Tag to Twickenham Finals
April 1st, 2010 |
A full compliment of 16 primary schools turned up to Somerton on Friday 26th March, all eager to win one of the two coveted places in the County Championships at Wells RFC in May. |
| Not every Primary school can boast a rugby playing teacher, so this year a number of very large players were seen running around during the warm ups and in between games. Higher Diploma students from both Strode and Yeovil FE Colleges turned up to support the event as part of their community service. In addition to taking charge of the timing and smooth running of the actual final programme, many also became team manager and coach for the afternoon. |
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| The young primary school pupils definitely benefited from not only having young enthusiastic support, but also gained from the passing, attacking and defending skills that the Young Leaders passed on. |
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| All teams played 3 games each in 4 different pools, where most results went down to the final match before an overall winner emerged; the semi finals were contested by Hambridge vs Curry Mallet and North Cadbury vs Milborne Port. These were refereed by Bruce Weddell, who was supporting the event on behalf of Somerton Rugby Club, and Will Hopkinson from Yeovil College, who won the praise of many parents and staff for his approach to refereeing young players. |
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| These matches were played with good passion and commitment, by young players who were beginning to feel the effects of the 4th match. Miborne Port won their game after a brief period of extra time to meet Hambridge in the final |
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Speed and agility won the day for Hambridge. Their young players were still full of running and they made the most of a couple of missed tags to run in the eventual winners. We wish both Hambridge and Milborne Port the best of luck in the next round.
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