Posts by ianjewitt

After a week of fog and frost, there was sunshine in Leiden for a morning of matches against DIOK A & B and HRC. Tackling was the word of the day with the BSN teams winning four and losing one. The man of the match performers, Cammy and Duncan, put in the biggest and most…

In cycling circles, if you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are hardcore. This is known as the ninth rule of cycling. So when the rugby is cancelled because the pitches are water logged, but you get up on a Saturday morning to play friendly training games on Scheveningen beach in the…

One week into the New Year and everyone was still carrying the holiday’s excesses in body, mind and spirit. There is some suggestion that a Christmas break helps to keep the players fresh, but not on this evidence. HRC turned up at Sparta. Pity that they’d missed the message that the games had been changed…

Two Benjis teams took the Stokroosveld against HRC and the Hookers. Each side played two games, winning all, before finishing with a mixed game against HRC. The matches against HRC1 were tough. Both sides were quick in the tackle. The Benjis were struggling at the ruck and it took some guts to battle through. The…

With Sinterklaasavond looming large, BSN took two teams to Rotterdam for friendlies against RRC and HRC. The Piets were on the prowl, but I am happy to report that none of the squad were taken away in a brown sack.  Just as well, as substitutes were in short supply. The thermometer read eight degrees, but…

BSN traveled to Tilburg in Noord Brabant, where the Benjis successfully flew the flag for Zuid Holland in the Bondsdag. The day in the woods started with perfect blue skies and soft ground.  As well as Tilburg, there was unfamiliar opposition in RC Eemland from Amersfoort (representing Utrecht), the Pickwick Players RC from Deventer (representing…

There were shades of winter in Delft as the Benjis played and won against Rugby Club Delft and HRC. With a cold wind blowing, it was a day to be in the thick of the action. The Benjis played three matches against Delft 1, Delft 2 and HRC, running in a total of 19 tries…

The sunshine may have stopped in Voorschoten, but the Benjis kept rolling on. Despite the damp weather, BSN one and two, carried on their good early season form. In eight matches on Saturday, the two Benjis teams recorded seven wins and one draw against teams from DIOK, HRC and the Bassets. Captained by Leyla and…

Travelling further afield (always a field) to the Utrecht Bondsdag; the Benjis made the most of the fair weather to take first and second in the tournament. In the sunshine at Utrecht, BSN brought two teams to play against new opposition. URC Rood, URC Blauw, Haarlem RC and the Scrumboks RC from Tiel lined up…