This weekend saw two teams of HARFC U11s travel to Wasps for the Premiership Festival. The morning was set to be cloudy and blustery, but luckily the Wasps' ground at Acton appeared to have stood up well to the recent downpours. The festival took the form of a 'round-robin' tournament, with each of the Quins teams playing against teams from Wasps, Saracens and London Irish.

Throughout each match, and indeed the whole morning, both Quins U11 teams grew stongly into their rugby. Everyone showed great commitment in the tackle and at the breakdowns, resulting in some of the best rugby we have seen the U11s play so far this season!

Overall, it was a mixture of emotions when it came to the results against some well drilled teams, but all players should be very proud of their efforts.

We will, as always, take away some new things to work on to help develop the U11s develop their game play, which includes moving the ball wider in attack and continued pressing up and forward in defence. A very good, positive mornings rugby by all! Well done.

Match details

Match date

Sun 23 Feb 2020

Kickoff

09:00

Meet time

08:45

Instructions

Location:
Wasps FC, Twyford Avenue, Acton. W3 9QA
Car Parking <http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/waspsfootballclub/a/car-parking-1736.html>

There is limited car parking onsite for which there is a charge of £5, however there is plenty of FREE parking in the side streets. There is also alternative FREE street parking through the back gates in Buxton Gardens W3 9LQ. Whilst there is parking on neighbouring streets please ensure that no one parks across our neighbours’ driveways as we have had issues with drives being blocked by parked cars recently.
If parking at the club, the main car park may be being used by a film unit and if so extra parking will have been provided beyond the car park on temporary hard standing. Please ensure you only park on this and not on the grass, beyond the plastic tape. You will be guided and advised of parking space on the day.

Boots:
Rugby boots are not allowed to be worn in the clubhouse, by anyone. Please also be aware that studs are not recommended on the outside decking at the club as it can become slippery.

Changing rooms:
Changing rooms are available and if used please ensure they are left in a good state.

Litter:
There are litter bins around the club and grounds. Please can all children and visiting parents use these.

Dogs:
No dogs are allowed on any grass areas. Any dogs should be kept on the hard-standing or decking.

Food:
Post event food will be provided for the players, the club bar and canteen will be open from 0830.

Safeguarding, First aid and Governance:
This link <http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/waspsfootballclub/a/managers-information-manual-36684.html> takes you to our operations manual for managers of the various age groups, it provides all our best practice, safeguarding, first aid and governance procedures.

Team overview

U11s Premiership Festival

Premiership Rugby Festival at Wasps against Wasps, Saracens and London Irish

Match details

Match date

Kickoff

Meet time

Instructions

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