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Seniors
- Salcombe First XV lose to South Molton (9-24)
- Salcombe First XV beat Buckfastleigh (28-20)
- Salcombe First XV lose to South Molton (28-43)
- Salcombe First XV lose to Plymstock Albion Oaks (20-25)
- Salcombe First XV lose to OPM (11-27)
- Salcombe First XV beat North Tawton (20-7)
- Salcombe First XV draw Wessex (13-13)
- Salcombe First XV lose to New Cross (0-24)
- Salcombe First XV lose to St. Just (15-34)
- Salcombe First XV beat Topsham (24-22)
- Salcombe First XV beat Buckfastleigh (7-3)
- Salcombe First XV lose to St. Columba (15-20)
- Salcombe First XV lose to Plymstock Albion Oaks (8-16)
- Salcombe First XV lose to OPM (19-33)
- Salcombe First XV beat Dartmouth (30-22)
- Salcombe First XV beat New Cross (13-11)
- Salcombe Second XV beat Paignton III (40-29)
- Salcombe First XV lose to Wessex (3-19)
- Salcombe First XV lose to Wessex (10-27)
- Salcombe First XV lose to Topsham (15-27)
- Salcombe First XV beat Topsham (21-17)
- Salcombe First XV beat St. Columba (14-10)
- Salcombe Second XV lose to DHSOB (17-27)
- Salcombe First XV beat New Cross (26-20)
- Salcombe First XV beat South Molton (24-13)
- Salcombe First XV beat South Molton (17-7)
Juniors
- Salcombe U7 beat Newton Abbot (15-12)
- Salcombe U8 beat Stonehouse Sharks (12-9)
- Salcombe U7 lose to Stonehouse Sharks (7-9)
- Salcombe U8 draw Plymstock Oaks (10-10)
- Salcombe U7 lose to Plymstock Oaks (13-17)
- Salcombe U8 beat Totnes (8-0)
- Salcombe U7 lose to Totnes (6-10)
- Salcombe U8 beat Torquay (8-7)
- Salcombe U7 beat Torquay (14-12)
- Salcombe U9 lose to OPM (25-45)
- Salcombe U8 beat OPM (11-4)
- Salcombe U7 draw OPM (10-10)
- Salcombe U8 beat Devonport (11-4)
- Salcombe U7 beat Devonport (11-7)
- Salcombe U8 lose to Torquay (3-9)
- Salcombe U7 lose to Torquay (6-9)
- Salcombe U11 beat Totnes (53-28)
- Salcombe U9 played Totnes (score unrecorded)
- Salcombe U8 beat Totnes (6-3)
- Salcombe U7 lose to Totnes (4-5)
- Salcombe U11 beat Stonehouse Sharks (61-7)
- Salcombe U9 lose to Stonehouse Sharks (30-60)
- Salcombe U8 beat Stonehouse Sharks (6-5)
- Salcombe U7 beat Stonehouse Sharks (8-3)
- Juniors Newsletter Sept 2011
Salcombe First XV beat Topsham (21-17)
In this hard fought final of the Devon section of the National Junior Cup both sides went out to play hard open rugby and provided good value for the large crowd. That Salcombe won was down to the dominant performance of the Crab's pack justifying the old saying of “the forwards decide who is going to win and the backs by how much”.
With Sean Baker having yet another storming game controlling the lineout ably assisted at various times by James Cooper and Ian Smerdon, possession was not a problem especially as the Crab's pack regularly made a mess of the Topsham put-in to the tight and indeed Sam Viles took several against the head. The contest for the loose ball was more even but again the Salcombe back row generally shaded it, all the more so when Kevin Wreyford and Smerdon came off the bench and added their strength to wrestling for the ball in contact.
Salcombe had all the early pressure and territory and were rewarded after 10 minutes with a Chris Drew penalty which was quickly followed by a pushover try with Stuart Winzer controlling the ball well to get the touchdown. Drew's conversion failed but he made amends for it with a well struck penalty to take the score to 11-0. Salcombe's defence in the middle was great with Drew, Rupert Bevan and Oli Masters putting in some hard tackles thereby closing down Topshams threatening backs. But unfortunately an isolated case of mis-alignment left a gap for their outside centre to run through for the converted try to bring up a half time score of 11-7 to Salcombe.
10 minutes into the second half Drew again notched up a penalty but with veteran heavyweight tight head Jez Foster off and promising second row Scott Lowry also off with a knock the game became more even for the next quarter of an hour or so. However as Topsham tired Wreyford and Smerdon began scooping up the loose ball and in a wonderful bit of play Smerdon secured the ball which came to Darren Hopkins on the Topsham 10 yard line. Hopkins then put in a fabulous mazy run winding his way through half the visitors team to score under the posts for Drew to convert. 21-10 to Salcombe. Another Topsham try brought the score to 21-17 with a bit over 5 minutes to go. But although Salcombe supporters were anxious the Crabs seem to have learnt this season to play the game out clearing their lines effectively for the well deserved victory.
Next week with the idiosyncrasies of the fixture list Salcombe again play Topsham at home in the League on Vice President's day before then having to travel to Wessex on two successive weeks in the League and the 1st round of the Devon Junior Cup. Next week the 2nd team also play Topsham away with both matches kicking off at 3.0pm.
