Not for the 1st time this season Beverley braves were by far the better rugby league team but ended up on the losing side against much bigger Myton Warriors side.
Short on numbers but big on courage the braves took it to Myton early with Charlie Gay setting the tone with the first tackle of the match.
A much improved Myton Warriors side made this a real competition at the Beverley leisure centre, matching the Beverley Braves for effort for the full hour, but the Braves had the upper hand with regards to skill levels and this showed throughout.
MOTM Ollie Gresswell led from the front as in recent weeks and was the pick of the forwards, just edging a fine supporting cast of Jack Dixon, Alex Nuttall and Owen Lightfoot with Dixon powering over for a early brace of tries in typical fashion, Owen Miller adding the conversions.
Beverley Under 14s travelled to Grimsby this weekend, missing a number of players who were attending Yorkshire Trials, thereby giving good opportunities to other squad members.
The game started well for Beverley, with them dictating the play, the forwards carried and rucked the ball strongly, Harry Hesleton work hard and Captain Ben Wilkinson was a constant menace around the park.
Beverley RUFC under 14s narrowly lost out 10-7 to Scunthorpe in the final game before the Christmas break.
Beverley gave the opportunity for match time for Jasper Law, Harry Hesleton, Tom Haylock and Aaron Wearing, plus a debut from Tom Nuttall as they looked to impress the coaches, all the players performed well and show that this team has strength in depth moving into the second half of the season.
Beverley Braves were blown away in the first half of this predominantly one-sided affair against East Hull with some lacklustre defence and not so smart rugby league.
Don’t be fooled by this score line as the young Braves gave the much bigger Bulls a real scare before a 10-minute spell immediately after the break when Beverley never touched the ball finally broke them.
Beverley Braves under 13s got their season up and running with a fine team performance to defeat Hull Wyke by two points at the Leisure centre despite being behind by two scores in the first half.
Beverley Braves 2015 under 12s entered the Yorkshire Cup again this year hoping to at least progress to the second round, so when the draw served up the Yorkshire Division
After a cagey opening quarter when Myton Warriors gave as good as they got, the Beverley Braves got into their groove and eventually ran away with the game romping home 38 to nothing, the second clean sheet in a fortnight.
After a heavy opening defeat to the season and then a fine rare win over last year’s double winners East Hull, Beverley Braves under 12s continued their progress
Beverley Braves Rugby League Club held their presentation evening for all age groups at the same venue on the same day for the first time ever in late November.
Beverley Braves under 11s put their disappointing cup final loss well and truly behind them with this comprehensive victory at the leisure centre over their nearest rivals Cottingham Tigers.
A Joe McCabe hat trick ensured the Braves grabbed the spoils out at Keyingham but even that wasn’t enough for him to earn the man of the match award as work horse Josh Hamlyn took that accolade after a tireless performance from the second row.
The young Beverley Braves fell short against a very enthusiastic Cottingham Tigers side despite leading 10-0 early in the proceedings thanks to tries from Joe McCabe
Beverley Braves under 11s bounced back from an indifferent performance last week to beat Dockers by two tries to nil, a figure which could have easily been more.
Beverley Braves made it four away wins on the bounce with a very hard fought win against Wyke in what was a decent game of Rugby league.
Beverley Braves heartbreakingly beaten by West Hull in a full-blooded encounter up at a cold and windy Longcroft School.
Beverley Braves under tens ended a successful season with a very good performance at Saltend losing on goal kicks only after sharing ten tries with Skirlaugh.