First trial match for the Under 11's
A friendly match was arranged with Daneshill of Hook, a somewhat bigger school on Monday. All Alton trialists had a run out on the paddock and we even had our trainee linesman Margaret. Alton started very shaky as this was our first run out and many never played a competitive match before. Tackles were frequently missed and possession was given up easily in the first 10 minutes, resulting in easy tries scored against Alton. However, the forwards began to assert some authority, lead by James and Tom. Basic skills and understanding of the game still were a challenge to Alton. Yet Aislinn and Tom tackled non-stop with Joe tried his best to organize the troops. Alton found themselves 5 tries down at the end of the first half.