U13’s Win Harrogate Super 10’s

Congratulations to our Under 13’s who won the Harrogate Super 10’s tournament on Saturday - great achievement for players and coaches. Report from team manager Paul Gill:

“Ripon R U F C’s under 13’s were invited to Harrogate’s Junior Rugby festival on the 19th April 2008. The day was bitterly cold but Ripons spirits were very warm as they won all three games in their pool. First up was North Ribblesdale who were beaten 36-12. Ripon had then to play their next game against York straight away but they still had enough juice in the tank to come away with the same score of 36-12.
Their last game was against Sheffield B seeing Ripon to a very impressive 80-0 win. West Park Leeds were the winners of the other pool beating Harrogate,Sheffield A and Doncaster to meet Ripon in the final.
Ripon took the initiative in the final scoring two quick tries before West park equalised before half time at 12-12.
Ripon turned up the gas in the second half exploiting their backs speed against the weight advantage of West Park by running in another three tries to win 31-12.
The outcome of the tournament capped of an excellent year for the under 13’s winning their first competition since coming up the age groups from the under 7’s. Ripon have also won 21 out of their 23 games this season which shows the commitment of the lads and their Coaches as last year they only won a handful games.”