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OLDHAM  UNDER  11`s

The Under 11`s is the first rung on the Representative ladder.

A squad of 25 has been selected to play against other towns ( Wigan, Warrington, Widnes, St Helens, )

Squad :-

Sam Akeroyd, Paul Ainsworth, Josh Berry, Josh Charles,Daniel Hare, Andrew Hughes, Alex Jobson, Connell Kenworthy,Aaron Longley, Ryan Lynch, Jack Morrison,Luke Skilling,( all St Annes) Jack Brocklehurst, Matthew DaDamo,Nial Egan, Dan Greer, James Tetlow,( all Saddleworth) Josh Bennett,Reece Bradshaw, Joe Chadderton, Daniel Farefoull, Harry Godfrey, Matthew Jackson, Billy McDermott,Andrew Wells,( all Waterhead)

COACHES :-  Dave Charles, Dave Berry,  Rick Greer.    MANAGER :-  Garry Hepworth

FIXTURES

The next games are   against:-           St Helens beat Oldham on Feb 23rd

                                                      Wigan ( home ) on March 1^{st game postponed}

^Reports

Feb 9^th :-   Oldham U11   16   -  12   Warrington  U11

Oldham started the game strongly, attacking the Warrington. A wide pass to the Oldham winger, James Tetlow, saw him side stepping over the line to open the scoring. Oldham kept up the pressure and second rower, Alex Jobson, dived over to make the score 8-0.

Warrington hit back and scored a converted try just before half-time after Oldham had denied them for 15 tackles.

After the break Oldham continued to press and an intelligent kick to the corner by stand-off Dan Greer, resulted in centre, Daniel Farefarrel diving onto the ball to score in the corner to make the score 12 – 6.

Warrington then put Oldham under sustained pressure but good defensive work from the whole side kept them out and after a knock –on from a Warrington player, Oldham`s second rower, Billy McDermott took the loose ball and raced away on  a 60 metre break to what should have been a match winning try.

Warrington  hit back quickly to score a converted try to make the score 16 – 12 . This now  made it an exciting finish and  Warrington  continued to put Oldham under pressure but the home team`s defence held out superbly to win the game.

This was Oldham`s first win of this year after the first 3 games have resulted in narrow defeats.

Alex Jobson was outstanding in attack with Dan Greer and Billy Mc Dermott tackling well but it was hard to single out any players when the  win  was built on excellent defence and it was a good all round performance from all the squad.

Feb  2^nd :-    Widnes  U11   22     -    14    Oldham U11

Widnes started the game in superb fashion, racing away into a 16 nil lead in under 10 minutes.

Instead of conceding the game, the Oldham boys rallied around and asked questions of Widnes in both in attack and defence.

After good work by Jack Morrison down the right wing, quick thinking by hooker Josh Charles saw him crashing over the try line for Oldham's first try.

 As Oldham started to settle more into the game and with Luke Skilling, Dan Greer and Billy McDermott making inroads into the strong Widnes defence, Alex Jobson scored an excellent individual try to make the half time score 16 to 8.

The second half continued in a similar fashion for Oldham, as both defences cancelled out some great attack play.

 Deep into Widnes' half, Alex Jobson took the ball wide on the right, cut inside, jinking his way through to score by the side of the posts, he then converted the try. It was game on at 16-14.

 Oldham carried on pressing Widnes for the remainder of the game. With 5 minutes left , Widnes scored a late controversial try which was converted to seal the game. Final score, 22-14 to Widnes.

All credit goes to an Oldham side who showed real character throughout

December 1^st

The Oldham Town Team Under 11`s played away to Wigan.

In wet and slippery conditions Oldham played very well against a lively Wigan team to lose by

20-10.

The game was very much in the balance to the end with the Oldham side attacking the Wigan line in the last 5 minutes

Wigan took an 8 – 0 lead from 2 unconverted tries, one  a breakaway from halfway.

After this Oldham got into their stride and played some excellent rugby to put the home side under considerable pressure which eventually paid off with Alex Jobson crashing over from close in.

Prop, Matthew Jackson then had a try disallowed when over the line and Oldham finished the half attacking again.

After the break, Wigan started strongly and scored a converted try early on.

Oldham hit back quickly with some good handling moves and an excellent kick by stand-off Luke Skilling was only just recovered by a Wigan defender on his own try line and then race clear to run the full length of the pitch to score  under the post. This was a score against the run of play and Oldham were really unlucky not to score themselves from the move.

The Oldham side did not give up and hit back to score after Dan Greer pounced onto an excellent kick from Skilling to score close to the corner. The try was converted by centre Adam Wells.

Oldham then went close a number of occasions and were continuing to press the Wigan line when the final whistle went.

There were good performances from scrum-half Billy McDermott, Jobson , Skilling and props Jackson, Andrew Hughes and Matthew Da`Damo.  Back-row forwards Sam Akeroyd  and  Paul Ainsworth also ran well to threaten the Wigan defence.

This was Oldham`s 2^nd game and they are improving with every game and are showing that they can compete with the best

November 3^rd

The Oldham Town Team Under 11`s started their inter-town fixtures at home against Widnes.

The Oldham team narrowly lost 10 – 6 against a lively Widnes side.

Throughout the game the defences cancelled themselves out and Widnes went into half-time

with a slender 4 – 0 lead from a try by their stand-off who caused Oldham trouble throughout the game .

The Oldham team competed well in the second half but the Widnes No 6 scored another try by the post for the Widnes team to take a 10-0 lead.

The Oldham team then showed character to come back with a well worked try from prop Matthew Jackson , converted by Alex Jobson.

Oldham continued to press but failed to convert the pressure.

There were good performances from Billy McDermott who was everywhere in defence and attack and his half-back partner Luke Skilling.

Sam Akeroyd troubled the Widnes defence throughout the game and Dan Greer ran strongly in attack.

October 20^th :- Festival

The Under 11`s started their fixtures  in a Festival against teams from Warrington, Widnes and Wigan.

They opened up their campaign with an excellent 12 –10 defeat of Warrington. They scored 3 tries by winger, Josh Charles, stand-off, Billy McDermott and prop Matthew Jackson.

Charles finished off in the corner a great passing move across the line. McDermott side-stepped his way over the line from 20 metres and Jackson raced 60 metres to touch down, handing off defenders in the process.

Unfortunately Oldham could not repeat their earlier performance against Widnes, losing 4 tries to nil and they lost to Wigan by the same score.

The team throughout the games showed a lot of potential.