Congratulations to the Year 9 Rugby Team who won the Essex Rugby 7s plate tournament last week. The tournament was held at New Hall School in Chelmsford and they were making their debut against tough opposition. The team narrowly lost their first group games but won the remaining three to make it through to the knockout stages. This is when the team started to really express themselves by blowing Tabor & Woodlands away in the Quarters & Semi Finals. Confidence was sky high for the final & the team really got together to beat Sweyne in a very competitive final. After five hours of rugby and in pitch dark conditions in the final, the team did enough to secure the plate trophy. Team List Brandon Gasper Favour Edosomwan Kieran McKoy Matthew Plaku Brandon Hamilton Shayden Williams Bobby Unwin Jayden Meade Halim Ashiru Riley Johnson Javanie Ferreira Jack Howard Pool A Results SRS 24 – 27 Colchester Royal Grammar School SRS 19 – 26 Coopers SRS 21 – 15 St Thomas More SRS 26 – 22 Great Baddow SRS 28 – 15 Fitzwimarc Plate Competition Quarter Final SRS Vs Tabor 39-0 Semi final SRS vs Woodlands 31-7 Final SRS vs Sweyne 15-5 They were a credit to the school and behaved impeccably throughout the day in not so familiar surroundings. Mr Dushku