Published 24/11/2011 by

The sun was shining yesterday as we set off for the Abingdon Under Nine A Tournament. This is the first year that this event has been held and it was great that we had been invited.

We were due to play five other schools at the tournament only one of which we have played before - Abingdon Prep. As it was a tournament Mr Webber and I decided to take along an extra three boys – and I am happy to say that every one had a game.

Last week I wrote the following in my report – ‘We face a Tournament next Thursday. This will be tough but I do believe that we can do well. If we play like we did against Caldicott we should easily win the trophy.’

One could say that we did ‘easily’ win the tournament but with all these things you cannot take anything for granted.

Match results –

OPS v Cokethorpe – 35 – 0

OPS v Abingdon A – 15 – 0

OPS v Christchurch – 30 – 0

OPS v Abingdon B – 40 – 0

OPS v Chandlings – 5 – 0

The last game was very exciting and we showed our great rucking and defending. Freddy scored a terrific try and although up until this point Chandlings had also been unbeaten, we would not let them through.

Well done to all the lads who showed great guts and determination. We wanted this trophy and were not going to be denied our win. Ridgeway up next – lets go for it! Thank you to Mr Webber for coming along.