Last Saturday the Men’s 1st XV and Dev XV’s were in league action. The Men’s 3rd XV Counties 4 BBO Cup Quarter Final at home to Chipping Norton was cancelled with the Men’s 3rd XV being a awarded a walk over.

The Men’s 1st XV travelled to Bletchley for their latest Tribute Southern Counties North League match. This was always going to be a difficult encounter as Bletchley are in fourth place in the league and have historically been a difficult side to beat on home turf.

The game proved to be a very tight affair. Bletchley opened the scoring with a penalty early on to lead 3 nil. Windsor soon fought back with a Ben Grant- Adamson try, which he duly converted to give Windsor a narrow 7 points to 3 lead in the first 10 minutes of the half.

The remainder of the first half proved to be a dogged affair with Windsor failing to add any further points despite pressure on Bletchley’s try line. Bletchley, on the other hand, added two further penalties to lead at half time.

Half Time Score Bletchley 9 Points, Windsor 7.

The second half kicked off and there was hope that Windsor would be able to take more advantage as they were playing with the wine. Again the second half proved a very dogged affair.
Bletchley added an unconverted try. Windsor replied with a Ben Grant- Adamson try which meant the score was 14 points to 10 in the home side’s favour as we approached the final minutes of the game.

After a period of Windsor pressure and after 30 phases of play Windsor scored a try when prop Liam Mackay crashed over the line from a short tapped penalty. There were jubilant scenes as Windsor had scored on the play of the game. Ben Grant- Adamson converted the try to give Windsor the lead by 19 points to 14..

In a bizarre turn of events , the referee penalised Windsor for their celebration and rather than blowing the final whistle restarted the game with a penalty much to the surprise of the both sets of players and spectators.

Bletchley ran the penalty and after a prolonged period of pressure scored to take the lead by 19 points to 17. Bletchley were then penalised for their try celebration.
The game restarted with a Windsor penalty and Windsor failed to score and the final whistle went which meant that Windsor’s winning streak had been ended in the strangest of ways.

Final Score Bletchley 19 , Windsor 17 points

Parfitt Cresswell Player of the Match: Liam Mackay

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The Men’s Dev XV played at Home Park in from of the good home crowd in their latest Counties 3 BBO League match against Aldermaston

In an entertaining encounter Windsor won by 32 points to 20.

Sunday Rugby Review:
Last Sunday the Senior Women had their Papa Johns Community Junior Plate Quarter Final at Home Park against Belsize Park.
In a bruising encounter Windsor Dames won by 31 points to 22 and now progress to the Semi Finals where they will play Okehampton on Sunday April 13th 2025 at Home Park.
Many congratulations to the coaches and players on this achievement!.
Report from Sharon Richards ( Windsor RFC Head Of Women);
Windsor Women win epic battle against top of the league Belsize Park Women!

Our Windsor Dames battled hard against undefeated league leaders Belsize Park in an exciting quarter-final match in the Papa Johns Plate. The game was always going to be a tough, physical one and my goodness it was exactly that!
The game was a ping-pong of tries between both teams. The Dames defence was excellent, not allowing Belsize through the middle, forcing them to the outside channels in order to score. Final score 31-22 to The Dames!
Well done to every Dame on that pitch, you played your hearts out!

Ray Cox, The Dames Head Coach said “I can safely say that was one of the best battles I have seen the Dames pull out. The grit and determination the team showed today was brilliant. Well-deserved The Dames.”

Parfitt Cresswell Player of the Match – Flossie Plain.

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We look forward to another home game this Sunday, league match against Fullerians Women, 2pm KO. We would love to have your support on the sidelines – hope to see you there!

THIS WEEKEND’S RUGBY SCHEDULE:

This weekend all sections of the club have important league games.The Men’s 1st XV have a ‘must win’ league match at Home to Chinnor and Windsor Dames have an important league encounter at home on Sunday against Fullerians RFC Women.

The Colts also have an OBB League Division One title decider away at RAMs.

All three sides would appreciate any support on the touchline to help them win these vital games.

Saturday 8th March 2025

• Men’s 1ST XV HOME vs Chinnor RFC 3RD XV ( Tribute Southern Counties North). Kick Off @3.00pm.

• Men’s Dev XV AWAY vs Shire Hall ( Counties 3 BBO League). Kick Off @ 2.00pm.

Sunday 9th March 2025:

SENIOR WOMEN RUGBY:

• Windsor Dames HOME vs Fullerians RFC Women ( NC2 South East ( North West) League) Kick Off @ Home Park 2.00pm

Colts A & B XVs

• Colts A Team AWAY vs RAMS ( OBB Division 1 ). Kick Off 1.00pm.
• Colts B Team AWAY vs Didcot ( OBB Division 3). Kick Off TBA

MINIS & JUINIOR SCHEDULE:

• U6/U7 - Home Training – 10.00am to 11.00am.
• U8 to U11 - Home Training - 9:30 to 11am.
• U12s – AWAY at Sailsbury.
• U13 As and Bs– HOME vs Grassshoppers ( Friendly).
• U14s – AWAY vs Bracknell ( Friendly)
• U15s - BYL - A & B team HOME vs Bracknell - KO 10:30am.
• U16s - Home Training 11.30am and 1.00pm
• Damsels - Home Training 9.30am – 11.00am

Dates for your diary:

• Friday 14th March 2025:

o Windsor RFC Business Networking Event
o 12noon – 3.00pm
o For more details see link below.

Windsor Rugby Club | Business Networking Event Friday 14th March 2025

• Saturday 15th March 2025:

• Super Saturday – Come and watch the Six Nations at Home Park
• Bar and Kitchen will be open.
• Penny Brass which features Men’s 1st XV Billy Porter will also be playing.

• Saturday 7th June 2025:

• We are returning to the Castle Hotel for the End of Season Dinner Dance following last years successful and enjoyable event. It will follow the same format with a welcome drink, 3 course dinner and live music from Euphoria Rock who played at last year’s event.

• Tickets now on sale – please book your tickets as capacity is limited!

• For more information see link below:

WRFC Dinner & Dance June 2025 - Windsor Rugby Club shop

Guinness Six Nations.

Come and Watch the Six Guiness Six Nations at Windsor RFC!
To remind you that the club will be showing the following Guinness Six Nations next weekend.
• Saturday 8th March 2025.

• Ireland vs France – Kick Off 2.15pm

• Scotland vs Wales – Kick Off 4.45pm

• Sunday 9th March 2025.

• England vs Italy – Kick Off 3.00pm.

• Saturday 15th March 2025:

• Italy vs Ireland - Kick Off 2.15pm.
• Wales vs England – Kick Off 4.45pm.
• France vs Scotland- Kick Off 8.00pm.

Please come down and again make it a great atmosphere in the clubhouse.

Have a great rugby weekend and good luck to the Men’s 1st and Dev XVs, Windsor Dames and the Colts in their important league matches.

Michael Crawshaw
On Behalf of the General Management Committee