Eastern Counties Rugby Union

Eastern Counties hosted their “Finals of Finals” on Sunday, with 12 different events across the CB, with many clubs playing each other for the first time, and some very close & competitive games, a fitting end to the 15-a-side club season in the CB. Results :-

Under 14s – in Suffolk
Cup Winners - at Southwold
Southwold 19 - Norwich 6 / Huntingdon W Norwich L/ Southwold 17 - Huntingdon 12
Runners Up – at Bury
Bury 5 - Cambridge 0 / Bury 24 - Wymondham 19 / Cambridge 47- Wymondham 0
Plate Winners - at Stowmarket
Stow 0 - Shelford 28 / Holt 0 – Shelford 33 / Stow 5 – Holt 17
Plate Runners Up - at Colchester
Colchester 33 – Saffron Walden 25

Under 15s – in Norfolk
Cup Winners - at N Walsham
N Walsham L - Bury W / Bury W - Saffron Walden L / N Walsham W – S Walden L
Runners Up – at Braintree
Braintree 17 – Shelford 21
Plate Winners - at Diss
Diss 24 - Ipswich 17
Plate Runners-Up - at West Norfolk
West Norfolk 7 - 24 Newmarket / Newmarket 20 - 12 Colchester B / West Norfolk 31 - 5 Colchester B

U16s in Cambridgeshire
Cup Winners – at Saffron Walden
S Walden5 – Sudbury 7 / Sudbury 5 - Wymondham17 / S Walden 0 - Wymondham 7
Runners Up - at Huntingdon
Huntingdon 19 - Colchester 14 / Colchester 5 v N Walsham 12 / Huntingdon 10 – N Walsham 17
Plate Winners - at Cambridge
Cambridge 12 - Bury 12 / Holt 7 - Bury 48 / Cambridge 26 - Holt 6
Plate Runners-Up - at Ely
Ely W – Diss L / Woodbridge W – Diss L / Woodbridge 19 -14
At Under 14 level, Southwold Rugby Club hosted Cup Winners Final between Southwold, Norwich, and Huntingdon.

The first game saw Southwold beat Norwich 19-6. Norwich then played Huntingdon which saw Huntingdon win 25-7 setting up a final game between Southwold and Huntingdon, a hard fought game in which Southwold took an early lead but Huntingdon came back in the second half to bring it back to 12-12, another well worked try by Southwold brought the score to 17-12 and the Southwold defence held out. All three teams entertained the crowd with some fantastic rugby.
Pictures show the winning Southwold U14 squad, and Shelford U14 skipper receiving the Plate Winners Trophy from Shelagh Tate, President of Suffolk