Okehampton U14s 42

Bude U14s 0

OKEHAMPTON dominated in all areas of the game in Sunday's match against Bude.

With the majority of the match being played in Bude's half the first half saw tries from Brandon Horn, Hallum Chapman, and Reese Peacock.

The second half was pretty much more of the same with further tries from Reese Peacock, Marcus Haywood and Freddie Fishley. Brandon Horn finished the game with the last kick to add the extra two points to the final try.

Newton Abbot U14s 54

Tavistock U14s 22

IT was always going to be tough for the under strength Tavistock team.

For Tavistock Angus was marauding on the wing taking on all comers. The rucking was solid and Alex was in the mix pinching good opposition ball. Although the try count against Tavistock was two to one due to some fine play from Newton Abbot  our lads kept their pride with fine runs from Joe H and Alec who weaved his way through the defence for a fine try. There was some superb off-loading  which enabled Harry D to go in at the corner. The team welcomed back Charlie after injury and he was able to score after head butting the ball from a  kick. There were good performances from Ollie with Luke and Harvey offering good support in midfield.

Bude U13s 5

Okehampton U13s 47

OKEHAMPTON started positively applying early pressure from the kick-off but wasted chances from making some wrong decisions. However the Okes gathered themselves and put the wrongs to rights and Joe Mawle stretched for the line to open the scoring.

The visitors began to grow with confidence and started to spread the ball wide stretching the Bude defence. Tom Bailey at scrum half was the next to score running blind from a five meter scrum to get a touch down.

Bude did not give up, the number 10 caused Okehampton some big defensive problems, breaking through tackles and making some big runs. However Okehampton seemed to have a more complete unit, the forwards scrummaged and rucked well and the backs tackled and passed the ball better

The Oke try scorers were Joe Mawle, Daniel Thorne, Jack Raymond, Tom Bailey and Johnny King.

Jack Dickinson and William James made some strong runs and were unlucky not to go over.

This was a good team performance, recording the Okes first win of the season.

Topsham U12s 21

Okehampton U12s 14

THIS was a creditable effort from the Okehampton boys, against a well drilled Topsham side which has been county champions at this age group for several seasons.

Playing up the slope first half, Oke found it hard to contain the host’s strong back line resulting in two converted tries. Howeve,r turning around 14-0 against this quality of opposition was no mean effort.

In the second half; with the slope in their favour, Okehampton reduced the arrears with a try from Kieran Coyle converted by Leon Horn. Oke were now right in it as their forwards held sway. Tackles began to be missed though, and as the visitors forwards tired Topsham scored again to stretch their lead. There was still time for Leon Horne to cross for a self converted try but it was not enough to force the draw. This was a decent performance against good opposition.

Topsham U11s 21

Okehampton U11s 31

OKEHAMPTON raised their game from the off, scoring first with a try by Nathan T. Quick handling by Topsham, with them spreading the ball wide, meant they equalised soon afterwards. The visitors took advantage of a short throw at the line out for Nathan to run through the defence and score his second. Better scrums, quicker rucking and hard tackling by all the team helped Oke to their third, by Nathan T, before half time.

Topsham started well in the second half but the visitors dug deep and were able to counter any Topsham attack with constant defending in the centre of the field. This led to a break away run by Nathan who was able to go over for his fourth of the match. A fifth followed, with Topsham having scored and converted three tries - to Oke's three conversions by James M.

Both teams played some really good rugby with the Oke pack working tirelessly throughout the whole match.

Newton Abbot U11s 47

Tavistock U11s 28

TAVISTOCK had to dig deep as they struggled to field a full team.

The new ability in the team has for retaining the ball, however, made this a close game until the last five minutes, with Tavistock taking the leadbut ultimately running out of steam and players.

The forwards won nearly all the scrums with a strong front rowof Morgan Turnock, Cian Benny and Joe Burbage and a powerful back row of Tom Pearson and Will Lord. Morgan Turnock, in particular had a great game.

Three tries from Jude White gave the team confidence, and captain Luke Lewandowski led from the front putting in some of his best tackles so far this season.

Christian and Tyler, although inexperienced, played through the whole game and stood their ground well, supporting the team. A late burst through the centre by Jason Blake, after ripping the ball, nearly got Tavistock back into the game but Newton Abbot just held him up on the line. Tavistock player of the match was Jude White.

Newton Abbot U10s 40

Tavistock U10s 10

Tavistock started well with their usual strong runs into the opposition defence, but were soon knocked back on their heels by a well drilled, hard rucking Newton  Abbott side.

Tavistock put some decent attacks together through centres James Kenyon and Jack Bellamy with half backs Harry Edwards and Noah Berridge applying some pressure of their own but  were 20-0 down at half time. In the second half, Tavistock came out fighting and pulled two tries back through the strength of the pack - Oscar Campbell, Cameron Georgel and  Harry Richardson teaming up from a five metre penalty to push Oscar  over. Oscar added a second from a similar forwards' drive. However Newton Abbot rallied and ran in another four tries past a tiring Tavistock team. Some good tackling and go forward ball from Dylan Owen and Dan Pett encouraged the visitors team.

Newton Abbott U10s 0

Tavistock 10s 30

TAVISTOCK took the game to the home side from the off and were soon rewarded with tries from Oscar Campbell, Noah Berridge (2) and Jack Bellamy, taking half time score to 20-0.

James Kenyon and Jack Bellamy combined well to create some good passing phases and Ollie Sampson and Dylan Owen  putting in some good solid tackles and making strong runs with hooker Jack Baker doing well against a tall opposition pack at line-outs and supporting the ball retention at rucks. There were two more Tavistock tries from Harry Edwards and Jack Bellamy. This second game saw stronger defence and better possession.

Tavistock U9s 0

Newton Abbot U9s 3 tries

TAVISTOCK dominated with their forwards Billy, Logan and Tom taking the ball up well. Good breaks throughout the match were made by Toby, Oscar and Tasha, with Marcus also handling the ball well. The link between forwards and backs was managed by Isaac. Some decisions went against Tavistock as they got close to the line, and on three occasions Newton Abbot them on the break and scored. Tackling was excellent this week particularly by Jonathan, Oscar, Ewan and Tom.

Tavistock U9s 7 tries

Newton Abbot U9s 0

IN the second game, it all clicked for Tavistock. Breaks were made by Marcus, Ewan and Tasha, well supported by Jonathan, Tom and Billy with Isaac and Toby applying the killer edge to score. Toby and Isaac both scored twice and Billy once as Tavistock raced into a 5- 0 lead. Logan carried the ball hard and Ewan and Billy were always on hand in support.

In the second half player of the match Billy scored his second try, when he took a pass from a 40 metre run by Toby while Isaac scored a breakaway to finish the game at 7-0.