Plenty here for Beverley RUFC to take encouragement from but still a hugely disappointing outcome to this opening fixture. For three-quarters of the match it had all looked so promising.
Beverley led 19-12, were well on top, and looked odds-on winners until they fell apart in the last quarter of an hour during which they conceded four tries and ended up with a fairly heavy defeat.
On a glorious sunny day with the pitch at Beaver Park looking in excellent condition, a good crowd were anticipating some good running rugby in the game between Champions York and a Beverley side seeking revenge for the single point defeat that they suffered at York on the opening day of the season last September. They were no to be disappointed!
York kicked off deep into the Beverley 22 and remained there until, after 2 minutes they were awarded a penalty. From the resulting line out, a sharp move resulted in a try under the posts which was converted to give York an early lead (0-7)
Beverley Beavers U9s attended the fantastic Driffield festival where they played matches against Driffield, Pocklington, Hornsea, Ionians, and a Bridlington Barbarian team.
It was a morning of action packed rugby, but fortunately the elements were kind so the focus was on the rugby and not the weather.
Beverley RUFC play off hopes by securing second place in the league were well and truly took a big knock as they were beaten in South Yorkshire by Wheatley Hills.
The Beavers knew that this was always going to be a tough game with the home side needing a win to stave off chances of relegation.
Ribblesdale kicked off with a beautifully judged kick by stand off Michael Thwaite, fielded by flanker Richard Wood, whilst the Beverley forwards failed to challenge it.
This set up a difficult opening 5 minutes during which the Beavers never touched the ball but in which the gave away 3 penalties! From the third of these Michael Thwaite gave Ribblesdale a deserved lead (0-3).
Beverley RUFC kicked off in this top of the table clash at Beaver Park with both sides looking to pick up the points to consolidate their positions in second and third place respectively.
After 5 minutes a Scarborough forward was caught offside and Phil Duboulay kicked the resulting penalty (3-0).
Photos from Beaver Park featuring Beverley U8s U9s U10s who took part in the Mini Matrix held at Beaver Park.
Sides from across the area descended on the home of Beverley RUFC where they took on each other in a round of games in very muddy conditions.
Beverley came out on top against Heath for the third time this season in a bruising encounter at North Dean, Halifax, to maintain their second position in the league and put a dent in Heath’s promotion ambitions.
The dreadful weather conditions prevailing did not suggest the prospect of much flowing rugby and so it turned out with the result that we saw a dour contest largely played out between the two forward packs.
Not much joy here for Beverley. Over the years they have seldom had much success at Acklam Park and today was no exception. A catalogue of errors, missed tackles, and conceded penalties, left them trailing 22-5 at halftime. It was not a great first half. They were left with a big hill to climb and in the end it proved just unattainable despite a splendid second half effort which got them to within striking distance of taking the lead.
The first quarter of an hour seemed to be little more than a relentless stream of penalties awarded against Beverley in their own 22. For some time it looked ominously likely that we were in for a second successive dismal week of incessant whistle blowing.
Beverley RUFC moved back to second in the table aftert they ground out a result against Bradford Salem is what was a unmemorable dominated by the constant sound of the referee’s whistle.
The referee was pernickety in the extreme throughout the match and, as a result, try as they did, neither side could produce any sort of flowing rugby.
On a day when strong hearts and minds beat stronger bodies Beverley RUFC U13s produced a scintillating performance to come from behind three times and beat a big muscular Rotherham side 35 -25 and reach the final of the Yorkshire Plate.
Beverley have a bad habit of conceding early scores before jolting into action and Sunday was no exception when with three minutes on the clock the visitors ran a penalty move from the halfway line straight through a nonexistent Beverley defence for the first try.
Beverley hosted a resurgent Selby at Beaver Park on a miserable wet and grey day when conditions were bound to be difficult to allow much entertaining rugby and, so it proved.
The match was held as a Memorial game to celebrate the life of Lee Morley, a good friend of the club who, sadly passed away last year. Proceedings from the match and lunch raised over £3000 to be donated to Ward 29 at Castle Hill hospital at the request of Lee’s family in thanks for the care given to Lee during his extended time there.
Beverley RUFC return to action this weekend as they welcome Selby to Beaver Park in a match manager Will Turnbull says with be a war of attrition.
Turnbull and his side are flying high in second place in Yorkshire Division One of the North Divisions, and their incredible home form means they are in the driving seat for a playoff position.
Beverley Under 15s travelled to Yarnbury and were greeted by some very wet conditions, but showed true grit and determination in a ferocious game of rugby which the home team eventually won 14-0.
Beverley played some excellent rugby in a first half with most of the play was in the Yarnbury half, birthday boy Harrison Petrie was excellent and a constant menace at the breakdown.
The weather was certainly not what was hoped for as rain and wind swept around the Scarborough ground for this weeks under 9 matrix fixture.
Conditions could at best have been described as soft but a more honest assessment would be to describe the scene as reminiscent of a mud bath.
Beverley RUFC travelled across to Keighley in confident mood, lying in a handy second position in the league table following last week’,s convincing victory over Moortown.
Starting well Beverley dominated proceedings for much of the first quarter and after 19 minutes took the lead through a Luke Hazell try which was converted by Phil Duboulay.
Will Turnbull says that Beverley RUFC face another huge match this weekend as they hit the road to take on Keighley in the Northern Division.
Beverley are flying high in the league, currently in second place occupying the a playoff position knowing that every point matters in the run in.
Beverley RUFC Beavers u9s played host to Bridlington on Sunday. The day didn’t get off to a great start with a heavy frost on the ground which threatened play, but eventually the go ahead was given for the matches to proceed.
Beverley made up of James Hebb, Joel Hardy, Will Aspin, Flynn Harwood, Henry Stephenson, and Alex Gorman arrived with boundless enthusiasm to get stuck in, mainly because standing around was not an option on such a cold day.