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Ladies - Loughborough: 7 - 27
OLs Ladies lost their second pre-season friendly against Loughborough today. Like the last opponent, Loughborough play in a league above OLs.
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OLs Ladies - Witney: 24 - 12
After a promising pre season OLs ladies started their league campaign against rivals Witney at the Crofts on Sunday. OLs have lost many players to injury during pre-season so due to a successful recruitment campaign, team full of fresh faces appeared at kick-off.
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Worcester II - OLs Ladies: 31 - 22
Nerves and inexperience got the better of Old Leamingtonians Ladies when they lost to a depleted Worcester II side on Sunday.
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OLs Ladies - Newcastle-under-Lyme: 15 - 7
Old Leams Ladies bounce back with victory
After the humiliating defeat against Worcester II two weeks ago, Old Leamingtonians Ladies were eager to prove they are still a title contender in Midlands 2 this year. A thunder-speech from coach Tim Burden during training on Wednesday served as an extra reminder that the team has the quality to go places but that they can be vulnerable when the concentration is not 100%.
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Oxford RFC - OLs Ladies: 5 - 25
Honor sisters do the honours for Old Leams Ladies
Old Leamingtonians Ladies continued their good form with a 25-5 win over Oxford WRFC.
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Ladies - Camp Hill: 0 - 22
Old Leams Ladies opened their season with a friendly against Camp Hill, who play a league above Old Leams.
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Witney - OLs Ladies: 7 - 5
OLs lost to a strong Witney in terrible weather conditions.
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Wellingborough - OLs Ladies: 22 - 28
In windy, muddy and cold conditions, 2 teams of 12 players lined up for a friendly in Wellingborough.
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OLs Ladies - Shrewsbury: 56 - 5
Old Leamingtonians Ladies returned to action in the Women’s Midlands 2 Competition in style by putting 10 tries past Shrewsbury.
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OLs Ladies - Stoneygate: 27-15
A brilliant performance from Janine McComiskey saw Old Leamingtonians Ladies beat Stoneygate Ladies, a team from a league above, in a friendly at The Crofts on Sunday. In perfect rugby conditions, Old Leams Ladies took to the field after a few weeks of cancelled matches. With a number of players unavailable, Claire Penna moved from scrum half to hooker and Kelly McLeod moved from the centre to the scrum half position.
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Newcastle UL - OLs Ladies: 7 - 10
When it really mattered, OLs Ladies showed their massive improvements this season. In the crunch match against league leaders, they finished as victors, 7 - 10. It is the second time this season OLs has beaten Newcastle UL.
The adventurous day started with the OLs coach breaking down some 15 minutes away from the destination. In the true spirit of rugby, the Newcastle Ladies jumped in their cars to pick the Old Leamingtonians team up from a lay-by on the A50! Detailed match report will follow soon.
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OLs Ladies - Oxford: 49 - 0
A flurry of tries sees Old Leamingtonians Ladies move within one win of claiming the title in Midlands 2. 5 of the 9 tries were from the Honor Sisters with Captain (and player of the match) Christie scoring 4 tries and her sister Gemma adding another.
The win means that victory in the match against Whitchurch on April 15th will see OLs Ladies claim the title in Midlands 2.
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OLs Ladies - Whitchurch: 36 - 0
Water logged pitches and cancellations meant that Old Leams ladies had not played or trained for 3 weeks before the start of this match. After a period of re-adjusting to each other, the team picked up where they left off against newcastle 3 weeks ago: a hard fought, well deserved win that sees them climb to tsecond place in the Midlands 2 table with a match in hand. On top of that, they managed to keep their opposition from scoring.
With 4 matches to go (Oxford, Greyhounds (twice) and Whitchurch again), the battle for the championship is still wide open in Midlands 2.
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OLs at wet National 7s
 Rain, rain, wind & more rain didn’t stop the Old Leamingtonian Ladies from competing in the England RFUW National 7’s tournament the last bank holiday weekend in May.
Kicking off the tournament for OL’s against Waterloo, new captain Danni Benge lead the team in some awesome defensive work. The line was held for at least 5 minutes of the first half before the Prem 2 team penetrated & scored. In the 2nd half they ran in two more tries but OL’s kept their heads high & were pleased with the standard of the defence they had maintained.
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