The Hampton & LEH Boat House
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Hampton Sports Chronicle 2015 Winter Will Power Overcomes Watford Nick Powell Watford 0-34 Hampton Will Attfi eld scored aseemed a turning point for the pack, whose set piece became more refi ned clinical hat-trick of tries and clinical from then on and eventually as Hampton eased past Hampton broke through. Watford in their Second Offl oads Round Natwest Cup victory An impressive sequence of offl oads saw Hampton move into the 22. The over Watford Grammar ball was knocked on into touch but School for boys. after a botched line-out from Watford, it landed in the hands of Fraser Deans. After tight early exchanges, Attfi eld The ball was impressively worked wide sped over in the corner, in one of into the hands of Will Attfi eld who Hampton’s fi rst visits into the Watford scored his fi rst try in the corner. 22 to open the scoring. He then added Hampton had their tails up now, and his second and third tries either side of a line-out steal from a clearance on half-time to give Hampton a sizeable halfway led to the ball going wide lead heading into the last half hour. and Hampton breaking into Watford Rory Cariss, Mike Woollatt and Ryan territory. After they won a penalty, Ben Henshall scored further tries to give Harrison quick tapped and fed Attfi eld Hampton an impressive margin of who crashed over for his second. victory. As Hampton headed for the break, Team Rowan Grundy earned a brilliant turnover which gave them the chance Fielding a team that included seven to have one more attack in the 22 but it changes from their 20-9 victory over lasting hopes of a comeback. As they Sixth) came on at blindside fl anker and broke down and they had to settle for a St. Benedict’s, Hampton were made to eventually cleared their lines, a penalty full-back respectively, with their father, 12-0 lead at the break. fi ght as they attempted to break down for off -feet at the ruck helped Hampton and former Hampton coach, Richard move deep into enemy territory once looking on. a resilient and courageous Watford in a Error physical fi rst twenty minutes. again. The second half started brightly for From the line-out the ball went out Action Hampton had their moments with some Hampton. A Watford handling error to the backs before coming back to Max was straight in the action. As impressive moves coming off in the gave them a scrum in the Watford half. backs, and turnovers in the forwards,. Off the scrum, Captain Roman Malin- the blindside, where Will Verdan fed Greiogair Hogg made a stunning break But an inability to get on the right side Hiscock ran up to the Watford defensive Cariss to give Hampton their fourth into the Watford half, he found Ben of the referee meant they were pinned line before offl oading to Woollatt who try and all-but seal victory. The kick Seddon, who passed to Henshall, who back in their half on several occasions. passed to Attfi eld, who straightened drifted wide, but Hampton were now shifted the ball outside to Vyvyan. In On the break, Watford had their and ran through a hole to ease over for completely in control. attempting to offl oad to Conor Larkin, moments too, but solid Hampton his third. The subs came onto the fi eld as the ball was spilt and Watford survived. defence managed to quell any threat Hampton continued to press Watford, Hampton searched for try number They wouldn’t survive for much longer before it really amounted to anything. now dominant in possession and fi ve. There were three debuts - for prop though; the scrum went against the head Eventually, Hampton began to fi nd territory. The hosts however defended Noah Russell and the Vyvyan brothers. their rhythm. A 30 metre driving maul valiantly, attempting to keep alive any James (Fiftth Year) and Max (Lower Continued on Page 2 The Journalist: The All- The Coaches: The Stars: Interview with rounders Zafar Hampton’s Social League Patrick Barclay Ansari and International Exposed Toby Roland- Connection Jones Page 3 Page 5 Pages 6 & 7 Back Page The Sports Chronicle is written and edited by Hampton boys from across the year groups. Editor Autumn 2015: Karim Henide News Unlucky Hampton Exit ISFA Hampton 0-1 Manchester Grammar AET Adam Khan, 5H Following the 1st XI’s recent victory against Bedford Modern School in round one of the ISFA cup, Hampton took to the fi eld on a cold and damp Wednesday afternoon looking to breeze past Manchester Grammar School. Sponsored The fi rst fi fteen minutes were evenly Row to Henley Joe Trevor, 3F On the 22nd of September, 90 rowers from Hampton and Lady Eleanor Holles set off at 6:30am. Over the course of two days they completed their 80 mile charity row from Oxford to the Hampton & LEH Boat House. On the fi rst day, the rowers went through 40 miles of water before reaching Henley. contested, with the only real attempt The following morning they got into at goal fl ying just over the bar from 20 their boats in the fog, and rowed yards - credit to Connor Selwood. another 40 miles - by the time the fi nal However, the slippery conditions boats were coming in, the sun had gone seemed to favour the home side down and the fi nal boats approaching (Top left) The rowers wait at a lock as Hampton enjoyed a stretch of the fi nishing point enjoyed some possession ending in multiple chances torchlit rowing. The boys and girls had (Top right) Sunset rowing at Henley for Matt Wisdom. Hampton headed rowed 80 miles, through 33 locks and (Above) A crew sets off on day two into the break looking strong. have raised over £46,000. The home team started the second half with a bang, pressurising the Manchester defence. A spectacular run by Will Davy capped Hampton Beat Watford in Natwest Cup off a great start, as he glided past three continued From Front Page defenders and swung in a low cross, resulting in a corner for the home and it was not a place Watford wanted defence from Hampton would see them second half as he ran the ball back in. side. to lose the ball. It was worked into the fi nish the game scoreless. As the ninety minutes drew to a close, blindside where Woollatt showed good Rowan Grundy’s Thoughts: it was still a stalemate between the two strength and made it fi ve for Hampton. Man of the Match “It’s good, we should won that match and sides. He could have had another as Harrison There were some fi ne performances from so the happiness isn’t from playing well Manchester Grammar’s fi rst shot chipped over the top, but the ball just didn’t certain individuals. In the forwards, Rory but from doing what we had to do and on target came within the fi rst fi ve bounce up for him as he attempted to bring Cariss was very strong in the tackles he progressing.” minutes of extra time, proving that it in to his grasp, denying him a brace. made and was in control at scrum-time. Will “Personally, I didn’t do anything exceptional. Hampton were on top for the fi rst Hampton would not be denied their sixth Verdan made a number of big carries and No-one’s going to be talking about me after ninety minutes. try however. Watford were continually his offl oads created opportunities. a performance like that but I didn’t make Chances ebbed away from Hampton pegged back into their own half and were In the backs, Rowan Grundy’s calm head any mistakes and sometimes that’s what as free-kicks proved to be redundant struggling to move out. They eventually meant the ball was well distributed in you need from a ten.” against the charging defence of kicked clear but the ball landed straight in his fi rst full 70 minutes, and Ben Harrison “Winning 34-0 defi nitely gives us more Manchester Grammar. the hands of M. Vyvyan who found Larkin. provided an attacking spark throughout. confi dence heading into our next However the tables turned in the second half of extra time, as a It took a good tackle from his opposite The man of the match has to be Attfi eld challenge. There are lots of positives we can clearance from the away side assisted a winger to stop him, but after the ball went for his hat-trick however. He had a lot to take from it after drawing them wide and Manchester Grammar breakaway goal, wide, a calm, composed fi nish from do with all three tries that came at crucial then fi nding holes through the middle in two minutes before the fi nal whistle. Henshall rounded off a fi ne victory. times and prevented Watford from properly attack and showing great commitment in Time was too short for the 1st XI, as the Watford attacked late on, but committed clearing their lines in the early part of the defence.” game ended 0-1 to the away side. 2 Patrick Barclay Interview Unlucky Hampton outlet with material while also trying Exit ISFA “I thought I would never to get some kind of a qualifi cation at the same time – I wish I had because, achieve my ambition to be a my word, I have struggled throughout my career - not knowing how to type football journalist” properly among other things.