Under 12′s Win Bath Festival Crown
REDRUTH UNDER 12′s TAKE BATH FESTIVAL CROWN TO TOP A FANTASTIC RUGBY SEASON.
Redruth under 12′s went to Bath with a few doubts due to a few weeks on niggley injuries and fitness doubts. Travelling the day before the festival proved successful last year so the young Reds made an early start on Saturday morning. Arriving in Bath on the Saturday gave the lads a chance to watch Bath take on Saracens in the Parker Pen Cup(Bath winning). Sunday saw the Reds drawn against Avon, Winchester and Bath in the group stage of the competition.
Redruth started slow with a 15-nil win over Avon with 3 first half tries from William Pearce, Jimmy Stevens and Richard Keverne. Game 2 saw Matt Hopley open for the Reds after 2 minutes followed a minute later by Will Pearce and just before the break by Matt Hopley. The coaching staff made many half time changes preserving the strength of the squad for later games. Jimmy Steven added a second half try for a 20-nil full time scoreline. Last of the group games saw the Reds face Bath. Long has gone the Bath myth with this Reds squad and the coasted to a 10-nil half time lead with tries from team captain Tom Simmons in the first minute followed 4 minutes later with a try from Adam Lewarne. Team changes saw all the players getting a game. Bath showed great determination in the second half, but were unable to cross the secure Reds line.
The semi final saw the Reds face old advisories Ivybridge. After one of the toughest games of the season the score was drawn at full time, with the Reds going through to the final on a better try count back. It