Morrisons bag pack - Saturday 7th November

The Mini Midi section have a bag pack arranged @ Morrisons in Ayr on the Saturday 7th November. This is a significant fund raiser for the section and as such needs as many people as possible to lend a hand. We will need to cover bag packing from probably 0900/1000 until 1700 or so - approx 7 hours. If we can get three shifts then it is only about a two hour stint for each rotation however that will need about 60 people or so. Coaches are asked to heavily canvass parents and produce a list as soon as possible for Karen to collate. Find out if morning or afternoon siuts best as well.

Any questions give Harry Reilly a call.

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Are we all ready.

Cumnock RFC s1 and under 15 2009 - 2010 fixtures

S1 fixtures

Date Home Away
06/09/09 Kilmarnock Cumnock
13/09/09 To be confirmed
20/09/09 Ardrossan Cumnock
27/09/09 Cumnock Marr s1/2
04/10/09 Dumfries Cumnock
11/10/09 and 18/10/09 Training
25/10/09 Uddingston Cumnock
01/11/09 Cumnock Stewartry
29/11/09 Cumnock Strathaven
06/12/09 Cumnock Dumfries

17/01/10 Cumnock Kilmarnock
07/02/10 Marr s1/2 Cumnock
14/02/10 Training
28/02/10 Stewartry Cumnock
14/03/10 Cumnock Uddingston
21/03/10 Cumnock Ardrossan
04/04/10 and 11/04/10 Training
18/04/10 Cumnock Ayr
25/04/10 Cumnock Festival
16/05/10 Cumnock Strathaven
23/05/10 Awards Day (provisional)
30/05/10 and 31/05/10 IRB 7s

Under 15 Fixtures

Date Home Away
06/09/09 Cumnock Paisley
13/09/09 Annan Cumnock
27/09/09 Kilmarnock Cumnock
04/10/09 Ayr or Kilmarnock vrs Cumnock
11/10/09 Cumnock Irvine
18/10/09 Strathaven Cumnock
25/10/09 Cup
01/11/09 Paisley Cumnock
08/11/09 Cumnock Annan
15/11/10 Cumnock Kilmarnock
22/11/09 Irvine Cumnock
29/11/09 Cup
06/12/09 Cumnock Strathaven
13/12/09 Stand by
20/12/09 Cup

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Cumnock RFC mini fixtures as of 25/08/09

Date Home Away
06/09/09 Cumnock Kilmarnock
13/09/09 Marr Cumnock
20/09/09 Training
27/09/09 To be confirmed
04/10/09 Cumnock Strathaven
11/10/09 Training
18/10/09 Training
25/10/09 Kilmarnock Cumnock
01/11/09 Cumnock Ayr
08/11/09 To be confirmed
15/11/09 Uddingston Cumnock
22/11/09 Ardrossan Cumnock
29/11/09 Cumnock Hamilton
06/12/09
13/12/09 Cumnock Ardrossan

Indoor Training from 10/01/10 to 21/02/10, no games
28/02/10 Kilmarnock
07/03/10 Cumnock Marr
14/03/10 Cumnock Uddingston
21/03/10 Strathaven Cumnock
28/03/10 Hamilton Cumnock
04/04/10 Training
11/04/10 Training
18/04/10 To be confirmed
25/04/10 Cumnock tournament
02/05/10 Tournament to be confirmed
08/05/10 Strathaven tournament (Saturday)
16/05/10 Whitecraigs Tournament

Cumnock RFC mini/midi Reports for 27/09/09

Primary 4

The boys had an early start today travelling to Stewartry for their annual tournament with a few regular players missing and Bailey, Blair and Matt playing their first game of rugby this was always going to be a hard day for the boys.

The team got off to a great start in their fIrst game securing a convincing victory against Moffat with Adam and Rob scoring 3 tries each and Jamie and Bailey picking up one apiece. The second game against hosts Stewartry was a tougher game ending in a draw. Rob and Adam combining well with 2 tries each. Adam also picked up the man of the match award in this game.

Lack of substitutes saw the boys tiring and losing their last two games against Ayr and eventual overall winners Dumfries with Rob, Jamie and Adam adding to their try tallies.

A good all round performance from the team, WELL DONE BOYS!

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Primary 6

Cumnock P6s had a interesting time at Stewartry turning up short handed and then having one player injured in the warm up and another in the first half of the first game.
However the remaining players rolled up their sleeves and gave a good account of themselves. They had 2 early loses against Stewartry and Dumfries followed by an impressive draw against Moffat. Adam Carballo and John Watt received man of the match awards in 2 of the games and the rest of the players acquitted themselves well as well.

News on Next week and Training

Next week the minis play Strathaven at home and players should meet at 11:30am. All players should bring sandwiches for themselves and 1 opponent. Training night is on a Wednesday and has changed to Cumnock Academy astro turf parks at 7pm for P6 and P7 players only. P3, 4 and 5s should still turn up at Cumnock Rugby Club at 6:30pm on Wednesdays.

Any player interested in starting rugby should turn up on a training night or call Morton Houston, Mini Coordinator on 07748827836

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Cumnock Whitecraigs Tournament Report

Cumnock Primary 7s at Whitecraigs
Primary 4 reports:-

Cumnock 2 – 1 Whitecraigs

Cumnock kicked off their tournament by, unusually, playing Whitecraigs at touch rugby.
This inevitably meant that it was much harder to find space and as a result scoring chances were few and far between. Cumnock managed to open the scoring with Owen Young finishing off an excellent team move in the corner. However, Whitecraigs managed to equalise with a long range score before half time.
The second half continued in a similar fashion to the first with Cumnock scoring the only good chance of the half with Owen Young on hand to sprint clear of the covering defence after a break from Rob Drummond.

Cumnock 1 – 6 Ayr A

This was a fine example of the kind of game where the score doesn’t represent the game. Cumnock stuck in well at this game with a committed defensive effort against a strong Ayr team.
Austin McBirnie scored Cumnock’s try after a typically jinking run which seemed to take him round every member of the Ayr defence at least twice. Also worthy of a mention was Ross Wallace who prevented two tries with magnificent covering tackles just short of the line.

Cumnock 5 – 7 Hamilton

The team then played a strong Hamilton team and once again were unlucky not to come away with a better result.
This was a very exciting game with excellent handling and running skills on show from both teams. Owen Young was the star of this game, scoring four tries and making the other for Adam Veitch. There were also impressive defensive showings from Adam Watt and Rob Drummond who unfortunately injured himself making a heroic tackle to prevent a Hamilton score.

Cumnock 7 – 4 Ayr B

Cumnock played their final game of the season against their second Ayr team and were determined to go out with a win.
This showed with a very impressive performance from the team who all worked very hard for this result with some excellent support play breaking the Ayr defence down time after time. Owen Young scored twice in the first half with Adam Watt and Austin McBirnie also adding scores before half time to make the score 4-3. After the break Cumnco took control of this game with a further two scores from Adam Watt to complete his hat trick with other coming from Adam Veitch. Once again the star defender was Ross Wallace who made another brace of try saving tackles.
The side had another encouraging weekend against strong opposition and this bodes well for next season.

Thanks for David Kerr for report.

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Primary 5 Report:-

The last day of the season saw Cumnock heading up to Whitecraigs for 4 games of rugby.

Cumnock 9 Whitecraigs 4

The team got off to a slow start in the game and were lucky to go in level at 1/2 time. The second half was a different story with some great running and solid defence work resulting in a convincing victory.

Garnock 6 Cumnock 5

This was a great game with Cumnock taking an early lead. Garnock pulled the game back and it looked to be a draw until Garnock scored in the last play of the game.

Cumnock 8 Hamilton 5

Another good performance from Cumnock taking an early lead. With a solid defence, great running and support play the result of this game never looked to be in any doubt.

Ayr 5 Cumnock 4

This was the best game of the day with both teams putting in a great performance, lots of exciting open play with possession changing hands at a furious pace. The game could have gone either way and this game again looked to be a draw before Ayr sneaked in a late try to snatch victory.

A great all round performance from the team of John Watt, Sean Houston, Scott Teece, Callum Bell, Lucy Watt, Tyler Wallace and Rory Nimmo. Tries scored by Callum, Sean, Scott and John

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Report for Cumnock RFC P7 Team, Whitecraigs Tournament

Whitecraigs 2 Cumnock 5

Cumnock started the game well, taking the game directly to their opponents. Some good interplay amongst the forwards allowed Callum McKenzie in for his first try for Cumnock. Cumnock kept up the pressure, forcing their opposite numbers into making handling errors and allowing the Cumnock backs to move the ball about freely resulting in tries for Zak North and Aiden Kerr (3). The team played together well going forward but again only mixed results in defence with fierce tackling from Kerr, Reilly and Aitken covering for some of the others.

Cumnock 1 Hamilton 2

The result didn't do justice to the effort put in by Cumnock against this bigger team, some of whom wouldn't have looked out of place in an S2 team.Cumnock opened the scoring with a great move from the backs with slick passing from Reilly and Aitken creating the space for Jack Reilly to score. Cumnock seemed to ease off a bit and let Hamilton back into the game. The tackling was ferocious at times but the indifferent refereeing didn't do Cumnock any favours. The winning try was scored after a pass that was so far forward it showed up in next weeks calendar. The Hamilton coach apologised but the score meant that Cumnock were out of the competition and Whitecraigs went through to the final against Ayr on try difference, having beaten Hamilton five nil.

Overall the team played well but the players knew that they should have won against Hamilton despite the refereeing decisions. The players felt a bit flat afterwards but the coaches have seen enough to look forward to next season as they move up to S1 to play Midi-rugby.

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Primary 7 reports

primary 7 reports for 22/03/09

This is one of the toughest weekends that this P7 face all season with a double header against Ayr and GHA at Millbrae . Both these teams have won a number of tournaments so far this season so the task ahead for the Cougars could not be underestimated.

Ayr 8 Cumnock 1

The Ayr team came out of the traps fast and furious with Cumnock allowing the hosts to score at will. By half time the score was sitting at 5-0 and some plain speaking from the coaches ensued. Cumnock buckled down to the task in the second half with a significant improvement producing some excellent phases of play and a resulting score by Euan Hendrie. This step up in performance disrupted the flow of the Ayr side placing pressure on them when in possession and limiting their opportunities.


GHA 9 Cumnock 1

The Cumnock side did not carry forward the improved performance from the first game and retreated into their shells again for the first half. GHA turned over Cumnock ball at will then followed by some slick handling to their wide men produced a host of scores. By the half time whistle GHA had built a commanding 5-0 lead and it was time for the coaches to “earn their corn” again. It was pointed out that time and time again a Cougars player would make good yards however seldom was there a supporting player to help him out. This would need to change in second half if any improvement was to be seen. From the restart Cumnock looked like a different team with each and every player making a contribution. Whilst GHA did touchdown another four times they had to produce their very best as Cumnock controlled significant parts of the second half. The Cumnock score was the result of a good phase of team play which drove towards the GHA line and only a series of penalty incidents delaying the seemingly inevitable score. Ultimately the referee had no choice but the award a penalty try in favour of Cumnock due to the persistent fouling by their opponents, this was truly a team score.

The stand out man of the match on the day was Jack Reilly with driving runs, crunching tackling and some excellent distribution contributing to a first class overall performance. In conclusion the coaches were disappointed that the hard work carried out on the training ground over the past few weeks had not been put into practice and if this team are to step up to the next level they must start to work together.

Primary 6 reports for 22/03/09

Cumnock P6 at Ayr

Ayr A 5 Cumnock 0

Ayr B 1 Cumnock 5

GHA 0 Cumnock 1

Cumnock P6’s took a revitalised squad down to Ayr on Sunday with 6 new players who had never played a full game of rugby before to play two strong teams in Ayr and GHA. In the first game Cumnock played Ayr A, one of only two teams to have beaten them on grass this season. Cumnock matched Ayr in tight first half only to loose their way a bit in the in the second half, however it was a much improved performance. Cumnock immediately got revenge by beating Ayr B and then GHA in a tight game.

All in all the coaches were delighted with all the players, the more experienced boys and Rachael played to their usual high standard but the all the new boys showed great determination and got stuck in. It cant be emphasised enough how good these results are against two strong rugby teams whilst playing with up to three players who have never played before, the coaches have high hopes for the remainder of the season.

p3/p4 reports for 22/03/09

Report for Cumnock P3 / P4 Team

Ayr (P4) 5 Cumnock 6
This was a cracker of a game with great play from both teams. Ayr took an early lead before Cumnock woke up at half time. In the second half Cumnock fought back well with some fierce tackling and great running and passing and eventually ran out deserved winners. Scores from Rob, Adam, Adam and Owen (3).


GHA (P4) 7 Cumnock 2
Cumnock never really got going against this much larger, well drilled team. The standard of rugby from GHA was very high but Cumnock rose well to the challenge and some determined tackling kept the score down. Tries came from Adam (2).


Ayr (P3) 5 Cumnock 3
This was a real ding-dong game with lots of action at both ends of the pitch. Scores were traded evenly throughout the first half but Ayr just pulled away towards the end of the second half. Tries were scored by Corry (2) and Adam.


The coaches were extremely pleased with the way that the boys played, particularly as the day went on. If only the players would realise that the shortest way to the try line is to run in a straight line!

CUMNOCK HALT THE PINK AND BLACK ATTACK!!

Under 17’s Match Report 14th September 2008

CUMNOCK HALT THE PINK AND BLACK ATTACK!!
Ayr 17 Cumnock 21

Cumnock Under 17’s programme of summer training paid dividends as they travelled to Ayr for their opening league fixture of the season. As expected this was a fiercely contested match, in which fitness levels could well have been the difference between the sides.
Cumnock knew they would be under pressure from a large well drilled Ayr pack and came out in fighting spirit to put down a marker of their drive and determination to compete. The first fifteen minutes of play saw Cumnock pounding the Ayr line and only some stout defending by the home side held the attack at bay. It was as a result of this style of play that led to the opening try for the visitors. From a breakdown on the Ayr 22 metre line, the Cumnock pack drove relentlessly and worked through four phases of play to feed the ball to Mark Bennett to crash over. The boot of Kyle Johnson was as reliable as ever and the conversion was in the bag.
Ayr came back from the restart and responded with some fine play from their forwards which saw them camp on the Cumnock try line. Despite some fine tackling from Graham Hunter, Greg Hamilton and Conor Nisbet, Ayr crossed the line twice but failed to convert either – a deficit which was to prove costly as the game progressed. Half time came with the score at 10 -7 in the home side’s favour.
Ayr returned to the field on form and opened their account early in the second half with a long range drive from the pack to touch down under the posts. There was no error in the kick which followed and Ayr pulled ahead 17 -7.
Cumnock redoubled their efforts at this point and held Ayr out for the ensuing fifteen minutes with tries being held up by the aforementioned Hunter and Hamilton. This set up the ideal platform for what happened next. Some dominant tackling from Craig Greer and Donald Hunter turned the ball over and the superb Alan Haynes wasted no time in spinning a precise pass to Bennett. He in turn punted the ball up the field and outran the Ayr winger and full back to touchdown under the posts. Johnson converted with ease and brought Cumnock back within three points.
This boost galvanised the Cumnock men and saw them immediately back on the attack, knowing that a victory was within reach. From a lineout in the Cumnock half, the ball was spread wide through the back line to flying winger Gavin Kerr. Kerr deftly chipped over the Ayr defence but was cynically taken out of play, unnoticed by the referee. Undaunted Cumnock resumed their attack and winning a scrum on the left side of the field scrum half Scott Houston lofted a well timed pass to number 8, Greer who fed the back line. Quick hands saw the ball out to Bennett who chipped over the Ayr full back. The ensuing chase and tackle from Bennett saw the ball dislodged from the full back’s grip and Bennett touchdown for his hat trick. Johnson again converted just as the final whistle blew, recording an outstanding and well deserved victory, 17 -21 to Cumnock.

Delighted coach, Morton Houston praised the effort and determination of all the players. “ This was a marvellous team effort with contributions made from each and every player. I could not select a Man of the Match from such a wealth of skill, industry and determination and this will be recorded as a team victory. The boys have worked extremely hard and deserve this win today. This was the result we wanted to set us up for the coming season. To open our season with a win away from home over the defending league champions is the best start we could have hoped for.”