Parnells Under 10s were able to field one team comprising Emer Morrissey, Matthew Cox, Ronan Carolan, Killian Griffin, Sean Buckley, Aidan Gallagher, Darragh Egan, Madi Cox and Oliver Coupland at the Tara Blitz held at Harrow Rugby Club on Saturday 11th June 2016.
Unfortunately we had a couple of our older players pull out at the last minute leaving us with a very inexperienced team with only one of the team having competed at Under 10 level last year and we also welcomed two new players who experienced their first blitz.
However, despite being included in a group containing "A-Teams" of all the other clubs and in consideration of their relative inexperience at this level the team showed they were able to compete and compete they did throughout the afternoon. Whilst being up against it at times the team showed great camaraderie managing to create a number of scoring chances and converting some of them.
The two newbies Matthew and Madi equipped themselves well for their first ever blitz. Killian showed his strength and experience winning most of his battles and Aidan demonstrated how his defensive skills have come on making a great block. Oliver and Emer put in good tackles at key stages robbing the opposition of the ball and Sean and Ronan were reliable as always constantly at the opposition using the ball well when the opportunities arose. However special mention must go to Darragh Egan who shone throughout the day being the real star man of our team.
Finally, thanks to Tara GFC for a great blitz.
Alan Carolan
Results
Coventry June 2016
Club success in the unders 8s under 12 and 14s made for a great day when the club travelled to Coventry -
Tara Blitz June 11th
Well done to the under 10s who played some great football on the day and thank you to Taras for hosting a successful blitz
North London Shamrocks Blitz
The Under 10s had two teams out on the day with some great football being played with the players finding their strength and confidence in each game
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Training
Training every Tuesday for 16s & 18s starting at 6.30 @ Northwick Park Training every Tuesday for U14s from 6 - 7.30pn Training every Wednesday for U6s-10 and Girls at Northwick Park 6.30pm - starting April 13 Training every Thursday for U12 starting @ 6.30 at Northwick Park New players always welcome please just turn up!
RACE FOR SAM
These envelopes should now be handed in to your managers or a committee member
Blitz Dates
Under 6 / 8 & 10s July 3rd Parnells July 8th ABC
Unders 12s July 3 Parnells Tournament 12 noon July 16 TMC Tournament TBA
Feile
Good luck to all the players heading to Kerry this weekend to compete.
Other notes The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family of Leila Decourcey Birch and her family on the death of her grandmother Pat may she rest in peace.
