Under 16

The U16 coaching team unanimously describe this season as an utter rollercoaster ride! We’ve had some pretty unsatisfactory performances followed by sheer brilliance. Promotion to the top tier of the Herts & Middlesex League at the end of last season exposed a big difference in the intensity and physicality of the rugby on the pitch.

A season of mixed fortunes and the first without Craig Ashby as joint Head Coach; Anna Scott stepped up to take the role of Team Manager and Craig Shelley became Head Forwards Coach, both doing a fantastic job throughout the year. We started the year with 32 boys signed on, unfortunately not quite enough for

Following double promotions at the end of last season to the East Midlands Championship league and the Herts/Middlesex Division 2 the season ahead was always going to be a tougher one. The squad had grown to 28 players with a few players relocating clubs to Ampthill and a couple of players returning to rugby, all

Ampthills U16s final Herts/Middlesex League game of the season saw them at home to local rivals Bedford Blues with good playing conditions and a decent size crowd into watch the encounter. The early battles were fiercely contested with no quarter given and Ampthill tested the Bedford defence constantly. The A’s were able to open the

Ampthill u16’s entered their last ever East Midlands Challenge league match knowing a win would see them finish this league as champions and were determined that their visit to Stewart & Lloyds Corby would be a successful one. A bright and clear morning saw the A’s get off to a good start with early pressure

Steve & Liam Everitt Jay & Sol Tovey Tony & Tom Murray Paul & George Odell Paul & Kyle McSwiggan

The U16s buoyed by the Beds Cup final win over Biggleswade were looking for a good friendly home fixture and found one at the eleventh hour in the Old Albanians ‘B’ side, who play in the division below Ampthill in the HML. A noon start on the windiest rugby pitch in the world, our top

Biggleswade 0 v 37 Ampthill – Beds Cup Final A dry and bright Sunday morning and a surface that was a credit to the Bigggleswade groundsmen provided some good conditions for this Beds Cup final between two old adversaries in Ampthill and Biggleswade. From the kick off Ampthill made the early yards and dominated the

A great effort by the Ruislip RUFC groundsman and helpers enabled this Herts/Middlesex league game to go ahead, which had looked in serious doubt with 30 minutes to go before kick off due to the amount of standing water. Early exchanges saw both sides threatening the try line but not quite able to make the

Ampthill U16s Wallop Cambridge A well contested first half saw Ampthill u16s leading 14 points to 12 over Cambridge at half time in very wet and windy conditions. The tries coming from Curtis Hymus and Charlie Fleckney and both converted. In the second half Ampthill make good use of the conditions and with the backs

Ampthill U16s Last Gasp Victory Ampthill went into this East Midlands Championship League fixture full of confidence following some good recent performances. A’s applied all the early pressure but were unable to get points onto the board mainly due to some good defensive work from St. Neots and some poor discipline from Ampthill. The home

Ampthill U16’s first Herts/Middlesex game of the season saw them as the visitors to Ealing in North London, an impressive ground and their first game on a 3G pitch. The early exchanges saw Ampthill applying all the pressure around Ealings tryline and an early try was disallowed for a final forward pass. As often happens

This Bedfordshire Cup match between the cup holders Ampthill u16’s and their close rivals was a game that both sides had been eagerly anticipating and it turned out to be a great match for a large crowd to watch and enjoy. Early exchanges were nervous with both sides looking to find their feet with Bedford

U16 End of Season Report 2014 – 2015

Herts Middlesex Junior League

League tables as of 29th October 2014   League: East Midlands Rugby Union Junior Leagues
Division: EMMJRA U16 Challenge # Team Pd Pts 1. Rushden & Higham RFC 3 12 2. Bedford Junior Blues RFC 2 8 3. Deeping and Stamford 3 6 4. St Neots RFC 3 6 5. Ampthill RFC 2 5 6. Long

Ampthill under 16s   The season has started well for this age group. We are playing in HML division 3 after gaining promotion as champions of division 4 last year, and in the EML we decided to stay in the challenge league, so that new players could get some much needed experience. At the time