Girls Touch Rugby Determination and Teamwork…

On Sunday 27

th May Whickham School entered three teams into a girls

touch Rugby tournament, two year eight teams and a year nine/ten team.

The team’s travelled to Morpeth in Northumberland where they were split

into the separate teams. All the teams were really exited as they waited

for their first game to begin. Before the games actually started the teams

had to watch an exhibition game between Morpeth U18 (short for under

18s) and the senior team of Durham University. Whickham’s A team

played the first game. The year eight teams came first and second

competing against each other in the final with the A team winning. The

year nine/ten team also came first in their competition. Chloe Allen was

the Captain of Whickham’s year eight A team, Holly French was Captain

of Whickham’s year eight B team and Megan Shaw was Captain on the

year nine/ten team.

Whickham’s A team won all of their games including the final and were

awarded a plate. Whickham’s B team only lost once to Whickham’s A

team and under 18s only lost to Morpeth RFC. They beat Morpeth’s

senior team and the senior team from Durham university. Mrs Morrell

said,

‘I was proud not only of your performances on the pitch, but also the way

in which you represented your school.’

The team with Captain’s in centre holding plates, Chloe Allen (left) Megan Shaw (right)