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Sunday 13 May 2012

Aberdeen Grammar won a friendly match against Cumnock at Westdyke on Saturday afternoon. Grammar were too strong for a plucky Cumnock side and eventually ran out 94-12 winners. Grammar sponsor Al Dornan also provides support to the Ayrshire team.

Meanwhile, Grammar sevens exited in the first round at the Hamilton tournament. losing to GHA. They then went unbeaten to claim the shield trophy.

The sevens tournament at Cartha Queens Park next Saturday is the last action of the season.

Tuesday 8 May 2012

The club annual awards were announced at the dinner on Friday night:

Colt of the Year: Ed Farquharson

2nd XV Player of the Year: Colin McCaul

Young Player of the Year: Stuart Smith

Holden Trophy (top try scorer): Will Wardlaw, 14 tries (11 league, 3 cup)

Player's Player of the Year: Murray Douglas

Press Player's Player of the Year: Murray Douglas

Club Man of the Year: Graham Barron

Monday 7 May 2012

Congratulations to Aberdeen Grammar lok Stuart Smith who has been selected for the Scotland squad to contest the IRB Junior World Championships next month in South Africa. The team will be based in Stellenbosch and has pool matches against Austraia, France and Argentina starting on Monday 4 June.

Follow this link for the full story from the SRU website.

Saturday 4 May 2012

Aberdeen Grammar lost a closely contested final to host club Howe of Fife by 5-17. Howe scored the deciding try with the last play of the game.

In previous rounds, Grammar won against a Howe select 35-5, overturned Boroughmuir 36-24 in the quarter-final and Stirling County 24-7 in the semi-final.

Photos from the tournament can be found here.

Saturday 28 April 2012

Aberdeen Grammar lost 5-28 to Boroughmuir in the semi-final of the Edinburgh club's sevens tournament at Meggetland yesterday evening. Boroughmuir went on to win the final 26-24 against Howe of Fife, last week's winners at Stirling County.

In the round-robin group stages Grammar defeated StewMel 36-0 and Bruce Hay Chiefs 48-5 to qualify for the semi-final.

The full report from the Scotsman can be found here.

Monday 23 April 2012

Aberdeen Grammar lock and captain played 15 minutes of the Cardiff Blues vs Edinburgh game on Sunday. Jack Nixon's P&J report can be found here.

Grammar had two sevens sides out at the weekend: The team at Bridgehaugh for the Ondeo Stirling County 7s, part of the 5 event Legacy series, won their first round match against Stirling's U18 selection but succombed to Howe of Fife in the quarter-final. To put that into perspective, Howe went on to beat Dundee High in the semi-final and host Stirling County in the final. Photos from Grammar's two matches are here and here.

A second VII contested the Highland tournament in muddy Inverness. They lost narrowly to a young team from Mull who also went on to win the day, beating a Fijian Blackwatch side in the final.

Next up: Boroughmuir 7s on Friday evening.

Saturday 21 April 2012

There will be a memorial service for Donny Innes at Queen's Cross Church, appropriately kicking off at 3 pm on Saturday, 28 April 2012. All are cordially welcome. The P&J notice can be found here.

Friday 20 April 2012

Given his 6 try performance on national TV at the Melrose Sevens last weekend, it is not surprising that Edinburgh have given Murray Douglas a place on the bench for their RaboDirect Pro12 match against Cardiff Blues on Sunday.

The full story can be found here.

Congratulations to Murray. This will create an opportunity for a replacement "prop" for the Endeo Stirling Sevens at Bridgehaugh, also on Sunday.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

The draw for the Endeo Stirling 7s on Sunday has been made. Aberdeen Grammar will play the Horny Tups (?) in the first round with the winner then playing the winner of Howe of Fife vs Bannockburn in the quarter-final. Grammar's first game is scheduled to start at 1:54 pm at Bridgehaugh.

Saturday 14 April 2012

Aberdeen Grammar surprised the media but not their own supporters by getting to the semi-finals of the Melrose Sevens before losing narrowly to the English Aviva Premiership Saracens. Jack Nixon's report from the tournament can be found here.

Next up: Stirling County sevens at Bridgehaugh next Sunday, 22 April.

Thursday 11 April 2012

There are 21 seats available on the bus going to Melrose for the 7's this Saturday.

The bus departs at 07:30hrs from the Club Centre on Queens Road. Anyone wishing to support the team and travel with them should contact Graham Barron on 07714 898849 or g.barron@btconnect.com.

Saturday 7 April 2012

The 1XV lost 44-22 to Ayr at Millbrae in the last league match of the season. Next up: Melrose Sevens vs Hawick in the first round at The Greenyards. Jack Nixon's match report can be found here.

The 2XV had a comfortable 62-0 win against Dalziel at Rubislaw, photos from the game can be found here.

Tuesday 3 April 2012

Ed Farquarson's excellent run of form continued in the FIRA-AER U18 tournament in Spain. He scored a further 2 tries against Portugal in a 35-12 win to bring his tally to 6 in the 5 games he has played for Scotland this season.

Thursday 29 March 2012

The final 1XV match of the season planned for Ayr on Saturday has been postponed to Saturday 7 April as Ayr has a Cup semi-final against Boroughmuir to play this week.

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Aberdeen Grammar U18 38 Dundee Eagles 12

Grammar put in a good performance to soundly defeat Dundee Eagles in a rescheduled match at Rubislaw. Photos from the match can be found here.

Tuesday 27 March 2012

The 2XV win at Musselburgh on Saturday clinched the division title for Aberdeen Grammar as second place Selkirk A cannot overtake us with only one match remaining for them.

The team is averaging 43 points whilst only conceding 6 points per game.

The league table can be found here.

Congratulations to Craig Parslow and his team for a fine effort.

Monday 26 March 2012

The U18 Champions League home fixture against Dundee Eagles originally scheduled for Saturday has been brought forward to Wednesday 28 March with a 6:30 pm kick-off at Rubislaw. All support will be very welcome.

Sunday 25 March 2012

Scotland U18 went down 12-25 to Ireland U18 in Dublin this afternoon. Ed Farquharson scored both of Scotland's tries.

The full story from the SRU can be found at this link:

http://www.scottishrugby.org/content/view/2675/2/

In the U17 international match against England at The Greenyards on Sunday, Grammar full back Angus Rennie made the break that led to Scotland's second try. The side eventually lost 15-33.

The full story from the SRU can be found at this link:

Saturday 24 March 2012

Melrose 43 Aberdeen Grammar 34

For the second consecutive week, Grammar ran in 5 tries but contrived to end on the losing side. Photos from the match can be found here and Jack Nixon's match report can be found here.

Saturday 17 March 2012

Aberdeen Grammar 31 Stirling County 33

Aberdeen Grammar lost to a contentious late try by Stirling County, surrendering a 14 point lead in the last quarter. Photos from the match can be found here. Jack Nixon's report from the P&J can be found here.

Sunday 11 March 2012

Aberdeen Grammar three-quarter Ed Farquarson made a major contribution to the Scotland U18 team who played Wales on Sunday at GHA's Braidholm ground, scoring an excellent try in the process. Other photos can be found here.

The P6 team were silver medal winners at the Ellon tournament on Sunday. Here are the successful team.