The blue and golds were left feeling a little deflated last Saturday afternoon. The coaching staff had worked very hard during the week to get a double header organised at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
Beverley ‘A’ were to face Myton ‘A’ at 12.30pm and the main event was to be Beverley v Doncaster Toll Bar in the 40/20 cup.
Beverley ARLC signed off from the Hull & District League with this victory in slightly muted style.
The blue and golds return to action this Saturday in the Hull & District League with a fixture at home to North Hull Knights ‘A’.
Beverley ARLC lost ground in the title race last Saturday slipping to defeat in a tight and absorbing contest at the Leisure Centre last Saturday.
The blue and golds secured two more league points towards their title aspirations despite a number of absentees last Saturday at Cottingham.
Beverley Braves, eager for the last match of the season, was faced with an opposition who sadly had only 10 players so the Braves lined up with the same to make the match a more even battle.
The Beverley Braves had not played as a team since 22nd June so they were all hungry for a game. The whistle blew and the entire team were ready for battle against fourth place Featherstone.
Beverley Braves U16s have move to third in the Heinz BIG Yorkshire Division 1 after they beat the leaders Farnley Falcons at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
After a lacklustre start by the Beverley Braves, they found themselves 12 nil down after ten minutes, on a hot Sunday morning at the home of Crigglestone All Blacks in Wakefield. But the lads responded well to a strong but fair team talk by coach, Chris Harrison.
Beverley Braves took part in a game that was the biggest so far for club after they were drawn at home against a strong Blackbrook side from St Helens in the Barla Xamax National Cup.
Game day for Beverley Braves and this was probably the biggest game of their careers to date. A large crowd had come to support the youngsters against a top division one Yorkshire side.
Conditions were poor for this tense quarter final as the winds swirled round the pitch. Beverley Braves were up against a Yorkshire Division 2 side that had narrowly missed out on promotion this season.
Beverley’s first official game as an U16 was against Eastmoor Dragons from the Yorkshire League Division 4 in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup.
This was the Beverley Braves last league match of the season and they did not disappoint their spectators when they showed their powerful presence from the moment the whistle blew.
Another hot Sunday morning rugby started with a crunching tackle by Joe Wardill which knocked the ball out from the grasps of the Dockers player to be expertly picked up by James McGahey.
After the bitter taste of cup final defeat Beverley Braves wanted to cement their place at the top of the league with a win over their nearest rivals Hull Isberg.
This was the Hull and District Youth group cup final and favourites Beverley Braves who were undefeated this season with only 28 points scored against them so far in nine matches.
Beverley made the perfect start to the match with an explosive run from prop Harry Bulleyment who brushed the Tigers defence to one side as he powered through with an unstoppable charge between the posts opening the scoring for the Braves.