Kendal Youth Round Up

The Senior Colts

The Senior Colts

It was good to see lots of Kendal players representing Cumbria in the recent County U18 fixtures. Congratulations to Nathan Halhead, Connor Lees, Robbie Kincart, Barney Coxon, Oscar Coxon, Patrick Wolstenholme, Aaron Stephens, Idris Hill and Will Meadon who all pulled on an U18s County shirt this season.

half for most of the first half of the game. Manchester defended well and the half time score was 0-10. Again, in the second half, Kendal dominated possession resulting in a final score of 0-31. The lads showed a great display in attack and defence against a good Manchester outfit, playing right to the final whistle. The Colts have now been rewarded with a home draw for the Semi Final of the Lancashire cup, against Firwood Waterloo, on Sunday 19th March. Our first home draw in this cup. We look forward to welcoming Firwood Waterloo to the club and would love to see a big crowd supporting the lads at Mint Bridge - so make a note in your diary!

The Cumbrian team didn’t come away with a win against either Lancashire or Durham, but three players were selected to progress to the North U18 assessment centre at the end of this month, including Kendal’s Barney Coxon and Robbie Kincart.

They’re seeking a place in the squad of 23 that will play matches against the South East, South West and Midlands during a busy February that will also include a development day at Durham University and a three-day camp at Warwick School and University.

Cumbria’s full back, Ben O’Halloran also made it to the assessment centre.

The colts had their first game of 2023 on Sunday 10 January. This was away to Manchester in the quarter final of the Lancashire cup. Having not had a fixture since their win against Liverpool St Helens on 27 November, the lads were fired up determined to come away with a win. Kendal camped in the opposition’s

With no colts league or cup fixtures last weekend, this gave many of our colts the opportunity to play senior rugby for the club. Barney Coxon, Nathan Hallhead, Idris Hill, Luke Middleton, Ollie Yarker and Patrick Wolstenholme all played for the second team, against Firwood Waterloo, alongside last years Colts Kian Barsby, McKenzie Cousins and Connor Newhouse. Meanwhile Aaron Stephens travelled with the first team to Lymm RUFC.

Tomorrow, Sunday 29th January, we welcome Stockport U18s to the club for our first home fixture since Sunday 11 September. This is our second league fixture since securing promotion to Conference League A in the Halbro North West League. We expect it to be a tough game against a strong Stockport side but the lads are looking forward to playing on home turf. Please do come down and support the lads!

As previously mentioned, many of the U18 squad have represented Cumbria this season. The Cumbrian team didn’t come away with a win, however three players were selected to progress to the North U18 assessment centre at the end of this month, including Kendal’s Barney Coxon and Robbie Kincart. This sees them travel to Bradford on 29 January where they hope to secure a place in the squad of 23 that will play matches against the South East, South West and Midlands