Well done to all the players and supporters who attended the annual charity match on Southwold Common.
For over 30 years now we have been organising this Boxing Day charity match, when we remember one of our ex-players Glyn Alexander, and this is the first time the total has been over £1000.00.
Thanks go to the players for entertaining us to a display of festival rugby ably refereed by Tim Passmore. Big thanks to those who bought in food for the players post match feast.
Also thanks to all the people who donated prizes for the raffle and post match games (Southwold Tesco Store, Green King and club members)
Mike Osbourne auctioned off a rugby ball donated by Rob Temple.
Donna and her team looked after us all brilliantly.
Well done to everyone for making it a brilliant day and raising £1031.26.
Hope you all have a very Happy New Year.
Stephen Marshlain
U21s win on the last play
Woodbridge 19 – 24 Southwold
By Roger Felton
An all together different match to the pre-Christmas fixture against Ipswich with very little between the two teams!
After 15 minutes of nip and tuck Woodbridge were the first to get points on the board choosing to kick a penalty on the 22. They clearly foresaw a tight game so elected to kick another penalty 10 minutes later.
Our backline, who ran freely at Ipswich, were expertly closed down throughout the match. But towards the end of the half a foray up the centre, a blindside call from Callum and some quick hands allowed Ollie to find the elusive gap. With Josh’s conversion we went in to the break 7-6 up.
Our penalty count was too high and their kicker took full advantage of another one early in the second half adding a further 3 points to their score. However sustained pressure from our forwards in their 22 soon after provided the opportunity for Ben to split the defence after a switch with Josh and dot down under the posts. Josh’s conversion put us back in the lead at 14-9.
The game continued to ebb and flow with nothing between the two teams until Woodbridge took the initiative and ran in two unconverted tries out wide.
As well as the penalty decisions continuing to go against us we were also making a few too many forced and unforced errors all of which was frustrating the players and supporters alike. Thankfully Zak stepped forward to even up the scores with a great break on their 22 and a step to evade the fullback. 19-19 with 5 minutes left on the clock.
The last few minutes was nerve racking but Callum saved the day with a blindside break 5 meters out and crashed over the line. Game over. Job done.
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