A team from Yrs 5/6 took part in a Tag Rugby 7s tournament with 9 other schools from the Horsham district, with each school playing 4 games in a round robin format for the group stage. 

St Mary’s won all 4 of our games back-to-back before we finally got a brief rest, before finding out the results of the group stage. 

We came top of our group, so played Kingslea (who also won their group stage) in the semi-final, beating them 8-1!

The final saw us take on North Heath and it was end to end - the organisers said it was a fantastic game to watch - with St Mary’s scoring on the final blow of the whistle to clinch a 7-6 victory. 

Each school staff member was asked to pick two of their team to receive a ‘magic moment’ certificate. I chose Anthony M, who was the only Yr 5 on the team - he held his own brilliantly and managed to secure two tries in the last of our games.

My second was Freddie B, who got injured early on but carried on like a trooper!

I was so very proud of the team today…they listened, played well and all came away having scored!

Report from Mrs Hayes