Yellow Belt and County Champions

Big and Small W did MrsW and I proud this weekend.


Small W passed his Karate yellow belt on Saturday, it may only be the first of the coloured belts but he is only 5 year old. I wasn't able to go to the grading but Mrs W brought back some pictures

I going to have to rename him as well. His rugby group have nicknamed him "Pocket Rocket" and the name seems to have stuck at home. Sums him up nicely

As for Big W his team won the Hampshire Rugby County Championships for the U-10 age group. He was a star, his scrummaging with first class and his clearing out was brilliant (He's a front row). I suspect a few players are carrying bruises from close encounters with him and that's just his own team! The coaching staff are relieved for winning today as this has been the one tournament that has eluded the team over the past couple of years and its the most important. The kids certainly enjoyed it as they gave a rendition of "We are the Champions" after the final whistle.

The one down point is that for reasons known only to the tournament organisers extra time was not to be played after any of the knockout games. A draw was to be resolved by a toss of the coin. We got through our semi-final that way the opposition and our great local rivals where absolutely gutted. Its just not fair to do that to kids especially as they played their hearts out. I hope the organisers get the message loud and clear We would rather play extra time and be late than have to subject 10 year olds to that. Having said all that the boys deserved their stroke of good luck and put up the performance of the day in the final. Well Done guys.