Tavistock / Newquay U15 girls 17

Exeter U15s girls 5

THE combined Tavistock and Newquay team got off to a great start with some terrific attacking moves from Ellana and Ellie M and from one of these moves, Lauren got close to scoring before feeding Ebony to touch down.

LIzzie Cole made a series of strong tackles that forced turnovers for Tavistock leading to Ebony scoring the second.

Exeter came back strongly and after a flowing move, their winger ran from half way to make the half time score 12-5 to Tavistock/Newquay.

In the second half, Exeter upped their game and became more physical. Tavistock and Newquay did not give an inch with great tackling from Charlie, Lizzie and Beth, and some great passing from. Ellie and Ellana. Gradually Exeter were worn down and after a few infringements Ebony completed her hat-trick to complete a terrific result for the combined side.

Tavistock / Newquay U15s 49

Helston/Liskeard U15s 5

IN the regional cup third/fourth play off, the combined team took on the Cornish teams on a windy day in Looe. Tavistock/Newquay were strengthened by the return of South West squad member Chloe, as well as Alice,Tilly and Lily while there was a debut for Bethany.

This strength soon told with Lizzie Cole crashing over in the corner after good build up play from Ellie, Chloe and Alice..Then Lily sliced through the defence to set up Emma, and after a couple of great runs from Chloe and Bethany, Tavistock scored their third try. Liskeard/Helston came back  well and scored and the score at half time was 15-5

The second half soon became the Lily and Tilly show. Lily made long kicks down field which Ellana, Lauren and Lizzie would chase and on two occasions, Tilly then went over from short range. This was followed by a crash ball from first Chloe and then Bethany. Lily slotted two conversions. The combined team scored six tries in the half as they kept the pressure on especially through Lizzie and Alice.

Okehampton U13s 12

Exmouth U13s 36

A BRIGHT sunny morning saw Okehampton run out for their last scheduled match of the season. Exmouth only had 12 players and so three of the Oke players switched sides.

From the start it seemed as though Okehampton's heart was not in the game and missed tackles led to an early try by Exmouth, which was converted.

Oke did not win ball at the breakdown and inconsistent rucking mean that Exmouth was able to keep possession for much of the game. A second try and conversion from the visitors followed. This stirred a response in the Oke side, with Tom S making a good run, powering through the defence. He passed to Nathan who stretched out with one hand to get the ball over the try line; it was converted by Jim.

Oke continued to lose scrums and lineouts, but Jim and Noah tried to stem the pressure from Exmouth, at times tackling on their own. A fumble by Oke at a scrum and a poor kick led to Exmouth chasing down the ball over the try line and scoring again. Another try for the away team followed before half time.

The second half was almost all in the Oke half and the team seemed to have lost its way a little. Exmouth scored again but once more Tom S picked up the ball and ran forward. Oke was on the attack, finishing in a try by Tom W on his debut. The game finished after a final try by Exmouth.

Taffs Wells U12s 7

Okehampton U12s 28

OKEHAMPTON travelled to a sunny Paignton on Sunday for what should have been a round robin with Paignton and Taffs Wells, but unfortunately time constraints only allowed the match against the touring team to be played.

Following a one minute silence to mark the sad loss of their coach, Bobby Burgoyne, the young Okes came at the touring team firing on all cylinders. 

Strong forward play from the outset saw Oke scrum half Joshua Burgoyne, with a neat sidestep and dummy, touchdown for the first try, which he duly converted. 

Although a strong, physical team, Taffs Wells found themselves on the back foot with impressive tackling from all the Okehampton players.  Saul Holliday had a solid game, covering a lot of ground, putting in big tackles and securing good ball.  A sound running and catching game from Will Cunningham saw him bag two well taken and well deserved tries. 

Taffs Wells came back at Oke with resolute forward play, to be rewarded with a penalty try, which they converted. 

The game was rounded off by great interlinking between backs and forwards, to see Cole Pengelly touchdown in the corner.  Although Taffs Wells never gave up, the defensive tackling of all the Oke players, with big hits from Greg Haste and Barnaby Waddell, kept them from crossing Oke's line

Okehampton were unlucky not to score again when Jordan Wilson was so close in the corner, but flagged as in touch, after one of his best games of the season. 

This was another solid, well disciplined and great team performance from the whole squad — well done lads, you did Bobby proud.

Okehampton conversions: James Close (2) and Joshua Burgoyne (2).

Paignton U10s 85

Okehampton U10s 15

AWAY to Paignton on a beautiful sunny day meant Oke were in high spirits. From the off Paignton were strong and hard hitting and the visitors took a while to warm up and gain stride.

Paignton dominated most of this game with some real hard hitting tackles. Their ability to intercept was impressive but an intuitive Oke side soon caught on and with a little more speed and agility its defence soon become formidable. With Ethan, Sam and Isaac all scoring it still was not enough to beat a well-played Paignton side.

Paignton U10s 10

Okehampton U10s 10

THE second game proved Oke's pre match talk had done some real hitting home. Oke defiantly stepped up to the line.

With Paignton trying to counter ruck a quick Oke side passing out was just too fast for this course of play and gave them advantage in rucks.

Oke were starting to come alive with some great crash tackles, a more defensive line and more confidence. Marcus scored both tries for Oke.

Taffs Wells U9s 15

Okehampton U9s 40

OKEHAMPTON U9s played the touring team from South Wales at Paignton.

Jacob captained Oke and made some nifty passes and chased the ball.

Lachs, Callum and Will worked well together resulting in a quick first try from Lachs.

Toby tackled well and Lachs passed to Adam for an easy run through the opposition for his try. Okehampton were the stronger team and learning to pass the ball before getting tackled to keep the flow going.

Dan scored one try before Lachs after being tackled, passed to Adam and on Will for one of his two tries. Taffs Wells replied with a try in the first half.

For Oke Shortie worked to gain possession and passed to Callum for the first of his two tries; another try was scored by Adam. Ben tackling well and Liam was supporting.

Taffs Well scored two second half tries in reply.

Paignton U9s 40

Okehampton U9s 20

THIS was a fast paced and tougher game and caught the Okehampton boys offguard. Oke tries in the first half were scored by Lachs, Will and Callum while Paignton scored four.

In the second half Will scored for Oke but Paignton won the game with four more tries.

n IT was a chance of a lifetime for Tavistock RFC's U7s side as they played their most thrilling game of rugby at half time in the big Westcountry derby at Plymouth Albion.

The team thrilled a 2,500 strong crowd, the biggest of the season at Brickfields, with a great game of tag and were also the guard of honour, forming a tunnel for the Albion players to run onto the pitch before their game.

A 20 strong team from Tavistock had travelled to Plymouth for the unique experience at the Plymouth Albion v Cornish Pirates game on Saturday, which the home side narrowly lost 20-26.

Entertaining the crowd at half time the young Tavistock players showed lots of the skills they had learned in a pre-match training session with Albion players and coaching staff in their game.

the Tavistock boys and girl kept the honours even in their mid-match game, with some excellent tags and tries scored. The final score was 6-6.

To top off the day the team received warm applause from the crowd as they ran a lap of honour around the pitch. Certainly it was a day never to be forgotten by the youngsters.