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Mackie Bears Entertain at Aberdeen 7s

Mackie Bears Entertain at Aberdeen 7s

michael levack6 May 2014 - 11:05
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Mackie Bears competed at the Aberdeen 7s with a strong squad to reach the quarter finals.

The bears headed to Kings College early on Saturday with arguably the best squad they have assembled in years for a 7s tournament. 7s season is notorious for being hard to get the guys all out on the pitch, with many having signed off on training for the summer or view 7s as just a bit of fun and not worth it. This year however after 3 seasons of good progress, many finals appearances but no silverware, there has been fantastic training numbers.

Boasting the talented Gray brothers (Ross and Cameron), the skillfull and powerful Kiwi's in Rawiri and Jason, the youth and pace of Ross McKenna and Adam Hunter, tanacity of Rory Mellis and Ross Alsop, Dancing feet of Dave Garden, Power and pace of Duncan Campbell, the mouth of Cameron Leask and the experience of returning Captain Michael Levack, this squad had it all. Plus the benefit of Injured 7s specialist Michael Kelly coaching and the ever popular Maximus the Bear, Mackie's Mascot.

Winning the first 2 games with the required style they aimed for perhaps a bit of overconfidence meant a loss in game 24 - 19. Unable to pull back after an uncharacteristic slow start. Game 4 saw a return to form, winning 19-14 against a better side than game 3.

That meant a quarter final against last years winners 'The Cherry Poppers' a team made up of Aberdeen Grammar players. In the end it was a fairly comfortable win for them but dropped balls, forward passes and losing 2 players to injury made the the 26-5 scoreline a bit more flattering.

All in all though the squad were very happy to play and do very well in a high quality tournament. One of the only local teams on show it was good to put the name of Mackie FPs RFC out there and show the hundreds of spectators what this club is all about.

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