U11 Tag Rugby Tournament
To celebrate the Rugby World Cup, Crescent took part in a local Tag Rugby tournament. Wasps got involved in the organisation as did MP Mark Pawsey. This meant that not only did our children have an exciting tournament to play in but they got to meet two Wasps Rugby players and the Argentinian Ambassador. Mark Pawsey made an appearance as well as The Mayor.
Each school represented a country and we were given Ireland. The children made flags (thanks to Josh G and Sam S for this) and learned the chorus of ‘Ireland’s Call.’ Unfortunately, they did not get a chance to sing it in the opening ceremony. However, in the break, the New Zealand team performed The Haka and the French started singing, ‘Allez Le Bleus’ so we started singing ‘Ireland’s Call.’ It was quite a spine tingling moment.
In the matches, the Crescent children won two matches and drew one in the pool. Their defensive work was superb and they showed great handling and running going forward. In the semi-final, Ireland just lost out to France 3-2 but we won the third/fourth playoff to finish 3rd.