New Brighton Rugby Club Annual Report 2013 (Volume 1) | Page 29

We had a great finish to the season, winning our last three games in a row. It a shame the
season had to finish. We competed extremely well in all but for two games, one which was a
windblown match at Lyttelton, where in the first half we were playing against the wind and
I'd swear that some of players were almost blown backwards as they tried to move forward.
However, 5 different players scored one try each which made up for the trying conditions!
Anyway thanks to the kids for making it a great team to coach. I had plenty of smiles
through the season.
Chris Andis

Under 10 Gold
Played 12, Won 6, Drew 2, Lost 4
Points For: 445, Points Against: 370
Best Games: Christchurch, Knights Draw and wins against Burnside and Shirley.
Worst Games: Marist Albion and Linwood
Should have won: Against both Sumner teams (Next year!!)
Top Try Scorer: Ben Shipley
Player of the Year: Cody Lewis
Most Improved Player: Matthew Gill
Under 10 Promise Cup: Dru de Lautour
Zone Reps: Ben Shipley, Leon Meier, Coy Lewis
Overall, 2013 was a season where it felt like we on the right path to fulfilling our potential.
We started the season well, were consistent in the middle but were inconsistent towards the
end. Our initial games were good. We were playing well. Our first 7 games produced 4 wins,
two hard fought draws and a loss against a team we were level with at half time. The school
holiday break, illness and injury seemed to stall our momentum. Other teams were starting to
work out our game plan.
We rallied for a good win against Shirley - one of the highlights of the season, but finished
with a disappointing loss to Linwood who we let play well. Our challenge for next year is to
make ourselves a more consistent team where everyone knows their role and can do it for the
team every week.
Coaching the team has been good fun again this year. As a coach you get a lot of
satisfaction seeing the individuals grow and play their best rugby. Thanks to Derek and Sid.
Derek took on a lot more coaching responsibility as the main backs coach. Sid was there for
us again this year. He took a huge amount of pride at the performance of the forwards. Thank
you Sid and Derek.
As we have done since the Under 7’s, we have our own team awards as well. They wereThe Best at the Ruck and Maul 2013- Cameron Mantell; Our Most Improved Back of 2013Rykin Eade; Our Hardest Running Forward of 2013- Leon Meier; Our Hardest Running Back
of 2013- Bailey Fairless; Our most Improved forward of 2013- Jack Thorman; Most Powerful
Fend in the Team for 2013- Hone Pirini; The Most Improved Tackler of 2013- Lachie
Williams; Top Try Scorer of 2013-Ben Shipley. Hardest Forward to Tackle for 2013- Jaelyn
Komene; The Fairplay award for 2013- Matthew Gill; Our Best Support Player for 2013-