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RUGBY

Old Coventrians’ Association -v- Old Coventrians’ RFC

Stewart Freeman (’92)
Chair, OCA Sports Sub-Committee

On the 17th May the Old Coventrians’ Associa- lending us a kit and for assisting with the
tion Rugby Team took part in its inaugural fixture general running of the day (as well as lend-
against an Old Coventrians Rugby Football Club ing us a couple of players). In particular I
Select XV. Our team ranged from players who would like to thank Pete Owen, Matt Owen,
have just enjoyed a full season with their local Wal Prescott and Biggsy Leavers for helping
teams to some players who have not picked up me make the fixture possible.
a rugby ball since leaving school; in some cases
many years ago. As can be seen from the photograph, the
OCA team (in green) was a little outnum-
It was a glorious sunny day and the match tied in bered by the Old Coventrians’ squad so I
with the Old Coventrians’ RFC President's match would appeal to any Henry’s Old Boys who
which took place straight after our fixture. Cur- would like to play next year, to contact me. It
rent Old Coventrians’ President, Pete Owen, is really was a fantastic match played in a
also a fellow member of the OCA Committee. good spirit and both teams enjoyed the run
around thoroughly. Ask any of the team that
The match started off at a furious pace without a played if you know them and please come
break in play for the first 5 minutes. Both teams and support the event whether as a player or
were keen to attack and the first half saw a num- spectator next Summer.
ber of tries exchanged which resulted in a very
even contest with the teams pretty much level at Old Coventrians’ Association Squad:
half time. In the second half the larger OCRFC Haneen Al-Ibrahim (‘92 )
Stewart Freeman (’92)
squad started to use the space and run in a cou- Pip Harrison (‘92)
ple of tries and our smaller squad started to tire. Chris Thompson (‘92)
That said, the OCA team put in a tremendous Steve Thompson (‘92)
effort, ran in some fantastic tries and certainly Mark Garner (‘93)
created a platform for us to build on in future Tom Brown (‘94)
Ben Craig (‘94)
years. I would like to personally thank everyone Luke Foster (‘00)
listed below for making the effort to come along Ben Gilbert (‘00)
and play for the team, in particular Mark Garner Will Grindal (‘00)
who came over from South Africa to hold up the James Lander (‘00)
front row. Marc Spriggs (‘00)
Fraser Tait (‘00)

I would also extend a big thank you to Old For information about Old Coventrians’ RFC,
Coventrians’ RFC for hosting the match, see http://www.oldcoventriansrfc.co.uk/

Contact the OCA Secretary by eMail: oldcoventrians@khviii.net