17 November 2011
The inaugral Under 8 tag rugby tournament held at Abingdon Prep School was won by the host 'Red' team.
Five schools attended the APS Tag Tournament on Thursday 17th November. Two teams represented the school along with teams from Chandlings, Oratory, Cokethorpe and CCCS.
A rather parochial confrontation kicked off the tournament as the two APS teams faced each other, producing a hard fought contest full of determined running with the red team just edging a victory.
The following matches saw the green team beat Cokethorpe and CCCS and the red team gaining victories against Oratory, Cokethorpe, CCCS, in addition to a hard fought draw with Chandlings. As a result of their efforts, the Red team (James Chapman, Joe Hollis, Tor Hormbrey, Thomas Kent, Freddie Morriss, Dominic Wood and Rowan Miell-Ingram) duly collected the winner's shield with Chandlings runners up after another pulsating draw with Oratory.
Many thanks to Ashley for organising the event and hopefully we will see this new initiative go from strength to strength. Thanks and congratulations also go to both APS teams who played courageously and in great spirit.
