Eastern Counties Rugby Union

The clubs were divided into 2 pools of 7 sides.
After 4 rounds of 15 minute one-way competitive games, finals were determined.

6th place was won by Stowmarket, beating West Norfolk 5 -3
5th place was won by Lowestoft & Yarmouth
4th place was shared by Sudbury & Norwich, with a 14-14 draw
3rd place was shared by Shelford & Bury, with a 7-7 draw

Woodbridge (who had remained unbeaten in the red pool rounds, losing out on points difference) beat North Walsham to claim the Plate by 14 points to7.
Colchester, who were unbeaten in the red pool met Saffron Walden, with 3 wins and a draw in the blue pool, in a scintillating final, claiming the John Dixon Trophy by 12 points to 3.

Ross Cowie, Chairman of Youth & Age Grade Rugby commented: -
“What a Festival, what a day !!
May I thank all 14 teams for a brilliant day of Colts rugby yesterday; if we could bottle what a festival should look like, yesterday was it.
Every game started on time, clubs helped those who were short on numbers, there was no hassle, no incidents, no red cards (just one yellow), and the atmosphere was fantastic.
A great joy, and a magnificent advert for Colts rugby in Eastern Counties”