Two full teams travelled to our end of season finale at The Stamford Festival. Always a favourite on the circuit with the Stamford coaches having a similar outlook to our own. The festival was well organised and more importantly the hot dogs are the best we get all season.
Kettering white team captained by Christian had a tough morning facing some physically challenging sides. We saw some great performances put in by individual players, tries were scored & tackles made. Unfortunately Dan had a clash of heads & had leave the field. We all wish him a speedy recovery.
Kettering Blue team captained by Ella played some great team rugby. We saw everyone playing hard together & everyone on the pitch put in a great shift. They believed in each other, trusted each other this made for very unselfish play which resulted in team tries. A great way for us to say goodbye to Ella as she has to leave us. Ella has been a core member of the squad since joining us & we wish her well as she joins Kettering Girls.
It's been another awesome season for us. I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching again this year. I look back through our fixtures and see a lot of positive performances. A few not so positive. We all felt the pain of a freezing cold & wet Towcester. On reflection our short run of poor performances made us look at what we could do to improve on in the way we coach & get the messages over. We all continue to learn & move forward together, coaches & players. Our final third of the season has been filled with positive performances & great results. Results can be tries scored, personal playing improvement, team performances, friendships made or a boost in confidence. I have seen all of these this season.
So it's goodbye to awesome Ella & the U11's. I hope to see all of you for our next chapter....... U12's here we come !!!!