- February 2007 -   27 Feb - Minis Win 4 Shields and a Plate at Sidcup’s Henry Dowswell Festival Despite all ages groups being not unsurprisingly grouped in a pool with both Old Elthamians and Beckenham, all teams had a very successful day out in very poor playing conditions. The surface of the pitches was so poor that the pitch sizes were minimal, in the under 11s and 12s we played on less than a quarter of a pitch compared to the usual half size, which when you are a running team like most of our sides tend to be, it does cramp your style. Nevertheless Sidcup put on a very good event and it is not their fault that the weather was not so kind. We should aim to participate in it again next year if invited. The U12s lost to Elthamians 2-0 before going onto beat Beckenham 2-1. That put them in the Shield final against Sidcup the home side, where we duly won 1-0. The U11s like the under 12s were still asleep when Elthamians beat us 3-1, but a much better performance with lots of boys playing out of position against Beckenham (the eventual cup winners) saw us draw 1-1 when a win was looking highly likely. This put us into the shield final against Thurrock where we dispatched them 4-0 again with several small backs like Marcus and Peter in the second row, leaving Miles (2), Harry and Jordan to score and bring home the Shield. In the U10s we saw very similar scores to the U12s, however a resounding final win against Sidcup 6-0 brought them home with the Plate. The U9s lost to Elthamians like the senior age groups, did a fantastic job in beating Beckenham 2-1 but left them too tired to compete effectively in the Plate final which they lost narrowly to Thurrock 2-0. The U8s did extremely well in they were the only team not to lose to Elthamians where they secured a 5-5 draw. A similar result against Beckenham put them into the Shield final against Colfeians where we sent them packing with a 7-4 victory. The U7s results are not available, but we do know that boys won the Shield Final, so congratulations to them in their first year of rugby, surely a sign of good things to come. Well done and congratulations to all Minis. - Nick Brooks   - January 2007 -   29 Jan - Beccs Youth play for Kent - 9 lads from the current Youth section played for Kent yesterday. U14's: Ben Coles and Callum Murray both played for the Kent 'A' team in their 17-5 victory over Hertfordshire in St.Albans. A special concratulations to Ben who was also Kent U14 captain. In the Kent 'B' side, Harry Issac and Jamie Hughes both represented themselves well in their 17-0 win. U15's: James Hampton and Tom Christophers both earned their first Kent caps coming off the bench for the Kent 'A' team. James managed to get on in the first half and Tom in the second. James rounded off an impressive display by scoring Kent's final try under the posts in their 21-14 win over Eastern Counties. U16's: Bobby Coles and Jamie Keate both played for Kent 'A' team against Eastern Counties at Bromley and Anthony Creed played for the Kent 'B' side. Well done and congratulations to all of the lads from everyone at Beccs.