National 7's

"Basford"

Last weekend saw the U17's defending their National 7's title and the U14's looking to go one step further and win their 2nd trophy of the season.

The U17's could not replicate the heroics of last year, and sadly went out in the semi final of the plate competition to Letchworth.
Despite losing, the girls were upbeat and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

National 7’s U17

Pool 1
Dorking 10 Letchworth 12
Reading 17 Worcester 24
Dorking 7 Reading 36
Letchworth 0 Worcester 27
Dorking 5 Worcester 35
Letchworth 12 Reading 29

Pool 2
Cramberleigh 7 Westcliff 17
Mowden Park 22 Cramberleigh 0
Mowden Park 31 Westcliff 10

Pool 3
Aylestone St J 0 Tynedale P 40
Exeter S 41 Aylestone St J 0
Exeter S 21 Tynedale P 10

Pool 4
Basford 0 Paviours 21
Tylderloo B 0 Wimborne 30
Paviours 48 Tylderloo B 0
Paviours 14 Wimborne 15
Basford 37 Tylderloo B 0
Basford 0 Wimborne 31

Cup
Quarterfinal

Worcester 31 Westcliff 5
Exeter S 0 Paviours 15
Mowden Park 25 Reading 5
Wimborne 31 Tynedale p 0

Semi Final

Worcester 17 Paviours 7
Wimborne 5 Mowden Park 7

Final
Worcester 19 Mowden Park 5

Plate
Quarterfinal
Aylestone St J 31 Tylderloo B 5
Cramberleigh 5 Dorking 22
Letchworth and Basford receive byes.

Semi Final
Letchworth 12 Basford 10
Dorking 22 Aylestone St J 0

Final
Letchworth 24 Dorking 5

The u14's spured on by recent results that saw them finish runners up at Herts and semi finalists at Worthing were ready from the off.
Finding them selves top of the pool after 2 games, they faced unknown Gloucester in their final pool game.
A hard fought end to end game ended with the game going to Gloucester ( although some confusion arose as observers had the scores the other way round, it was of little consequence as Basford would go forward into the cup regardless).
The first game in the Cup round robin saw the girls up against last weeks fellow finalists Cramberleigh.
Having learnt a lot from last weeks encounter, the girls went out to pressure their opponents from the off.
A hard fought game ended with Cramberleigh being the deserved winners following two well worked tries.
The final game against Tylderloo was again an end to end contest, however the "Basford " girls proved that little bit too strong for their opponents and went on to win 19-10.

National 7’s U14

Winners Cup – Cramberleigh
Runners up Cup -- Basford
Plate – Ellingham and Ringwood
Bowl – Welwyn Warriors
B of R – Newquay Hornets

Pool 1
Aylestone St j 10 Exeter S 19
Aylestone St J 17 Witney C 24
Witney C 0 Cramberleigh 61
Cramberleigh 34 Exeter S 0
Aylestone St J 0 Cramberleigh 50
Exeter S 40 Witney C 5

Pool 2
Basford 17 Newquay H 12
Worcester 15 Gloucester B 15
Basford 7 Worcester 5
Newquay H 19 Gloucester B 12
Newquay H 5 Worcester 10
Basford 17 Gloucester B 19

Pool 3
Ellingham & R 5 Tylderloo 17
Tylderloo 7 Welwyn W 14
Ellingham & Ringwood 19 Welwyn W 7

Cup Round Robin
Basford 19 Tylderloo B 10
Cramberleigh 40 Tylderloo B 0
Cramberleigh 14 Basford 0

Plate Round Robin
Exeter S 7 Gloucester B 29
Gloucester B 12 Ellingham & R 34
Ellingham & R 27 Exeter 12

Bowl Round Robin
Worcester 7 Welwyn W 7
Witney C 0 Worcester 44
Witney c 0 Welwyn W 68

Best of the Rest
Aylestone St J 15 Newquay 19




Well done to all the girls who took part in what was an excellent advertisement for girls rugby in this country.
All games were played in the spirit of the game, and each team were winners in their own right.

A special thanks to all the parents and supporters who made the day special for the girls.