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North One East
 
Bradford and Bingley RFC 31 v Percy Park RFC 18
 
'Away day woes continue for Percy Park'
 
 
Penquins XV away at Bradford
 
With Bradford and Bingley winning 4 games on the bounce, Percy Park were aware that the Wagon Lane Ground was becoming a Yorkshire Fortress for the Bees. Having lost their opening games the Earl of Bradford had sent the call out ‘far and wide’ and many had rallied to the ‘Boar’ banner. With recruits landed the ambitions were there to be seen and the Bradford team did not disappoint. Percy Park knew they would have to dig in and compete at the breakdown for the right to play. Coach Ash Smith had the belief that his team could stay in touch and compete for the victory. What he didn’t want was to come away from the Bingley ground with nothing to show. Unfortunatly that was what Percy Park got and on this performance Bradford should be competing for top spot in North One East this season.
 
A full and spirited bus left Preston Avenue as the Veterans joined the youngsters to make the journey south. Count Carr led the ‘who was better banter’ only to be put in his place by a lofty second row and challenged to see who would end up with the better result on the day. Alas a younger Bradford Vets side managed to replicate the same outcome as their first team by winning 41 points to 19.With honour drawn the two decided to see who was the tallest on the way home. With the Count only reaching just above the second rows ankle that contest was easily won by our First XV player. Yet both sides started their respective games well and were first on the scoresheet with Michael Grove punishing some Bradford indiscipline with two well taken penalties.
 

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North One East
 
Percy Park RFC 38 v Malton and Norton RUFC 17
 
Deadly Haskins plays the conductor to slay brave Malton
 
 
 
A disciplined and well-constructed performance from Percy Park, combined with a fair bit of glitter, saw off a spirited Malton side to keep the Tyneside team in touch with league leaders Scarborough. If Park can sort out their away form, we could be in with a chance of ‘scrapping’ for one of the top places in North One East this season and that would be a big turnaround in fortunes from our last campaign. At home we are devastating and on Saturday it was scrum half Will Haskins who was the chief orchestrator and architect of breaking the heart of Malton’s Lion rampant. And it was just as well Haskins came on strong as the game progressed. In the first couple of minutes of this contest a real howler from the player almost put Malton in for a score.
 
Malton and Norton arrived at Percy Park fresh from a convincing away victory over Consett. Their confidence was high and as a consequence Park started the game deep in their 22. When we did break out Will Haskins fell over one of his own player’s feet and in doing so threw out something that might have resembled a pass. Christmas came early.  Malton accepted the gift and they were off. It was only a lung bursting effort from Captain Jonny Dubois who was able to chase back and ensure that the ball was held up over the line. Fortunately that was as bad as it got for Haskins for after that mistake he produce a sublime performance that had Malton chasing the game.
 

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North One East
 
Driffield RFC 49 v Percy Park RFC 21
 
Horrible result…but don’t press the panic button just yet!!
 
Park dominant in the line out
 
 
At the games whistle this result created so much debate and conversation that an elder statesmen had to be given some lubricating resuscitation to prevent a near volcanic explosion….with a Pompeii moment calmed and equilibrium restored all agreed that this was a game, that at the break, Percy Park could have and should have won. And it was within a tragic second period that it all went wrong. A yellow card 10 or 15 minutes into the restart proved calamitous. Yet two opportunities prior to that card could have given Park the game.  A  player stripped of the ball as he dived for the line and a ‘three v one’ pass dropped on the ‘22’ , if taken ,would have given Percy Park momentum. Failure to take those chances proved pivotal as our team appeared to fold and give the day to our opponents. A collapse that had our coaching team and bench exclaiming “What are we doing!” And there is the reason why we shouldn’t be pressing the panic button just yet. For up to that point we were very competitive. As Coach Patton determined “Throughout this game there was flashes of what we are about. We need to be more positive about what we do and inflict our game plan on the opposition and not the other way round. We can and will overcome that” 
 
What were the positives? Debutant Matty Boustead is a real find. Starting the game at full back he has pace and power that will have Park faithful on their feet. Scrum half Will Haskins is a great player. I will not say too much, just come down to Preston Avenue and see for yourself. The centre partnership of Ali Blair and Seb Reece, with more game time together, will be the best in this league. Cameron Coates and Andrew Walker show real promise for the future. Then there is the combative Dan Ward playing at hooker or loose head. Dan is a player that always gets his team on the front foot and the type of player the opposition hate to play against. As Captain Jonny Dubois was keen to illuminate “This season we have real strength in depth. There have been changes from last year. Once we get the team playing together we will be more than alright”.
 
So what went wrong?
 

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NORTH 1 EAST

PERCY PARK 18 – 12 POCKLINGTON

Park man of the match Ash Smith in actionPercy Park maintained their 100% home record with this 18-12 win over Pocklington at Preston Avenue on Saturday. Pock had lost their only game so far this season in the previous week by a single point against Morley, conceding late in the game whilst down to 12 men. Their lower league position is by virtue of a 5 points penalty held over from last season. Although Park had much of the early play they couldn’t convert this into points with a couple of good scoring opportunities going begging when final passes didn’t go to hand or 2 on 1 chances were squandered. They did however open their account on 30 minutes through Seb Reece after a good run by Joe Wafer opened up the Pock defence allowing the young Park centre to go over under the posts.Ash Smith converted for a 7-0 lead.

Smith stretched the Park lead further with a penalty on 36 minutes. With the half almost over Ash Smith made a decisive break through the Pocklington mid field and passed to Richard Chadwick who was stopped 5 metres from the try line. The ball was recycled and Smith put in a cross field kick to full back Michael Grove who retrieved the ball and dabbed it down for the 5 points. The try wasn’t converted but Park went into the break 15-0 ahead.

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North 1 East

York 30 – 25 Percy Park

Despite Park outscoring the hosts 4 tries to 3, York sealed the win to go top of North 1 East courtesy of a better kicking display and good game management taking penalty points when on offer.

The Clifton Park side be-decked in pink opened their account on 3 minutes with a penalty from Dawes after Percy Park were penalised for a high tackle, but Michael Groves cancelled out the advantage soon after.

Park played with largely the same squad that had won 36 – 3 the previous week at home to West Leeds, although influential Ash Smith was not available due to work commitments, which allowed Will Haskins to make his 1stXV debut at fly half.

On 18 minutes a well-worked move from a scrum saw Jamie Wrigley score in the corner but the conversion from wide out hit the post, as the score remained 3-8.

York hit back 7 minutes later when Ryan Gallacher was put in space down the left after cries of forward from the Percy Park faithful. The Belgian ref waved play on and the York wing showed his pace to race 30 yards popping the ball inside to scrum half Toby Atkin in support to score under the posts and with the Dawes extras, the home side took back the lead 10-8.

  1. Smith demands and gets a try-umphant Park
  2. Park fail to take advantage of Morpeth indiscipline
  3. Super Chadwick orchestrates Park victory
  4. Park make hard work of victory but show promise