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October 5, 2003 Chesham at Home |
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First
match of the season against Chesham. |
Milton
Keynes 45 Chesham 0 |
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PETERBOROUGH
FESTIVAL OCTOBER 12th.
Pool One Results. |
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Ampthill 5 Oundle 10 |
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Huntingdon 10 MK 15 |
Ashley, Claudio (2) |
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Oundle 15 Huntingdon 10 |
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Ampthill 0 MK 30 |
Ashley (2), Claudio, Ffred, Robert, Kieron |
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Oundle 0 MK 15 |
Ashley (2), Matthew |
| Don’t know score of last match between Ampthill and Huntingdon. | |
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SEMI
FINAL
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| St. Neots 5 MK 20 | Claudio (2), Kieron, Ashley |
| Peterborough 10 Oundle 15 | |
| FINAL Milton Keynes vs. Oundle | |
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Ffred, and a penalty try given when Oliver was about to score from a maul but was tackled around the neck. |
Ffred, Oliver |
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OCTOBER 19, 2003 Leighton
Buzzard at home
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| MK
20 LB 0 Kieran (2), Ffred, Ashley |
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| 2nd game, a much changed side |
MK
5 LB 10 Claudio |
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CHINNOR FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 2,
2003
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| MK
0 Aylesbury A 0 |
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| MK
15 Old Albanians 0 Claudio, Kieran (2) |
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| MK
5 Chinnor 10 Ashley |
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| It was during this game that
Ffred threatened to quit rugby on the grounds that no-one passed him
the
ball, and when he finally got it people flattened him because he was
big !! |
MK
0 Tring 10 |
| DUNSTABLE, November 9th |
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| These games were played late,
after the Wales/England World Cup Quarter Final, and seemed to inspire
Ffred though, sadly, nobody else. Ffred had a go at playing outside half, with Robert Friend at scrum half. He got a lot of the ball, running with dipped shoulder at other players exceedingly well. He also laid the ball off well on the ground and passed rather more than others. |
Dunstable
10 MK 5 Ffred Dunstable 0 MK 10 Ffred (2) Dunstable 20 MK 5 Oliver |
| Harpenden, November 30th 2003 |
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| Two good wins. Harpenden did not
like going forward after the first five minutes when MK made it clear
that they could tackle hard. Although Harpenden had possession they
were
pushed backwards by MK so that in the end they just wanted to pass the
ball to anyone regardless of where or who they were. |
Harpenden
0 MK 35 Ollie, Ffred, Kieran (2), Ashley (2), Robert Lawless Harpenden 0 MK 15 Aidan Curran, Ffred, Ashley |
| January 18th, 2004. At Harpenden |
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| Game switched to Harpenden owing
to state of MK pitch. Three games played, much closer than last time. Three good games, with Harpenden much better than last time. Ashley able to run at Harpenden at the beginning and break clear. Then they played it tighter but his early tackling was very effective. Missed Ollie as the ripper but, after some coaching by Stuart, others began to see the way to get the ball off opponents. MK's runners still have the edge. Ffred looking more and more like a back row forward !! Some work by the Diaz boys very good - twins !!! John, as always, up for it, and some good runs and tackling by Robert Friend till cut by some studs looking more like football than rugby. |
Harpenden
5 MK 20 Ashley (4) Harpenden 20 MK 30 Ashley, Kieran, Ffred (3), Rob Lawless Harpenden 10 MK 20 Ffred, Ash, Rob Lawless, Alex Egan |
| Bletchley, Sunday, February 8th, 2004 Off to Bletchley, who still don't have an Under 9s team, so three games against Bicester. Good side, lots of players. Two teams effectively. |
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| Ffred scored the first try, left
hand corner after good run. HT score. Then Bicester hit back with two second half tries. After the second, at resumption, Ffred made a break in the middle and passed to Ashley who scored just on the final whistle. |
MK
10 Bicester
A 10 Ffred, Ashley |
| Tries from Claudio, two corkers
from Matthew down the left touchline, two from Ashley and a long run
from Alex Egan showed the difference between Bicester A and B.
Wonderful ripping by Ollie
throughout this
game, and the others too. |
MK
30 Bicester
B 0 Claudio, Matthew (2), Ashley (2), Alex |
| The boys were tiring a bit, with
far fewer players than Bicester. Ashley scored a superb solo try but
Bicester won it in the last seconds with a somewhat questionable try in
that it looked like a foot in touch to me. |
MK
5 Bicester
A 10 Ashley |
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February 22nd, 2004. Playing
Rushden at St Paul's School.
Playing here as MK pitch out of
order.
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| Six tries by Ashley (who
obviously had the hump!!) blew Rushden apart. Claudio scored two
crackers and Ollie scored too. Rushden man on touchline with camera
said
it was just a walk in the park for MK - Rushden not used to
treatment like this. Ashley scored first five tries. Awsome !! |
MK
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Rushden 5 Ashley (6), Claudio (2), Oliver |
| More of the same. Ollie showed
he can run fast and scored three tries. Ffred scored three, including
one from the off when I think every Rushden player thought the ball
would go to Ashley. Ffred just scythed through. And Ashley scored as
well. Good day. Lots of people played well. Danny was as tough as nails, Robert did really well and Harley was a revelation. Bit of bad stuff as John, Ollie and Ashley mixed it with ~Harry~ from Rushden. Our boys are really up for it. Roll on Nottingham !! |
MK
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Rushden 5 Oliver (3), Ffred (3), Ashley |
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March 7, 2004.
Peterborough/Kibworth
Back to Peterborough, scene of
success in the past.
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| Tries from John Marchbanks
(after good passing sequence) Matthew (a great run down the left and
slipping two tackles) and two from Ffred. Once he breaks the line it's
all over. No-one seems able to catch him. |
Peterborough
B 0 MK 20 John, Matthew, Ffred (2) |
| Great game. Wonderful
scrummaging by Ollie and tackling from John. Carrie played but was not sure what to do in this fierce contest. Kibworth had big players and won with last second try. Ffred missed tackle after coming on for last few seconds as Carrie came off.!! |
Kibworth
5
MK 0 |
| Tries from Robert Lawless and
Ashley. Super tackling from Robert Friend. Dias boys really up for it
after long morning. Overall good tackling and hard work all round. Kibworth game probably shows what's in store at Nottingham. |
Peterborough A
5 MK 10 Robert Lawless, Ashley |
| March 28th, 2004. To St Paul's School for home games against Watford and
Northampton Men's Own. |
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| Funny game with MK looking a
little out of sorts, especially with Nottingham looming. Both NMO tries
scored directly after restart, with the second having a choice of FOUR
players to go over the line and MK all bunched. Tries from Ffred, Ollie
and Ashley right at the end. He flattened the boy who was giving high
tackles throughout the match. Ref did not know about the handoff
rule - makes you wonder !! Ffred had a high tackle and a
dead neck as well as his neck used as a climbing frame. |
MK
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NMO 10 Ffred, Oliver, Ashley |
| Try from Harley, two from Gareth
Price from the U10s (it was a mix n match team), a corker from Robert
Friend probably running from his own half, and Ffred again. |
MK
25
Watford 0 Harley, Gareth (2), Robert Friend, Ffred |
| The first match of the morning
was a mix~match MK U9s and 10s against Watford Under 10s with a good
try
from Ollie. God knows why but U10s rules were played (contested scrums)
and the Watford Boys in the front row were huge.Genetically modified
??!! |
MK 5
Watford 20 Oliver |
| 8th and 9th April, Nottingham Festival | |
| 25th April, Aylesbury Festival | |
| Fine win over local rivals with evidence that training on passing and running was paying off. | MK 15 Leighton Buzzard 0 Robert Friend, Ashley (2) |
| overawed in their next game by an excellent Dunstable side which went on to win the competition. MK suffered many injuries in a fair, but robust encounter. | MK 0 Dunstable 20 |
| The team rallied to draw with Aylesbury with a fine scrum half try from Harley Shaw. | MK 5 Aylesbury 5 |
| Another close encounter with MK injuries mounting. | MK 5 Beaconsfield 5 Robert Lawless |
| Finally another win to claim 3rd place. The boys were again visibly tired and hurting after a hard tournement and season. | MK 5 Buckingham 0 Ashley Morris |