It's been some time now since Ilkley RFC last had a home game
at Stacks Field (before Christmas)
but my patience was rewarded last Saturday afternoon when Moortown RUFC visited
for their 1st team league fixture vs Ilkley.
During the previous week, in eager anticipation of the weekends rugby I had extracted my Canon 7d SLR and an appropriate sport lens, in this case a Sigma 70-200 2.8 and prepped them ready, cards formatted and batteries charged.
We arrived at the venue early, assembled the kit and started to prowl round the touchlines waiting for the teams appearance.
Well worth the wait although a slow start for me as I was initially some distance from the action.
I soon got back into the flow of the game which over the two halves built up into a crescendo, loved it!!
Ilkley had the edge, it appeared a hard fight but they won in the end,
Result: Ilkley RFC 29 pts, Moortown RUFC 22 pts.
Then it was a race back home, downloading, editing and uploading to my website Ruggerpix.
Phew !!!!
For those of you with the stamina, all photographs can now
be viewed, please follow the link.
There is also a link to the Match Report written by Sean Crannigan
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