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    Posted: 23 Nov 2024 at 23:07
Storm BERT produced a  horrible day to play rugby for everyone in Nat 2 East 
Our game at Oxford Quins was a game played in cold driving rain and very strong winds  but we arrived to  a very warm welcome  by Jack and Ron  and their staff who offered us superb hospitality with a few beers and a great buffet to warm us up
A very close game dictated  by the conditions saw us come away with a hard fought win and put us back to winning ways.
A few surprises namely TJ's loss at Bury, Sevenoaks win at Westcombe park and maybe Worthings win at Colchester raised a few eyebrows !
Another surprise occurred on our journey home which was disrupted for about 30 minutes when we had to wait  for a replacement  coach as the windscreen wipers gave up under the constant battering from the elements !
Here's hoping for better weather  when we go again in a couple of weeks 😁


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Hi Tony...good to meet the other week at bse....
Hope you got home ok...the joys of travel in Nat2....took over 5 hours from Canterbury last week due to an accident on the M11...such is life.
Some interesting results this week, not least ours I guess....opened up the top of the league whilst Worthing and Sevenoaks wins means the bottom is also very tasty!
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Yeah likewise good to meet you at BSE...Our win at your place is still being talked about down here, and will be for ages i reckon. Our come back that day was crazy !!
5hrs from Canterbury!!!! Blimey that sounds painful😬
As you say yesterday's results have mixed things up a bit just as the league was settling into some sort of order
Enjoy the weekend off and look forward to welcoming you & BSE in the middle of March
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Two good away wins for Havant certainly keeps the predictors on their toes.

I don't think I'll ever get the hang of this league LOL
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Originally posted by Deva Delinquent Deva Delinquent wrote:

Two good away wins for Havant certainly keeps the predictors on their toes.

I don't think I'll ever get the hang of this league LOL

And me too! I was tempted to go for BSE win, but their form hasn’t been good lately, but many congratulations to them on that fine win. Table is hotting up now, we are slowly moving up the table now, 6 straight wins now, TJ away next for us, fingers crossed for a five point well earned when we went there two years ago!
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Originally posted by Deva Delinquent Deva Delinquent wrote:

Two good away wins for Havant certainly keeps the predictors on their toes.

I don't think I'll ever get the hang of this league LOL
blimey is it that hectic ? 
 We've only just come into it ! Hopefully we'll  have a few more years in it to figure it out 😁
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went to Worthing today and must admit that I thought we had a chance of victory. Instead we were totally outplayed by an excellent Sevenoaks side, who used the conditions well. I see little hope of Worthing avoiding relegation now
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We entertained High flyers Dorking yesterday and a certain deserved  win got snatched away  from us in the last 3 minutes!!
We were 25  14 up with 3 minutes left on the clock and Dorking stunned the crowd with two converted tries to win 28  25 and leave us all scratching our heads as to what the hell just happened !!😖
Just goes to show that this league will bite you in the backside if you so much as blink !!


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Originally posted by HAVANT TONY HAVANT TONY wrote:

We entertained High flyers Dorking yesterday and a certain deserved  win got snatched away  from us in the last 3 minutes!!
We were 25  14 up with 3 minutes left on the clock and Dorking stunned the crowd with two converted tries to win 28  25 and leave us all scratching our heads as to what the hell just happened !!😖
Just goes to show that this league will bite you in the backside if you so much as blink !!

We travelled down to see this one Tony and it was a good old fashioned (entertaining) arm wrestle IMO.  A great watch too (less the errors on both sides - which can be forgiven in the conditions).
Both teams played really well and with 10 to go it was Havant that looked likely to add to their score in fairness, much to the delight of the noisy & hostile home support (and the DJ Cool  - quality tunes Sir).

Nothing wrong with that, except for the supporter (or D. Head or Gob. Sh**e) in the middle of the stand, stood near the video box, who's language was truly foul all day (the club need to be careful of this behaviour, not pleasant for anyone and simply 'over the line' - characters like him get clubs into trouble if the officials 'choose' to hear it).

Nonetheless, credit to Dorking who found the right match discipline & fitness levels needed up the tempo in the closing minutes and play right through the final whistle (sprint through the finish line as it were) grabbing the victory. A thoroughly entertaining game Clap

I wouldn't say Havant were robbed by any means but they would be right to feel the game was there for them (and Dorking couldn't have complained had this been the case).    
  
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Originally posted by BigChief BigChief wrote:

Originally posted by HAVANT TONY HAVANT TONY wrote:

We entertained High flyers Dorking yesterday and a certain deserved  win got snatched away  from us in the last 3 minutes!!
We were 25  14 up with 3 minutes left on the clock and Dorking stunned the crowd with two converted tries to win 28  25 and leave us all scratching our heads as to what the hell just happened !!😖
Just goes to show that this league will bite you in the backside if you so much as blink !!

We travelled down to see this one Tony and it was a good old fashioned (entertaining) arm wrestle IMO.  A great watch too (less the errors on both sides - which can be forgiven in the conditions).
Both teams played really well and with 10 to go it was Havant that looked likely to add to their score in fairness, much to the delight of the noisy & hostile home support (and the DJ Cool  - quality tunes Sir).

Nothing wrong with that, except for the supporter (or D. Head or Gob. Sh**e) in the middle of the stand, stood near the video box, who's language was truly foul all day (the club need to be careful of this behaviour, not pleasant for anyone and simply 'over the line' - characters like him get clubs into trouble if the officials 'choose' to hear it).

Nonetheless, credit to Dorking who found the right match discipline & fitness levels needed up the tempo in the closing minutes and play right through the final whistle (sprint through the finish line as it were) grabbing the victory. A thoroughly entertaining game Clap

I wouldn't say Havant were robbed by any means but they would be right to feel the game was there for them (and Dorking couldn't have complained had this been the case).    
  
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Had a good old chat with a few Dorking supporters afterwards in the bar and they said that We were one of the best sides that your boys had come up against this season which was good to hear and they really enjoyed the very partisan atmosphere in the stand .The stand at Havant is a great place to be, as i say very partisan  but never ever unfriendly, yes you hear swearwords  but I've never heard "all day foul language" in all my years of being a supporter
We do sit right on the edge of what used to be Europes largest council estate so the demographic and way of life is a hell of a lot different from leafy Surrey Wink
Agree it was a very entertaining match and we really shouldve seen your boys off but the fact is we didn't ! and let another tight game slip from our grasp very similar situations have occurred away at Barnes and at home to Henley and TJ's so we have to be a bit more savvy i suppose we are new to this league and are still learning but I'm  confident we can push on to annoy more teams and their supporters 😁
Colchester  away is our next game I've never been there and looking forward to it, heard some great things about their place
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Enjoy Colchester Tony...lovely new set up...
Am looking forward to our first trip to Havant in the new year!
I dont think there is anythihng wrong in having noisy partisan support...see Redurth or Wharfedale for details, Even the Barnes massive (all 19 of them) were noisy in celebrating our scrum being dismantled last week!
Obviously there is no place for foul language and or personal  abuse (not saying that happened) in our game... 
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Cheeky GJ, I’ll have you know that the Barnes Massive has exploded to 21 people now, 19 was a couple of years back!
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Originally posted by GJ 2 GJ 2 wrote:

Enjoy Colchester Tony...lovely new set up...
Am looking forward to our first trip to Havant in the new year!
I dont think there is anythihng wrong in having noisy partisan support...see Redurth or Wharfedale for details, Even the Barnes massive (all 19 of them) were noisy in celebrating our scrum being dismantled last week!
Obviously there is no place for foul language and or personal  abuse (not saying that happened) in our game... 


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Agree ...what a lovely  brand spanking new set up Colchester  have, everything about the place is a great place to watch rugby.
The travelling Havant Faithfull were quite impressed  with the facilities  and choice of beer on offer.  The home fans were very much like us , down to earth and game for a laugh, we had some good banter with their lot  and enjoyed a very close game of rugby . The result was a fair outcome and we were quite content to leave with 3 bonus points in the bag . Draws are quite a rarity  in rugby but I think this was a fair outcome on the days proceedings 
  a few surprises today with Sevenoaks turning over Guernsey  and Canterbury  beating Dorking keeps the league on its toes...all good in my opinion 
Onward to next week where we entertain Worthing a local derby at Hooks lane with an anticipated  crowd of 1000 fans or more and hopefully  a Christmas present  of a home win to see us into the new year
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Worthing looked a bit underpowered against us on sat they still have some excellent players though so I'm not sure writing them off this early is wise as they will score trys 
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Worthing looked a bit underpowered against us on sat they still have some excellent players though so I'm not sure writing them off this early is wise as they will score trys 

 
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Never wrote Worthing off just said "Hoping" for a win 
I would never give any team that psychological ammo 
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