Last Sunday (9th April) Hertfordshire took part in an inter-county sevens tournament in Wimbledon, organised by Surrey RFU. With regional players away it was an opportunity for girls from the rest of the squad to take centre stage, which they did to great effect.
The U14 team finished runner-up to Surrey - but a sizable propotion of Surrey's points actually came from Herts girls (Jess Robinson in particular) who had been lent to them - so a moral victory there, perhaps.
In the U17s a Hertfordshire team composed of girls from Letchworth, Saracens, and Bishop's Stortford first beat Surrey 15-5 before taking on "Bedfordshire" (effectively Ampthill with a couple of Surrey girls), who also beaten Surrey (19-15).
At this point its worth metioning that earlier in the year Ampthill U17shad visited Letchworth. The game was a remarkable battle with which went well into the second half before ending early, owing to an injury, with the score at 0-0.
With girls from the two clubs making up two thirds of the players on the field another close game was expected - but after a remarkable battle which went well into the second half, the game ended early, owing to an injury, with the score at 0-0...
Herts were therefore declared winners of the competition as, with equal tournament points and an identical try count, they had conceeded the fewest tries.
(Its worth saying that the Letchworth and Ampthill get on very well off off the field. The "problem" may be that, in terms of strengths, weaknesses, playing style and everything else (even the colours!) the teams are remarkably similar. Its unfortunate that Ampthill can't make it to Herts Sevens as we might have broken the deadlock...)
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