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UNDER 11s V HALIFAX VANDALS

Hoyland celebrate after defeating West Bowling

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September 11th Friendly re Guiseley away match drawn mom Gareth Griffiths

September 25th Halifax Vandals away match postponed

October 2nd Vikings 56 V Keighley 6 ........... mom Jamie Heppenstall.......septembers moat improved went to Sam Atkinson

October 9th Illingworth 24 V Vikings 10 .......... mom Zak Shaw

October 16th Vikings 0 V Siddall 64 ............. mom Zak Shaw

October 23rd Vikings 36 V Brighouse 16 ............. mom Paul MaCaleavey

October 30th Slaithwaite 40 V Vikings 28 ............. mom Corey Ireland

November 6th Vikings 28 V Underbank 26 ............ mom Laurence Willis

November 16th Vikings 24 V Littlebrough 42 ........... mom Nathan Evans.......Octobers most improved went to Paul McAleavey

November 20th Queensbury Juniors Match postponed

November 27th Vikings 20 V Guiseley 20 ......

.....joint The Under 11s game had to be adjusted after Guiseley turned up with 5 players.

We agreed to split all the players into 2 teams of 10 so as to give every player a full game regardless of which team they represented .

A great advert for Junior Rugby League

The game itself was a joy to watch with all players giving 100%, The whites defeating the greens 34 points to 4. mom Keiron Dyson and Corey Ireland.....(vikings had 15 players guiseley only 5 alternate game played)

December 4th Greetland away

GREETLAND 16 V VIKINGS 36

Another excellent display from the Vikings running out convincing 36 - 16 winners. Man of the match Jamie Heppenstall opened the scoring with a fine individual effort after 5 minutes, a try from Corey Ireland soon followed and the Vikings began to impose themselves on the game .a try from Keiron Dyson just before half time had the Vikings 16 - 6 up at the break. Early pressure from Greetland led to 2 early 2nd half tries, after a quick team talk the Vikings readjusted their line up and ran in another 4 tries Heppenstall, Dyson and Paul MaCaleavey(2) the scorers. MaCaleavey`s 1st try being the games highlight, excellent work by Heppenstall and then Dyson, before offloading to the winger MaCaleavey who went over for the try. Zak Shaw, Corey Ireland, Matt Windle and Ross Harrison all converted for the Vikings. Novembers most improved player went to Sam Mulligan

December 11th Halifax Vandals home

UNDER 11s

HOYLAND VIKINGS 24 V HALIFAX VANDALS 12

Hoyland opened the scoring through Corey Ireland, the try converted by Laurence Willis, Halifax replied quickly but failed to convert. Pressure from the strong Hoyland pack resulted in a try for Keiron Dyson. Halifax began to apply serious attacks on the Vikings try line but couldn’t open up the solid Hoyland defence. 10 points to 4 at half time. After the break both teams continued to give 100% but it was Hoyland who went further ahead, another try for Ireland, duly converted by Ross Harrison. Another try by Halifax couldn’t stop Hoyland going further ahead, Jamie Heppenstall the scorer. Overall the best performance of the season for the Hoyland boys. Man of the match 3rd Joe West, 2nd Jamie Heppenstall, and 1st Corey Ireland.

December 18th Keighley away match postponed

January 8th BRIGHOUSE 26 V VIKINGS 42

The Vikings continued where they feft off before xmas with a victory over Brighouse.Keiron Dyson opened the scoring early with a fine effort.Brighouse replied quickly but once the forwards started to to impose themselves on the game the result was never in doubt. try scorers Dyson(3),Heppenstall(2),Ireland(2),& Shaw.conversions by,Willis, Shaw, Harrison, Moore,& Griiffiths,The man of the match went to Dyson,2nd to Heppenstall and 3rd to fullback Willis. Defence was solid up to the last 10 mins when the full sized pitch began to take its toll on the Hoyland pack.

Decembers most improved went to Joe West,who set up the try of the season ,he drew in 3 defenders on the10m line and offloaded brilliantly to Moore who then offloaded to Ireland ,who in turn gave it to Heppenstall, the ball reached Dyson who drove up field 20m and was always looking to offload to Matty Palmer , Palmer took on both defenders before finally giving the ball to the Hoyland captain Heppenstall who went over for the try.A great team effort.

January 15th Slaithwaite home

UNDER 11s HOYLAND VIKINGS 32 V SLAITHWAITE SARACENS 20

Another victory for Hoyland, making it 5 consecutive wins in total.

A workmanlike performance from Hoyland who were boosted by the form of Captain Jamie Heppenstall and 2nd rower Zak Shaw. Heppenstall opened the scoring and bagged 4 tries in all, Shaw scored 1try and was awarded man of the match with a very good tackling display, Keiron Dyson added another try. Conversions were made by Willis, Shaw, Dyson, and Harrison. Encouraging performances from subs Ross Harrison and Paul MaCaleavey the former almost notching his first try but was bundled into touch metres short of the try line.

Hoyland have earned themselves a mid season promotion for there efforts this season, and will play against higher quality teams from next week. Slaithwaite also promoted made a real game of it and never gave in despite constant pressure from Hoyland. The reverse fixture next week should be a very close game.

Stats for first half of season PLAYED 12, WON 8, LOST 4

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January 22nd V...SLAITHWAITE...HOME

HOYLAND VIKINGS 44 V SLAITHWAITE 30 UNDER 11s January 22nd Another victory for Hoyland, in back to back games against a strong Slaithwaite team. Hoyland scored early in the game thro 2nd rower Matty Palmer, forcing himself over the try line while being takled by 4 defenders, Willis converted. The visitors replied quickly before Zak Shaw going over for another try. Hoyland continued with loads of pressure from the forwards and scored with nearly every set of six. Other try scorers were Jamie Heppenstall (2) Corey Ireland (2) Shaw added another, so did Gareth Griffiths. Kicks were converted by Harrison, Shaw, Moore, Heppenstall and Dyson. Hoyland should have won the game by half time but poor defence allowed Slaithwaite to keep in the game.

The only flaw at the moment appears to be slack defence when in control of the game.

Hoylands 3-2-1 went to 3rd Heppenstall,2nd Joe West and man of the match went to Matty Palmer.

January 29th V...ELLAND...AWAY

28th January

ELLAND 20 HOYLAND VIKINGS 20

Hoyland visit to Elland turned out to be a non competitive fixture, although a entertaining game to watch.

Hoyland travelled with 3 key players missing from previous weeks, only to find that at kick off time Elland had only 5 players,sides were divided into 2 teams then 2 more Elland players arrived 10 minutes after kick off time, Hoyland ended up giving Elland 4 players to ensure the fixture could take place. The freezing tempurature dampened the boys spirits but both teams tried hard and produced some encouraging moments.

solid tackling performances by Zak Shaw and George Moore who gained the man of the match award with his performance.

Corey Ireland was almost unstoppable and ran in 3 tries. The Elland team played really well and were very impressive when defending, almost halting the hoyland team at one stage.

Ross Harrison scored his first try for the club and defended with confidence,He was awarded the most improved player for January.Hoylands 3-2-1 went to 3rd Joe West,2nd Corel Ireland and 1st George Moore

overall a below par performance but under the conditions of lending out players and playing under strentgh, Hoyland coped quite well and will look forward to their home fixture with Elland in March.

February 5th V...free week

February 12th V..WEST BOWLING..AWAY

WEST BOWLING 20 V HOYLAND VIKINGS 4

Hoyland produced a great performance in defeat against a very well organised west-bowling outfit.

Hoyland captain Jamie Heppenstall lead the way with some fine tackling and excellent ball handling skills, Corey Ireland ran hard and never stopped, Nathan Evans had a great game at fullback denying west bowling 2 certain tries in the second half with 2 fine tackles.

Keiron Dyson and Sam Atkinson also had solid games for Hoyland.

The first half was very tight with some super defensive work from both sides although west bowling penetrated the Hoyland line 3 times, to ensure a 16-0 score line at half time.

The 2nd half started with west bowling benefiting from a Hoyland Knock on and scored another try to lead 20-0. Hoyland began to dig deep and were repaid with a try for Heppenstall who passed 6 defenders to take the try.

A great advert for junior rugby with 2 evenly matched teams producing some fine touches and excellent teamwork.

Hoyland`s 3-2-1 went to Evans, Ireland and Heppenstall respectively

February 19th VIKINGS 30 LITTLEBORO 28

Ross Harrison earned Hoyland a victory in the dying seconds of the game against a spirited Littleboro side. He converted a try by Jamie Heppenstall with just seconds remaining. It was the first victory against Littleboro in 7 meetings over the last 3 seasons.

Corey Ireland opened the scoring for the Vikings,Keiron Dyson added the extras.

Littleboro replied quickly, but Hoyland scored further tries through Harrison and Dyson,converted by Zak Shaw and Ireland.Littleboro then ran in 3 converted tries to lead 24-18 at the break.

Poor defence by Hoyland allowed the visitors in for another try,

time was running out for Hoyland until Zak Shaw scored with a fine individual effort, converted by George Moore.This lifted the Hoyland team and urged them forward, Hoyland captain Heppenstall scored in the last minute and Harrison obliged from the conversion.

Much improved performances from Moore ,Joe West and Matty Palmer with Nathan Evans having another excellent game at fullback.

Gareth Griffiths was named Man of the match for his tackling and aggressive running with ball in hand. 2nd m.o.m. Paul McAleavey, 3rd Ross Harrison.

February 26th V..SHEFFIELD HILLSBORO HAWKS...AWAY.....MATCH POSTPONED

March 5th V WIBSEY...AWAY.....MATCH POSTPONED

March 12th V...SLAITHWAITE...AWAY.....MATCH POSTPONED

March 19th V...VIKINGS 14 V ELLAND 36

Elland arrived at Elsecar with only 9 players, Hoyland who boasted a squad of 16 gave 3 players to the opposition, to ensure all players had 40 minutes play. All 3 of the Vikings volunteers Danny Anstess, Jamie Heppenstall and Joe West had tremendous games for Elland.

The Vikings got off to a difficult start after gifting Elland 3 tries through sloppy defending,

Hoyland began to play solid rugby after the first 15 mins but found themselves 20 - 0 down at the break.

the 2nd half was a diffferent game with Hoyland matching Elland in every department. Tries from Dyson,Ireland and Harrison kept Hoyland in the game.

Hoylands 3-2-1 went to Ireland ,Greenwood and Dyson

Hoylands most improved player for February went to Nathan Evans

March 26th V...free week...NO TRAINING...

SUNDAY APRIL 2nd

VIKINGS 30 V WEST BOWLING 22

Hoyland produced their best ever display agaist a strong west bowling outfit,Joe Wests first tackle of the game set the stage for a fine victory.The first drive of the game from bowling prop Reilly was met with a solid tackle from west and every move after was greated with solid defence from all 14 players.Zak Shaw,Matty Windle and Keiron Dyson all produced big hits to keep the visitors out.At one stage Hoyland defended 3 consecutive sets of six.

After 15 mins Jamie Heppenstall opened the scoring for Hoyland,converted by George Moore. West Bowling replied quickly with a converted try.

6-6 at Half Time

The 2nd half opened and Hoyland applied loads of pressure through forwards Matty Palmer,Corey Ireland,Gareth Griffiths and Sam Atkinson. Hoyland sucked in the Bowling defence before spreading the ball out wide for Dyson to score,Laurence Willis converting. West Bowling continued with some fine attacking play and were rewarded with a try

Hoyland lead by 2 points.

Hoyland then stepped up another gear and had 2 tries dissallowed for being held up over the line before Hepprenstall grabbed his 2nd,Zak Shaw converting.Hoylands defence held firm for the next set of 6 with Paul McAleavey making some solid tackles to keep out the opposition, Vikings then went further ahead through Ireland with a excellent solo effort,Ross Harrison converting, West Bowling came back at Hoyland one last time to narrow the score to 26-22 before Heppenstall notched his 3rd try which was converted by Matty Windle.

The result was met with raucous applause from the home supporters.

Hoylands man of the match went to Heppenstall, 2nd Corey Ireland and 3rd Nathan Evans who had another excellent game at fullback supporting attacking plays aswell as covering the defence.

Garreth Griffiths was named March`s most improved after some fine games

April 8th/9th No Game

Monday April 17th V...SHEFFIELD HILLSBORO HAWKS.@ DON VALLEY STADIUM ...KICK OFF 10.45 am..

April 23rd V...VIKINGS 12 HILLSBORO 38

A good performance by hoyland in defeat against a very strong side.
20-0 down at half time the hawks impressive defence kept hoyland camped in their own 20m for most of the first half.The 2nd 20 mins saw Hoyland dig deep and produced 2 tries of their own.
Corey Aston was man of the match for Hawks and Corey Ireland man of the match for the Vikings

April 30th VIKINGS 6 V...WIBSEY..22...HOME

After what seems a very long season the U11s played their last game.Under pressure from the start Hoyland kept the impressive Wibsey team at 0-0 until 5 minutes from half time, some slack defending allowed Wibsey 2 easy tries.
After the break Hoyland played in much the same mood very sluggish and basic rugby, before finally unlocking the Wibsey defence with a Jamie Heppenstall try, duly converted by the captain Gareth Griffiths.The score finished at 6-22 with Hoyland looking very tired after the rigours of a tough but quite successful season.
Matty Windle picked up the most improved ot the month award, and the 3-2-1 went to Matty Palmer,Griffiths and Zak Shaw respectively

Jamie Heppenstall seals victory over West Bowling

The Human Tank Corey Ireland

Matty Windle converts final try against West Bowling

Zak Shaw

Joe West

Laurence Willis

Keiron Dyson

Paul McAleavey gives chase

Nathan Evans

George Moore

Matty Palmer opens the scoring at Slaithwaite

Ross Harrison

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Sam Atkinson

GARETH GRIFFITHS

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under 10s

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