Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Herts schools festival: report and full results

Over 400 schoolgirls representing 26 schools from across Hertfordshire took part in one of the largest girls rugby tournaments ever organised last week. Organised by the Herts rugby development team and sponsored by Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, the day included two competitions – a tag rugby tournament for girls in Years 7 and 8, and a full-contact tournaments for teams of girls from Years 9 and 10

Teachers and girls enjoyed a “quality event” – to quote Laura from Presdales - and it was her Hertford school that dominated the event, winning both the tag and contact events. Their junior side took the tag tournament with style winning every game and scoring 39 tries in their six games. Only Monks Walk (Welwyn) in the semi-final, and Nobel (Stevenage) in the final came within a try of the champions.

In the full contact event Presdales older girls were almost as all-conquering, beating Chauncy 10-0 in the final. Only Knights Templar (Baldock) spoilt their 100% record, forcing a 20-20 draw that was good enough to send the north Herts school into the final of the consolation shield competition, where they beat Queens 10-0.

Gareth Bradbury, Station Commander at Hertford Fire Station, presented the awards, but wining was not everything. Karen, from Dame Alice Owen, was delighted to see her girls “improve with every game”, while the real highlight of the day for many of the girls was the chance to meet England’s rugby superstar Maggie Alphonsi, who was also very impressed:
“It was a great day. To have so many teams present on the day all demonstrating great skill and ability was fantastic. It is good to see events like this as I feel they all contribute to helping build the women and girls game and promoting the sport within schools.”
Results
U13 Tournament


Group 1
John Warner 10, Presdales 20; Sele 5, Simon Balle 45; John Warner 30, Sele 10; Presdales 30, Simon Balle 10; John Warner 25, Simon Balle 25; Presdales 40, Sele 0




Group 1 W D L F A PD Pts
Presdales 3 0 0 90 20 70 9
Simon Balle 1 1 1 80 60 20 4
John Warner 1 1 1 65 55 10 2
Sele 0 0 3 15 115 -100 0


Group 2
Monks Walk 25, Sir Fred Osbourne 10; St Mary's Catholic B 0, Rickmansworth 35; Monks Walk 30, St Mary's Catholic B 0; Sir Fred Osbourne 10, Rickmansworth 10; Monks Walk 15, Rickmansworth 15; St Mary's Catholic B 5, Sir Fred Osbourne 25



Group 2
W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts
Monks Walk
2
1
0
70
25
45
7
Rickmansworth
1
206025355
Sir Fred Osbourne
1
1
1
454054
St Mary's Cath B
0
0
3
590-85
0

Group 3
Francis Combe 0, Queens 15; Hertswood 20, Dame Alice Owens 10; Westfield 15, Francis Combe 5; Queens 20, Hertswood 10; Dame Alice Owens 0, Westfield 30; Francis Combe 5, Hertswood 5; Queens 30, Dame Alice Owens 0; Westfield 10, Hertswood 5; Francis Combe 5, Dame Alice Owens 0; Queens 10, Westfield 15



Group 3
W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts
Westfield
4
0
0
70
20
50
12
Queens
3
0
1
75
25
50
9
Hertswood
1
1
2
40
45
-5
4
Francis Combe
1
1
2
15
35
-20
4
Dame Alice Owens
0
0
4
10
85
-75
0
Group 4
Hitchin Girls 0, Nobel 0; Knights Templar 5, John Henry Newman 5; St Mary's Catholic A 5, Hitchin Girls 0; Nobel 15, Knights Templar 0; John Henry Newman 0, St Mary's Catholic A 5; Hitchin Girls 10, Knights Templay 0; Nobel 15, John Henry Newman 0; St Mary's Catholic A 10, Knights Templar 0; Hitchin Girls 20, John Henry Newman 0; St Mary's Catholic A 0, Nobel 10



Group 4
W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts
Nobel
3
1
0
40
0
40
10
St Mary's Cath A
3
0
1
20
10
10
9
Hitchin Girls
2
1
1
30
5
25
7
Knights Templar
0
1
3
5
40
-35
1
John H Newman
0
1
3
5
45
-40
1
Group 5
Nicholas Breakspear 5, Loreto 0; Beaumont 0, Tring 20; Sir John Lawes 5, Nicholas Breakspear 5; Loreto 5, Beaumont 10; Tring 0, Sir John Lawes 15; Nicholas Breakspear 5, Beaumont 5; Loreto 10, Tring 15; Sir John Lawes 10, Beaumont 0; Nicholas Breakspear 5, Tring 10; Sir John Lawes 10, Loreto 5



Group 5
W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts
Sir John Lawes
4
0
0
40
5
35
12
Tring
3
0
1
45
30
15
9
Nicholas Breakspr
1
1
2
15
20
-5
4
Beaumont
1
1
2
15
40
-25
4
Loreto
0
0
4
20
40
-20
0
Quarter-finals
Presdales 30, Sir John Lawes 5; Monks Walk 15, St Mary's Catholic A 5; Westfield 10, Tring 15; Nobel 5, Queens 0

Semi-finals
Presdales 10, Monks Walk 5; Tring 5, Nobel 5 (Nobel qualify on group performance)

Third place play-off
Monks Walk 0, Tring 10

Final
Presdales 15, Nobel 10

U15 Competition

Presdales 25, Queens 0; Nobel 0, Chauncy 5; St Mary's Catholic 0, Knight's Templar 20; Queens 10, Roundwood Park 5; Presdales 10, Nobel 5; Chauncy 20, St Mary's Catholic 5; Knight's Templar 10, Roundwood Park 0; Queens 0, Nobel 5; Presdales 10, Chancy 0; St Mary's Catholic 5, Roundwood Park 5; Queens 0, Chancy 10; Presdales 20, St Mary's Catholic 0; Nobel 10, Roundwood Park 5; Queens 10, St Mary's Catholic 0; Presdales 20, Knight's Templar 20; Chancy 15, Roundwood Park 5; Nobel 20, Knight's Templar 15; Presdales 5, Roundwood Park 0; Chancy 10, Knight's Templar 10; Nobel 15, St Mary's Catholic 0; Queens 25, Knight's Templar 5

W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts
Presdales
5
1
0
9058516
Chancy41160303013
Nobel40255352012
Queens3034550-59
Knight's Templar222807558
Roundwood Park0152055-351
St Mary's Catholic0151090-801
Trophy final
Presdales 10, Chancy 0

Shield final
Queens 0, Knights Templar 10


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