Eastern Counties Rugby Union

Congratulations to the Winners of this years competition and thank you to all those clubs that took part.
This year has seen the strongest and closest Colts competition since I have been involved in the last 15 years; congratulations to Shelford on a very fine victory.
Any one of probably 7 sides could have won. No less than 22 teams from 21 clubs (a record) entered the Cup & Plate, and 58 out of 61 scheduled games were completed.
These are incredible statistics in this Covid affected year, where nationally, there has been a huge reduction in playing, with many cancelled games. This must auger well for senior rugby in the region in the future.
My thanks to Wilf Lambert for his patience, and his continuing and assiduous administration of these competitions.

Competition
Cup Shelford R/U Cambridge
Plate Woodbridge R/U Stowmarket
Shield Bury St Edmunds R/U Ipswich
Salver Norwich R/U Diss
Bowl Colchester R/U Mersea
Thimble Lowestoft & Yarmouth R/U Crusaders

In the Cup, Shelford defeated Cambridge 25-15 in a superb game of Colts rugby.
The lower finals saw Bury defeat Ipswich 40 points to 12 in the Shield, and Colchester achieved a 38-17 win over Mersea in the Bowl.

In the Plate competition, Woodbridge beat Stowmarket 21 points to 20 with a last minute score in an exciting match.
Norwich won 39-12 at Diss in the Salver, and L& Y beat Crusaders 40 points to 12 for the Thimble.