Berkshire Shire Hall R.F.C.

Shire Hall’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the club, starting at 7.30 pm.

All players, past and most definitely present, are invited to attend. Tom and Andy are
standing down and therefore we need a new captain and vice captain! All other committee posts are also up for grabs – no one’s position on the committee is sancrosanct!!

If your to make a difference to this club, be there on Friday to air your views…………..before you get too drunk and incomprehensible!!!

More pictures have been added to this season’s Keith Walker Match, courtesy of our sponsor’s wife! Extra pictures for the Maidenhead game and the VP lunch in April have also been added thanks to Martin Foley.

Shire Hall Tour Songs Through The Ages (doc)

Jerry Godfrey and Greg Darby have been selected to play for a Berkshire Veterans XV against Hungerford on May 23.

This is a great honour for the club and both players richly deserve this honour!

(This post is written with tongue firmly in cheek!)

Once again selection was a problem, with skip Tom struggling to get a 15 together for the Saturday despite herioc efforts. Even with Conrad and Brewer stepping up, at meet time, word quickly got around that we only had 14 men. The Maidenhead captain graciously agreed to lend Shire one of their subs so as to make more of a game of it. Thank you Maidenhead and flanker Matt in particular.

So with 15 men, not a few of them out of position, Shire took to the field. Set piece play from the Shire pack was shakey from the start. With second-row Andy C playing at prop, an injured Doc in second row, paired with an out of position Jerry, it was not set to go well, and it didn’t. Line-outs were also problematic, with only one regular jumper and one of the lifters not knowing any of the calls (the borrowed player).

However, Shire’s pace in the backs did have some pace and were able to make real trouble. Some great running from Harry and Morris allowed Shire to really apply some sustained pressure. Unfortunately this pressure was not to be turned into points. Shire’s only try in the first half came from Harry’s pace.

At half time Shire had a single try vs. Maidenhead’s three (ish?).

A sterling half-time talk from coach Geraint seemed to put some spirit back into the Shire team, possibly helped by failing prop Andy C succumbing to injury so that the scrums became uncontested (which meant we won a couple). From here Shire looked like a changed team, strong forwards play and great backs work lead to a second try from Harry, one from Evans and another from old man Conrad. A conversion from Harry and another score from the visitors led to a final score Shire Hall 22 – Maidenhead IV 26.

Man of the match: Roger Griffiths