by webmaster
| 2010/05/08 |
Last Saturday, our A team brought the curtain down on another unbelievable season for the squad by becoming the first Hertfordshire side in being crowned GRAND CHAMPIONS at the ETIHAD Harlequins Curtain Raiser Cup Finals. To add to the occasion, all the matches were played on the Twickenham Stoop main pitch.
We were drawn in group A alongside Horsham RFC (Sussex), Upminster RFC (Essex) & Ealing RFC (Middlesex). Only the winner of the group would progress to the Final so this would not allow any room for slip ups. Two wins and a draw saw us into the final against the Middlesex County champions, Rosslyn Park and a try at the end of extra time saw Welwyn crowned Champions.
So in a competition that had more than 60 entrants from the whole of the South of England, it was our Under 10 Welwyn boys who were crowned ETIHAD AIRWAYS Curtain Raiser Cup Winners for the 2009/2010 season. Captain Alfie Orchard collected the trophy from Harlequins Second Row, Ollie Kohn to loud cheers from the Welwyn support. Later on the boys paraded the trophy to a crowd of nearly 13,000 with a lap of honour. A fantastic moment that is sure to stay with them for the rest of their lives.
Congratulations to Alfie, Cameron, Gus, Harry A, Morgan, Luca, Jack Briars, Keir, Kyle, Saul, Louis, Johann, James Woolley & Eddie who represented our talented Under 10 squad on the day.
