Saturday 14th November 1:00pm - Covents VPs & Old Boys Day
Coventrians 13-9 Coventry Saracens (Mids 5 South)
Our all time league record v Cov Saras is P20 W10 L10. We first played them in a league fixture on 26th November 1988 losing 3-6 at Bredon Ave with a Clayton Flick penalty our solitary score. Our last game was on 19th January 2008 when we won 20-8 away. Dave Sexton & Carl Thornton scored tries with Chris Simons adding 2 conversions and 2 penalties.
Super Ro Dives in to Clinch Win for Covents
At a cold, windswept, rain lashed Black Pad; Covents put in a tough day at the office to clinch their fourth league win of the season against Cov Saras. This is a fairly short report as I spent the first half in the lovely warm clubhouse, kidnapped by old farts and forced to drink Guinness.
So Saras took the lead with a drop goal and a penalty but Rohan Aitkin hit back with a try from a five metre scrum to leave the score at half time, 5-6. Earlier, Danny Pearson had dotted down but the score was disallowed; (turns out he only wanted a kiss off monkey)
Covents took the lead in the first few minutes of the second half when Deadeye Douglas sent a penalty over, straight and true for 8-6. Once again, in the latter period, the real Covents turned up and in the 10th minute big full-back Simon Needles went on one of his trademark glides, beat four players and put Kev Walters in, in the corner but the move came to naught. From a scrum, Covents got a big shove on but Saras held firm. This turned into a Premier Inn mini-break as Covents set up camp in the corner but again, no points were garnered.
A few minutes later, the ball was fired through the three quarter line, Dougie to Lawrence who put Rohan in at the bowling green corner and just about to run out of room, Super Ro astounded everyone with an outrageous swallow dive, more top board at Cov Baths than Swan Lake. The judges all held up sixes and Covents were 13-6 up thanks to Rohans superb Greg Louganis effort.
Saras came back with a penalty to make the score 13-9 and shortly afterwards, Wayne 6 rums Brandfour who had come on as a sub for Dave Bailey picked up at a ruck and looking like Serge Blanco sold a dummy and charged up field before being stopped. Then from the lineout he leapt like a salmon and took Saras ball. Maybe he had drunk 7 rums? From this move, centre Lawrence went on a bullocking surge and running STRAIGHT used his rather robust build to knock four defenders over before being halted. Trevor Roberts thought he had scored but like Danny earlier, was denied by the ref. Then Lawrence went again, like a man possessed (or just someone who was advised to run STRAIGHT) and now, it was all blue and white pressure.
The game was then interrupted when the Saras prop decided to drive low, ball in hand but only succeeding in colliding with the granite head of The Beast (aka Woz). Woz says he was also going low but we suspect he was having a sneaky nap but the outcome was not pretty for the Saras prop as he was knocked senseless and had to go off after a lengthy delay. He only avoided a serious neck injury by the fact that he did not have one. A few minutes later, Wayne rucked out, won a penalty which Dougie put onto the train lines to bring the curtain down on a hard fought two points.
Talking of Dougie, he was one of two players who asked me if I had seen certain incidents; one was a re-start from him that sent the ball a thousandth of an inch and a clod of earth over the clubhouse. The other was Kev Walters being tackled, sacked and turned over like a washing machine on fast cycle. So no boys you are fine, I did not see either happen . . .
So to the entertainment; as VPs days go it was not the best supported as the weather had made a warm living room and a bowl of Complan seem more appealing but that said we still had a good turnout of old favourites; Red Brown, Nick Castle, Paul Cassidy, Steve Fish, Giz Gisbourne, Dick Griffiths, Mick Groves, Robbie Hopkins, Simon Hull, Grant Liggins, Spanner Lindon, Trevor Lyon, Ron McBride, Father Francis P McCullough, Archie McPherson, Terry Mosey, Lee Pegler, Bob & Steve Platt, Rocket Ron Randle, Sean Stanton, Tony suave Super, Steve Tate, Martin Trenholm, Rich Walters and John Wilson.
At a cold, windswept, rain lashed Black Pad; Covents put in a tough day at the office to clinch their fourth league win of the season against Cov Saras. This is a fairly short report as I spent the first half in the lovely warm clubhouse, kidnapped by old farts and forced to drink Guinness.
So Saras took the lead with a drop goal and a penalty but Rohan Aitkin hit back with a try from a five metre scrum to leave the score at half time, 5-6. Earlier, Danny Pearson had dotted down but the score was disallowed; (turns out he only wanted a kiss off monkey)
Covents took the lead in the first few minutes of the second half when Deadeye Douglas sent a penalty over, straight and true for 8-6. Once again, in the latter period, the real Covents turned up and in the 10th minute big full-back Simon Needles went on one of his trademark glides, beat four players and put Kev Walters in, in the corner but the move came to naught. From a scrum, Covents got a big shove on but Saras held firm. This turned into a Premier Inn mini-break as Covents set up camp in the corner but again, no points were garnered.
A few minutes later, the ball was fired through the three quarter line, Dougie to Lawrence who put Rohan in at the bowling green corner and just about to run out of room, Super Ro astounded everyone with an outrageous swallow dive, more top board at Cov Baths than Swan Lake. The judges all held up sixes and Covents were 13-6 up thanks to Rohans superb Greg Louganis effort.
Saras came back with a penalty to make the score 13-9 and shortly afterwards, Wayne 6 rums Brandfour who had come on as a sub for Dave Bailey picked up at a ruck and looking like Serge Blanco sold a dummy and charged up field before being stopped. Then from the lineout he leapt like a salmon and took Saras ball. Maybe he had drunk 7 rums? From this move, centre Lawrence went on a bullocking surge and running STRAIGHT used his rather robust build to knock four defenders over before being halted. Trevor Roberts thought he had scored but like Danny earlier, was denied by the ref. Then Lawrence went again, like a man possessed (or just someone who was advised to run STRAIGHT) and now, it was all blue and white pressure.
The game was then interrupted when the Saras prop decided to drive low, ball in hand but only succeeding in colliding with the granite head of The Beast (aka Woz). Woz says he was also going low but we suspect he was having a sneaky nap but the outcome was not pretty for the Saras prop as he was knocked senseless and had to go off after a lengthy delay. He only avoided a serious neck injury by the fact that he did not have one. A few minutes later, Wayne rucked out, won a penalty which Dougie put onto the train lines to bring the curtain down on a hard fought two points.
Talking of Dougie, he was one of two players who asked me if I had seen certain incidents; one was a re-start from him that sent the ball a thousandth of an inch and a clod of earth over the clubhouse. The other was Kev Walters being tackled, sacked and turned over like a washing machine on fast cycle. So no boys you are fine, I did not see either happen . . .
So to the entertainment; as VPs days go it was not the best supported as the weather had made a warm living room and a bowl of Complan seem more appealing but that said we still had a good turnout of old favourites; Red Brown, Nick Castle, Paul Cassidy, Steve Fish, Giz Gisbourne, Dick Griffiths, Mick Groves, Robbie Hopkins, Simon Hull, Grant Liggins, Spanner Lindon, Trevor Lyon, Ron McBride, Father Francis P McCullough, Archie McPherson, Terry Mosey, Lee Pegler, Bob & Steve Platt, Rocket Ron Randle, Sean Stanton, Tony suave Super, Steve Tate, Martin Trenholm, Rich Walters and John Wilson.
For photos click here they aint the best quality unfortunately.
It was great to see the club heaving with bodies and thronging with song both from the old farts and the current players. Thanks to Red for his ever enduring Alouette (although she has a few grey hairs down below these days) and also to our second team referee (whose name escapes me) for standing up on that chair, and taking a soaking while trying to decide what to sing; she is a great sport! John, Jane and Barbara did us proud too with food and drink a plenty; the table was groaning under the weight of the bottomless buffet and the curry was pretty damn good too. Finally gratitude to Red and Golly for keeping me company until 2am and helping me to feel so wonderful today . . .
Bar Quote
Steve Vallis to myself; You misquoting MOTHER F * * * * R!
I have to say I have never been called that before but then it is Covents and who am I to argue with one so eloquent?
It was great to see the club heaving with bodies and thronging with song both from the old farts and the current players. Thanks to Red for his ever enduring Alouette (although she has a few grey hairs down below these days) and also to our second team referee (whose name escapes me) for standing up on that chair, and taking a soaking while trying to decide what to sing; she is a great sport! John, Jane and Barbara did us proud too with food and drink a plenty; the table was groaning under the weight of the bottomless buffet and the curry was pretty damn good too. Finally gratitude to Red and Golly for keeping me company until 2am and helping me to feel so wonderful today . . .
Bar Quote
Steve Vallis to myself; You misquoting MOTHER F * * * * R!
I have to say I have never been called that before but then it is Covents and who am I to argue with one so eloquent?
Covents 2nds 0-0 Bedworth 3rds (Warks 3)
Respect to the 2nd team who took on Beduth 3rds on the bottom pitch and put in a gutsy display during a festival of Champagne rugby to draw 0-0.
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