hall, on October 6th, 2011
By Mick Blee
The under 15’s kicked off their season in style with a massive 55-0 win over Ruislip. Cheshunt started the game at tremendous pace and following good work by the forwards to win back the ball from the kick off, flying winger Peter Dodsworth scored in the far corner in the opening minutes.
 Sam Rule scoring a try This was followed shortly afterwards by a surging run from Karl Garside across the pitch to score in the opposite corner. The Cheshunt pack dominated possession in the first half and supplied numerous chances for the backs to run at a static Ruislip defence, which resulted in a number of chances for Cheshunt to increase their lead which however were not taken. Following some great tackling in the middle of the pitch by the pack, Cheshunt were continuing to supply good ball to the backs and Peter Dodsworth scored two more tries under the posts to complete a first half hat-trick, which were both easily converted by Tom Mcbride.
At half time Cheshunt were leading 24 – 0
Following the break, Coach Mark Standing used this match to give his available players a game and all seven reserves took to the field within 5 minutes of the restart. The changes made no difference to the flow of play and Karl Garside ran in two more tries to complete his well deserved hat-trick, with both being converted. Billy Stella kicking the first conversion and Tom Mcbride the second. Cheshunt continued to press forward and following a long passage of possession Michael Steele easily scored in the corner for the home side following good work by all the backs.
The kick off by Ruislip produced the try of the game as Peter Dodsworth caught the ball deep in his own half, before embarking on mazy run through the opposition to score under the posts for his fourth try of the game. The conversion was duly scored by Dan Formoso. There was still time for Peter to score his 5th try of the match, before a last five minute rally by the Ruislip forwards had Cheshunt pinned back on their own half. The Cheshunt team then showed they can defend as well as attack and despite a number of attempts by the opposition close to the line, they held on to their well deserved clean sheet.
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