Side reports Eagles Wheelchair

By David Butler

Both the red and gold wheelchair sides were in action this weekend. Read below to find out how both sides fared in their respective matches.

Red wheelchair | Wakefield Trinity 10-84 Sheffield Eagles (27/07/24) – Championship East

A dominant display from Sheffield Eagles kept them top of the Eastern Wheelchair Championship as they completed a league double over Wakefield Trinity.

The Eagles looked sharp when they opened the scoring through Ben Simpson’s pass from Chris Haynes as Wakefield appeared to be sleeping. Simpson was at the other end of the pitch again soon after, with Chris Haynes following shortly after and Stephen Reilly striking to collect the first points for the Eagles.

Sid Ramsey threw a ball into the goal area to pick out Wakefield but he couldn’t convert.

The Eagles responded with quick tries from Haynes and Reilly adding the extra points before head coach Greg Brown rotated his bench. Joe Wink-Simmonds added two tries, setting up another Chris Haynes score before the break to make the half-time score 4-60.

After the break Reilly came on again but the Eagles used the game time to practice some set plays and final tackling moves with Ben Simpson scoring from a big kick and Chris Haynes coming in on a passing move. Wink-Simmonds added another short-range try towards the end, but the final say went to Trinity’s Ashley Lockwood, who powered her way over, with Kate Haigh adding the conversion to end the day.

Trinity Wakefield

Gavin Dobson, Emma Haigh, Kate Haigh, Gareth Ramsey, Sid Ramsey. Subs: Ian Cholmondeley, Ashley Lockwood, Amy Scaife.

Tries: Sid Ramsey (14), Ashley Lockwood (77)

Goals: Sid Ramsey 0/1, Kate Haigh 1/1

Sheffield Eagles

David Butler, Chris Haynes, Stephen Reilly, Ben Simpson, Jenny Pearson. Subs: James Birchnall, Joe Wink-Simmonds, Shaun Orton, Jack Johnson

Tries: Ben Simpson (3, 4, 53), Chris Haynes (6, 17, 28, 30, 58), Stephen Reilly (12, 19, 21, 44), Joe Wink-Simmonds (28, 36, 64)

Goals: Ben Simpson 9/9, Joe Wink-Simmonds 4/4

Referee: Ewan Clibbens

Innings: 4-60

Wheelchair Gold | Sheffield Eagles 32-14 Colostomy Great Britain (28/07/24) – Friendly

Sheffield Eagles A won their first game of the season in a friendly against Colostomy UK, a game played in great spirit as the opener of Colostomy UK’s big day with Sheffield Eagles.

Andy Clare scored his first appearance for the A team with a try on nine minutes, with Kyle Bonsor replying for the purples shortly after.

Shaun Orton scored his first hat-trick on the quarter-hour mark, with Jack Johnson heading in the corner soon after to give the Eagles the lead at half-time.

Orton’s second and third scores sandwiched a Stuart Wilkinson try, with several of the Eagles on kicking duties adding conversions to move the scoreboard further.

Livewire Jenny Pearson, an Eagles player who played with Colostomy UK in the game added a second score for the Purples, with Bonsor adding a final score late in the game.

Martin Turner’s last ditch effort was ruled out for being tackled in goal just before the full time hooter!

Sheffield Eagles A

Barry Grayson, Jack Johnson, Stacey Roulson, Stuart Wilkinson, Andy Clare. Subs: Shaun Orton, Martin Turner, Helen Calder, Sammi Kelly-Pride

Tries: Andy Clare (9), Shaun Orton (16, 44, 52), Jack Johnson (19), Stuart Wilkinson (49)

Goals: Jack Johnson 0/1, Helen Calder 0/1, Shaun Orton 2/2, Stacey Roulson 1/1, Barry Grayson 1/1

Colostomy Great Britain

Jenny Pearson, Isabel Pena-Barrientos, Kyle Bonsor, Andrew Osborough, Tyma Hughes. Subs: Tim Cree, Michael Prescott, Heather Robinson, Matt Clark, Ed Rowland.

Tries: Kyle Bonsor (13, 68), Jenny Pearson (55)

Goals: Kyle Bonsor 1/1, Matt Clark 1/1, Michael Prescott 0/1

Referees: David Butler / Karl Shepperd

Halftime: 14-4