WOW – AN INCREDIBLE SEASON FOR UCKFIELD RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB’S MINI AND JUNIOR SECTION!
Since the start of the season in September, over 170 players have represented URFC, with players aged 5 to 17 training and playing most Sundays – that’s 33 fantastic weeks of rugby!
The Minis section (U7 – U11) played at 9 festivals across the county, culminating in our very own festival on April 23rd. The event welcomed 750 players from 11 clubs across the county playing a total of 320 matches!
The U12s had their first experience of league rugby this year and won 3 of their 6 league matches, including one played away in Jersey – an amazing day! Our U13/14s won 5 of their 6 league games, winning the Sussex U13 League.
The U14 girls team won 4 out of 6 games. They topped the East Sussex league at Christmas and brought their season to an end with a fantastic 2-day festival at Worthing. The newly formed U9-U12 girls development team saw 6 players represent the club in the Sussex Baa Baas team, winning 5 games out of 6!
Truly remarkable results from all players. The season came to a close on May 7th when we celebrated everyone’s achievements and awarded Clubman, Most Improved Player, Players’ Player and Player of the Season awards for each age group.
Under 5 and 6:
Player of the Season : Bertie Mead
Most Improved: Jack Churchward
Clubman: Bailey Marchant
Under 8s:
Player of the Season: Charlie Hakiel
Players’ Player: George Lewis
Charlie (L), George (R)
Under 9s:
Most Improved: Bobby
Player of the Season : Dylan
Clubman: Jake
Dylan, L, Jake, R.
Under 10s:
Player of the Season: Paddy Ring
Most Improved: Wade Davies
Clubman: Joshua Farmer
Under 12s:
Player of the Season: William Newman
Players’ Player: Leo McGilvary
Most Improved: Theo Temple
Under 13/14s:
Under 13 Player of the Season : Matthew Cooley
Under 14 Player of the Season: Samuel Turner
Player’s Player: Anthony Latchford
Most Improved: Nathaniel Lundy
Girls Under 14s:
Under 14 Player of the Season: Faith Elliott
Player’s Player: Erin Eldred, Imogen Marchant, Kayleigh Wickham
Most Improved: Faye Walter
Interested in joining? We are a friendly club with qualified and DBS-checked coaches and are always looking to welcome new players of all ages and abilities. Don’t wait until the new season starts on September 3rd; come and join us on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer for touch rugby (open to all ages and abilities) and look out for our Summer Camp in August, open to U5 – U15s. See uckfieldrugby.uk or email us at hello@uckfieldrugby.uk for more details.
