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Pre-season Training Days
17-19 April
The pre-season started on Friday 17 April,
in the Foundation Pavilion, with 85 students
keen to get their skills up to speed after an
Easter break, giving up three days of their
holiday to their school sport.
On Saturday all players and parents travelled
to the Rugby WA Headquarters, where the
players trained in the same gym as their
heroes. After a hot day of training, the boys
enjoyed a bit of down time with their dads,
enjoying activities such as rugby, golf and
tower building, with the Guildford Grammar
School coaches facilitating all sessions. That
night over 200 players and parents watched
the Western Force take on the Stormers
from Cape Town.
The pre-season training session finished on
Sunday with a round of matches for all year
groups at the Perth Bayswater Rugby Club a fine end to the weekend.
Back at school and into the season and
Week 1 saw all coaches and players keen
to build on their early efforts with the preseason games and to put into practice all
that the coaches had been working on.
This season we have introduced video
analysis, to help us to understand our play.
Each week the 1st XV and one other team
have a lunch time analysis of the prior
week’s match with Mr Cooke.
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Our coaching staff for the season are:
• 1st XV, Mr Naylor with Mr Peters.
• Year 7, Mr Fawcett
Parent support at the training days and
matches has been great and we have
started the year with Year 10-12 parents
involved in cooking a BBQ for home games.
• Year 8, Mr Moss
• Year 9, Mr Heyes
• Year 10, Mr King
• 2nd XV, Mr Watt
David’s
Cricket
Success
Mr Deon Moss
Director of Rugby
Old Guildfordian David Moody
(Wb 08-12) has taken his cricket to a
new level in season 2014/15.
David has represented the WA Under-23
team, the Cricket Australia XI, the
Prime Minister’s XI and an Australian XI.
Regular strong performances culminated
in his selection for the Western Warriors
in the final three qualifying matches of
the Sheffield Shield. His debut against
NSW was outstanding, with figures of
4-60 and 3-22.
David is the first Old Guildfordian to
represent WA at first-class level since
Kade Harvey (St 85-92) was selected in
1994.
We wish David continued success with
his fine cricket career.
Find out more at https://au.news.yahoo.
com/thewest/sport/a/27541082/youngpace-ace-moody-elevated-to-the-top-tier/