2002 - 2003 Season
SFRC U8 PANDA Team - Head Coach: Jim Kirke

MESSAGE FROM THE COACH:

Message to All.

We had a great turnout of 27 lads for the last visit of the 2002/3 Season to our home pitch at Stanley Fort. Thanks also to Stewart for (finally) donning the Green Shirt of the SF Coaches, and for the parents who assisted while our normal Coaches were absent for this week and for the Mums who helped out at the refreshments table. Much appreciated.

This week also saw the prizegiving of the 2002/3 season. This year saw the U8's take on new aspects of the game with Scrums and Ball Take. We also saw considerable development of match awareness with great passing and positioning from all players. This is borne out from the results from the tournaments we played. Accordingly the selection of players for the individual awards, I know was difficult. The awards for our U8 squad are as follows;

- Best and Fairest - Alexander Bennett-Leat
- Runner up Best and Fairest - Guilaume Duquennoy
- Most Improved - Charles Evian
- Runner up Most Improved - Nicholas Buckman

Well done to them all.


So as we come to the season close it leaves me with just three last comments. First a very big THANK YOU to Jim Kirke who took on the role of Head Coach for the U8's. He has provided fantastic support to the squad and the coaches, and I look forward to September, when we meet again for the U9's. Second, I and Jim wish to thank you the parents for your support enabling us to field three very credible squads. Third and most important, thanks to the players as they have shown great team spirit and fair play throughout the year, and demonstrating great rugby while having fun.


Regards

Adrian adrianb@pacific.net.hk
for Jim Kirke jckirke@netvigator.com

Coaching Team: Adrian Buckman
Chris Laskowski
Lawrence Baum
Vince Leat
Grant Fuzi
Andrew Donnelly
Gilles Fries
Photo of the squad at the end of the season:  

BULL DOGS

EAGLES

DRAGONS

SCRUM

ACTION SHOT
 

FC Festival - Getting ready to start

FC Festival - Mid Game

FC Festival - U8 In action

FC Festival - The Support

The Best & Fairest award (end of season)

The full squad (end of season)