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The Stopfordian 2011–2012
ways the game was lost before the whistle had gone. It was
not all doom and gloom, however, we did manage to score,
the final result being 53-5.
We then went on to play local rivals St Ambrose. After losing
to Q.E.G.S. we felt like this would be an easy game back, but
it was far from it! Ambrose played some great rugby and we
did not switch on until late in the game; we then played some
good rugby but just lost out on the last play of the game. The
final score was 12-17 to Ambrose. Next, we faced a touring
school midweek. This was undoubtedly the best game of the
season. Both teams played some great rugby and showed a
very good attacking mindset to achieve a final score of 31-31.
This was a turning point after just losing to a local rival and
seemed to spark a series of convincing wins (6 in a row)
We then had two games on the same weekend so we sent a
mix of A and B players to each one, gaining a convincing win
at Rishworth, but losing 12-25 at Fallibroome. It was a month
until our next game against Calday in the cup. It was a very
close game but we won 14-12.
We had a few games called off due to the weather and then
played Birkenhead to secure a win of 52-0. The season had
gone well up until now with 526 points for us and 263 against.
In the final game of the regular season we played King’s
Macclesfield. This game was a test for the team as we had lost
out in the final last year. The forwards played well with some
good linking, but poor defence early on led to King’s building
momentum and the final score being 27-7 to them.
It was then nearly two months until we played again, this time
at Wilmslow High School. We expected an easy game and a
comfortable win, but they had other ideas. We took the lead
early on with a converted try but Wilmslow struck back with
two of their own in the closing minutes of the first half.
Stockport had a few chances to score but it seemed we could
not finish and lost the ball in contact, giving Wilmslow counter
attack ball which they made good use of. The final score, 12-
15 to Wilmslow, was a disappointing end to a good season. It
has to be said to Harry Mellor and Louis Jones played
consistently well both in attack and in defence throughout the
whole season.
Tom Power (3U)
UNDER 13 RUGBY
U13 ‘A’
Played 17 Won 11 Lost 6 For 472 Against 291
U13 ‘B’
Played 8 Won 2 Lost 5 For 87 Against 279
Our first game of the season was against local rivals, Cheadle
Hulme School. Our backs and forwards looked polished and
comfortably beat Cheadle 36-7.
As the weeks passed and our games rolled on, we were
beginning to establish a good winning streak and, in order to
continue, we had to beat Wirral who we drew with last
season. I remember this game being the most physical game
of the year with some huge hits going in from Alex Jones (big
A.J.) and our captain and scrum half (little A.J). One of our
tackles knocked their winger 2 metres into touch! On the last
play of the game the scores were equal and we had a line out
on our own line; unfortunately this line out went wrong and
fell to their number 10 who scrambled over the line.
In that very week were the three most competitive and well
fought games of our season. Although we lost all of them
Under 13 Rugby XV Squad
against Wirral (7-24), QEGS (17-19) and Ambrose (0-5), our
forwards played out of their skins and I am sure if all of these
games had not been in the same week, we would have won
at least one of them.
After progressing through a couple of rounds of the Cheshire
Cup, we once again came up against our friends from Wirral
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