Eight teams of year 5 and 6 students from six schools in the East Cambridgeshire district took part in a mixed Tag Rugby tournament organised by ActivePlay Education on Thursday, November 28th,2024.
Although it was a frosty start to the morning, the pitch at Ely Outdoor Sports Association soon thawed and with Young Leaders from Ely College refereeing, matches got underway. Split into two groups, the teams from Ely St John’s Community Primary School, Ely St Mary’s C of E Junior School, Isle of Ely Primary School, Isleham C of E Primary School, Mepal and Witcham C of E Primary School and Wilburton C of E Primary School played matches against all the schools in their group. In the semi finals Ely St John’s played Isleham 2s and Ely St Mary’s played Isleham1s. In a closely contested final, Isleham 1s beat Ely St John’s to win the tournament cup.
As well as medals being given to the winning team, one player from each team was awarded ‘Player of the Tournament’ for showing great team spirit and sportsmanship.
Caroline Morton of ActivePlay Education said ‘It was fantastic to see so many teams taking part in the tournament and the children really enjoying playing Tag Rugby. With 3 girls having to be on pitch at any one time, it was great to see both boys and girls working together as a team. There was some really skilful play.’
