Berks County Girls U17 Berks 12 : Bucks 20 On Sunday 12th Nov the girls played Buckinghamshire. From and earlier “friendly” game that was drawn, this was always going to be a close match, and so it was. Playing at Slough, Berkshire were soon a try down due to an excellent weaving run by the Bucks centre who left Berks tacklers in her wake. Last time the teams played the Berks forwards were loosing out to the Bucks but this time it was more even with some good scrums from Berks winning against the head and quick ball from the scrum. Berks were also dominant in the line outs. A well angled run from Archer from the base of the Berks scrum put Berks over for their first try (unconverted). At half time it was 5 all. Bucks came out in the second half and quickly got a second then put pressure on with a third to which Berks responded with a second after fine interplay between Millar, Archer and Edwards who went over between the posts and then converted. So at 15-12 with 5 mins to play the game seemed far from over until the Bucks centre went over for their fourth try to clinch the match. A good game played in good spirit with enthusiastic supporters on both sides. Berks Squad: Allen, Archer, Byrne, Chappell, Crabtree, Edwards, Hilbourne, James, Keohane, Lambdon, Neale, Millar, Owen, Parker C, Parker D, Smith, Symes. Bucks Squad: Angel-Williams, Beamish L, Beamish K, Carter, Coles, Craig, Darvel, Graham, Humberstone, Hopkins, Leyland, Maloney, Nash, Newson, Robinson, Sutton, Taylor, Williams, Woodfall, Woodfield, Wright, Underwood

Berks County Girls U14 result Berks 0 : Bucks 39 The Berkshire U14 came up against the Bucks team at Slough. The Berks team is relatively young with several 12 and 13 year old players and they are still settling in as a team. In the first half the bigger, more experienced Bucks side had the upper hand running in 5 tries from missed tackles or using the space out wide. In the second half, Berks put up a spirited defence, tackling well. They were recycling the ball well and were unlucky not to score on several occasions, Bucks denying them with some good cover tackling. The Berks tackling was to be commended and although beaten by a better side, the score does not do justice to the effort and playing of Berks who had clearly learnt a lot during the first half and looked a different side after half time. The team will take what they’ve learnt forward to the game vs Oxon on Dec 3rd. Many thanks to all the supporters who cheered the girls on during the game. Berks Squad: Belcher, Biggs, Darvell, Denman, Edgar, Guille, Holt, James, Jones, Kerins, Marks, Moore, Morse, Parsons, Penberthy, Smith, Smithers, Bucks: Beckerleg, Cattell, Chesterman, Dormer, Gould, Hillson, Hopkins, Parry, Partridge, Smyth, Wood, Woodfall