Rams report and the Central North Comp

Rugby Report

Country Week Championship Carnivals were held around the state from under 12s to the seniors. Barraba had their share of players represented in all age groups with 14 participants. Playing at Port Macquarie were girls under 16s, Sydney boys under 12s, Dubbo both girls and boys under 14s, under 18s girls in Sydney and the senior men’s and women’s carnival was held in Tamworth.

Cody Simpson travelled to Sydney, under 12s. The under 14s girls, Charlotte Gillogly, Macy Cabot and Bella Hannaford went to Dubbo, along with Dusty Hiscock, who I heard, was the player of the carnival in the boy’s section – well done.

The under 16 girls in Port Macquarie were Zahlie Cabot, Regan Simpson and Tillie Halloran. Zahlie received Best Forward for Central North and Regan Best Back – well done girls. Kaila Gillogly went to Sydney for the under 18s carnival.

Results;

U12s finished 14^th

U14s girls finished 4^th in country and 8^th in state

U16s girls 2^nd in country and 5^th in state

U18s girls 3^rd in country and 5^th in state

Well done to you all.

In the Seniors in Tamworth the girls were represented by Katie Sweeney and Amie Middlemiss, while 3 Barraba players played for New England as Josh Sloan had a connection and he, along with our two imports Oisin McKenna and Jamal Sakinmaz, got game time.

The girls finished fourth, while the men’s team were relegated to the second tier for next season.

Games for the 14s and 16s from school often play in Barraba on Friday nights but because of late information, early notice is not always available. Teams from schools like Farrer are often seen here so the standard is high and our schools put up a very good display. Ben Crowley does the ‘reffing’ while Rheni looks after the canteen and they do a great job.

Latest information from Country Week. Barraba now has three state reps with Regan Simpson, Zahlie Cabot to play in the U16s while Dusty Hiscock will be in the U14s. This proves the Annual Juniors Carnival allows these juniors to show their skills for higher honours and with further trips for training in Sydney, plenty of experience will be gained and new friends made. Good luck to you all from the Barraba senior men’s and women’s teams and the Rams supporters.

On Saturday the Rams travelled to Moree for two games, the women and men were both beaten. The men 27-5 while the women’s score has not come through yet. The men’s team were missing some players on the day. Quirindi will host Barraba this weekend, while Walcha will play Gunnedah to start Round 2.

Scone v Pirates

Moree v Inverell

Narrabri bye

Barraba has a bye on 1^st July.

Simon Koopman is still looking for steers to buy to put in the Nangara feedlot so if you think you have a good steer ring him on 67821029.

Central North Comp points after First Round

2^nd Grade              1st Grade             Women

Pirates 38             Gunnedah 38       Narrabri 39

Moree 36             Pirates 33             Gunnedah 39

Barraba 29           Moree 32             Moree 30

Narrabri 24          Walcha 27            Pirates 28

Gunnedah 21       Narrabri 24          Scone 22

Scone 18               Quirindi 24           Barraba 16

Inverell 16            Inverell 16            Inverell 16

Walcha 5              Scone 12               Quirindi 13

As you can see, the Rams are in the top 4, but have to maintain their form in the second round to get a place in the semi-finals at the end of the season with the last game of Round 1 to play second placed Moree at their ground.