U8B Rugby v King Henry VIII
Date: Friday 30th November
Result: BCS 60- 50 KH
Most Valued Player: Wilfred Crow-Marcetic & Jackson Bennett – great support play and running with the ball. Harry Fraser – fantastic work in defence, taking opposition tags.
Report: A fantastic team performance, the boys played really well in their first inter-school fixture. The Blue Coat boys showed good evasive skills, running hard at the King Henry defence and looking for the space. As the game progressed the boys got better at supporting the ball carrier and being on their shoulder to receive the next pass. In defence the boys worked hard to take tags and stay onside. Lots of learning, lots of fun and a great afternoon of tag rugby.
Miss Crews
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U8C Rugby vs King Henry VIII
Date: Friday 30th November
Result: BCS 45 – 40 KH
Report: A very excitable Year 3 team travelled away to King Henry’s for their first inter school game of rugby. The boys stepped up to the challenge and displayed a confident performance with some excellent displays of tackling and attacking running with the ball. All the boys were able to display some terrific rugby skills and started to further develop their understanding of the game more. A special mention to Jonty Scurlock for his terrific leadership skills on the pitch.
Mr Melia
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U8D Rugby v King Henry VIII
Date: Friday 30th November
Result: BCS 50 – KH 30
Most Valued Player: Zayn Ahmed and Jacob Romano
Report: Fantastic team performance and first run out for the U8s. The pitch size was perfect to have enough evasive running, yet promote excellent tackling. Adam Abdul-Galeel and Joey Zhu really injected pace and direct running to the game and kept Blue Coat pushing forward. Karam Gill and Jacob Romano certainly have an eye for the tag, with fantastic team defence. My favourite try was from a restart – Zayn Ahmed seeing a gap right through the heart of King Henry and taking his chance with two superb side steps. Great fun.
Mr Harrison
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U9 A Rugby Festival
Date: Tuesday 4th December
Report: The U9A team showed just how much they had progressed with some fine performances against strong opposition in Kings Hawford, Solihull and Eversfield. THe first game against Hawford was a close affair where we made more passes and scored some great tries but missed a few to many tackles losing narrowly. The 2nd game against Eversfield was a really good game which could have gone either way. The tackling on the whole was much better but so was Eversfield’s and in the end they edged a close game 3-1. The last game against Solihull was a much looser affair with both teams showing signs of fatigue. Both teams offloaded and supported well and the game finished 4-4. A great way to finish and a fair result. Well done to all of the players throughout the term, their effort and commitment has been excellent and I look forward to working with them again!
Mr Protherough
U10A BCS Rugby Festival
Date: Monday 3rd December
Most Valued Player: Fantastic team effort
Report: A great afternoon of rugby to finish the season. The boys got to play lots of matches against tough opposition which challenged their skills and resulted in some superb rugby. Blue Coat got off to a strong start against Warwick Prep pushing up hard in defence and forcing the errors. In attack we ran hard and were rewarded with two tries. In the second game against Eversfield Blue Coat demonstrated their strength at the break down and strong rucking created turn over balls which we used to attack the space. The boys utilised the larger pitch and began to draw and pass and put team mates into space to score.The final game was against Solihull, a team to whom we had previously lost. Blue Coat were really up for this fixture and started the game well and were rewarded with 2 early tries. This filled the boys with confidence and we began to play some really exciting rugby, attacking the gaps, offloading and running at pace off shoulders. The boys supported the ball carrier, rucked hard and passed the ball into the space to attack. Some of the best rugby I have seen them play and a great way to finish the season. Well done boys!
Miss Crews
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U10 B Rugby Festival
Date: Monday 3rd December
Most Valued Player: Great team performance
Report: The U10B team capped of a fine season with 3 impressive performances against Warwick, Solihull, and Eversfield. During the first game against Warwick we scored a number of good tries with Oliver Almond’s elusiveness an effective weapon against an organised defence. The defence at the end though was fantastic with all the players being thoroughly committed to hold out for a 3-2 win. The next game against Eversfield was played on a very narrow pitch and this hampered our passing and offloading game. However we still managed to run out comfortable winners. The third game against Solihull was another excellent performance combining both some fantastic support play alongside some great defence to run out winners by 5-2. The B team have ended the season undefeated and they have been a pleasure to teach. They have shown resilience against adversity to come back from 4-2 down against Bromsgrove and have understood that the scoreline shouldn’t be the only judge of success by working hard in games where they have been winning easily to making lots of passes and test their skills. Well done to all. It would be unfair to single anyone out because the effort and commitment of all has been fantastic.
Mr Protherough
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U9 Mixed Hockey v Eversfield
Date: Tuesday 4th December
Result: BCS 2-2 Eversfield
Most Valued Player: Elisavet Matopoulos
Report: Blue Coat got off to a slow start and were a bit star struck playing against the boys. We sat back in defence and allowed Eversfield to dribble into the D and score 2 early goals. In the second half the girls stepped up and put pressure on the Eversfield players closing them down and getting low and strong in the tackle. We began to play as a team and pass the ball around the defenders and were rewarded with 2 goals in the second half. A first school match for many of the girls and a great opportunity to try out the skills they have been working on in games practice. Well done girls.
