Bulls and Bears fly flag for Bognor on minis' big day

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Apr 2011, 08:40 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 17:52 BST
BOGNOR'S under-eights mini rugby players were in fine form when their club hosted the Burleigh Travel mini and youth rugby festival.

Teams from all over the country travelled to take part – and the host club’s under-eights continued their impressive season.

Both Bognor under-eight teams made the final and went through the pool games unbeaten against Shoreham and Pinner.

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The Bognor Bears beat Shoreham 7-6 and Pinner 5-4 while the Bognor Bulls defeated Shoreham 9-3 and Pinner 6-3.

The Bulls went on to beat the Bears 5-1 in the final with both sides coming away with a trophy for their growing collections.

Bulls captain Charlie Jays led his team to victory with a fantastic try, combined with the awesome speed of Ethan ‘Turbo’ Teasdale and Lewis ‘Snake Hips’ Walker, who helped score a total of 20 tries for the Bulls.

Jamie Foote, Ben Woolnough, Elvis Millen, newcomer Bryn Jenkins and Harry Lindsey all made big contributions.

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