Football boots/rugby studs?

Cissi

Thanks everyone! I did order them online last night, just hope they arrive in time for next week's games lesson as they were told today they HAVE to have them by then. Personally I can't see what the big deal is as they're only 6 and it's non-contact rugby at this point, but oh well. His football studs are metal as well BTW (he lost one today, that has taught me that I need to check and tighten them).

I hope I got the right ones, the ones I got in the end came in a choice of 15, 18 or 21 mm, I got the smallest ones, hope that was right... Good to know Sports Direct do them, if all else fails I'll check there.

What annoys me is that they said that either football or rugby boots would be fine - if I'd known they'd be playing rugby all this term I'd have got rugby ones as he'll probably have outgrown them by Christmas anyway!

CWR, I will fight the school on issues that I feel really strongly about, but I'm saving my battles for those ones. There is one in particular that I foresee in the not too distant future...

Cissi

Thanks again everyone - sorry to be dragging this thread up again but I just thought I'd post an update in case anyone ever finds this in a search! I ordered the studs from www.newitts.com on Tuesday - pack of 12 alloy ones came to £4.26 including £0.43 for shipping which I thought was very reasonable. They arrived today so I'm well impressed. Saved me having to drive around sports outfitters looking for them!

Oh and they were available in 15, 18 & 21 mm, I got the 15 mm ones which are perfect for my son's football boots from Clarks (size 13).

Just thought I'd post a recommendation since I'd be quick enough to complain if the service had been rubbish - I'd definitely use this company again.

anonymousie

excellent news thanks for the update!

I know nothing about these things but it explains why my rugby mad 14yr old gets so many stud injuries though- you'd think they'd point the difference out but the time they got to serious 1st team rugby at say 13 ish.

ciderwithrosie_2

Cissi wrote: »

CWR, I will fight the school on issues that I feel really strongly about, but I'm saving my battles for those ones. There is one in particular that I foresee in the not too distant future...

That's the spirit - 'Power to the people!!' :T

regards CWR

toontron

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

Ah well, Gs&Bs I did say I wasn't an expert, was just going by my experience of my 3 lads playing rugby at school and they just used football boots and didn't need special studs even when playing other schools.

Cissi, perhaps your OH had parents like mine who backed the school in every decision no matter how daft, thus I have gone a bit the other way and am probably classed as a 'challenging parent' - I've always wondered if they didn't give DS1 the head boy job because of a daily conflict with DS2 and his dreadlocks - they ended up rewriting the uniform policy because of us

AHA!! My DS is in year 6 and didn't get the Head Boy job either - I am wondering if he is not head boy due to the fact that he has long hair with blonde streaks in it, whether it is the fact that he always seems to have temporary tattoos on, or the fact that he wears a serious amount of "bling" to school and has customised his blazer to a level that would impress Julien Mcdonald?

ciderwithrosie_2

Aw, he sounds fab Toontron. I'm all for encouraging individuality. I've always thought that a lot of the qualities we admire in adults, we try to stifle in children, especially in schools.

The catchment area for their secondary school has a Council estate, royal navy houses and a women's refuge on one side and the posh, private houses on the other, guess where the head boys and girls always come from? In DS1's application he wrote that he was a grass roots boy from the council estate and wanted to prove to others that your background should not be a barrier. So I don't think he had much of a chance even without the dreadlock incident! Shame, I think he would have been great, still it was something else to include in his personal statement for Uni and his tutor seemed quite impressed with all that he'd done at school.

regards CWR