Camberley RFC Under 10's

If you're reading this, you've successfully reached the Blog for Camberley RFC Under 10's (2007-08 season). This is actually the blog for last years U9 (continued), but given a new name:
http://camberleyrfcu10.blogspot.com/
...so why not bookmark now and check back every week for updates.
The blog now has a new feature: ClustrMaps, which appears on the menu on the right. This shows the locations of people viewing our blog. So, send the link to your friends and family around the world - it'll be interesting to see who's reading...!

Photos...
Last years photos of the Under 9's team have been uploaded here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/camberleyrfcu9.2006.07

This years photos will appear here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Camberleyrfcu10.2007.08

The above photo sites are snapshots of the age group for that year. Other teams will hopefully do the same thing, so you can look back at photos for a particular year.

Some techie stuff...
The photos for this year have been uploaded at a reduced size of 1280 x 853 pixels (approx 800KB each). That's probably good enough resolution to view & enjoy the photos. I've reduced these to save space (we're only allowed 1GB of free space on Picasa). The original photos are much larger at 3888 x 2592 (4 to 5MB each). NOTE: The Team Photos are all at Full Resolution.

Downloading photos / Ordering Prints
All the photos are downloadable. If you see a few photos you particularly like and would like them at full resolution, let me know & I'll email them to you, or post them somewhere temporary for you to download. You will notice an Order Prints button. This allows you to select a bunch of photos to order prints of. It's not as slick as it could be, but it can be done. Again, it's best to order prints at full resolution, so let me know & I'll upload them at full res for you to order prints of.

Any questions, drop me an email at Camberleyrfcu10.2007.08@googlemail.com (Jon McClelland).

Surrey A Festival U9 - Dorking (22-Apr-07)

2007-04-29T12:51:00.000Z

Surrey A Festival U9 - Dorking (22-Apr-07)

Surrey Development Festival Photos - Sun 15th Apr

2007-04-15T20:17:00.000Z

Surrey Development Festival - Under 9's

FW: Summer training @ Wellington

2007-03-05T21:31:00.000Z

For your information - the end of the email gives info about "father and son
coaching" at Wellington.
(what about mother and daughter? Don't know, rugbyclass are obviously an
unreconstructed lot.....)

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FW: Game next Sunday, festival availability etc

2007-03-05T21:28:00.000Z

Hi everyone,

Evening training starts again this Wednesday 7th March at 18:45. This
obviously depends on the weather - I'll leave a message on voicemail and the
blog and send out an email if it is cancelled.

We play Marlow at home on Sunday. Please be there at 9:50 for registration.
Let me know IF YOU ARE UNAVAILABLE.

Please can I have two volunteers to help with parking (9am at the clubhouse,
till 10:15-ish, as info for those who have never helped before).

In view of the weather please check the voicemail message on Wednesday pm
and next Saturday (or Sunday). I update the message as soon as I have
concrete info, so sometimes it might be 8:30-ish on a Sunday before the
message is up to date. You can always phone me if you want to confirm
before this time (but be reasonable - I might not be up much before 7:30)

Voicemail: 0870 9009014 and follow instructions to hear any messages. The
code for our squad is 09

Blog: http://camberleyrfc-u9.blogspot.com/

FESTIVALS
I've had confirmation from most of you about availability for festivals -
please can you just check the below to ensure I've got it correct. I've got
lots of smudged ink and crinkly bits of paper after trying to write
everything down yesterday in the pouring rain:

15th April
Giles; Cameron McGeoch; George; Sam Peddie; Robin; Blake; Jonathan; Fergus;
Mikey; Dominic; Elliott; Rian; Connor; Corey; Charlie

22nd April
Giles; Cameron McGeoch; Sam Peddie; George; Blake; Robin; Jonathan; Fergus;
Mikey; Sam Lenselink; Elliott; Dominic; Corey; Rian; Connor; Charlie

Don't knows
Cameron Lowden; Adam; Ben E and Ben L; Harry; James; Josh; Tom Porter; Tom
Murray

Each child will have to pay £6.00 to play, whether playing in the
development festival or the A festival on 22nd. I've had money for:

Charlie, Rian, Corey, Cameron M.

Please can the rest of you let me have your money asap. I'll reimburse if
the need arises.

I've had offers of help from a few of you for the 15th April, but am still
in need of: a second touch judge, 3 pitch marshals, 2 car park helpers, a
collector of litter, and someone to help with squad liaison.

Thanks everyone - and thanks for help, coaching and players yesterday who
stuck it out in the pouring rain.

I'll see you on Sunday if not before,

Pippa

01252 871215
07899 671749

Tri-nations (of sorts), festivals, time-keeping, and mid-week training....

2007-03-04T16:28:00.001Z

We played some great rugby last week against Maidenhead and Basingstoke in the mini-triangular tournament over in Maidenhead. It was good to get some high quality match practice against some serious opposition; however I think all the Camberley coaches agreed at the end that it would have been good to have done some skills / development work too, as opposed to just matches. Both A's and B's competed well, and our development continues.....

It was a shame the club decided to cancel Windsor today (4th) but understandable. Can I however say a huge thanks to the parents and kids who turned up to play today in the miserable conditions (who said spring is coming!). It shows true commitment to turn up and play in situations like this, and it is always noted.... I think we had a good session in the end - it wasn't pretty (see photo), but if you watch any senior match in these conditions, the game changes completely, at all levels and age groups, and it can be a real hard graft, "stick it up your jumper" effort, with little flow or pace. But here's the reality check - they will play games like that EVERY SEASON so best get used to it!

I made a couple of points at the end of the session, which I want to reiterate here, for those who didn't attend.

1) Time-keeping. I know we all have those Sunday mornings where you wonder why you opened that last bottle on the Sat night, but pls pls can you try and get down the club for 9.55am for registration, to start at 10.00am sharp. It is incredibly disruptive for the coaches if there is a drift in of, well it could have been up to 10 players this morning, between 10.00 and 10.20. It means we are constantly having to pull a coach out to get the kids warmed up and stretched, and what I may do moving forward, is if kids turn up after 1005, they can wait until 1030 when a coach will free him/herself up for warm up. I WON'T LET THEM PLAY WITHOUT BEING STRETCHED OFF AND WARMED UP, but with a limited number of coaches, neither will I hold back the kids who do arrive on time from getting on with it...

2) Surrey Festivals. Please reply to Pippa (cc myself) on availability for BOTH festivals. At the moment, I don't have enough to field a squad for either, so I'm not far from cancelling which would be awful. So please let us know then we can plan it in, and also get the required parental help to make the B festival (hosted by Camberley) happen. I also think it would be good if the A's, when we do select, can come and cheer on the B's, as we are at home, but we will sort that out later.

3) Mid-week Training. We are back training this Wednesday (7th) at Watchetts at 6.45pm. We did this before Xmas, and the sessions were invaluable. It's a great opportunity to do more skills work with the kids, and those who attended regularly last year, really seemed to push on tremendously well with their development. We shut down at 8pm. so in reality it's an extra hour for them.

Have a good week all, and see you either Wed for training or next Sunday for tie against Marlow!!

Help needed: information about festivals which you need to read; training on 18th March

2007-02-28T16:03:00.000Z

THIS WEEKEND

We are playing Windsor at home this weekend - should the deluge stop
deluging before then. Please be at Camberley for 9.50 registration. Check
voicemail/ email/ blog for announcements re cancellation if the pitches are
waterlogged.

Voicemail: 0870 9009014 and follow instructions to hear any messages. The
code for our squad is 09

Blog: http://camberleyrfc-u9.blogspot.com/

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Mark Scarbrow and Steve Wilkes have volunteered for parking - thanks chaps

LONDON IRISH TRAINING 18th MARCH

Mark Scarbrow needs final orders for tickets, and money by this Sunday at
latest - no money, no tickets. If you want/ need any more information,
please contact Mark: mark.scarbrow@btinternet.com

FESTIVALS

Camberley RFC is hosting the Surrey Development Festival on Sunday 15th
April. The following week (22nd April) the Surrey A Festival is at Dorking.

The Development Festival is for B Teams (for those of you who didn't know).

There are 10 clubs participating, so it will go on all day

As we are the hosts for the 15th April, I shall need lots of help on that
day running the U9s part of the festival. (I will be there for the first
hour or so, but my youngest is five on the 15th, and I shall have to at
least turn-up at her party) We shall need a referee, first aid, parking
attendants, pitch marshals etc. and also someone bossy who can take over
from me. Please start thinking about whether you can help and what you can
do - I know it is during the Easter Hols, so some of you will be away. I
know ALSO that until the teams are picked help will be thin on the ground.
Please, therefore, let me know what your availability is for these dates.
No child can play in both festivals.

It will be £6.00 for each child to play in either festival and I will be
collecting the money over the next few weeks - again, if I haven't had the
money, your child will not be allowed to play. The club will be collecting
the money from me prior to the event - so I need an indication of numbers,
and your dosh.

If you're still with me - THANK YOU

CU on Sunday,

Pippa

01252871215
07899671749

Sunday 18th v Drifters (and a question for you to answer!)

2007-02-19T20:50:00.001Z

Hi all,

We had a really good session with Drifters on Sunday and I thought the match we played at the end was of as high quality as I've seen this season. Rucking, mauling, tackling, and some great open running and support play - I think the team is starting to do a lot of things naturally, as opposed to having to think to hard about everything, and that is a credit to them all.

We won the match 3-0, which was pretty much a fair reflection in the end. It could have been more had we not thrown possession away 2 or 3 times in the first half - one of the area the coaches want to work on as we progress.

I'd like to say a very big thanks to all the kids who volunteered to play with the Drifters boys yesterday - they were very low in numbers due to half term - and they are Ben (E), Josh, Harry, Cameron, and Robin. It was great to see (and commented on by Drifters) how well our boys integrated and played as a team with the Drifters lads, despite never having met them before. I don't think there is any higher accolade at this level, and please thank all those named above again from me - they are a credit to our club.

And now a question - We've had a bit of debate over the weekend about selection policy. This comes up regularly particularly around the "A" and "B" situation. I'd like to think we've almost cracked this one, and I believe that almost all our regular boys have had a run out with both A and B teams at one point or another throughout the season (but feel free to comment).

The question now is more around positions. As a rule, we are trying to teach the kids the basics of rugby in an open, enjoyable and above all, safe environment. To do this, we watch the kids through all skills sessions, how they have developed, how they play in games and then give them positions where they can excel and we can meet the main objective above.

I do think as we progress, we want the kids to get exposed to a variety of positions, but I would say we need to be realistic in our expectations - I'm not sure if we trained every day for the next 3 months, that every child would understand every position!!
But again, I want this to be fun, so (and after all this wind) here is the question...

Are you / your child happy with this policy and indeed the positon they are playing or do you/they have a burning desire to be positioned somewhere else?? Keep it simple! If you have a child who is constantly in the backs but fancies a run out in the forwards, that's the kind of thing I'd like to know.

It's only by getting input from you that we can make these decisions, or at least have the debate as coaches and parents. I expect from the lack of feedback (and that's not a dig) that most are happy, but if you have something you would like us to act on, please shout. One thing I would bear in mind as you think on this, is that I believe our progress as a team is a lot down to "consistency and continuity" and doing the basics well - if we make a lot of moves, we should also think about the risks to these values. I do think that nearly all the kids seem to be really happy with their positions and what we are doing, but that's not to say they are not a little shy about raising their hand! For what it's worth, I don't think it would be feasible to accomodate complete change if all kids / parents wanted to do so, it would be chaos if we did! But I do want to hear your thoughts and happy to discuss on an individual basis with parents or children.

Hope all makes sense - sorry for long note!!

Best always,

Scott Hamilton

Tel: +44 7795 332251 (m)<

URGENT: Matches and training cancelled at Watchetts this Sunday

2007-02-10T18:16:00.001Z

PSA note from the club - ALL TRAINING CANCELLED!!

____________________

Dear All

As most of you are already aware Surrey Heath Borough Council have decided
that the pitches at Watchetts Recreation Ground are unplayable this weekend.

I would emphasise that despite the pitches being unavailable, the clubhouse
will be open for big screen live internationals on Saturday and for normal
Sunday trading.

Don't forget to update your answerphone messages. I will also put a message
on the website.

Availability for Sunday

2007-01-31T15:59:00.001Z

Hi everyone,

We are playing at home this Sunday 4th February against Esher.

Please:

could you let me know whether your child is available to play

could we have two volunteers for parking duty (you need to be at the club
house at 9 am and be available to help with parking until 10.15-ish)

I'll see you at the ground at about 9.50am for registration.

Don't forget to check the voicemail before you leave in case there has been
any last minute cancellations or alterations.

The voicemail number is 0870 9009014 and follow instructions to hear any
messages. The code for our squad is 09.

You can also check the blog:

http://camberleyrfc-u9.blogspot.com

if that's
easier

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Pippa

01252 871215
07899 671749

Sun 21st: Home v Farnham

2007-01-24T21:33:00.000Z

(click on title for photos)
Big well done to everyone for excellent all round performances against Farnham on Sunday. To put this into context, Farnham is one of our traditional hammerings as a club, and talking to one or two of the coaches on Sunday, it was business-as-usual for most. We have never competed well in our age group against them, and for information, they have NEVER lost a festival they have competed in at this age group!

So:
* Our A team lost 0-2 to their A, beat their B 4-1, then drew with their A 1-1 (and they cut the game short when we were on top
* Our B team lost 1-3 to their A, beat their B 3-2, then beat their C 4-2.

So as you can see we really stood up well to their A team, then beat all the rest!

A couple of points;
* Winning isn't everything, but I'm delighted (as are all the coaches) that we have come on so much and are really competing with the best
* I am more pleased that we have real balance in our squads - if you look at the scores, we have real strength in depth and it is great that we don't have a real gap between teams, far from it (unlike Farnham and a few others who have a strong preference for A and B!

Re: Training. you will have seen from Pippa's note that Wed night training is on hold until end Feb. As well as it being cold and miserable, there is just too much uncertainty at the moment due to pitch conditions etc., and I want to maintain the momentum with the kids - constant disruption and cancellation leads to disappointment, which I want to try and avoid for now.

Cheers, Scott.

Chipstead RFC on Sun 28th

2007-01-24T21:18:00.000Z

We're playing at Chipstead RFC on Sun 28th
Training starts at 10 a.m, but please try to be there by 9.50 a.m for registration.

Address: The Meads, High Road, Chipstead, Surrey. CR5 3SB
For those without Sat-Nav: Google Map directions (Click 'To here' for directions from your house)

Warning: Check the voicemail for possible last minute cancellations! 0870 9009014 - code 09

Wed 17th Jan - Cancelled

2007-01-17T15:15:00.000Z

Training canceled due to water logging (again).
Please email Pippa (pippa.walton@suddensource.com) to let her know you:
- are aware of tonight's cancellation
- whether you'll be there on Sunday (21st)

Please check blog & voice mail on Sunday as it may be canceled too (if this weather keeps up!)
Voicemail: 0870 9009014 and follow instructions to hear any messages. The code for our squad is 09.

Sun 7th Jan - Training cancelled

2007-01-06T19:54:00.000Z

Training is canceled because the pitches are waterlogged!

We WILL be training on Wednesday (10th) at 6.45pm. Should this change, an email will be sent on Wednesday, this blog updated and also updated the voicemail message. Please check the voicemail message before leaving home on 0870 9009014 and follow instructions to hear any messages. The code for our squad is 09.

Curtain Raiser Cup - Saturday 9th

2006-12-10T16:32:00.000Z

What a fantastic day! I think I'm just beginning to come back down....!

For the record;

2-1 win against Fordingbridge (coming back from 0-1 down at half time)
0-1 loss to Ealing Trailfinders (fantastic performance, perhaps the best of the day - and we could so easily have won - we at least deserved the draw!)
4-0 win over Edenbridge (and it could have been a couple more)

We managed not to lose any of our 18 "stars" on the day (I'm assuming everyone got home ok!) so many many thanks to Bev for organising - great job - once we hear back from Quins (mid-week?), we'll let everyone know what's next. It's not entirely clear if we are through rto the next round or not, but if we are, here's looking forward to another great day out!

Also big thanks to all the parents who turned up and cheered the kids on yesterday - the smiles on their little faces at the end were unbelievable!!

See you at training Wednesday and then Sunday (for the last training session before Xmas!)

Cheers all
Scott

PS Andy, Tony, Joanna and Simon.... well done guys, all the hard work seems to be paying off.

Curtain Raiser Cup - Quins, Twickenham - Squad Flexibility

2006-12-01T14:17:00.000Z

Bev et al,

Great news!! I have talked to Nick Hyde the Community Development Officer at Harlequins and he is happy to relax the squad numbers for us for the Curtain Raiser Cup....!!! This means that if you have registered interest, you are in!! (I think he would be a little worried if we turned up with a squad of 26, but at the moment I reckon we are heading for 15 - 20).

Unfortunately, we can still only put 9 on the field at any one time!!

Cheers (and see you Sunday).

Scott

Scott Hamilton

Tel: +44 7795 332251 (m)

Availability and Selection

2006-11-27T12:00:00.000Z

Dear Parents,

I'm going to start sending a note out on a Wednesday to all parents, asking about availability (of kids) for the following Sunday.

Reason for doing this is simply for myself and the other coaches to be able to preselect the teams / squads by the weekend in preparation for Sunday(s). It's increasingly difficult to do it on a Sunday, especially when we are trying to rotate players, sometimes move positions, and try different combinations.

If we don't hear back from you by the Thursday pm, then we will assume your little darling is not available and therefore he/she will need to slot in wherever there is a gap on the day....

Hope you all appreciate how this will help us move the coaching forward.

Best

Scott Hamilton

Tel: +44 7795 332251 (m)

TRAINING THIS WEDNESDAY

2006-11-13T12:10:00.000Z

Training is back on this Wednesday 15th at 6.45pm. Hope to see as many of you there as possible. We had 2 great performances against Old Ruts on Sunday and should be looking to build on this!

Wed 8th Nov - training cancelled

2006-11-07T09:43:00.000Z

Please note there will be NO TRAINING this Wednesday. There is a coaches coaching (!) session at the club-house, and it's no bad thing anyway to have the occasional night off (for kids, coaches and parents!)