Teignmouth U15s 29

Okehampton U15s 10

TEIGNMOUTH started well and put Okehampton under pressure, a story that continued for most of the first half.

The opening try came from a well worked move in the Teignmouth midfield with a well timed inside pass and run. Okehampton managed to keep the home team at bay until a short penalty allowed Teignmouth to take advantage of some poor tackling and increase their lead. Okehampton's only chance in the first half was a breakout from defence by Matt Johns, but without enough support the chance went begging.

The second half was a more even affair as Okehampton kept the ball in the forwards and started to put pressure on Teignmouth in the loose with strong running from Thomas White and Lee Hughes, Johns making tackle after tackle.

The pressure paid off as a poor clearance kick allowed Johns to go over for Okehampton's first try. But the Teignmouth pace out wide was always a factor and a good kick and chase by their wing added to their lead and poor tackling from the restart allowed another soft try for the home side.

Okehampton kept with their forward game and were rewarded with a try by Hughes but another try for Teignmouth gave them a convincing win.

North/Okes U12s 35

Exeter Saracens U12s 7

NORTH/OKES started the game aggressively with their usual set of forwards chasing the kick-off. Saracens defended well, but some strong running fro Rhys Palmer feeding out to Ross Voaden, who stepped inside his opponent to cross the line, brought the first of two tries. George Courtier converted.

Marcus Hoddinott had another storming game at scrum half, as did Jack Davey, who came on in the second half, and side stepped four players, but was brought down just short of the line.

A great team effort left Saracens unable really to get into the game.

Okehampton U10s 35

Exeter Saracens U10s 5

OKEHAMPTON stormed to victory in two matches this weekend in Exeter. The first try was scored inside the first minute by Daniel Thorne who went on to score a further three tries in this game.

Oke won the scrums and tackled hard against the Saracens. They passed the ball well and made good use of their team's speed.

The Saracens fought back after half time to score one try but Okehampton scored a further two tries.

The other try scorers were Owen Winston and Joe Mawle.

The second game was also won by Okehampton 35-5. Try scorers were Liam Pyle, George Jeffery; his first this season, Jack Raymond and Daniel Thorne.

Exeter Saracens U9s 0

Okehampton U9s 30

THIS was another successful outing for the Oke boys who are now starting to find their feet with the new contact version of the game and are showing a welcome willingness to move the ball.

They won all three games against their hosts who failed to score a solitary try. The scorers are too numerous to mention but credit must go to all 11 that played a full part in another series of good wins.

Saracens U8s 9 tries

Okehampton U8s 9 tries

THE first half saw end to end play with Maddie Arden showing a turn of speed to run from within her own half to score for Okehampton. There were also tries from Daniel Turney, Kai Middelton and Imogen Ogborne. At half time it was close at 4-5.

Oke continued with excellent tagging and constant team support from Tom and Alex, which allowed Bradley to score his first, well deserved, try of the season. Harry also displayed some pace and excellent side stepping of the Saracen defence to score.

The second match was also closely contested. Leon made an important tag to stop Saracens near the line and Liam was extremely unlucky not to score a try after a fine series of play by Okehampton . Tries scored by Daniel (3), Maddie (1), Harry (3), Kai (1). Another draw with an identical result of 9-9.

Okehampton U7s 6

Exeter U7s 0

OKEHAMPTON were in no mood to take any prisoners as they ran through the Saracens' defence at will, without any reply. Powerful running from Will Cunningham, Cole Pengelly and Ben Wharton rewarded them all with a try each. Three further individual tries followed, scored by Charlie Glanville, Daniel Wonnacott and Angus Haygarth. Saul Holliday, David Smith and James Close all showed excellent tagging in defence.

Okehampton U7s 7

Exeter U7s 4

SARACENS put up more of a fight in the second game, but were unable to keep possession of the ball with increasing pressure from Okehampton. Good support play from Josh Parsons, Cole Pengelly, Harry Laing-Taylor and Angus Haygarth rewarded them all with a try each.

Jake Laing-Taylor, Daniel Wonnacott and James Close kept the Saracens' players in retreat, with good tags to force mistakes and give Okehampton the ball.

Three well taken individual tries by James Stevens, Will Cunningham and Joshua Burgoyne sealed another excellent win.

Okehampton U7s 8

Exeter U7s 2

OKEHAMPTON'S Will Cunningham and Ben Wharton scored good individual tries. Strong running from Charlie Glanville, James Stevens, Angus Haygarth and Josh Parsons saw them all across the line with a try each.

Okehampton continued to assert themselves throughout the match, pouncing on any loose ball and tagging the Saracens players at will.

The matches were rounded off with two further great individual tries from Cole Pengelly and Joshua Burgoyne.