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Braithwaite School Exhibition of Rugby |
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Alan Gray recently organised an event for Braithwaite School. Matches took place for three age groups and there was even a match between a 'staff' side and Year 6 leavers. The staff team included Keswick Girl Coaches and 2 builders press ganged whilst working on the school's new extention! Held at the conclusion of the summer term coaching programme and attended by Parents, friends and Governors, it proved to be highly successful and enjoyable.   
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The latest phase in the creation of a better playing surface at Davidson Park took place recently. The aim was to finally complete the drainage work which commenced at the start of last season. The project, always acknowledged as potentially disruptive, was scheduled to begin at the start of last summer but was delayed, by the contractros, until September. This delay impinged on the playing season and subsequently disabled Davidson Park completely, forcing matches at all levels played between September and January onto the Keswick School pitches at the Howrahs. Worse still, but not surprisingly, the grass seeds which were scattered as the drainage channels were filled in late October were ineffective in the face of winter's early chill, and more emphatically seen off by Novembers's floods. The pitch emerged a striped and mottled thing made easier on the eye, and playable, thanks to the expertise of our ground staff led by John Clark, and later by tining and application of drilled sand by the main contractor. More seed was scattered in April but had little chance to flourish thanks to the hammer of soft shoe rugby activity beyond the end of the extended season , and the near total absence of rain. The installation of floodlights during the savagely cold spell just after Christmas, was quick and straightforward by comparison. The pitch has now been fenced off and will remain a no-go area until the fruition of new grass at which time it will look brilliant for the start of the new season. The pitch recovery plan is simple but will nosedive without further sacrifice. This was felt initially by the gang who grafted all day to top up and re seed depressed channels. It was a hard shift in very warm conditions for a work force grateful once again to Jeremy Hall for his apprecation of the link between morale and food. England's loss of a Test Match in Australia was buried under a strong sense of achievement. The pitch has now been fenced off and will remain a no-go area until the fruition of new grass at which time it will look brilliant for the start of the new season.  
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Matty Roper is has been appointed the First Team Captain for 2010/11. Congratulations to him.
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RFU Club of the Year Award Evening |
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Some photographs from the recent Award Presentation evening which followed a highly entertaining U17 game against Consett.  
 
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England Appearance for Peter |
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Under 16 skipper, Peter Weightman, was the only Cumbrian representative in the North squad selected to play in a recent match against the Midlands at Denstone College, Uttoxeter. Peter, who is normally a loose forward or centre, was chosen on the wing but played a key role in the North's 20 points - 16 success and contributed a number of good runs, as well as two try saving tackles. On Easter Sunday, Peter played for England at U16 level against Belgium at Wellington College, Berkshire where he scored two tries. A product of the club's youth development programme from the age of five, Peter plays for the county and has now been chosen as a member of Newcastle Falcons' Academy, starting in September. He will continue his education at Gosforth High School. His parents, Alan and Liz Weightman, said 'Peter is a credit to the Club and provides further evidence, if that was needed, of the benefits of time and money invested in its youth policy'. Congratulations from everyone at the Club.   
In his North of England Shirt In his England Shirt Try scoring run against Belgium. One of two tries scored |
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