Rugby Union: The All Stars come to Bishop Burton College

Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 21st July 2010

Trevor Leota

Henry Paul

Epeli Taione

As part of Bishop Burton College's week long European Pony Championships event, they will be hosting a rugby union match between Hull RUFC, the College's official rugby union partner, and a East Riding All Stars XV on Friday 30th July, kick off 7.30pm. The match is part of Hull RUFC's preparations for their second season in National Division 2 (North). Some of the most recognisable names in rugby union will be in attendance, including Epi Taione (Newcastle Falcons,Tonga), Trevor Leota (London Wasps, Samoa), Tevita Vaikona (Saracens, Tonga) and Henry Paul (Leeds Carnegie, England), who may all feature at some point, alongside local stars such as Richard Bussey and Dave Worrall (Beverley RUFC), Chris Creber (Malton and Norton RFC) and Tom Wright (Driffield RUFC).

Other internationals who are lined up to play for the All Stars include Mike Umaga (Samoa), Brad Hepi (New Zealand), Tama Kirikiri (Fiji), Kiti Bavadra (Fiji) and Rodney Mahe (Tonga). The side will be managed by John Widdowson, Nottingham RFC's Academy Manager.

Hull RUFC will include a number of their new signings and there will be other special guests in attendance.

Admittance is free and the bar is open from 6.30pm. Spectators are asked to use the Village entrance to the College.

 

The East Riding FA, in partnership with Bishop Burton College, are running an Under 21s midweek floodlit league.

The league will consist of 8 teams and places will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

For more information, or to request a league entry form, please contact Jack Matthews, East Riding FA Football Development Officer on 01482221158 or email jackmatthews@eastridingfa.com.

For further details, please click below:

East Riding FA Under 21s League

Rugby Union: Twickenham final for College students

Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 20th April 2010

Laurence Pearce in full flow vs. Dorset & Wiltshire Under 20s

Bishop Burton College Rugby Scholarship students, Ben Dorrington and Laurence Pearce, helped Yorkshire Under 20s to the final of the National Under 20 Championships at Bournemouth RFC on Sunday. The travelling side recorded an emphatic 64-0 victory over their hosts, Dorset & Wiltshire Under 20s. The final, to be played at Twickenham Stadium, will be played on Saturday 8th May against Gloucestershire Under 20s, who easily disposed of their Lancashire counterparts by 74-19.

Yorkshire will now play Dorset & Wiltshire in the semi-final at Bournemouth RFC on Sunday 18th April.

Basketball: Nail-biting finish for Walker's men

Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 26th March 2010

For the fourth game of the season Bishop Burton were playing at home against Scarborough College. The match was keenly contested throughout but the final score was Bishop Burton 37 Scarborough College 36.

Bishop Burton started the game off very strong defensively; they stuck to the 2-3 zone from the last game but had made a few changes as a few players were away. This choice of defensive play proved to work out very effectively as Scarborough struggled to make points in the paint and were forced to make shots from beyond the 3 point line, resulting in a lot of missed shots. From these missed shots, Bishop Burton were getting every defensive rebound and did so up until the third quarter when Scarborough started to steal a few. The first quarter wasn’t very high scoring as both teams were playing very strong defence and couldn’t convert their chances. The quarter finished 6 -7 in Scarborough's favour.

Going into the second quarter Scarborough seemed to come at Bishop with everything and were really trying to push and get the lead but the home side kept the same strong defence as they did in the first quarter. The only fault Bishop Burton may have had is some bad passing, which showed because Scarborough intercepted the ball and scored on the break which gave them a slight lead. This lead did not last for very long though because Bishop Burton were creating  chances for the likes of Lee Cessford and Sean Johnstone to take a couple of 3 pointers and convert them. These changed the score and for the first time in the game Bishop were leading and ended the 2 ^nd quarter leading by 2 points 18 – 16.

In the third quarter quarter both teams looked tired but Bishop Burton maintained the same strong defence they had showed all game and stopped Scarborough from scoring and then converted  chances at the other end giving them a six point lead. After this, Scarborough took a time out and regrouped, and soon cut the host’s lead down to two points. The third quarter overall was tightly contested,  with both teams playing tough defence but also converting chances. However, Bishop Burton finally looked like a team after so many weeks of playing individually.

In the final quarter Scarborough gave it their all and their point guard and shooting guard were causing a lot of problems, stealing the ball and intercepting it and making good passes. The last minute of the game was very tense as Scarborough had once again halved Bishop Burton's lead, and then scored again to make it a one point game. In the dying seconds Bishop Burton had the ball but lost it and Scarborough had one last chance to win the game with a 3 pointer but it was missed and the ball was scrambled away by playcaller Peter Walker The whistle blew and the game ended Bishop Burton 37 Scarborough College 36, the home side's second win of their debut season.

Match report by Sean Johnstone.

Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 16th March 2010

College Captain Laurence Pearce in action for Yorkshire U20s vs. Durham

The final pool game in the National U20 County Championships was a thoroughly one-sided affair, with the visitors, Durham U 20s, only taking to the field with 13 men. Bishop Burton College Captain Laurence Pearce started the game from number 8, and he was joined by fellow rugby scholar Ben Dorrington midway through the first half. Durham competed gamely, but the result was never in doubt and Yorkshire ran out winners by 82-7. The result means that Yorkshire topped the Northern Region pool and will now move forward to the quarter-finals of the competition.

College rugby scholar Ben Dorrington waits to stifle a Durham attack

Bishop Burton faced Newton College for the first time this season with everybody wanting to get a result against the main rivals for the Northern Counties title. Bishop travelled with a weakened side due to injuries and course commitments and therefore had to draft in last minute replacements.

Newton Rigg hit off the match and passed the ball around well, controlling possession. After a few minutes Newton Rigg were ahead with Bishop Burton struggling to get into the game. Newton Rigg continued to control the game and soon the goals started flowing and before Bishop could reorganise they found themselves out of touch being 4-0 down. Bishop then had their first chance after a good pass by Jake Finnigan to put Jack White through to take on three players and force a short corner for Bishop. From the short corner clever play between Cameron Turner and Jack White provided the first goal for Bishop at the near post for Jack White.

However Newton Rigg soon took control again and took a large lead of 7-1 at half time with the much-changed Bishop team struggling to gel.

After a disappointing first half, Bishop hit off the second half with the aim of keeping the goals down and some strong defending by Helen Waites, Rosie Bulmer, Jake Finnigan and Cameron Turner kept Bishop solid at the back. After a few minutes Bishop had a spell with the ball with Cameron Turner again impressing with some good skills and then provided the ball for Jack White to score his second of the game. Bishop continued to frustrate Newton Rigg by slowing down the play and breaking down their attacks.

Newton Rigg then broke through to score again. However Bishop again pressed forward and good work on the wing by Pete Clowes and a good touch from Chris Bostwick to put the ball into Jack White to get his hat-trick.

However a tiring Bishop continued to battle towards the end with good battling in midfield by Jess Martin, Sheree Sleney and Sophie Robson but could not prevent Newton Rigg scoring two goals late on to put the final score to 10-3 but a much better second half from Bishop.

Bishop Burton will hope that they can get a full strength team for the return game in a weeks time and gain their revenge.

Report by Jack White.

On a sunny afternoon, Bishop Burton played host to the Ladies' College football tournament for the teams around the region. 

The first game game was against Wyke College and Bishop Burton had a fantastic start to the tournament, with their heads up high and energy pumping. The team have worked on passing skills and movement and kept their positional shape. In this game they won 1-0, with the only goal scored by Becky.

The next game was Franklin College, who the team had played the previous week. Carisa was dominating the midfield, and made some great passes to Emma and Becky up front as they made some excellent attempts on goal. Sarah (Captain) kept the defence tight and worked well together with goalie Zoe as she made some great goal kicks. Unfortunately this match was lost 1-0, but confidence remained high.

The next game was against Wilberforce College. Bishop Burton had an advantage in this game as they enjoyed a 10 minute break before the game, so had time to rest and reorganise. This was the best match that the team played all afternoon, working well as a team, and showing great unity. Emma had some fantastic shots at the goal, but neither team scored so it then went to penalties. The shoot-out went to sudden death and unfortunately, it was Wilberforce who proceeded to the final.

The 3rd/4th place game was against Franklin College again. The teamwork was excellent and the team worked hard on their skills. This game remained goalless, so it went to penalties again, which this time the team won. Bishop Burton Ladies came 3rd overall in the tournament.

Report by Sarah Wear.

Posted by Bishop Burton College Sports Department 8th March 2010

Ben Dorrington

College rugby scholar Ben Dorrington scored 2 tries as Yorkshire Under 20s overcame their Cumbrian counterparts by 93-3 in the National Under 20 County Championships at Wharfedale RFC. Ben, who played the full match at open-side flanker, is a first year student on the Sport, Coaching, Development & Fitness degree course. Fellow Bishop Burton students Laurence Pearce and Mark Blenkinsop, were unfortunately ruled out of the game through injury.

The Yorkshire Under 20s complete their league programme against Durham at Malton & Norton RFC on Sunday 14th March at 2.15pm. A victory will see them progress to the knockout stages of the competition.

(l-r Nick Gandy, Director of Sport with Ann Marshall, Regional Development Officer and Peter Hart, Chief Executive, Pentathlon GB)

Bishop Burton College has been named as a Regional Training Centre for Modern Pentathlon and the two organisations – Bishop Burton College and Pentathlon GB, have announced that the College will host a Modern Pentathlon Training Camp at the beginning of August.

The Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon was first introduced at the 5th Olympiad in Stockholm in 1912 and comprises the contemporary sports of pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running.

Peter Hart, the chief executive of Pentathlon GB paid a visit to the College to discuss the plans for creating a regional training centre for modern pentathlon including a training camp this summer.

Mr Hart said: “The College is a fantastic venue for pentathlon training with world-class facilities and we are delighted to work in partnership with Bishop Burton College, the students and community of Yorkshire in focussing our activities at the College.

“We are delighted to use the support we are receiving from Sport England to help us achieve this.”

Ann Marshall the regional development officer for Yorkshire continued: “By organising regular regional training at Bishop Burton College we can bring in world-class coaches for weekend or mid-week sessions and the athletes can train together as pentathletes rather than single-discipline athletes, which will benefit them enormously.  

“The training camp which is planned for the summer will give regular athletes a concentrated opportunity to train in all five sports and will also be open to athletes from other parts of the country.”

Bishop Burton College’s director of sport Nick Gandy said “We have been working together for some time already and it was clear that a partnership would be of great mutual benefit and we are looking forward to working closely with Pentathlon GB and contributing towards Modern Pentathlon’s continued success at future Olympic Games.

 “By establishing these links the athletes will benefit from the College’s fantastic resources and the learners will benefit by seeing the hard work and dedication of these sportsmen and women and perhaps by trying the sport themselves.”

Bishop Burton entertained Reasheath in a Northern Counties match in a reverse of the fixture the previous month. With a few absentees, Luke Duerden, Ben Asquith, Chris Young, Olly Burns and Nick Robinson were called up from the HE team. Bishop Burton started brightly with the front two of Olly Burns and James Webb causing problems at every opportunity possible. It was Webb who opened the scoring after a great through ball by Tom Chippendale. Bishop Burton dominated the opening stages and the back four of Luke Duerden, Ben Asquith, Nathan Bell and Louis Cooper were hardly tested. Dominance started to pay with 3 more goals in the next 20 minutes with strikes from Chippendale, Burns and Webb. Bishop were playing some really good football, a lot of it one and two touches, and the mixture of FE and HE players was really paying dividends. Reaseheath launched their first meaningful attack after half an hour but a good save from Alex Gill kept the score at 4-0. Reaseheath where beginning to argue amongst themselves and Bishop Burton took full advantage of this with 2 more goals in the next five minutes. The first was from the penalty spot, after some good work from Brad Delves down the left was halted by a foul from the Reaseheath full back. James Webb took the resulting penalty to complete his hat trick. The sixth goal was scored by substitute Nick Robinson with his first touch of the ball. He finished a flowing move down the right between Nathan Bell and Jamie Williamson.

The half-time whistle went with Bishop Burton winning 6-0, a score which they truly deserved after a great attacking performance. Although 6-0 up, Manager Mark Frampton challenged his team to play using only one and two touches each and attempting to keep the ball below head height. This allowed the game to stay at a high tempo and stopped players just running with the ball. A few subs were made to freshen up the game and they all put in great performances, especially right back Shaun Robson. The scoring continued with goals from Tom Chippendale, Jamie Williamson, James Webb and two from Olly Burns which made the score 11-0. Reaseheath created their best chance of the game when a mistake from defender Luke Duerden allowed the Reasheath striker to go through one on one with Alex Gill but Gill produced a great save to keep a clean sheet. The remaining 20 minutes produced another 3 goals, the pick of the bunch being from Nathan Bell, who hit a shot on the turn from 20 yards into the bottom corner, his first goal for the college. The final whistle blew with the score at 14-0, a bit of a one-sided game but a confidence boost for the lads. All credit must go to Reaseheath though who never gave in and fought right to the end; their attitude was a credit to their College.    

Bishop Burton College’s rugby academy – the first of its kind in the region – has begun, allowing young sporting talent from across Yorkshire and the Humber to flourish.

The academy, which was the brainchild of College principal Jeanette Dawson and director of sport Nick Gandy, will enable talented young rugby union players to play and train at a high level, while studying for a degree.

Nick Gandy believes the academy addresses a need in the region to retain those young players with the potential to succeed.

He said: “The idea behind the academy is to give gifted young rugby players from the area the chance to grow and develop their game, while progressing academically.

“Traditionally young people with sporting talent have had to leave the area to train and study elsewhere and we feel Bishop Burton College is ideally placed to address this need and stem this flow of talent out of the East Riding.

“With the opening of the College’s new Centre for Sport & Fitness the scholars have access to some of the region’s best sporting and fitness facilities and they are able to study one of our fantastic Higher Education sports courses.

“There are already plans to offer academies in other sporting disciplines such as football and equine because we know Bishop Burton College offers the whole package for any talented young sportsman or woman who wants to achieve.”

The College worked closely with Hull Rugby Union Football Club (RUFC) to perfect the formula for the Academy and the Club will also provide coaching and sports development advice to the Academy scholars.

The club’s Director of Rugby, former Tongan international Tevita Vaikona and head coach and Hull FC captain Lee Radford work closely with all of the scholars during regular training sessions to make sure they consistently meet the high standards set by the College and the club.