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Stew Mel vs GHA, 13/9/08
Inverleith Angle
I extend a very warm welcome to GHA RFC, their President
Alex Millar, his committee and all their supporters to Inverleith
for this round 3 match in the Scottish Hydro Electric Premier
2 League.
The 1st XV have had a great start to their season. With
a home win against Peebles, the unchanged team travelled
to a very wet Netherdale last weekend to play Gala. For
a change the older Stewart's Melville team demonstrated
its experience and character against the younger Gala team.
Despite letting Gala take a fifteen point lead, the boys
piled on the pressure in the second half and ended up scoring
three tries, with only one conversion (which went over off
the cross bar), to win the match 15-17. It's a long time
since we went down to the Borders and scored three tries
without any reply! The league will not be won in September,
but we needed to get off to a good start, and the players
and coaches should be pleased with their two wins so far,
but I'm sure that their feet have been kept firmly on the
ground. To use the old sporting cliché, we're taking
one game at a time.
The only disappointment from last week was that Simon Rowan
suffered a knee injury which means that he could be out
for some time. We wish him a full and quick recovery.
The 2nd XV have also started their season in a very positive
manner by recording a 10-36 win against Hillhead Jordanhill
and then a 100-0 win against Cartha Queens Park last weekend
at Inverleith. The 2nd XV were relegated from Division 1
of the 2nd XV Leagues at the end of last season as a result
of a ruling by the 2nd XV League Committee, which we vigorously
fought. Whilst we are all keen to get more people playing
rugby, I'm not sure that teams getting beaten by 100 points
is the right way to go about encouraging people to play
rugby, but maybe last week's result was a one off.
The 3rd XV also got their season of to a winning start
with a 35-25 victory over Linlithgow 2nd XV. They also suffered
a disappointment when David Bain left the field with a shoulder
injury and we wish him a full and quick recovery.
The Fireworks Party to mark the end of the Edinburgh Festival
was well supported and was a great evening. Many thanks
to Denise, Linda, Robin, Angela, Sue and Ek for organising
what I hope will become an annual event.
A number of social events have been organised and I hope
as many supporters and players as possible will be able
to attend. The dates for your diary are:
Race Night - Inverleith on 11th October, 2008
Christmas Dance - Corn Exchange on 29th November, 2008
Burns' Supper - Inverleith on 24th January, 2009
Mike Sims
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