| First XV: Exmouth 21 Dorking 2027th April, 2013 |
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Nick knack paddy-whack – how do you even begin to explain that?
First the formalities;
Well done and congratulations to Bishops Stortford; a realy good team, some outstanding individual players and a great bunch of people around the Club. Worthy Champions.
Well done and congratulations also to Exmouth. Some really good players and a never say die team spirit and a friendly hos ... Read More |
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| First XV: CS Rugby 32 Dorking 3420th April, 2013 |
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Sunny weather at last, lots of sun lotion and cold fizzy lager – must nearly be the end of the season……well not quite! We knew from the opening fixture of the season that CS 1863 were simply not going to make up the numbers and couldn’t understand why they only featured in mid table this season – maybe they just raise their game for Dorking? Well they ... Read More |
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| First XV: Tring 14 Dorking 813th April, 2013 |
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Dorking falter in home straight.
Dorking had a major attack of the jitters on Sat losing against a determined and tactically more astute Tring team who were fighting for League survival. The forecasters had promised dry weather but the team and extensive travelling support were met with a wet and windy day which played perfectly into the well thought out Tring game plan of kicking to ... Read More |
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| First XV: Westcombe Park 11 Dorking 1730th March, 2013 |
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Jesus, Mary and St Patrick. How exciting was that?
First and foremost well done to everyone involved in the match day Team Dorking who dug deep and pulled out a performance and result to keep promotion still a distinct possibility.
Second up, thanks to the big numbers of Dorking supporters who made the trip to Orpington to give the boys equal share of voice with the Combe Army. We disco ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 64 Hertford 149th March, 2013 |
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OK. we've held off saying it long enough. Three points ahead of mighty Bishop Stortford (shouldn't he be in the Vatican right now?) with four games to play. Boy is it going to be nail biting.
The growing excitement at Big Field drew heavy weight VIPs to a sold out pre match lunch of Mole Valley MP Sir Paul Beresford and Surrey President Ian Thirwell, not to mention the returning leg ... Read More |
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| First XV: Old Elthamians 3 Dorking 292nd March, 2013 |
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Sad news in the week at the passing of Peter Mills. Peter sat on the Big Field Committee since, well forever, and was part of the long relationship DRFC has with our friends and neighbours in Brockham. A football man through and through as you will read in the Dorking Ad this week no doubt, Peter was latterly a VIP guest at the last several Surrey Mini Festivals, there to support the day, as we ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 16 Thurrock 1216th February, 2013 |
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Situation Report:
It had been a difficult week. A Pope had resigned (exactly, what's that all about?). Findus-gate brought flash-back attacks of Brownie's (looking back, uncharacteristically generous) 'Meat Feast Lasagne' reward when the first team won.
Valentine's Day brought the seasonal mix of disappointment and freedom to operate with stalker like behaviour. The ... Read More |
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| First XV: Westcliff 12 Dorking 399th February, 2013 |
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Dorking went East to Essex to meet up with new but old friends Westcliff (if you get what I mean!?) on the back of the defeat at the ever competitive Stortford last week. There had been a fair bit of navel gazing and opinions given on why the team hadn’t been firing on all cylinders since the Barnes victory in early January but the conclusion was quickly reached – it was only ... Read More |
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| First XV: Bishops Stortford 24 Dorking 62nd February, 2013 |
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Before getting into the usual one – eyed tribal customary method of match reporting, hats off to BS who welcomed us warmly, competed strongly and it is very hard to argue anything other than the best team won on the day, much as we were the architects of our own down fall, the victims of gross miscarriage of justice, and so on and so forth.......
But make no mistake; this was a match ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 20 Gravesend 326th January, 2013 |
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The rapid overnight thaw made the early morning pitch inspection something of a formality and rugby returned to the Big Field after the short snow break with Dorking defending their five point lead atop National Division Three London against the perennially competitive Gravesend. Uncharacteristically Gravesend arrived in Brockham at the wrong end of the table just a few points off the drop zone ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 16 Tonbridge Juddians 712th January, 2013 |
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What a difference a week makes. The ever useful Tonbridge Juddians made league leaders Dorking fight all the way to earn the four points at the Big Field. After the excellent performance against Barnes the previous week Dorking knew they had to be on top of their game as the testing January schedule continued with the visit of TJ’s who are very much still in the mix for the pr ... Read More |
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| Barnes Match Report7th January, 2013 |
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Tyler treble turns tide in Thames side table topping clash
The New Year came in with a bang as the Big Field boys made the trip up the A3 to visit 2ndplaced Barnes who have been Dorking’s nemesis over the past few seasons and are the only side to have beaten them this season. Nevertheless a warm and friendly welcome from all at Barnes RFC who are a likeminded club focussed ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 50 Guernsey 515th December, 2012 |
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The last game of 2012 bought an injury ravaged Guernsey to the Big Field for the start of the second round of fixtures in National 3 London and South East. Dorking on the other hand picked a strong match squad which saw Harry Watts getting a first start since injury in March, Muller starting on the wing, so attacking options could be maximised in the centre with Jeffery and the chuckle brothers ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 44 Tring 58th December, 2012 |
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A clean living full back from Tring
Had a terrible pain in his ring
The strength of his curry
Caused a toiletry hurry
It was meat phall that had caused it to sting
Dorking returned to Saturday Limerick and on field rugby action after a two week break during which the Red and Whites had moved effortlessly to the top of the division after the walk over win with stru ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 20 Westcombe Park 1517th November, 2012 |
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Dorking hosted the ever strong Westcombe Park on Saturday who came with a good pedigree of having played up the leagues and being in a recent rich vein of form with 6 straight wins. It was always going to be a tight match but the anticipated forward slug was actually replaced by two sets of backs keen to throw the ball around and there were many exciting breaks and half breaks which kept the cr ... Read More |
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| First XV: Hertford 24 Dorking 293rd November, 2012 |
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Dorking’s first ever away win at mighty Hertford rounded off a marvellous month for the Club as we cemented second spot in the division as the fixture list reaches the half way point in the next couple of weeks.
Earlier in the week over a hundred people attended Brownie and Penny’s Leaving Dinner in the Savoy Suite at the new Pavilion in the presence of RFU Chairman VIP Gu ... Read More |
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| First XV: Thurrock 20 Dorking 2520th October, 2012 |
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Dorking made the trip across the Thames Estuary for a third v fourth place showdown. Like us, Thurrock have started the season strongly although this was their first outing against another of the top five sides in the league. The trip brought back memories among some of the travelling support of the hammering we endured here in 1992, just a few days after the hosts had unceremoniously dumped Lo ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 21 Westcliff 1413th October, 2012 |
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Dorking continued their strong start to the season with another win this time over Essex side Westcliff to maintain third position in an increasingly tight division. Westcliff’s last visit to Brockham coincided with their promotion to the National Leagues this time last year and during a period of obvious readjustment for the sea- siders, Dorking ran out comfortable winners. Westcliffe ha ... Read More |
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| First XV: Gravesend 26 Dorking 416th October, 2012 |
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On Saturday Dorking travelled to Kent to play Gravesend who, although sitting third from bottom in the league had played one less game due to the M25 preventing a game last weekend and had run a number of strong sides close claiming two losing bonus points.
Gravesend started well with their heavy pack keeping play tight and testing the Dorking defence. After 5 minutes the home si ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 20 Bishops Stortford4th October, 2012 |
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Match report courtesy of the Dorking Advertiser
DORKING made it back-to-back victories with a stunning triumph over the previously unbeaten Bishop's Stortford at the weekend. It was an enthralling contest at the Big Field, between two teams riding the crest of a wave.
Stortford went into the match in second place in National League Three London, having won all four of their openi ... Read More |
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| First XV: Tonbridge Juddian 26 Dorking 5322nd September, 2012 |
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Dorking visited Tonbridge Juddians, whom they had beaten at home last season but suffered a big reverse in the away fixture. So after the loss against Barnes last week and some less than convincing early season matches the result was a massive turn up for the books and full credit must go to the Coaching team for masterminding how to get the team to deliver and for Captain ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 18 Barnes 3215th September, 2012 |
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Match report by courtesy of the Dorking Advertiser
DORKING were sent to their first defeat of the season by a clinical Barnes side at the Big Field on Saturday.
The visitors, who were relegated from National League Two South last season, affirmed their intention to bounce straight back with a third consecutive victory to start the new season.
And it was a slow start to proceedings a ... Read More |
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| First XV: Guernsey 6 Dorking 118th September, 2012 |
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Nice Place - Great Weather - Good to get a win away
The fixture computer had thrown up a heady opening to the campaign with ‘New Clubhouse Day’ followed immediately by the trip over to Guernsey allowing us to enjoy the last of the late summer sun. And it turned out to be an especially nostalgic trip for Club Chairman Jim Evans; "On a rough calculation I've now been on f ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 21 CS Rugby 121st September, 2012 |
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Space Change Management Chief Executive Ian Steel was the star of the opening fixture of the 2012/13 season as the Club unveiled the £1m refurbishment that had been both initiated and completed during the close season. At 9.30 on Friday evening the Big Field Pavilion had resembled the nail biting finale in an episode of Challenge Aneka as Steely and his team pulled a couple of all nighter ... Read More |
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| First XV: Bracknell 15 Dorking 3521st April, 2012 |
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Dorking visited relegated Bracknell for the last outing of this year’s league programme. Having beaten Bracknell well in the opening match of the season Dorking were hoping for a positive sign off to confirm their very respectable 5th place finish. Despite the harsh reality of being relegated Bracknell are a proud Club and hopes were high that their collection of international stars ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 40 Tring 2314th April, 2012 |
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It was a great day to close out Dorking 2011-12 before we shut up shop for the ‘Big Rebuild’ over the Summer. A small group of moist eyed older members gathered briefly for an emotional farewell in the changing room toilets for the last time. “Chris Kane said a few words in there, it was all very moving” reported Gary Bell clearly struggling to control his own emotions a ... Read More |
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| First XV: Tonbridge Juddian 49 Dorking 831st March, 2012 |
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After the highs of a great performance against Bishop Stortford last week, Dorking travelled to Tonbridge Juddians with high hopes of completing a double over the Kent team who were very much in the race for the play-off spot. Sadly it was to be one of those nightmare days when things went from bad to worse. A very competent TJ's side showed why they are at the top end of the league w ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 40 Bishops Stortford 2624th March, 2012 |
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A glorious spring day was matched only by an exciting game full of expansive and flowing rugby from both sides. The visitors came to the Big Field on a hot winning streak of 16 games which started when they beat Dorking at their place last October –with still a sniff of a playoff spot they had it all to play for. Dorking on the other hand had to try and ensure that they mainta ... Read More |
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| First XV: Civil Service Rugby 10 Dorking 2310th March, 2012 |
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Dorking visited CS Rugby with two objectives –revenge for the narrow defeat earlier in the season at the Big Field and to stabilise their position behind the promotion chasing teams and secure a top half league table finish.
CS Rugby are a good outfit with some quality players but like Dorking they have lacked consistency in maintaining any sort of form. So on a glorious spring ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 60 Luton 73rd March, 2012 |
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After successive setbacks at the hands of Ampthill and Canterbury there was a sense of relief at returning to winning ways and some free flowing rugby against an honest - but lowly in league terms - Luton visiting Dorking for the very first time in the company of the RFU’s newly appointed Chief Executive Ian Richie.
And the Big Field boys certainly put on a show for the latest m ... Read More |
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| First XV: Canterbury 44 Dorking 1918th February, 2012 |
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Hands up, that was a bit of a hammering and no complaints from our camp. Sure we didn’t help ourselves in the first half and we didn’t want for effort against a good team heading back to National 2. It is just a shame that – especially after all the noise surrounding the fixture – that we didn’t really show anywhere near what we can do. We were however made to feel ... Read More |
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| First XV: Havant 10 Dorking 4028th January, 2012 |
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Dorking travelled to an in-form Havant knowing that if the standard of performance from the previous Saturday at Staines was repeated then they would be in for a tough afternoon. With a few injuries being still being carried it was the turn for another home grown talent in the shape of 20 year old Fraser Macdonald to have a debut start at 10. There were also other 1st XV regulars Quinn Wi ... Read More |
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| First XV: Staines 23 Dorking 921st January, 2012 |
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Dorking visited old friends Staines knowing that the is never an easy visit to the west London outfit and that the form book should not be a guide as to the possible outcome. And so it was to prove - a fired up Staines XV took the points in a disappointing display from a Dorking team which was never allowed to get into its stride.
Playing into a strong wind Dorking needed to look afte ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 59 Gravesend 1014th January, 2012 |
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So with the decorations down, the kids back at University/School, it was with a significant sense of relief that we returned to the weekly routine and a grey and damp Big Field for regular week end grown up rugby. After Great Expectations being the blockbuster holiday hit our friends from Gravesend emerging through the mist were the rather appropriate first visitors from the coast to what is no ... Read More |
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| First XV: Westcliff 23 Dorking 307th January, 2012 |
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Dorking's league campaign got going again with a first visit to Westcliff - a friendly and welcoming club based in Essex on the north coast of the Thames Estuary. Coach Andrews had identified this as a fixture which would provide a stern test after the Christmas layoff and so it was to prove. Injuries and a few unavailabilities meant first time starts for props 23 year old John Greenw ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 36 London Irish Amateur 717th December, 2011 |
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Ted declared Saturday Riverdance Day and Dorking was temporarily twinned with Donegal for the first visit of London Irish in a wee while, giving us an excuse to don the tweed and over indulge in the black stuff; like we need an excuse of course. Surrey President Paul Agate, once of the Mighty Warl, also graced us with his Presidential presence for an entertaining pre match lunch with John, Chri ... Read More |
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| First XV: Tring 18 Dorking 2310th December, 2011 |
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Dorking’s recent revival continued on the road at the weekend with a second successive success over teams that had crept above the Big Field outfit during the disappointing run of poor results in November. The narrow but ultimately thoroughly deserved win at Tring takes Dorking back up to third spot and keeps the pressure on second place Tonbridge who the Red and Whites beat convincingly ... Read More |
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| Dorking 29 Tonbridge Juddian 83rd December, 2011 |
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That was much better.
On DRFC’s Annual David Judd Day;
· Jim and Ted unveiled the revised plans for the Clubhouse redevelopment and launched the final fundraising push;
· Our very own John Douglas spoke passionately and openly of the comings and goings in the Twickenha ... Read More |
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| First XV: Bishops Stortford 32 Dorking 2419th November, 2011 |
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Dorking travelled to Bishops Stortford knowing they would face a stern test as the home team were in a vein of good form in contrast to the visitor’s struggles of the past few fixtures. Stortford are a friendly town club with a similar strong emphasis on developing players from their youth and mini sections – so the scene was set for an interesting match between two teams look ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 10 CS Rugby 1112th November, 2011 |
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Dorking suffered a rare reverse at the Big Field on Saturday against a combative and very sharp Civil Service side. Clearly motivated, the visitors from Chiswick were worth their victory by a single point but skipper Armand Roux and his men were left rueing the hatload of points that they missed out on with missed try scoring opportunities and errant kicks.
After last week’s welcome b ... Read More |
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| First XV: Luton 15 Dorking 5929th October, 2011 |
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Dorking made the short hop up the M1 for their first ever visit to Luton RFC who normally ply their trade in the Midlands Division but had been asked by the RFU to move across and try their luck in the London Leagues this season. A nice set-up and friendly club with an emphasis on youth and minis similar to ours and it was great to see the Luton u15’s helping with match day preparat ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 10 Canterbury 1622nd October, 2011 |
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Why Delilah indeed. Poor old Spenno as you’ve probably heard, suffered – the squeamish should look away now - a partial dislocation and fracture of his hip socket as our reigning leek eating record holder landed awkwardly in the tackle against his fellow Welsh dwellers of National 3 up at Ampthill and has spent the last week and a bit awaiting surgery. “I am feelin ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 23 Ampthill 3015th October, 2011 |
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On a glorious Autumnal day Dorking made the trip to Ampthill hoping to continue their unbeaten league campaign. But, as Dorking had found to their cost last season, Ampthill is a difficult place to visit and they were again welcomed by a pumped up and motivated home team.
Things could not have got off to a worse start for the visitors with Ampthill pressure coming straight from the kick off ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 43 Havant 108th October, 2011 |
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Dorking continued their mightily impressive start to this campaign with another bonus point win at home over strugglers Havant.
Havant could have been forgiven for approaching the fixture with some trepidation given their winless start to the season and several drubbings included on the ledger. However, whilst Dorking eventually secured some comfort on the scoreboard, it was not the stroll ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 29 Staines 171st October, 2011 |
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On the most glorious October day at a picture perfect Big Field we continued the great start to the season with another in the end convincing win for the boys – five on the bounce now - and thus – as Club protocol has it - a legendary Brownie Steak Dinner after training on Thursday awaits those of a suitably solid constitution.
And yet it hadn&rsquo ... Read More |
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| First XV: Gravesend 28 Dorking 7024th September, 2011 |
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Dorking travelled to Gravesend in the knowledge that in corresponding fixture last season they suffered a convincing defeat. With a few of last weeks team returning to their university studies it was a chance for new boys Richie Booth to start at scrum half and Matt Higgins to have a run from the bench
Dorking kicked off with the wind on their backs and the early exchanges were pretty ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 56 Westcliff 017th September, 2011 |
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With newly elected Chairman Jim Evans once more pulling the strings on his mobile from the jacuzzi at Flint Cottage, Dorking 2011-12 has got off to the proverbial flyer. Evans told the Club’s official website over the weekend. “As a management group we’ve sought to make incremental improvements year on year. This season is no different. We are trying to improve the overa ... Read More |
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| First XV: London Irish Amateur 13 Dorking 2810th September, 2011 |
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Dorking made their first ever league trip to London Irish Amateur and were royally entertained both on and off the pitch!
Great conditions promised for an exciting match and the Dorking’s squad had to cope with some changes from the previous weekend - giving a real chance for the new players to show Richie what they could offer in the starting line up.
The bigger Irish pack were c ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 35 Bracknell 243rd September, 2011 |
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Dorking got their 2011-12 campaign off to a fine start with an impressive victory over a strong Bracknell outfit on Saturday. The Red & Whites added six new players to their squad in the close season, but injuries ensured the starting line-up had a familiar look to it, with only Andy Gardner’s brother Ed, returning to the Big Field after a two-year absence.
Matt Noble got the firs ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 22 Barnes 489th April, 2011 |
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Well Done Barnes. Great team. Great Performance. Barnes have a terrific scrum half in Damian Hoo, a pretty handy and mobile couple of locks including the former professional and ex Jersey star Jim Brownrigg and pace and power out wide. Throw in a zillion penalties and - despite another valiant effort - we were a clear second best on the day. Much as we felt bruised and uncomfortable with the ou ... Read More |
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| Surrey Cup Semi-Final: Dorking 51 Richmond 529th March, 2011 |
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Dorking pulled off one of their best performances of the season in securing a massive fifty point win over mighty Richmond in the semi final of the Surrey Cup on Tuesday evening. The game was itself a huge landmark in the Club's history as the biggest Big Field crowd of the season turned out to watch the first ever Dorking senior game played under floodlights as the Red and Whites began the ... Read More |
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| First XV: Basingstoke 14 Dorking 2326th March, 2011 |
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Basingstoke 14 Dorking 23
Basingstoke is always a lot further down the M3 than you think and then just as you are getting a little agitated there is, in the distance, the reassuring sight of Waitrose as the grocery store of choice at Fleet Services. For this and other reasons Basingstoke has been the Club that we Dorking sought to emulate in recent years as we were rising up through the le ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 81 Civil Service 3612th March, 2011 |
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Dorking 81 The Civil Service Football Club 36
You don’t see many score lines - or games for that matter - like that probably for the good of Richie’s hairline as the Big Field became the Bay of Plenty as a rampant Dorking notched up a point a minute demolition of seventh placed Civil Service on Saturday. The fixture brought the historic Civil Service – one of the fou ... Read More |
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| First XV: Staines 24 Dorking 225th March, 2011 |
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Staines 24 Dorking 22
It was strange to be back at Staines where the odyssey of the last three years started with the play- off victory for promotion two years back, and to recognise how far we’ve come since that celebrated sunny Saturday. The support this Saturday at Staines was again exceptional if not the numbers that made the trip for the now legendary play off trip.
We arrive ... Read More |
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| First XV: Gravesend 19 Dorking 1626th February, 2011 |
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Gravesend 19 Dorking 16 Gravesend report
Reproduced by kind permission of the Dorking Advertiser
DORKING’S promotion dreams all but died at a bleak Gravesend on Saturday afternoon.
Not quite the mudbath of the previous week at the Big Field against Ampthill, conditions were hardly conduci ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 31 Ampthill 1719th February, 2011 |
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Dorking 31 Ampthill 17 (Ampthill match report here)
What a terrific day and a quite superb team effort.
Issy had promoted ‘Ladies’ Day’ brilliantly and numbers at lunch broke the all comer’s record from back when we used to play Cobham. Penny and the team worked over-time to ... Read More |
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| First XV: Barnes 29 Dorking 2012th February, 2011 |
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Barnes 29 Dorking 20 (Barnes Match Report here)
Twickenham and different ‘the dog ate my homework’ inability from those present at Barnes with more established reporting pedigree to write a match report brings a new correspondent to the website this week with the welcome return to match reporting of former Chairma ... Read More |
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| First XV: Havant 9 Dorking 385th February, 2011 |
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Havant 9 Dorking 38
Well done everyone. After the set back at Hertford it was important that we showed our bouncebackability in quite wretched conditions on a wet and wild East Hampshire Coast. We also coped with the late withdrawal of Benny Tyler and a knock on shuffle of the team sheet to overcome initially competitive south coast opposition. The bonus point win and Hertford’s narro ... Read More |
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| First XV: Hertford 44 Dorking 629th January, 2011 |
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Hertford 44 Dorking 6
Well played Hertford. After all the big match build up, disappointingly we didn’t bring a top of the table performance to Hoe Lane and were simply outplayed on the day by a talented and well organized Hertford. They didn’t allow us to get into the game and rather ran away with it towards the end. It turned out to be a reverse mirror of the first fixture whe ... Read More |
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| First XV: Dorking 29 North Walsham 2422nd January, 2011 |
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Dorking 29 North Walsham Vikings 24
You know what? While much of the post match hullaballoo focused, correctly, on the closeness of the score line, Saturday was just a really good rugby day.
We had a good turn- out of dignitaries, sponsors and visitors for lunch where President Ted announced the momentous news of the signing the previous day of the new fifty year Lease at the Big Field. ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Diss 7 Dorking 6415th January, 2011 |
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Diss 7 Dorking 64
Given the distance numbers travelling to support the boys on Saturday fell off dramatically raising the Big Issue who would operate Twitter this week. After intense e mail exchanges President Ted agreed to, if not Twitter, text the emerging scores to Juddy who would convert to Twitter from the Jacuzzi watching the King George in Camilla Drive.
And boy were they k ... Read More |
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| 1st XV; Dorking 35 Bishops Stortford 08th January, 2011 |
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Dorking 1st XV 35 - Bishops Stortford 1st XV 0
(Bishops Stortford match report)
The Big Field played host to fifth placed Bishops Stortford on Saturday in the first senior action of 2011 for Dorking RFC. With the two sides running out to a pitch resembling a cabbage patch rather than a playing surface, a result of the inclement weather of the last month, those arrivi ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 29 Tring 1311th December, 2010 |
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Dorking 29 Tring 13
A by all accounts slightly scruffy bonus point win and a shock, outside Staines at least, loss for table topping Barnes took Dorking back to the very top of the division as we entered the second half of the season’s programme with the visit of Tring to Brockham at the weekend.
Director of Rugby Richie Andrews was realistic about what we could take from the game ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 87 Basingstoke 727th November, 2010 |
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Dorking 87 Basingstoke 7
It was in fact a really, really close call.
Bam had popped in taking Josh to the early bird swim session at the Leisure Centre and reported it to be rock hard at 8.00am as the expected deep frost arrived overnight although thankfully without the threatened snow. Jim consulted the relevant regulations and made ‘phone contact with Basingstok ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Civil Service 22 Dorking 2720th November, 2010 |
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Dorking 27 The Civil Service 22
Dorking’s first ever fixture against ‘The Service’ gave good cause for trotting out presumably old and familiar jokes about cuts and benefit fraud, a taxing afternoon and whether lunch would be on the taxpayer as well as a voluble complaint from Bob White that his interval offering of London Pride contravened the Weights and Measures Re ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 22 Staines 136th November, 2010 |
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This one was important.
A win and we could consign the horrors of Ampthill to a bad day at the office. Another defeat would provide evidence to the doubters that the Dorking bubble had well and truly burst with the arrival of the heavy grounds and the even heavier opposing packs.
The response to the Ampthill result had been a combination of ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Ampthill 57 Dorking 1330th October, 2010 |
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Ampthill 1st XV 57 Dorking 1st XV 13
Dorking's fantastic winning streak of played eight, won eight and an incredible eight bonus points on the bounce which was reckoned to be the best return in the entire English league system came to a juddering and abrupt halt deep in the Bedfordshire countryside on Saturday. We were making our first visit to Ampthill and Distri ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 36 Havant 1223rd October, 2010 |
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The result of this week’s caption competition is the following;
“The best thing about playing rugby with Jim Evans was;
3rd ………….he always picked me
2nd ………….he inspired me to a state of total fitness
1st …………..he was the only person who c ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 48 Hertford 2116th October, 2010 |
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Dorking 48 Hertford 21
Rugby – Bloody Hell
Having read some of the match reports from our division over recent weeks, straight off the bat, let’s record the fact that Hertford are a very, very good team who play a very attractive brand of rugby and, as expected, Barry and the gang visiting Brockham were a really decent bunch pre and post match.
From the ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: North Walsham 24 Dorking 369th October, 2010 |
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North Walsham. An early start. A 360 mile round trip. A boisterous crowd. But all worth it to achieve 6 wins from 6 games with maximum bonus points. It all leads very well towards an exciting top of the table clash next weekend when Dorking host Hertford at the Big Field.
It was fantastic rugby-playing conditions on Saturday, on a ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 30 Diss 82nd October, 2010 |
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Dorking 1st XV 30 Diss 1st XV 8
With Ben Allard settling in to his new apartment in South Sydney and Matt still feeling his dicky shoulder, DoR Richie Andrews again rang the changes for this week’s visit of Diss. Ryan Lucas dropped back to fifteen allowing Gary Johnston to return on the wing and Stewie Fee was drafted in at centre alongside Will Crow who had again made th ... Read More |
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| Bishops Stortford 26 Dorking 3825th September, 2010 |
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Bishop's Stortford 1st XV 26 Dorking 1st XV 38
Crikey. Not a bad start. Not bad at all. Four bonus point victories out of four meant Brownie’s Sunday afternoon was spent paging through Penny’s Hugh Fearnley- Whitingststall back catalogue for an appropriate celebratory post training offering come Thursday.
Dorking Director of Rugby Richie Andrews was again pleased ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 37 Gravesend 1718th September, 2010 |
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Dorking 1st XV 37 Gravesend 1st XV 17
This one ticked all the boxes. Just glorious late summer weather. Gravesend are a thoroughly decent bunch. Ted and a few of the others were away celebrating Adrian Stow’s seventieth in St Lucia but the brilliant Roger Parkin had gathered a galaxy of new and long standing Sponsors for a Brownie special lamb shank – at least we think it ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Tring 16 Dorking 2911th September, 2010 |
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Tring 1st XV 16 Dorking 1st XV 29
Fingers on buzzers; which DRFC member outscored Kevin Pietersen in a recent outing for Surrey ?
As with the defeat of Bracknell in the season’s opening fixture, Dorking again produced a scintillating first half performance to cement a bonus point victory off the A41 at Tring and a second successive personal three try hat ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 52 Bracknell 84th September, 2010 |
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Dorking 1st XV 52 Bracknell 1st XV 8
You’d have been going some to have predicted this one on ‘Guess the Score’.
“To be perfectly honest I wasn’t all that surprised” Dorking Skipper Armand Roux protested pitch side after this seven try bruising of a bewildered Bracknell. “We are definitely fitter than last season and I was always hopeful w ... Read More |
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| 1st XV: Dorking 39 Westcombe Park 19 (Friendly)28th August, 2010 |
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Dorking 1st XV 39 Westcombe Park 1st XV 19
A committed Dorking squad overcame their visitors from National League 2 in an entertaining encounter at the Big Field on Saturday.
This friendly fixture saw both sides regularly rotating players to give all game time before the League season kicks off in earnest on 4th September.
The men from Kent looked sharp in the opening encounters wit ... Read More |
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