Newick 1 (15-0) St Francis 1 | Seaford 2 (41-0) Newick 2

Newick RFC 1st XV followed on their defeat of Shoreham with a very impressive win at home to St Francis.
Newick dominated from 1-15 to outplay the powerful visiting pack with some excellent forward play and some fine distribution among the backs.
Newick opened the scoring on 15 minutes when a fine move down the right wing between captain Stuart Wrench and Scrum half James Waylett was finished off in emphatic style by Mark Barnard who smashed his way past the St Francis full back for the try.
As half time approached the play was deep in the St Francis 22 and the visitors defence was constantly being tested, with a minute to go before the break, Dave Whiting peeled off the back off a maul following a line out and crashed over from ten yards.
Newick began the 2nd half with a 10-0 lead and immediately continued to bombard to the visitors with some solid forward running from Neil Morgan and the excellent George Chadwick , you sensed another score was coming, and it soon did with Phil Campbell notching up his 5th try in all competitions this season, Kevin Byrne missed with the conversion to complete a unusually off day with the boot but Newick were comfortable heading into the final ten minutes with a 15-0 lead and never looked threatened, and whenever they did Radim Malina was on hand with some expert tackling , putting himself all over the field.
Player coach Dave Hemsley, who had a fine game himself was delighted with the teams work rate, the hard work during pre season is starting to be rewarded, the game finished Newick 15-0 St Francis.

The 2nd XV had another tough day at the office going down 41-0 to Seaford 2nd XV , credit must go to Wayne Thomas’s men who though who fought hard but the Seaford defence was solid throughout.

Next Cup Game

Having had a little time to trawl about on the net I discovered that the draw for the next round of the RFU Junior Vase had been drawn, just no one had told us.....

The next game is the first round proper and will be played away at Sussex One side Holbrook on Saturday 3rd October.

Kick Off should be at 2.30pm.

Newick 1xv (20-7) Shoreham | Heathfield Boars (48-8) Newick 2xv

Newick RFC had a mixed 2nd week of the league season. Following their defeat to Hellingly on the opening day, the 1st XV bounced back well to beat Shoreham 20-7 in a fiercely contested match which saw two yellow cards shown. Newick opened the scoring with a penalty from the boot of Kevin Byrne before conceding a converted try to trail 7-3 at half time. The 2nd half saw Newick turn it on with some powerful carries from Neil Morgan and man of the match John Gordon was having a fine game in his first start as hooker. Tries from the very impressive ex Lewes veteran Dave Whiting and flanker Radim Malina saw Newick move into a 13-7 lead heading into the last ten minutes before Phil Campbell intercepted a loose pass from the Shoreham fly half to run in a 60 metre try which was converted by Byrne to seal victory. Sadly the 2nd XV suffered a heavy defeat, the guys fought hard but were beaten 48-8 by a very strong Heathfield Boars 4th XV.

Newick 1st lose by 38 points to 5 against Hellingly 1st

Having not been there i don't yet have a match report but i think the result speaks for its self.
When i have a report i will put it up.

this weekend both teams are in action. The Firsts are at home to Shoreham 1st and our Seconds play away at Heathfield and Waldron against their Boars team.

Come along and support and if you are fit and able to play but have not had a call, give one of the skippers a call...

Newick 60 - 0 Cinque Ports

Newick were in impressive form in the Preliminary round of the RFU Junior Vase at the weekend (sat 5th sept) with a victory of 60 points to nil against lower league Cinque Ports.

Newick scored 10 tries and 5 conversions from strong running and good solid support in the rucks and mauls, though there were still a few handling errors and forward passes that need to be ironed out as the league season gets underway, for the first xv, next week.

All credit and thanks to Cinque Ports for a good humored game played in the proper rubgy spirit.

Next weekend (12th sept) Newick 1 xv play host to Hellingly 1 xv in the first league game of the season. 3pm kickoff and we kick off our running of the bar.

So come watch. Come drink.

RFU Junior Vase National Knockout

Newick will be hosting Cinque Ports in the Preliminary round of the RFU Junior Vase National Knockout.

The Game will be kick off at 2:30 pm and will be refereed by David Tree, President of the Sussex Society of Rugby Football Referees.

The game will be followed by a BBQ at the Crown as the Cricketers still have control of the bar...

Come along to voice your support from the touchline.

See you there.