Jim Belshaw
Bob Loudon (25)
From comparing assorted fixture lists for different schools, the state of play is:
key - opens/16s/15s/14s/13s
Rugby --------------Soccer
J - 12/7/8/7/7 -----7/2/1/2/4
E- 8/5/6/6/6 -------7/3/4/5/5
S - 10/6/3/6/7 -----8/4/2/4/5 *15s impacted by Glengarry
N - 7/4/4/4/7 ------11/5/7/7/8
K - 9/4/5/4/5 -------10/6/5/6/8
G - 2/2/3/3/2 -------8/6/6/6/7
H - 2/2/1/1/1 -------13/6/7/7/6
I - 9/5/6/6/7 --------8/4/5/4/4
T - unable to determine - JB may need to assist
In comparison to 2015 numbers:
Rugby at Joeys, Shore, Kings, High & Riverview has declined (particulalry at Kings)
Noone has Ks in the lower ages any more or Hs in the higher age groups.
Strong increase in rugby at Scots and a reasonable increase at Newington.
NB - I'm happy to be corrected on any of these numbers.
EDIT: Maybe Dr Lambert should take over from Pulver.
I don't have access to full team details at TAS, QH.
In Rugby, the training schedules list two each in open, 16,15, 14, and 13s. If that's the full list, then numbers appear well down from last year. There may be numbers for more teams but training as squads. Trawling through the past rugby results reminded me just how difficult it has been for TAS to get games. There is not much point in having a fourths, for example, if you have no-one to play.
Soccer has exploded. Its been played at TAS for many years, there were teams in the fifties. but the numbers now are significant. Over 200 boys. In age team terms, there appear to be 9 teams in the very junior age groups, 3 in the 12s, 2 each in the 14s and 16s, 4 open teams.
TAS also plays hockey. There is one team each in the 11s, the 13s and 16s plus two open teams. If you are a competitive lad, hockey would appear to be the easiest route to senior rep levels.