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Hampshire Tournament 20th March

Hampshire Tournament 20th March

Ian Brown24 Mar 2011 - 10:22
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The U8s enjoyed a very successful day at the Hampshire Tournament.

In retrospect Fordingbridge were placed in the strongest pool for their age group, something which became apparent as the events of the day unfurled. The first game was against a New Milton side that eventually won the Cup and the boys performed admirably despite losing 4-2. This was followed by exciting draws against Romsey (7-7) and Alton (5-5) with Fordingbride being pegged back in both games after leading at half-time. The final game was against Farnborough (eventual winners of the Shield) and at half-time Fordingbridge appeared down and out having conceded 6 tries and scored only 1. A much improved second half performance meant that the final score was 8-4. This was sufficient to see Fordingbridge through to the semi-finals of the Spoon on the basis of tries scored.

In the semifinals we played Basingstoke and despite our best performance of the Tournament we again let slip a half-time lead, with the game ending 6-6. Five minutes of anxiety were followed by utter relief after Fordingbridge went through on countback having scored more tries in the group stages.

The final was another ding-dong affair with Fordingbridge taking a 2 try lead before Havant crept ahead with just over 2 minutes to go. An early turn over from our possession appeared to seal our fate as runners-up. However, some stirling defensive work saw Havant turn over the ball just short of the line. This was followed by a sweeping attacking move that brought the scores level at 6-6 and gave the U8s a share of the Spoon.

My grateful thanks go to the very committed boys and parents of the U8s. Despite playing clubs with much larger playing numbers than the 9 Fordingbridge boys who went to Petersfield, they managed some excellent performances.

Thanks to Seb, Dominic, Harry, Arthur, Alex C, Alex B, Jed, Oliver and Alfie.

Try scorers

Seb 7
Dominic 2
Alex 13
Oliver 3
Jed 5

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