Head's Newsletter 17 March 2017

Tiffin's U14 Squad have had a wonderful sevens season which has been the icing on top of a thoroughly enjoyable 15s season. The Sevens squad won both the Cedars U14 Plate on Sunday 5th March and the Surrey Sevens Plate on Tuesday 14th March. Along the way we beat Wallington, Wilsons, Worth, Bishop Thomas Grant, St James', Caterham, Emmanuel, Christ's Hospital and Halliford (and only lost to St Benedicts and Trinity). The Surrey semi final and final were televised and can be viewed by following the links: vs Christs' hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beHgXG147DQ vs Halliford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlKxHFTjHvA . In twenty minutes of footage you will see 10 Tiffin tries shared between Josh Clough (4), Noor Elsheik (3) Jake Craddock (3) and Matthew Cormack (1). Other things to look out for include: Dan Smith catching his own kick off or off-loading a try scoring pass out of the back of his hand while being tackled, Nathaniel Tesfaye twice pouncing on loose ball to secure vital turn-overs and more quality tackles than the Head of Maths was able to count. In addition to all this individual brilliance the thing that really stands out is the teamwork - the defensive shape, the speed with which the ball is shipped wide to take advantage of space, the aggression with which every player goes into support their teammate in the tackle area and the camaraderie throughout the 12 man squad.

U14s winning the Cedars Plate