Keith vs Belfast Munchers
Ground: Sheldon Park 3
Time: 2-45pm

Team List
Forwards
Fred BROADMORE
Sam LEMON
Phil KEARNS
Simon GIFFORD
Callum BOWMAN
Barrie GIBBS
Colin GRAVETT
Kev WILLIAMS

Backs
Shane BOYD
Bevan WEBB
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Stuart HERRIOTT
Adam MILNE
Motomu YOSHIHARA

Reserves
Mark VAN GROENEDAAL
Steven JACK
Ian COWAN
Phil HUGHES
Isaac ARAPAI
Adam JOHNSTON
Patrick LUCEY
Leyton HUNT

Points: 5-0, 7-0, 7-5, 7-10, 12-10,14-10, 14-15, 14-17, 19-17, 24-17, 26-17

Tries: Bevan WEBB (2), Leyton HUNT, Motomu YOSHIHARA
Conv: Motomu YOSHIHARA (3)
Pen:

Player of the Day:
Most Valuable Player: Simon GIFFORD

Photographs here: http://gallery.keith.org.nz/2012/20120414/



The first game of any season is a tense affair. Neither side wants to start off with a loss and especially since we hold the Challenge Shield, a first up defeat is never pretty.
Luckily, we had Old Coves and Keiths and New Boys to prevent just that.

A welcome back to Simon GIFFORD and Bevan WEBB after many games away. And a special welcome to New Boys Sam LEMON, Adam MILNE, Mark VAN GROENEDAAL, Callum BOWMAN and from Japan Motomu YOSHIHARA. Great to see New Boys enjoying themselves and having fun. Also great to see Motomu scoring on debut. I'm not sure, however, he read the Charter first.

The day didn't start that well for Phil who had a major motoring failure, which left Trouty to get the beers, Boydy to get the jerseys and no one to get the keys for the changing sheds. Not the first time we've changed out in the open.

As is often the case with volunteer referees, you never know which way they will swing their whistle arm and we had one of those back and forward swinging types today, but we'd like to thank him anyway for taking the time to referee us.
Belfast came out wanting to win and oftentimes, they looked like they might. But the steady as you go attitude gave us the win and the beers afterwards.
The win was made possible by Freds captaincy, the forwards resolve and whatever it is backs do. Plus comments from the sideline, which included Mum, Unit, Doug, the Gibbs and the Johnstons.