Rugby sevens teams from around NSW converged on Forster at the weekend for the 2019 Youth State Sevens Championships.
More than 1200 young men and women filled up the town in what was a great exhibition of the sevens format.
Around town the accommodation was booked out, and the cafes and restaurants were full, but all the action was at Forster Tuncurry Dolphins Rugby Union Club.
Dolphins president Damian Daczko said the event ran like clockwork.
“The championships were a great success. The refereeing was good, the skills we saw on the field were good, it was so great to see so many kids playing the game,” Daczko said.
“They were long days, and wet days, but you couldn’t wipe the smiles off the kids faces,” he said.
“It was so great to see everyone in the town supporting rugby.”
96 teams competed across three age groups in both girls and boys divisions across the three day tournament.
Congratulations to the 2019 NSW Sevens Champions:
U13 Girls Blacktown 5 defeated Randwick Magic 0
U13 Boys Manly 14 defeated Rockdale 5
U15 Girls Randwick Magic 12 defeated Blacktown 0
U15 Boys Easts 25 (pictured above) defeated Penrith 12
U17 Girls Manly 22 defeated Randwick Magic 12
U17 Boys Two Blues 17 defeated CEG Harlequins 12
Today – 14 October – is your last chance to register for the SJRU Sprint 7s tournament beginning on 20 October.
The Spring 7s will be played over eight weeks on Sunday afternoons and is open to boys and girls.
PLAYER REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR UNDER 11, UNDER 13, UNDER 15 AND UNDER 17 AGE GROUPS. NSW ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS CAN BE USED.
