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Tag Tournaments
To cement the skills learnt during the coaching sessions, all schools are invited to take part in an Annual Tag tournament. Usually held in July just before the school year closes, the tournament gives mixed teams of ten the opportunity to play against rivals from schools across Cheshire. These tournaments are designed in two tier league structure with no knockout phase. This means that all teams get an equal number of matches and can join in the award ceremonies at the end. Everyone who participates in the tournament receives a certificate. Teams winning their respective leagues are awarded a trophy. Winners of Pool A in the second round are considered overall winners and receive winners medals The tournaments are very popular events with support from teachers and parents alike.
In 2003 the club ran two tournaments in July for Year 5/6 children in both Northwich and Winsford areas. The Northwich tournament attracted 16 teams from 11 different schools and the Winsford tournament 8 teams from 7 schools. Overall nearly 250 children took part in the two events. Results of these tournaments as well downloadable reports are in the separate web pages - 2003 Annual Tag.
Later that year the club also ran a special celebration tag tournament alongside the Rugby World Cup (RWC) which was taking place in Australia during October and November 2003. This was run directly along the lines of the RWC event with a knockout structure with a total of 20 Year 3/4 teams organised into 4 groups of 5. To help increase awareness of the event, each school participating was given a RWC country to adopt and encouraged to run a project on that country prior to the event in October. Thanks to sponsorship Northwich were able to provide T-shirts for all participants in different colours each with their country name on the front. Again over 200 children took part in the event which attracted 20 teams from 17 different schools with medals and certificates being awarded by local Member of Parliament for Northwich, Mike Hall. Results of the event as well as photographs of the day are at our RWC pages.
In 2004 the club decided to extend the Annual Tag events to cover both Year 5/6 and Year 3/4 children and ran three tournaments in July. These were a Year 5/6 event for Northwich schools, a Year 3/4 event for Northwich schools and a Year 5/6 event for Winsford schools. 32 teams took part over the three events with over 300 children in total. Again results and photographs of these events are at our dedicated Annual Tag 2004 page.
The Club ran two tournaments in May and July 2005 2005 Tag and in 2006 - 2006 Tag.
The club would like to thank teachers and parents of the schools who regularly participate for their support. Links to those schools is given below.
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