Biggar U18s 65

Annan U15s 5

Bill Denholm

at Hartree Mill

FRESH from lifting the President's Conference Trophy Biggar's under 18s and under 15s girls team were in action.

First up on the pitch were the U18s who hosted Annan in the Girls Club Cup quarter final.

Biggar had a squad of 19 with several players returning from injury although Annan were only able to field 14.

The conditions favoured an open flowing game and it was Biggar that dominated for most of the first half, with good work from the forwards allowing quick ball to the backs resulting in Biggar opening up a commanding lead after 20 minutes.

The Annan girls competed well in the forwards but a series of unforced errors in the back play allowed the Biggar girls to dominate with power through the centre and speed out wide.

A good example was the constant harassment caused by Biggar scrum half Rebecca Clarke resulting in turnovers.

The Annan restart kicking was being varied to great effect and caused Biggar difficulty throughout the game, this is an area, no doubt, that the coaches will be working upon in training.

Biggar introduced players from the bench leading up to half time and this disrupted the pattern of play allowing Annan to have some continued possession. This almost resulted in a breakaway try which after regaining possession was scored to give a half time score of 48 -5.

The second half started with the Biggar girls showing, perhaps, too much enthusiasm resulting in several penalties for offside. However, composure was regained and following several more scores the competitive game was completed with some 20 minutes remaining.

The tries came from Abbie Baillie (2), Feebi Robinson(2), Rachael Hill (3), Ailie Tucker, Emily Armstrong, Kim Laird, and Rhiannon Yardley, with five conversions from Sarah Denholm.

The U15s had a tough trip to Ayr on Mother's Day.

Kicking off at 10.30am and on the day when the clocks went forward was no-one's idea of fun but alternative dates/times had proved too difficult to schedule.

Biggar returned victors and now await the semi final draw.