Tag Rugby FEStival
We took part earlier this month in The Tag Rugby festival. This was a lovely event where 12 schools from Basingstoke and the surrounding areas took part in a day of Tag Rugby. In the morning we played in a league of six and only lost one of our games, topping our group. This led us into the afternoon quarter finals where we got to play the other league’s fourth placed team. This was Sherborne St John and it was a close game, but we went through victorious. In the semi-final we faced the other group winners, Castle Hill. This game was very tight and we were level until the final minute. However, we stepped up the pace a scored two late tries to make it 5-3 at the final whistle.
In the final we faced North Waltham, who despite only finishing third in their league, had improved during the knockout stages. The game started well for us, but North Waltham had more energy and towards the end of the game became dominant, beating us 5-3. However, despite a little disappointment, it was a big achievement to reach the final and we are very proud of our team. As winners of the Norman League this year Cliddesden were presented with a trophy by our guest Roger Filbey, who retired last year after many years of teaching and hosting Tag Rugby events for schools across the Basingstoke, Whitchurch and Andover area.
Many of the team are from Year 6 and have represented the school in cricket football and tag rugby this year. They truly have been exceptional at sports.
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