Weekly Sports

Round Up

Rugby

A long season came to an end with a successful block fixture for our A teams against King Henry VIII

Coventry, where all four games were won, and a tougher one for our B teams and Lower School sides, up

against the A teams of St Edward’s, Cheltenham. The 1st XV recorded a convincing 48-0 win at Coventry,

with Alfie B scoring a hat-trick of tries to break the 32 year old record for tries in a season (24). The Colts

also had an impressive away victory, 47-3, against King Henry’s 2nd XV, showing impressive flair against

bigger players and scoring eight excellent tries, three of them by the side’s outstanding player, captain

Toby S-P. The Yearlings ended a testing season with a fine 22-0 victory while the Junior Colts had a big win

to complete a season of enormous progress from their Yearlings days.

The Junior Colts B side also had a good victory, 34-17, with Ethan J once again in excellent form, while a

mixed team drawn from the 2nds and 3rds did well to win 12-5 to end a tough season for both sides in

great fashion. The Yearlings B XV season ended with arguably the team’s strongest performance against a

strong St Edward’s team. Missing a number of regulars including their talismanic lock James M, Bloxham

suffered another blow seconds before the kick-off with captain Patrick M called up to the A team. The

squad was bolstered by three students from the second Form, Ralph R, Jonny S and Will L-J, all of whom

acquitted themselves well against a physical St Edward’s team. Bloxham struggled with St Edward’s

physicality and successful off-loading in the early stages, and were 17-0 down mid-way through the first

half.

Bloxham rallied at this point preventing any further St Edward’s scores in the first half, and scored first in

the second half through Jonny S. Any hopes of a Bloxham comeback were quashed by two further St

Edward’s tries, however Bloxham responded with a fantastic late try of their own, Jonny S finishing off a

fine backs move after fantastic interplay between Toby L, Ralph R and Simon D. Harry N added the

conversions, and 2 minutes later nearly scored the try of the season; awarded a penalty on his own 22’

Harry noticed a gap in the opposition defence almost running the length of the pitch before being tackled

on the 5 metre line. Unfortunately possession was turned over, with the final action being St Edward’s

crossing for their sixth tryWhat was most impressive about the Bloxham performance was the willingness

of all players to step up and play their part. Oliver M took over James M’s responsibility as the main ball

carrier within the forwards, and Will L-J and Ben M both got through a tremendous amount of work in the

back row having never played there before. Special thanks must also go to Ignacio and Diego for filling in

at the last minute and giving their all, as they have done all season.

Team Result Score

1st XV Won 48-0

2nd XV Won 12-5

Colts A Won 47-3

Junior Colts A Won 34-0

Junior Colts B Won 34-17

Yearlings A Won 22-0

Yearlings B Lost 12-36

Under 13 Lost 0-25

Under 12 Lost

Bloxham School, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, OX15 4PE, United Kingdom

Tel: 01295 720222 www.bloxhamschool.com

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