Cheshunt Rugby

By Nikki Dean

Archie Gurney

Yet another fantastic week for the Cheshunt U8’s! 4 Matches and 4 Wins!!! 

Cheshunt Lions and Cheshunt Tigers kicked off simultaneously against BERFC A and B and it didn’t take long for them to get into their stride. There was some excellent play across both matches with tries scored for the Lions from James Smith (4), Joe Sharp (4), Archie Gurney (2) and Sam (Iceman) Dervish (1), and tries for the Tiger from Samuel Gunkel (3), Cameron Manning (2), Thomas Diston (1), Conor McEvity (1), Thomas Street (1), and James Anderson (1).

 Final Scores: Cheshunt Lions 11 BERFC A 10, Cheshunt Tigers 9 BERFC B 8.

 The teams then swapped opponents and this is when Cheshunt really woke up, with excellent supporting play and some great runs, there were comfortable wins for both teams. Tries scorers for the Tigers were Conor McEvity (3), Samuel Gunkel (3), James Anderson (2), Joe Crump (2) and Thomas Street (1), while for the Lions, Sam (Iceman) Dervish (6), James Smith (5), Joe Sharp (2), Eoin Edwards (1), Archie Gurney (1), and Oliver Staines (1).

Final Scores: Cheshunt Tigers 11 BERFC A 6, Cheshunt Lions 16 BERFC B 14.

Come On You Green ‘n’ Whites.

Jack (Black) Staines

The Cheshunt U8’s long awaited fixture with Hertford took place this weekend, travelling to Hertford with two teams, Cheshunt Lions & Cheshunt Tigers. Hertford were able to field four sides, so it was agreed that the Cheshunt sides would play a total of 4 games each. 

Matthew Lawton

The Cheshunt Lions kicked off against Hertford 4th team and despite taking a while to get into their stride, eventually ran out 4-1 winners. Tries scored by Joe Sharp (2), James Smith (1) and Archie Gurney (1)

The Tigers kicked off at the same time against Hertford 5th team and were quickly into their stride winning by 8 –0. Try scores where Malachi Obe (3), Connor McEvity (2) Thomas Diston (1) and James Anderson (1)

The Cheshunt Lions & Tigers then swapped opposition with both teams winning their games. The Lions ran out 9-1 winners, tries by Archie Gurney (3), Joe Sharp (3), Nicholas Dean (1), Cameron Manning (1) and Eion Edwards (1). The Tigers were 8-1 winners with tries from Samual Gunkel (2), Oliver Staines (2), James Anderson (1), Malachi Obe (1), Mackenzie Obe (1) and Connor McEvity (1).

The Lions were then matched against Hertford 1st team and the Tigers against the 2nd team.

The Lions stepped up a gear and facing a very well drilled Hertford side defended like the Lions they are. Hitting Hertford with power and pace, they snatched the winning try in the last moments to run out 6-5 victors. Try scores were Archie Gurney (2), Jack Staines (1), Eion Edwards (1), James Smith (1) and Joe Sharp (1)

The Tigers playing Hertford 2nd team had a very close game and fought like tigers, holding on to a 2-2 draw. Try scores were James Anderson (1) and Oliver Staines (1).

Again opposition was swapped and now the extra games played by Cheshunt took its toll. The Lions took the Hertford 2nd team to the wire, but tired legs and dropped passes handed the game to a very good Hertford side who ran out winners 6-5. Try scores for the Lions were Archie Gurney (3), Cameron Manning (1) and Sam Dervish (1).

The same can be said for the Tigers who were playing Hertford 1st team, while playing some great Rugby, tired legs and missed opportunities gave another very good Hertford side a 7-5 win. Try scores for Cheshunt were Samuel Gunkel (2), Malachi Obe (2) and Mathew Lawton (1).

The final tally: Played 8, won 5, drew 1, lost 2. Come on you green and whites!

Under 8's Barnet Festival 2010

After a slow start and going 4-1 down at half time, Cheshunt came back a different team and fought hard to gain a 7-7 draw against Finchley.  Cheshunt really picked up their game in their second match, beating Chess Valley a comfortable 11-8.

The third match, against the host side, was a little more difficult.  Once again being down by 4-1 at half time, a strong team spirit prevailed and Cheshunt recoverd to record a 7-5 victory over Barnet.  The final match was against Welwyn and our fast pace assured us of the win, scoring 7 to their 5.

There was some excellent play across all matches with scores from Joe Sharp, Conor McEvity, Archie Gurney, Samuel Dervish, Nicholas Dean and Archie Stella to name but a few.

By Nikki Dean