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Captain Neil Westerman giving another inspirational half-time team talk

Nigel Brunning breaks out of defence

Ben Stocken marshalls the driving Maul

Dave Hockaday gets the Simon Banks treatment

Hampshire 2:
Ellingham & Ringwood 13 - 24  Fordingbridge
Fleet 3 - 21  Fawley
Isle Of Wight 19 - 0  Alresford
Portcastrians 5 - 33  Lytchett Minster

February 2003
Kingsclere
Disappointingly, Verwood had to concede this game to Kingsclere. On the morning of the game Front Row Forwards Ian Mackrell and John Hill both cried off having been stricken down with rare tropical illnesses. Consequently, we were unable to field a front row which is a requirement of the RFU Competition regulations. The game was played but Verwood lost 5-47. See Pictures League Table and Match Report
England v France
Verwood sent a contingent of 12 to HQ for the opening game of the Six Nations. 12 returned home. The game against Fordingbridge was cancelled because of the International. See Pictures

The Boys arrive at Twickenham

Mr Peirce, a little worse for wear, takes to his seat protesting

Chineham
Verwood drew 10-10 at home to Chineham on Saturday 8th February. Verwood scored in the 83rd Minute when Tim Wynn crashed over from short range. A Ross Wilkinson try gave Verwood an early lead with the score 5-0 at half time. Chineham's pacey winger Steve Knight scored two tries. See Match Report See Chineham RFC
Other Results:
Paxton Pumas 0 - 40  Kingsclere

Hampshire Division 2:

Alresford  20 - 13  Fleet
Fawley 7 - 18  Ellingham & Ringwood
Fordingbridge 8 - 0  Portcastrians
Lytchett Minster 3 - 3 Ventnor

Junior Section
Verwood's Junior Section re-started on Sunday 2nd February. See  Junior Section
Kingsclere
Verwood were at home to Hampshire Division 3 leaders Kingsclere on Saturday 1st February. Unfortunately, the match had to be abandoned after 23 minutes following a suspected neck injury to Kingsclere's Liam Newnam who was taken to Poole General Hospital by Ambulance. Fortunately, he had only broken his collarbone. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Other Results from Hampshire 3:

Chineham   12 - 3  Stoneham Park
Overton   33 - 6  Paxton Pumas
And from Hampshire 2:

Ellingham & Ringwood   15 - 3  Alresford
Lytchett Minster   27 - 5  Fordingbridge
Portcastrians   10 - 7  Fawley
Ventnor   6 - 25 Isle Of Wight

January 2003
Portcastrians
Verwood lost away to Portcastrians 41-0 on Saturday 25th January. See Match Report Overton
Verwood were at home to Overton on Saturday 18th January and won 9-3 with three penalties from Captain Neil Westerman. Overton's Full Back Dan Williams added their points. Verwood are now undefeated in their last six games. Prior to this game, Overton were lying second in Hampshire Division 3. See Match Report and League Table
The only other game played in Hampshire 3 saw Stoneham Park lose at home to Kingsclere 5-59. Here are the results from the games played in Hampshire 2:

Saturday, 18 January 2003
 Alresford   3 - 3 Portcastrians
 Fawley   14 - 5 Lytchett Minster
 Fordingbridge   8 - 0 Ventnor
 Isle Of Wight   18 - 0 Fleet

Poole
Verwood beat Poole 43-7 on Saturday 11th January. See Pictures Verwood are now undefeated in their last five games. See Match Report

Ellingham & Ringwood
Disappointingly, local side Ellingham & Ringwood have cried off playing us on Saturday 11th January in what was anticipated as a much awaited local derby. Resourcefulness has fortunately resulted in a hastily arranged fixture away to Poole.
Southampton
Verwood were at home to Southampton Vets on Saturday 4th January winning 29-12. See  Pictures  A delighted Dave Hockaday (seen right below) after the game having scored one of Verwood's four tries. See Match Report
 

The New Rugby Posts
These have finally been erected, bar the final sections to take the uprights up to 44' (what better way to spend the first morning of the New Year). Thanks to everyone who helped

December 2002

Club Members Simon Banks, Dave Hockaday, Andrew Hoggins, Mike Wheatley, Darren Clarbull & Paul McGill  took part in the above programme on BBC 1 on Monday 23rd December. Around 8 million viewers watched the BBC's Test The Nation according to ratings figures.7.9m tuned in for the first part of the survey, which began at 8.30pm, with 7.7m returning for the second part after the 10pm news bulletin. They made up a contingent of 40 players which was narrowly beaten into second place by the Celebrities. Rugby players scored 77%, with cab drivers on 74% and a group of parents in third place with 65%. Hairdressers scored 62%, secretaries 60%, and teenagers 58%. Verwood's Paul McGill narrowly missed out on being the best studio competitor by a mere 3% scoring 90%. For full details click on the banner above. If you have n't taken the test you can still do so. The full report of the Club's efforts can be seen at  Verwood Boys on Top  See also the BBC's News Report on Test the Nation
Bournemouth Nomads
Verwood beat Bournemouth 8-7 on Saturday 21st December. Verwood took the lead 10 minutes into the second half when Phil Emery slotted a penalty. Bournemouth's full back, Jamie McHue, scored a try 15 minutes later and centre Craig Dean added the conversion. Verwood left it to the final play of the game when Emery went over from short range. See Match Report
Christmas Sherry Morning
Thanks to all of you who helped to make the Club's Sherry Morning on Sunday 22nd December such a success. Our thanks also to the Royal British Legion for hosting us once again.
Paxton Pumas
Verwood were at home to Paxton Pumas in a League encounter on Saturday 14th December. See Pictures On a very dank afternoon the game finished 0-0 which is certainly a first for the Club. Why didn't we kick for goal in front of the posts with only 10 minutes to go? See Match Report Other Results
Hampshire Division 3:
Overton   15 - 23    Stoneham Park
Hampshire Division 2:
Alresford   16 - 0    Fordingbridge
Fawley   5 - 10   Ventnor
Fleet   21 - 5    Ellingham & Ringwood
Coaching Assessments
Congratulations go to Tim Wynn, Dave Hockaday & Andy Hoggins in passing their level 1 coaching assessment. They are pictured below with RFU coaching assessor Danny Johnson.

Junior Section
Our thanks to Oakmeadians for hosting a joint training session on Sunday 8th December at Meryck Park. The Junior Section resumes on Sunday 1st February.
Alresford
In a hastily arranged fixture Verwood played Alresford II on Saturday 7th December winning 32-26. A thoroughly entertaining game from start to finish with good 15 man rugby from both sides. Debutante Ben Stocken had an exceptional game at scrum half scoring two tries. The other Verwood try scorers were Tim Wynn, Gareth Smith (2) and Brendan Murphy. See Match Report

Results from Hampshire Division 3:
Kingsclere   51 - 19    Chineham
Paxton Pumas   6 - 6    Stoneham Park Other Result

Results from Hampshire Division 2:
Fordingbridge   3 - 12    Isle Of Wight
Lytchett Minster   12 - 5    Fleet
Portcastrians   6 - 31    Ellingham & Ringwood
Ventnor   5 - 10    Alresford

Old News
See our Club News from:
August 2002 to December 2002
January to July 2002
August to December 2001
January to July 2001

For Club News from 2000 click on  Archive

Training
Verwood RUFC hold a training session once a week during the season. and pre-season training has now started. However near or far flung you may be, new players are always welcome. Training is on Thursday evenings at Potterne Park Verwood, starting at 7.30pm.

Fixtures
The 2002/2003 fixtures appear on the Fixtures Page
 
 
 

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