HUGE DAY AWAY: STE-ANNE'S PLAYS SIX GAMES AWAY AS SOLITARY HOME GAME IS CANCELLED. 28th June 2009
Even without the third team  playing its scheduled game at home, this weekend was a record for the number of SAB teams playing last Saturday. The senior Women's team traveled with the Saints  girls to Quebec City. The U 14 boys won their match, the U 18 men lost narrowly, while the Reserves won and the Senior A squad at the last gasp.

 

 

Both the women's games in Quebec City were hard fought and in the senior match, the score was 0 - 0 at the half. Unfortunately, a penalty goal and a try by Quebec gave them the win 0 - 8. Meanwhile the Saints lost tiEr match by three tries to one. Tory 
played a terrific game and Lise had a stormer of a match according to  our reporter Angela Goodkouric. She thought the juniors played an especially strong game as many of the Quebec girls were older. Way  to go Saints!!!

 

In the men's games, the under 14s may have outscored their opponents, but who was keeping score? The game was exciting and it was neat to see Zak Jamieson and little little Belvedere tearing up the pitch. It  helped having the coaches on the field (thanks to Graham and Kevin) and the quality of play was way above a high school bantam or midget  game.

 

 

 

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In the under 18s game play went back and forth with Beaconsfield  scoring the last try to take the match. James and brother Peter played strong games in  the forwards, while Ricardo showed imagination and good tactical awareness in the backs. Number Eight
Kaplan was a force throughout the game.

 

The Senior Reserves struggled early on in their Beaconsfield match, but an emotional speech by Murray seemed to fire up the team on their own goal line. They did allow a try, but then SAB rolled back with tries at the end of the first half and  early after the changeover. Andrew showed that he is going to be a factor  this season, as he caused constant headaches for the opposition whenever  he had the ball (and, even when he didn't.)

 

 

The Ste-Anne's 1st XV took the field  with much confidence. Early on, they saw success and went up 6-0 on  kicks. But Beaconsfield did not make life easy for the Blue and 
Whites, and they scored near the end of the first half to make it 6-5.

    

 

Ste-Anne's made two more kicks to take the score to 12 - 5, but Gill responded and the score was  dangerously close once again. The score became even after another Gill penalty goal to take the score to 12-11. Ste-Anne's did soon go ahead again 17-11, but Beaconsfield kept roaring back. They scored a converted try to go ahead very near the end and led by 17-18.

 

 

The situation looked grim for SAB, but in what must have been injury time, Jazz took a pass  and broke through the line, feeding Matty for the winning score. 

 

 

After all the matches, there was an enjoyable time enjoyed after a good turnout by both teams at the new  Cunnninghams in the West Island Tennis Club. After many buckets of beer, it was back to the Ste-Anne's branch  of this fine drinking establishment for a few nightcaps.

    

  

             

(Martin is off on his annual fishing trip and says "See you in a week. Old School will run the BBQ, if I'm lucky.")