Acklam Under 14's 29 points v Pocklington Under 14's 12 points

Acklam U14's had the pleasure of hosting Pocklington who are on tour for this weekend on Teesside, they play Stockton tomorrow. Pocklington have a history of producing good junior teams so it was always going to be a severe test for the host team. The team had played together since minis and they beat Westhartlepool by 70 points last weekend.

The weather condition was miserable with a heavy drizzle which meant handling of the ball was critical. Pocklington tried to use their experienced backs but too many handling errors was their downfall. Acklam were more direct and with close support play they put the visitors under tremendous pressure.

Once again Acklam shuffled the team around and this time it worked. James Pearce was back in his best position at No. 8 and he was voted 'Man of the Match' by the visitor's coaching staff. The other big influence on the performance was having Nathan Harrison in his best position at open side flanker. This all resulted from Lewis Mace playing at inside centre for the first time and he excelled in this position. Lewis give Jack Fox at 10 the confidence to play and also influenced Jacob Robinson at outside centre to have his most effective game both in attack and defence. Nathan Faint used his experience to push the team forward. Good discipline was the key word.

Acklam forwards dominated the first half with the back row of Nathan Harrison, James Pearce and Leon Tosh swarming around the visitors making them make the mistakes. Connor Mitchell, Declan Monaco, Theo Labonete, Joel Nichols and Jon Carr were doing the essential boiler house work. Jake Kuka looked a threat as did Ben Smith on the wings although they had limited ball. Dylan Swash is a tough little nut at fullback.
Acklam scored three tries in the first half and well deserved their 17=0 H.T. lead.

The second half was even as both teams scored two tries each. Sam Holmes, Patrick Stockwell, Kieron Ross, Joe Marron, Nathaniel Marsay, Michael Hammond and Nathan Marron contributed to this fine performance. Try scorers were Nathan Harrison x2, James Pearce, Lewis Mace and Jacob Robinson.
Last night we had the team's Presentation Night and the support from parents and close family was excellent. The team is on the right track, let us not loose our direction, it showed today with the right focus they are capable as a team of doing very well.

Players Player of the Season was Nathan Harrison.
Most Improved Player by the coaches was Lewis Mace.
Recognition of Lewis Mace, James Pearce, Jacob Robinson and Nathan Harrison training in the England Rugby Development Player Programme.
Well done Lads!!

Acklam Under 17's v Mowden Park Under 17's

Acklam Under 15's 22 points v Bishop Auckland 12 points

Acklam Under 13's v Bishop Auckland

U7/8 West Hartlepool tournament

Aidan,Charlo,Daniel,Ethan,Jude,Kennedy,Logen and Max

1st match vs Guisborough

Score Acklam 5 Guisborough 3

Warmed up match which was our best performance. Jude and Kennedy both scores 2 each and Charlo rounded off the scoring

2nd match vs Sunderland

Score Acklam 3 Sunderland 10

We struggled at times against a well drilled team but tried to the and with scores from Kennedy 2 and Charlo 1

3rd match vs Westoe

Score Acklam 3 Westoe 6

This match was tighter than the score shoes. All tries scored by Kennedy

4th match vs Redcar

Score Acklam 4 Redcar 8

Again a closer match than the score suggests but tries from Daniel 2, Kennedy 1 and a special from Aidan kept us in the game.

5th match vs Horden

Score Acklam 2 Horden 7

Horden put in a well drilled displace but we kept going to the end with tries from Max 1 and Kennedy 1.