U19 Boys Touch Rugby

On Saturday the 21st of January, Amano hosted a touch rugby competition against two schools known as Simba and Lechwe, though we played four games against them.

Our first match was against Lechwe and in my opinion I would say that we had warmed up well and therefore we played well in the actual game. In the first half we managed to score two tries, the first one by Yarel followed by the second which was scored by Broddy. Before half time, Lechwe managed to score so the score at half time was 10 to 5.

In the second half we managed to score another try by Samuel Kirk ending with the scores of 15 to 5.

The second game was against Simba school. They had quite a fast team so this game was a bit more challenging but we ended up winning that game ten to zero. The tries were scored by Ilunga and Samuel.

The third game we played Simba. They were tired and bored from their game against Lechwe so we won that game twenty to five. Tries were scored by Cholwe, Mwansa, and myself.

Lastly we played against Lechwe. The second game they played was a bit more intense though we also played well and ended up winning that game twenty to five. Tries were scored by Cholwe, who scored two, Ilunga and Mwansa. Cholwe played really well in the last game.

I would like to appreciate the great effort that the new players put in. These were Broddy, Xavier, Kaoma, Samuel, and Peter. I would also like to thank Mr. Grove for 'shouting' at us, for coaching us and for the supporters who came to watch and cheer us on. Lastly I want to thank God for keeping the day dry as well as keeping everyone safe from injury.
                            
Report by Musonda Mwansa

U19 Girls Tag Rugby

On January 21, 2017 the under 19 girls had a tag rugby tournament at Amano. The teams that we played against were Lechwe and Simba. Although there were other schools that came for the tournament, only these two teams had an under 19 girls team. This meant that we were going to play against Lechwe and Simba twice during the course of the day.

We started off the day with our first match against Lechwe. By the end of the game, the scores were 5 – 3 for Amano. We played fairly well considering that it was our first match of the day. We then played Simba straight after this, winning again, with the scores being 9 – 5. There were then a number of games until we played Lechwe again on pitch three. The results of this game were 10 – 2 to Amano. The scores in our last game, which was against Simba, finished with 12 points for Amano and 7 for Simba.

We had some new players on the team that had never played before. It was good to see them quickly get the hang of the game. Although everyone played well even nearing the end of the tournament, I would say that Grace Kampeni played really well. She had never played before but quickly adapted to the game and its rules.

There was one time in our second game playing Lechwe that there was a brilliant play, resulting in a try. Diana did a dummy to her right but then passed to Josiah on her left. The ball swiftly moved down the line to Grace and she scored a try. There were also a couple of times in our last match that Faith ran straight through the defenders scoring three tries.

I think our lowest moment was getting ourselves back together again to take Lechwe on again. We were just from having a relatively long break between games and we did not seem to be fully prepared to play again. Because of this, the first half of this game was not the best. To go back on the field after halftime we subbed in some new players and we seemed to have a little more energy.
I can say from being on the side lines for half a match that our defensive line was not that good. I think that we could have kept our opponent’s score closer to zero if we stayed tighter as defence. We won all our games, but no team is perfect, but overall we played well as a team.

Thank you to those who left their beds in the morning to come and play, to set up, and to do everything else that does not get noticed. It was a good day.

Report by Shoshanna Ronald