Breakfast revisited

With a lot of games being cancelled due to the weather Berry Hill U16's and U15's found themselves with a  gap in their playing schedule and so took the opportunity  to  improve their fitness. Two ex paratroopers from  Famously Fit hosted a military style training regime at Lakers road, involving circuits with  a variety  of 30 second exercises and a team exercise to carry a  40kg rucksack  on a cross country run. An  extra  bonus was that a few players got to taste  their breakfast for a second time and as a thank you  for hosting the event  the Junior section will be  organizing a disco to raise funds for Help the Heroes.

Berry Hill 0 Matson 29

Berry Hill hosted Matson in the second game of their county cup pool stages. With Matson fielding a full squad it was always going to be a tough fixtures but Hill started well and put the visitors under pressure. They had the chance to take the lead with a well positioned penalty but the kick missed the mark causing Hill to become unsettled and rush at their game plan. Errors started to creep into their play and Matson seized quickly on these opportunities to put themselves 2 tries ahead. The home team did have a few chances but last minute mistakes prevented them from scoring. Matson now playing with confidence scored once more in the last minute before the break after some great defending from Hill in their 22 to see them go in 19 points ahead.


A strong team talk at half time saw Hill start will more determination resulting in a long period with no change to the score line. Matson didn’t however go over 2 more times the last one in the last play before the final whistle. Hill can take a lot from the game but need to improve in certain areas when faced with strong opposition in high pressure matches.

Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Matthew Office, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Will Jones, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , Cobi Robinson , Billy Roberts , Tom Burford, Sam Hughes, Ashley Macey, Ben Robbins

Berry Hill 58 Painswick 5

Kyle  Bundy  was  the player in form  as  he  scored 4 tries in their 9 try victory over Painswick. This was the first time the 2 teams had met for several years and Painswick  arrived at Lakers road with  only  14 players so it was always going to  be tough for the visitors.  Hill dropped their  numbers to  level the teams  resulting in  some players  having to move from their usual positions and deviate from their  playing style. From the  kick off Hill took the game  to Painswick  and  soon opened up the scoring with a penalty from Ryan Dawson which allowed them to settle down and start to move the ball around between the backs.  Ben Robbins was the first  to touch down before Cobi Robinson , Willian Tyler and Kyle Bundy added to the tally to see Hill  go into the break  34 -0 ahead. The  pick of the tries  in the first half was Cobi Robinson’s  recovery from an ill judged cross field kick from Craig Harris and   Louie Vaughan taking the usual  decision to pass  the ball  to put  Kyle over the line. Painswick’s team talk at half time  must have had a positive  effect as although both teams had now been reduced to 13 a side due to a Painswick injury  the visitors  started to pressure Hill with some good forward play resulting in a well deserved try.  Hill then responded  with Kyle adding 3 more tries and Craig Harris also putting his name on the score sheet. A good win for Hill  but they need  to improve  in some areas of  play when the meet stronger opposition.

Team

Kyle Bundy, Matthew Office, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Will Jones, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , Cobi Robinson , Billy Roberts , Tom Burford, Sam Hughes, Ashley Macey, Ben Robbins

Berry Hill 39 Lydney 15

After a long layoff due to the weather and Christmas Berry Hill were finally back in action in their opening county cup match against local rivals Lydney. Hill soon applied the pressure and had the majority of the possession but their lack of recent game time showed as they made poor decisions limiting their ability to score. Scrum half Will Lewis however opened things up with a great charge down and quick thinking saw him pounce on the loose ball to touch down. Although not in full stride Hill continued to dominate with 2 more well worked tries moving the ball across the backs allowing Cobi Robinson and Billy Roberts to add to their overall season try tallies before going into the break 22- 8 ahead. The second half continued in much the same vain but with Lydney opting to go uncontested in the scrum some of Hill’s forward strength was reduced but they still managed to run in several more tries form Callum Wyman, Will Tyler and Cobi Robinson bagging his second of the match. Although not up to full speed Hill are now starting to regain some of the form that they had at the start of the season.

Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Callum Wyman, Matthew Office, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Ryan Dawson, Will Jones, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , Cobi Robinson , Billy Roberts , Tom Burford, Sam Hughes, Ashley Macey, Ben Robbins.