And so the season ends

The 08 summer season has finally ended with Tigers u15's missing out on the top spot. In a thrilling final game at The Lair, the Tigers gave Jarrow Vikings an easy start to the game by allowing them free range across the pitch but began to slowly strike back, even with one player sin binned the Tigers defence was superb and Jarrow unable to take advantage. After a half time talk the Tigers began the second stanza looking like their former selves and took the game to a stunned Jarrow. Unfortunately the Tigers kept scoring in positions that made kicking difficult, but non the less soon fought back to level the scores. After a try was contravertially disallowed the game flowed from one end of the Lair to the other with neither team being able to capitalise and increase the score. In the final moments of the game Jarrow were awarded a dodgy penalty close to the Tigers line and after indicating and setting up for a tap and go, which actually touched the players foot to resume play they called ahalt and went for the kick and the two points that sealed the game. With a final score line reading 20 - 22 in Jarrows favour the Tigers just missed out on drawing at the top of the league with Peterlee and so the summer season, which Durham were treating as warm up games for entry into Yorkshire in September ended.

Under 11 & 13 squads had no game at the weekend but ended the season by starting to gell as teams and for the under11's unbeaten and the under 13's constantly reducing their losing margins, the future looks good.

Training will continue as normal over the summer period on Teusday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Hopefully the u15's will have a return game against Crofton Cougars, at The Lair, on Sunday 10 August where we hope that as many people as possible come along to support the Tigers and help increase the game day experience for the friendly buch of lads from Crofton.