Hampton Academy News Team report for the London Broncos!

Hampton Academy students Sam and Jack from Year 9 were invited to report on the London Broncos community match day event- The Purdham Cup. London Rugby League development officers had seen the impressive work of our New Team and invited Sam and Jack to the Twickenham Stoop to cover the mini Rugby League event.

Sam created this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubWv6h9_JA&feature=player_embedded#!

Jack wrote the report that features on the London RL website: http://www.londonrl.com/article/7453/minis-celebrate-purdham-cup-success

Below is Jack's thoughts about their great day

On the 21^st July, Samuel and I travelled to the Stoop Rugby ground in Twickenham, to cover the Purdham Cup for the RFL. The Purdham Cup is a mini Rugby League festival for London’s under7s, 9s, and 11s teams. Twenty four teams from around the region arrived at the Stoop for an action packed community event before the London Broncos v Wigan Warriors Super League match.

The day started at around 10 o’clock, when the first game kicked off. There was a very high standard of Rugby league being played, and some really good pieces of play. Samuel and I were granted access onto all of the pitches, and we were allowed to take pictures and get some good footage of all of the games. There were under 7s, 9s and 11s league tables, and they were all very close.

As the day went on, there were some very big scoring games that took place, and the Medway Dragons teams were all looking very strong. Mr Giblin was running two of the pitches, and blew the air horn before and after every game to signal the start and finish of the matches.

The games went on, and finally we reached the semi finals, where there would be some very high scoring games. One game ended 16-12, and since the games were only 8 minutes long, that’s very impressive!

Eventually we reached the Finals, where Medway Dragons would win the under 11s, and Sussex Merlins would win the under 9s. A big thank you to the RFL and the London RL for inviting us to report on the event.