Hinckley U7’s - Hinckley on top at Oakham
Hinckley’s under 7’s took teams, Wasps & Bees to Oakham.
Bees first game looked even in the first half with good tags & trys from both sides. The second half the bees stepped up a gear with great defensive tagging. Final score Oakham 7, Hinckley 9. Trys - Handford 6, Baron 2 & Carey.

The second game despite the Bees best efforts including offloads that split the Oakham defence in half between Handford, Mitchell & Kew it ended in a draw Oakham 7, Hinckley 7. Trys for Handford 2, Baron, Carey, Mitchell, Beardsworth & Kew

The Wasps first game saw excellent defensive tagging by the whole team which saw them reap their rewards. Final result: Oakham 4, Hinckley 7. Trys for: Thomas (3), Kennerson (2), Chamberlain & Walton.
The second game for Wasps saw far too many missed tags by Hinckley which allowed Oakham take the lead. Despite the best efforts from the Wasps it was just too far out of their reach losing 7 -5. Trys for Kennerson (2), Norton, Wynne & Lear

The final games of the morning saw Oakham & Hinckley’s more experience players match up and the newer/younger players on each side also play against each other. Hinckley’s under 7’s more experienced players are definitely ones to watch for the future. A storming game was had by the whole team. They all played well as one unit and really showed Oakham just how good Hinckley can be. Final score Oakham 2, Hinckley 9. Trys for: Handford (4), Thomas (2), Mitchell (2) & Baron.

When both sides’ newer/younger players took to the field they certainly didn’t disappoint, a great match for the less experienced players confidence and belief. Trys for: Marston (2), Collerson, Forbes, Simmons & McGregor. Final Result Oakham 3, Hinckley 6.

Hinckley U8’s - Away at Oakham
Hinckley U8s travelled with a squad of 18 players to Oakham this Sunday, playing 4 mixed selection matches culminating in a final match playing our strongest team selection against Oakham’s at their request. Despite the strong winds, very entertaining tag rugby was enjoyed by all, our youngsters winning 4 out of 5 matches played.

Hinckley U9s –
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Hinckley U10s –
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Hinckley U11s – Away at Oakham
Hinckley Under 11's Sponsored by Apollo Carpets travelled to Oakham RFC with the lowest turn out so far this Season fielding the bare minimum of 12 players.

Match 1:
With no substitutions and playing against a strong Oakham side who have inflicted one of Hinckley's biggest defeats in previous encounters damage limitation was the order of the day for the Hinckley pack, and with the Oakham Coaches confident of an easy mornings Rugby the away side had it all to do. But it was Hinckley who took the game to the home side through the backs who linked excellently from the start, this seemed to stun Oakham who quickly stepped up a gear and crossed for the first score, Hinckley heads never dropped and continued to battle on, great defence from,Phipps,Nixon,and Oliver helped maintained the one score deficit at half time. Hinckley came out all guns blazing in the second half, Oliver for Hinckley crossing to level the score, followed by a great run from Upton who put Hinckley into a well earned lead, Oakham piled on the pressure late in the half out rucking the Hinckley forwards, but it was Hinckley who held strong to gain their first ever win over the home side. Hinckley 10pts Oakham 5pts.

Match 2:
Oakham came out firing in the final match crossing for two unanswered tries, and with Hinckley not competing at the break down it looked like the home side were going to run away with this match, Hinckley dug deep and crossed through Nixon to half the deficit, but it was the home side who maintained a two score lead with a try before half time.
Hinckey continued to work hard in the second half which paid off with a score from Sharkey, but it was the home side who once again crossed to put themselves two scores ahead, and with the clock ticking down Hinckley forced the home side deep inside their own half and gain a penalty just metres short of the line, and on the last play up stepped Lockett to force his way over to score and end the match Oakham 20pts Hinckley 15pts.
Overall Score Hinckley 25pts Oakham 25pts.

Hinckley U12’s – Away at Oakham
Match 1 Hinckley 0 Oakham 30
Hinckley started slowly in the first game and paid the price, with Oakham running in two tries in the first half, followed by a further four in the second.

Match 2 Hinckley 5 Oakham 5
The second game was much better for Hinckley although Oakham scored first seconds before the half-time whistle. Hinckley kept up the pressure in the second half and were finally rewarded with a try from KT Jones. Overall, Hinckley improved throughout the tie and showed real strength and determination through the second game.

Hinckley U13’s – Hinckley U13’s v Paviors
A whirlwind win, on a windy day for the U13’s. 9 tries on the day, Taylor (4), Wykes (2), Ridgway, Sharkey and Brogden getting on the score sheet. Paviors having no reply on the day to a strong Hinckley side, going down 55-0.

Hinckley U14’s- Convincing win at Ashby in County Cup second round
Hinckley were the visitors to Ashby for this second round County Cup tie on a bright but blustery autumn morning.
Ashby kicked off into a substantial breeze and Hinckley started well with a strong tackle from Bradbury showing that the visitors meant business. Hinckley came close to scoring first when Roberts burst down the left wing and would have scored but for a high tackle which was penalised by the referee. Hinckley soon took advantage of the field position and Collings crashed over from the base of the scrum for a trademark try. Baker then duly converted (0:7). The Hinckley pack soon began to dominate winning several scrums against the head as the visitors continued to apply pressure; Baker used the favourable wind to push Ashby back with some clever kicks. Tries from Murphy, Bradbury, Collings, Branson and Padbury with associated conversions from Baker made the score Ashby 0 Hinckley 36 at half time.

Hinckley kicked off the second half with the wind now blowing strongly into their faces. However, the visitors were soon again camped in Ashby’s half after strong running from Bradbury almost put in Padbury who was just held up over the try line. From the resulting scrum Roberts attacked down the other wing and Ward crashed over from the base of the resulting ruck with the support of several other forwards. The 8th try of the day was scored by Rowe followed by a 9th by Ward and a 10th by Kingdon. To their credit Ashby battled on and had their best spell of the match in the last 10 minutes and went over for a consolation try (7:60). The Hinckley coaches were rightly pleased by a solid squad performance, which was a crystallisation of many hours of hard work on the training ground and saw them move comfortably into the next round of the County Cup.
Final Score– Ashby 7 Hinckley 60

Hinckley U15’s- Honours Even.
An under strength Oakham gave Hinckleys Under 15s fright after fright as with the help of 3 Hinckley players they gave the home side much to think about in this close contest.

Opening with an opportunistic try from Clayton and following up quickly with a very good team effort sealed by Adcock and converted by Clayton Hinckley relaxed and Oakham leapt at the chance scoring a good team effort and converting it. Still reeling Hinckley could only watch as Oakham integrated their 3 loan players and scored yet again before the always consistent Atkinson scored to put Hinckley 5 points ahead but Oakham yet again scored to make it even at the half way stage.

In a second half made difficult by the strong cross wind Hinckley continued to struggle against a side that refused to give up. Spencer powered down the field to take a fine try but Oakham struck back and then converted narrowing the lead to 3 points.
Birkenshaw finished off a good team effort with a “showboat” under the posts but again a tired Oakham summoned up all their reserves and replied with their own try. But in the final minutes Clayton forced his way over and then converted to restre Hinckleys 5 point margin.
Final score Hinckley U15s 34 Oakham 29