Youth

U13 & U15 Girls meet England Women Internationals at the Royston 7’s tournament – Sunday 20th January 2019 U13 Girls with Tamara Taylor. Tamara has over 100 caps for England, she captained England in the 2015 Six Nations and was part of the winning 2014 World Cup squad as well as being named RPA’s player of

U13’s Ampthill/Bedford U13 Girls played away at Aylesbury last Sunday against Fullerians and an Aylesbury/ Bletchley composite team. The opposition were well drilled and formidable however due to the Ampthill girl’s discipline and focus on the basics, such as rucks and mauls backed up with constant support the girls played and won the 4 games played.

Ampthill U15’s returned to Dillingham Park for an EML fixture against their old foes Olney in perfect conditions for rugby on Remembrance Sunday. Players, coaches and parents all observed two minutes silence at 11am to pay their respects. The game started well for Ampthill with plenty of early possession & territory, they opened the scoring

Result: Olney 25 – Ampthill Tigers 10 Ampthill Tigers headed to Olney for what would, as always be a tough encounter. Although great early defence by the Tigers kept Olney at bay and saw one attempt over the line held up, a momentary lack of concentration saw Olney break the line to score. The forwards

Last Sunday saw a lovely sunny autumn day for the under 13’s girls to join the under 15’s rugby to work on their rugby skills in a training session! The under 13’s squad is for all abilities in the school year of 7 and 8 we welcome girls that have not played the game before.

Result: Ampthill RUFC Lions 25 v Letchworth RUFC U13’s A’s 5 Ampthill Lions welcomed Letchworth RUFC on a sunny and warm autumn day.   This was going to be a touch encounter with Letchworth sitting in the league above Ampthill in the HML League. Ampthill Lions took the lead early on in the game with sustained

Ampthill Under 15’s started their EML campaign at Dillingham Park against Peterborough in the September sunshine. After a well earned draw in their opening fixture at Fullerians, head coach Paul Allen was keen the boys continued with another positive display against their rivals from Cambridgeshire. Ampthill started the game with a good spell of possession

Ampthill kicked off their first ‘competitive’ season in the HML with an away fixture against Fullerians. Head coach, Paul Allen had a few selection issues to resolve after a couple of late withdrawals, but the whole squad seemed ready for the challenge ahead despite the awful Hertfordshire conditions with pouring rain and a significant drop

Bedford School hosted this years Under 15’s ‘DPP’ festival featuring teams from Leighton, Buzzard, Dunstable, Luton, Biggleswade, Bedford & Ampthill. Each side would play three fixtures giving new head coach Paul Allen an ideal opportunity to assess his squad. Our first fixture was against the County champions Leighton Buzzard, we started the game very brightly

Season report for U13s Girl’s Team The season kicked off with a game against Milton Keynes. After a hesitant start, the girls played a fast attacking game, making quick work of their defence, securing a win by three tries. The following weekend saw the girls put in a valiant effort against Bletchley who had some