Cottesmore – rugby and hockey news
02 Mar 2018
Rugby
The rugby season may be over as hockey takes over for the rest of term — but good rugby news continues to roll in. Sam H, the co-captain of the Cottesmore 1st team, has been offered a place in the junior development squad of Harlequins RFC, following in some very worthy footsteps. Conor Walker-Simms, who still holds the 1st Team record of 19 tries in a season, was also a member of this exclusive squad, as was Luke Wallace who has gone on to play professionally at the Quins. We wish Sam all the very best in his promotion to an elite level of rugby and hope that he can take it as far as he wishes. Sam is currently awaiting the results of a sports scholarship to Worth, where he was also offered an academic scholarship very recently.
Hockey
1st VII v Duke of Kent: won 2-0
Will P reports: “We lost the toss and began to an encouraging start. The first goal came soon from brilliant team work between Harry and Yode, with Yode scoring. As the match went on there were various moments where the ball was lost and won by both teams due to various slip-ups and tackles. However, at half-time the score remained 1-0 to Cottesmore.”
“We had push back for the start of the second half and almost came to an instant goal from Harry, assisted by Will. Our second goal did come soon after from a great assist from Harry and Will getting past the keeper. The final score was 2-0 to Cottesmore”. Special mentions went to Gleb and Bertie V, with Harry awarded Man of the Match.
3rd Boys’ Seniors Hockey VII v Windlesham: won 4-0
Our boys played brilliantly, fighting hard to win virtually every 50/50 ball and playing the ball about well. David on the right wing gave us a wide option that was well used and also created lots of space in the centre for Dimash to exploit; scoring a fine hat trick thanks to his intelligent runs and deft finishes. Mathieu covered every inch of the pitch and Rafferty’s stick was like a ‘ball magnet’, stopping most of their clearances and recycling the ball back to our forwards. George and Ollie defended heroically and on the few occasions when we were caught out, Asad saved brilliantly! “A true team performance and a great win!” said a very happy Mr Revill.