Archive: October, 2011

Devonport U10’s – 5 Kingsbridge U10’s – 30 Having won the toss, Kingsbridge quickly settled into their stride with a display of solid handling and audacious running. With the ball being recycled well, barely a minute had elapsed before the Blues & Whites were able to shift the ball wide for a charge down the [...]

Kingsbridge U13 17 Ivybridge U13 0 Kingsbridge played Ivybridge on Sunday, after they kindly came at short notice after a cancellation. Ivybridge chose to kick off leaving Kings playing into the wind. Despite not having many clear scoring chances, Kings had plenty of possession and spent a lot of time deep in the Ivybridge half, [...]

BUDE 36 points KINGSBRIDGE 12 After last weeks fantastic display against league leaders Bideford, hopes would have been high for an emergence of the ‘Blue & Whites’ league recovery as Kingsbridge travelled to face Bude on Saturday. The hosts were one place above Kingsbridge in the table prior to the match so Kingsbridge would have [...]

Kingsbridge Under 14’s Match Report, Sunday 23rd October 2011 Kingsbridge U14’s 69 – Exeter Saracens U14’s 5 With a strong breeze on a sunny morning it was clear King’s first encounter at 15 a-side with Exeter Saracens needed to be a game of tight ball control. The first ten minutes saw no team dominate and [...]

Devonport Services U7 – 8 Kingsbridge U7 – 11 Kingsbridge gained their first away victory in a very friendly atmosphere at Devonport Services. Kingsbridge unfortunately lost the toss, but were quickly into their stride with an explosive early hat trick from Louis Tollins. Devonport recovered and had Kingsbridge penned back, despite Harrison Scott’s superb tagging [...]

This was a thoroughly entertaining game played in the old tradition of fair combative rugby. Both teams put in a work rate rarely seen these days in reserve matches with neither side wanting to give way. But for an early error at the first scrum from which Biddies took full advantage and scored a try [...]

Kingsbridge welcomed Withycombe U10’s to High House on a sunny Sunday morning. With both teams able to field both sides the respective A teams played first. As Withycombe were looking for revenge for the semi-final defeat in the Devon Cup last season they were certainly pumped up for the game. The early exchanges saw Kingsbridge [...]

Tavistock 13 – Kingsbridge 17 The call of Tally Ho was required for this trip across the moors for the return game against Tavistock, with sheep tales and the merits of the Dartmoor pony. Kingsbridge on the back of two wins in their previous games, Plymstock 12-3 and Tavistock 53-3, this visit was never going [...]

Paignton U13 0 Kingsbridge U13 72 Kings took the lead inside 30 seconds after James Kenny caught the kick off and broke through the defence before off loading to Seb Dickens who ran in to score. Kenny crashed over from close range a couple of minutes later, and again Kenny once again caught the re-start [...]

Kingsbridge U7 – 13 Withycombe U7 – 6 On another lovely Sunday morning on the first team pitch at High House, Withycombe won the toss and chose to start against a Kingsbridge team captained for the day by Henry Howells and Max Fergusson. The first quarter of the game belonged to Kingsbridge, with Noah McCarthy [...]